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Show Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. _ 290 D Lis. 2, The feedes ofZaXintha beate to powder,and given in the decreafing of the Mooneto the quan! titie ofa fpoonefull, taketh awaywarts, and fuchlike excrefcence,in what partof the bodyfoeuep theybe, the which medicine a certaine Chirurgionof Padua did muchvie, whereby he gained as teporteth that ancientt Phyfition Loachimus Camerarius of Noremberg a great {ums ofmony,as famous citie in Germanic, And Matthiolus affirmes th at he hath knowne fomehelpedofWarts, by onceeating the leaues hereof ina Sallade. Lis. Be 6 > ' away in fuch downeas the ordinary. 4 rae q The Place, Heherbe which is commonly called Dandelion doth fend forth fromtheroot Ing Jeaues deepely cut and gafhed in the edgeslike thofe of wilde Succorie, but {moo ther: vpon cuery ftalke ftandeth a floure greater than that of Succorie,but double, and thickefet together, ofcolour yellow, and fweetin fmell, which is turned into a rounddornie blowball,thatis carried away with the winde.The rootis long,flender, and full ofmilkie juice when anypart ofit is broken,as is the Endiue or Succorie, but bitterer in tafte than Succorie. + There are diuers varieties ofthis plant, confifting in the largenefle, fmallneffe,deepenefle,0t fhallowneffe of the diuifions ofthe Icafe,as alfo in the fmoothneffe and roughneffe thereof. ¢ 1 Dens Leonis, Dandelion. £3 Dens Leonis bulbofus, Knottie rooted Dandelion. : q The Names, y a thich # 3 Thereis another Dens Leonis,or Dandelion,which hath many knotty,and tuberous - ; ; eee . ° j, f - aaa 2 ” » Of which he writeth in his 20. booke.and eighth chapter,affirming it to be a wilde kinde of broad leafed Succorie. and that D del aah Taraxacon: but Taranacon,as Anicen teacheth in his 692 -chapter,is gatden Endine , A sg tioneth in his 143 .chapter,;who citing Paulus for awitneffe concerning the facul ses cite ada thefe words which Paulus writeth of Endiueand Succorie. Diuers of the laves Phys hi oes callit Dens Leonss,or Dandelionsit is called in high Dutchgol&vautsin ion -Senchcgna sana in French, Piffznlit ou couronne de prefire, or Dent de lyon: in Bherligs Dandelion: *Pavencentts Piffeabed. The firft ts alfo called of fome,and in fhops Taraxacon, Caput mon chi ified ¥s Siaers; and /rinaria. The other is Dens Leonis Monjpelienfium ofLobell, and Cichor 3 is yes : <hr iepccapig OTeetas , @ The Temperature andVertues. ae andelio @ re Succorie. t ; diictlocateana oe ee owe Endiue, Itis cold,but it withit :and therefore e€itis it is good good forforthofe thofe things toe for which Cree i which it hath ioyned Succory is. ¢ Boiledit the weake ftomacke,and eatenraw‘it ftops the bellie, and helpes the Dyfente a fre trengthens boyled with Lentiles ; The juice drunke is good againft the ones “eff ‘ee ey neie in vineger,it is good againft the paine that troubles fome in making of ve : Ad = aad of the whole plant helpes the yellow jaundice. + oT eee ai 6, The figure 7 which wasin the hy 2 place wh re you mayfind 1 was as ofO€f the the Cich.Cich. Li Luteitm,whe fi find it,but it,] to what P plantthe ie deferipri ripti may bereferred aeictiption be referred,I ,I + cannot yyet derer termine, t 1 Sonchws aper. Prickly Sow-thif tle, ches as thofe of Dandelion,but leffer, which alfo vanifheth into downe whenthe feed is tipo” uing along and whiteroot, 5 pintplaneselogotheSucconhichThanhPlineraheid ; S Cua Pp. 20, 2 There isalfo another kinde of Suecoriewhich mayb c referred heereunto,whofe leaue sare i They floure moft timesin the ycere,efpecially ifthe winter be not extreame cold } ik ae ofbroad leafed Succorie: the ftalkes sth not vnlike, being diuided into brat enevee b @| The Time, Coot —— = high — estas : @| The Defcription, + iF w Which flie oe They are found often in medowes neere ynto water di ele pia Of Dandelion: 291 like thofe of the Afphodil; the leaues are not fo deeply cut inas thofe of the common Dand Li butlargert,and fomewhat mote hairy: the floures are alf6 larger, and of a paler yellow.whi clion, much (idea f The figure of che third was of the Gime plant as the firft, and was Chondrilla alba ofTaber, The fourth was of Hierecium wontanum maine Lesifelinm ofTobe: which you fhall findein the tenth place in the foure ane thircicth Chapter. Crap: 32. OF he Hiftory ofPlants. Of Sow-tbiftle. ¥ 2 Sonchus aperior.. The more pric kly Sow-thif -thiftle} tle; |