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Show Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. 1 1 Atriplex fatina alba. White Orach. Lipia} f ~ Las. 20 + 2 Atriplex fatina purpurea, ; Purple Orach, OFthe HiftoryofPlants 7 but alfofor the efficacy thereof againft the bloudyiffues, and fanious vicers of 1 kidneyes, as the Authors efthe Aduerfaria affirme. ¢ ; ’ qt he Place and Time, Thefe pleafant floures are fowen in gardens, efpecially for their great beauty; Theyfloure in Auguft, and continue flourifhingtill the froft ouertake them, at what timett petifh. But the Floramor would be fowne in abed of hot horfe-dunz, with fome eart! thereon intheend of March, anid ordered,as we doe muske Melons, and the like, G The Names, This plantis called in Greeke autesrne, becaufe it doth not wither and wax old: in Latin, 4maranthus purpureus : in Duch, Samatbluomen ¢ in I talian, Fior velluto : in French, Paffe velours : in Englith,floure Gentie, purple Veluctfloure, Floramor;and of fome floure Velure, 4 The Temperature, and Vertucs, Moft attribute to floure Gentlea binding faculty, witha cold and dry temperature, It is reported they ftop allkinds ofblecding , which is not manifeft by any apparantquality ,4 in them, except peraduenture by the colour only that thered eares haue : for fome are of opinion, that all red things ftanch bleeding in anypart ofthe body: becaufe fome things,as Bolearmoniacke, fanguis Draconis, terraSigillata, and fuch like of red colout doe ftop bloud : But Galen, lib. 2. 4. de fimp.facult. plainly (heweth,that. there can be no certaint the vertues offimpleand compound medicines : wherefor y gathered from the colours, touching e they are ill perfuaded, that thinke the floure Gentle to ftanch bleeding,to ftop the laske or bloody flix, becaufe ofthe colour only, if they had no otherreafon toinduce them thereto, Cusp. 45. Of Orach. G The Defcription, ps It ( : = an 3 Atriplexfilucftris, fine relplpermom, Wilde Orach, or All-fee = 1 T 4 Atriplex marina Sea Orach. ep, N T35 41 SS = : He Garden white Oraeh hath an highand vpright flalke, with broad fharpe pointed ~ leaues like thofe ofBlite, yet {mootherandfofter, The floures are fimall andyellow, Srowingin clufters : thefeed round, andlike a leafe couered with a thin skin,or filme, and groweth in clufters. The rootis wooddy andfibrous:the Icaues andftalkesat the firft are ofaglittering graycolour, and fprinkledas it were with a meale or floure. 2 This differs fromtheformer, onlyin that it is of an ouetworne purple colour. £ 3 This might more firly haue beene placed amongft the Blites; yet finding the figure here ( though a contrary difcription ) Thaue let it and it is fomewhat like, yet leffe then the inioy the place. Ithathawhite and flender root, Blite, with narrow leaues fomewhat tefem bling Bafill: ithath aboundanceoffmall floutes, which are fucceeded by anumerousfart of feeds, which lacke and fhining. ¢ There is awilde kinde gtowingneere the fea, ut the edges, fharpe pointed, andcouered ouer which hath pretty broadleaues, cut deepely witha certaine mealineffe, fo that the whole taswell leaues, as ftalkes and floures, looke ofan hoary or gray colour. The ftalks lye {pred, hore or Beach, whereas it vfually growes. ‘ wilde Orach hath leaues vnequally finuated, orcut in fomewhat aftethe t 6 1 leafe, andco: mmonly ofan ouerworne grayit hcolour:the foures andfeeds are fe ofthe garden, but much leffe. Thisis likethe i lefcribed, but the leaues are leffer andnot fo muchdiuided, the feeds as thofe ofthe precedent. and manner of growingis like thofe alreadydefc ribed, but the leautes ittle notched : andfromthe thape oftheleafe Lobell called it és folio. F gleandfmall root, puttingforth a fewfibers, the ftalkes are 1y branches, andlying along vpon ithe 1 ground; and vpon thefe itith and vnequally diuided, fomewhat after the manner of the or fetting on of the leaues growas itwer elittle berries, fomewhat en thefe come to ripeneffe,theyare ofan elegan t red colour feed is {mall round and ath colour ed. + ,and make 1s. Thewilde Oraches Stow necre paths-wayes and out dung-hils andfuch fat places. Sea Orach I haue found at inthe [eof Thanet : and moft places abour the fea fide. haice gardens,I ha n itdiuerscjaies with M:.Parkinfon.t @ THe |