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Show ;334 OfBee theete 'Hiftorie‘of ate.Plants. Lana’. | The Place. They grow inwoods and copfes, in the borders of fields, and among bufhesand hedges, ¢ But the wolatdeferibedare not in England, for any thing that I know. ic oe The Dogs Mercurie I haue found in many places about Green-hithe, swale ~combevillage Grauefend, and South-fleet in Kent , in Hampfted wood, andall the villages thereabout, foure miles from London. | The Time, Thefe flourifh all the Sommer long,vntill the extreamefroft dopull them downe. @, The Names. Dogs Mercurie is called in Greeke, mnoezuan : in Latine, Canina, and Brafsica Canina, and Meren- rialts (ylueftris :an Englith, Dogs Cole, and Dogs Mercury. Childrens Mercury is called Phyllon thelygonon,and Phyllon Arrhenogonon. q The Temperature andVertues. Ofhe Hiftory of Plants. The defcription. Hegreat Tornefole hath great ftraight ftalks couered witha whitehairy cotton,efpe. cially aboutthe top; the leaues are foft and hairy in handling,in fhapelike the leanes of Bafill : the floures grow at the top ‘of the branches, in colour white, thicke toges ther inrowes vpononefide ofthe ftalke, which ftalke doth bend or turne backward like the taile ofa fcorpion: the rootis {mall and hard. 2 Thefmall Tornefole hath manylittle and weake branchestrailing vpon the ground,whereupon doe growfimall leaues,like thofe ofthe leffer Bafill. The floures doe grow without anycettaine order, amongft the leaues and tenderbranches, gray ofcolour, witha little {pot of yellow in the middeft, the which turne into crookedtailes like thofe of the precedent, but not altoge. ther fo much. + 3 Heliotr opiumfitpinum Cluf4 & Lobel. poe. Hairie Tornefole, Thefe wilde kindes of Mercurie arenot vied in phyficke; notwithftandingit is thought they : agree as well in nature as qualitiewitlt the other kindes of Mercury. + Itisreported by the Antients,that the male P/y/om conducesto the generationofboyesand the femaleto girles. ; 4 At Salamantica they giue and much commend the decoctionof either of thefe againft thebitings ofa mad dog. ; The Moores at Granado vfe them frequently inwomensdifeafes. + & F Thefigure ofche Cynocrambe was omitted, and in ftead thereof was put the figure of Phyllon marificums Cuar. 53. Of Torne-fole. 1 Heliotropium maius. Great Torne-fole, } 2 Heliotropium minus. Small Torne-fole, 4 Heliotropium Tricoccum) Widowwaile Tornfole, 3 Hairy Tornefolehath many feeble and weake branche ¢ strailing vpon the,ground, fet with {mall leaues,leffer than the great Tornfole, of whichit isa kinde, hauing thefeed in fmall chaifie husks,which do turne backlike the taile ofa fcorpion, iuft after the manner of the firkt deferibed, 4 This kindeofTornefole hath leaues very like to thofe ofthe great Tornfole, but of a blackergreene colour:the floures be yellow,and vnprofitable; for they are not fucceeded by the fruit, but after them commeth out the fruic hanging vponfall foot-ftalks three {quare,and in euery cornerthereis a fmall feed like to thofe oftheTythimales;the rootis fmall and threddy, @ ThePlace, Tornfole, as Déofcorides faith , doth grow iri fennie grounds andneere vntopoolesandlakes, Theyare ftrangers in Englandas yet: It doth growabout Montpelier in Languedock, where itis had in great vfe to ftaine and die clouts withall, wherewith through Europe meat is co- loured, q The Time. They flourithefpecially inthe Sommer fol- ftice, or about the time when the fun entreth ins to Cancer, | The Names. @ The Kindes, Here erebe befourefoureforts sors one ; forts of 7 Torne 5 fole, differing oints, as from in many notable points, # greatnefle andfmallneffe,in colour of floures,in formeanother and thape. y » = The Grecians cal] it Heliotropium : the Latines keepe thefe names, Heliotropium magnum, . and |
