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Show Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. amea rere isa final! kinde of red Poppy growing commonlywilde together with the fing edywhichis leffer in all parts, and theflouresare ofa fainter or oucrworne red; inclinine 4 at tooranee. which all menjand that veryfitly hatte referred thet rate b! ‘i Befidesthek kindes of Poppy. This hath a flender longand fibrous root, from which arifes.a ftalkefoine gh, disidedinto ftindry branches, round, crefted, prickly, and full’ of a white pith. The fF horned poppy,{mooth,with whiteveins & prickly edges the ques are dividedafter tl floureis yellow, and c of fout fiue leaves ; after which fucceeds a longith head), beins either foure,fue, orfix ec ling many yellow threds incompaffing it : the head while # is tenderisreddifh at the top, but beingripe it is blacke, anditis ferwith many and fiffe pricks, 58 Ofthe Hittory of Plants, Linen called Southfleet,my felfe being in his company, ofpurpofe to difcouer fomeftrange'plants hot ene hitherto written of. + M°. Robert LorkinandI found both thefe growing in Chelfey fields, as alfo in thofe belon- ging to Hamer{mith: but the fhorter headedoncis a flcure ofa one! J more elegant colour, and not {0 jlentifullastheother. + 1 Arcemone capitulo torulo, Baftard wilde Poppy. ; 2 Argemone capitulo longiore, Long codded wilde Poppy! Thefeed is round, blacke, andpointed, being fix timesas big-as that of the ordinary Poppy. ¢ q They grow in earable grounds, ers Offields. + Thedo among " mr J he Pi. wheat, {pelt,rie, barley, otes,and:other graine,and inthe kly Poppy are not to be foundinthis kingdome i ffe in the gardens of fome f q The Time. Thefields are garnifhedand ouer{predwith thefe wilde poppies in Iuneand Augut. t WildePoppyis called in Greekeof Z 5, waewrfotas = in Latine,Papanererraticuin: Glee according tothe Greckenainethit P vidum:as al{o Lobel,whocals it Pap. Rheéas becanlethe h name Rees mayforthe fame caufe be common, not floure thereof foone fallethaway. ‘ O to thefe, butalfo to the ot] Fit be fo called of the {peedyfalling of the floures: butifit be fyrnamed Rhos of the falling away of the feed(as it appeareth) thenfhall icbe propertottat which is defcribedin the fifth placein‘the for ing chapter, out of whofe heads thefeed call and quicklyfalls as it doth alfo out of this, yet leflemanifeftly. They nameit in French(vq. Licot, Confanons; Pavot fanvage : in Du tch, Collen bloemen, Cozenvoters in high Dutch, Sapp Rotkers : in Englith, Red Poppy,and Corne-rofe. 4 + Some hauecalled this without goodreafon) tobe Gk of sferne, But Cle. , fromthe Italian name Figodi fe F; fiusand Bawhine haue termed it Papayer (inofwm Die andthe later of them would haueit (and:thatnot des, lib.3.cap.too. And Talfo probably conietture ittobethe Hippomanes of Craten: » Mentioned by the Greeke Scholiaft of Pheocritus, as bhauelor= merlybriefely declared Ghapi62. $ @ The Nature, The facultie ofthe wilde poppies is like to rhatof the other poppies; that is tofaycold, and caufing fleepe. q The Vertues. ; _Moft men being led ratherby falfe experiments than reafon, commendthe floures againl ti 2 Tt ad + ser hw (i> ee iy inf hy madebyoften infufing the leaues. Andyet manytimes it happeneth thatthe paine ceafeth by that meanes, though hardly fometimes, by reafon that the {pittlecommethvp hardly, andW moredifficultic,e fpeciallyin thofe that are weake,and haue not a ftrong conftitution of body Die : aaa D tifta Sardys might be countedthe Authorofthis error ; whohathwritten, That moft menhaue uen the floures ofthis poppy againft the paine of the fides,andthat it is good againft the fpitting ofbloud., es - ra $e Of Baftard wilde Poppy. 9 Ce in Meatoft = < hefe baftard wilde Poppies hathflender weake ftemmesa foot high, rou i laity, tet withleaues not vnlike to thofe of Rocket, made of manyfmall leaues Or iagge eaetheedges. The floures ) ne : de Pa A eee growar the top of< theftalkes, of a red colou tmatt Dlacknefle toward the bottome, Thefeed is fall, contained in little round The feed is fall and threddy 2 The fecond is like ee > ; They floure in the beginhing of Auguift,andtheir feed is ripe at the end thereof; @ The Names. \ a, Thebaftard wilde Poppyis called in GreckeAnum: in Latine, Argemone, Argemonia, Concordia, Concordalis, and Herba liburnica: of fome,Pergalium, Arfela,and Sacrocolla Herba: iD Englith,Wind. role, and baftard wilde poppy. . | The Temperature. Theyarehot anddry in the third degree. q The Veriues. \ ‘ fe fi ein thea: * KS the firft, fauing chat the cods hereofbelong, and the other more! 1 ecutterence doth confift, . @ The Place. Thefé plants do grow in the corne fields in Somerfetfhire,and bythe hedges and h as yetrauell from London toBathe. Zobel foundit gtowine in the next-fieldvatoavillas : ‘ Theleaues ftamped, andthe iuyce droppedintothe eyesieafeththe inflammation thereof; and eureth the difeafe of q The Defiription, ST | The Time: ye called Afvemawhereof it tookehis name :whicli difeafewhen it hap- ke ofthe eye it appeares white,and contrariwife whenit is inthe white then itapand boundyntothe eyes ot faée that are blacke or blew by meanes of fome B rfe&ly takeitaway. The dry herbe fteeped in warme water worketh the mped, andthe iuyce giuenin drinke,helpeth the wringing or gripings C ufed in warmewater doththe fameeffe@ually. y wound,vicer, canker, or fiftula, being: made vp intdan vagueat Ty turpentine. ight oftwodrammes,with wine, mightily. expelleth’ poyfon on ve- & Fhe a SS eC leurifie, giuing to drinke as fooneas the paine commeth, either the diftilled water, orfjmp |