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Show 396 K Of che Butoriefof Plans. Lita. Iris alfo oftentimes given being driedat thefire, but fo, that theleaft orno part thereofat al be burned; and.being fovfedit is a remedie for che bloudy flix, and forabbicindes Of143RG aor it both purgeth awayhaughty and corrupt humors, andlikewife witha ftoppeth the bellyy/l The fame being dried.after.the fame manner dothalfo flay the ouermuch flowing ofthemo. nethlyficknefle, and ftoppeth bloudin anypart of the body, efpecially that which commeththorowthe bladder; butit fhould be giucniha little quantitie,and mixed with fome other bindinio ° thing. M Mewes faith, ThatRubarb is an harmeleffe medicine, and good at alltimes,and forall agesand likewife forchildren and womenwithchilde. ¢ My friend’ M*. Sampfon Tohnfon FellowofMagdalen Colledge in Oxfordaffures mé;Thatthe Phyfitions ofVienna in Auftria vie {earce anyother atthis day than the Rubarb ofthe Antients, which grows in Hungarynotfar from thence :andtheyprefer it before the dried Rubarb brought out ofPerfia and the Eaft Indies, becaufeit hath not fo ftronga binding faculties ic, neither dothit heate fo much; onelyit muft be vfed in fomewhata larger quantitie. + ~~ Of the Hift orie of Plan es, 397. like itnot well that the {eed fhould be {aid tobe Drivmus ; yet that is to be vnderftood accordine tothe commonphrafe, whenacride things are confoundedwith thofe which be fharpe and foure, elfewe might accufe him‘of {uch:ignoranceasisnotamongft the fimpleftwomen. Moreduersthe word Oxys doth not onely fignifie the leafe; bur the fauour and tartneflewhich bya figure drawne fromthe tharpneffe of kniues edgesis therefore called fharpe : for of: wu fisnifieth a fharpe of foure inyce which pierceth the tongue likea tharpe knife: whereuponalfo Lipathum maybe cal: led-Oxalis; as itis indeed. The leaues of this are thinner, tenderer, and more yn¢tidus than thofe of Lapatinm-aceium, broader next tothe ftem, horned and crefted like Spinage and Atriplex, The ftalke.is muchfreaked; teddih,and full of iuyce: the rootis yellow and fibrous 3 the feed fharpe, cornered and fhining;srowing in chaffie huskeslike the other Docks, r 2 The fecondkinde of Oxalssor Sorrell hath large leawes like Patience, confifedly growing together vpona greattall ftalke,at the top whereof growtufts ofa chaffie fubftance. The root i tuberous, muchlike the Peonie, or rather Filipendala, faftned to the lower part of theftem with fmall long ftrings and Jaces: 3 Thethird kinde of Sorrell growethvery fmalljbranching hither ahd thither, taking hold (by new fhoots) ofthe ground where it groweth,whereby it difperfeth it felfe farabroad. The Jeaues.are littleandthin, hauing two {mall leaues.like eares faftned thereto, in fhewlike the herbe Cap. 84. Sagittaria: thefeed in tafte is like the other ofhis kinde. 4 The fourth kinde of Sorrell hath leaues fomewhat round and cornered, of a whiter colour than the ordinarie, and hauing two fhort cares anexedynto the fame. Thefeed androot in tafte is like the other Soirels. OfSorrell. q The Kinds, Hete be ditiers kindes of Sorrell, differing inmany points, fomeof the garden ; otherswilde; fome great, and fome leffer. L Oxalis, fine Acttofa. Greys 3 Oxalistenuifolia, Sheepes Sorrell, 4, Oxalis Francafeu Romawa, Roundleaued, or French Sorrel; 2 Oxalis tuberofa. Sorrell. Knobbed Sorrell. es us kinde ofcurled Sorrell isa ftranger in England, andhath very long :leaues, in he garden Sorrell, bat curleddnd crumpled about the edges as is the curled Colewart:fhape The 4 vp among theleaues, fet here and there withthe like leaues, but lefler. The floures, ind roots are like the common Sorrel! or foure Docke. fii Che fmall Sorrell that groweth vpondrybarren {andy ditch-banks,hath {mall gratly leaues at forked or croffedolter like thecroffe hilt of a rapier. The ftalkesrife vp amongft the Hee stmall weake, and tender, ofthe fame foure tafte that the leaues areof, The floute,feed, , ‘ne root is like the other Sorrels, butaltoget her leffer, * | The Defiviption, Hough Dioftorides hath not expreffed the oxalides by that name, yet none ought £0 nw but that they were taken and accounted as the fourth kinde of Lapathum, For though jike 7 The |