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Show a 400 2 Lis: 2 Of the Hittorie of Plants. OF the Hiftory of Plantes @| The Time, The fmall Biftort groweth in great aboundancein Weftmerland, at Crosby,Rauentivaith, atthehead ofa Parke belonging to ore M’. Pickering : from whence it hath beenedifperfed into manygardens ; as alfo fent vnto mefromthence for my garden. It floureth andflourifheth in May. The feed1s ripe in Tune, 2 Cochleavia Britannica. 2 Cochlearia rotundifolia, RoundJeafed Scuruie grafle @ The Time. Theyfloure in May, andthefeedis ripein Iune. @ The Names. BMorta is called in Englith Snake-weed: in fomeplaces, Oifterloit : in Chefhite, Paffions, and Snake-weed, andthere vied for an excellent Pot-herbe. It is called Bs/torta of his wrythed root, 5 Dracun culus;Dodonai andLizmonium Gu and alfo Colubrina,Scrpentaria, Brittanica,Dracontion,Pliny frert. @. The Nature. Biftort doth coole anddryin the third degree. @ The Vertues, A. Theiuyceof Biftort putintothe nofe preuaileth much againft the Difeafe called Polyps, and the biting of Serpents orany venomous beaft, being drunkein VV ineor the water of Angelica, Therootbpyled inwineand drunke,{toppeth thelaske and bloudyflix; it ftayethalfotheou muchflowing ofwomens monethlyfickneffes. C Theroottakenas aforefaid ftayeth vomiting, and healeth the inflammation and forenefle af the mouth and throat: it likewife faftneth loofe teeth , being holdenin the mouthfor aceltainy fpace,and at fundry times. B Cuar.86. Of Scuruy-Graffe,or Spoon-wort. q The Defcription, Ound leaued Scuruy-Gtaffe is a lowor bafe herbe: it bringeth forth leauesvpon final ftemsor foot-ftalks ofa meanc length, comming immediately from theroot, Vel) manyin number,of a fhining greene colour, fomewhat broad,thicke,hollow ikea little fpoone, but ofno great depth, vneuen, or cornered about the edges : among which Teaues {pring vp {mall ftalkes ofa fpanne high, whereon doe grow many little white floures: after which commeththe feed, fmall and reddith, contained inlittle round pouches orfeed-veffels : the 1008 be fall, white, and threddy. Thewhole plant is ofa hot and fpicietafte. f 2 Thecommon Scuruy-grafle orSpoone-wort hath leaues fomewhatlike a {poone,hollor! the middle, but altogether vnlike the former : the leaues hereofare bluntly toothed about the ges, fharpe pointed, and fomewhat long the ftalkes rife vp among the leaues, of the length halfea foot ; whereon do growwhitefloures with fome yellowneffe in the middle : which belt paft, there fucceed {mall feed-veffels like vnto a pouch, not vnlike to thofe of Shepheatdspit greene atthefirft, next yellowith, andlaftly whenthey be ripe,ofa browne colour,orlikea oT (0° nut. The rootis finall and tender, compact ofa number of threddy ftrings very thicke rhruft gether in manner ofa little turfe. 7 G The Place. The firft groweth by the fea fide at Hull , at Bofton, and Lynne and in many other places . Lincolnthire neere vnto the {ea, as in Whaploade and Holbecke Marthes in Holland in the fant County. Ithath beene found oflate growing many miles from the feafide, vponagreatbill : Lancathirecalled Ingleboroughhill , which may fcemeftrange vnto thofe that donot know t es it will be contentwith anyfoile, place, or clyme whatfoeuer Sor proofe whereof, my felfe hav fowenthe feeds of it in’mygarden, and giuen them vatoothers,with whomthey floure, flout and bring ferth theit feed, as naturally as by the fea fide ,and likewife retaine the famehot !P*" rafte: whielt proueth that they 'refufe no culture, contrary tomany other fea-plantssill Thefecdndj whichis ourcommonfeuruie graffe, sroweth indiuers places vpon the brit ofthe famous riueror Thames as wellon oe efend,‘ seriithe asa Th j 1 i i i Greenhithe, Grauefend, as we Teftern co’ Erith, 2 fi - oolwich, as the Kentith:;atfr P ortimouth, fhore a gett Briftow,and many otherplaces along {t the Wette ut cowardthe North Thaue'not heard that any-of this kinde‘hath-growne. The Names. _ t Weare not ignorant that inlow Germany, this hath feemedto fome of the beft learned to be the true Britannica, and namely to thofe next the Ocean in Friefland manes call it WLeffel&raut s that is, Cochlearia or Spoonwort,by reafonof t} and. The paffed round: and hollownes ofthe leaues, like a fpoone; and1 y findeit in the fameplace growing, and endued w plant Ce/ars foldiers (when they remoouedth nica, becaule ich excellent camps beyond the Rhene) foundtopreuaile (as the Frifians had taught it them) againft that plague and hurtfull difeafe of the teeth, gums, and finewe s,called the Scuruie, being a depriuation ofall goodbloudand moifture, in the whole bos die, called Scorbutum in Englith,the Scutitic,and Skyrby, a difeafe happeningat the fea among Fifherm1eD and frefh-water fouldiers, andfuch as delight to fit fill without labour andexercife t bodies, andefpecially aboucthe reft ofthe caufes, when they makenor cleane their bit ad from the floure or mealines that is vpon the fame,which doth fpoile many.But fith this tion,andthat there be manyother water plants.as Na lurtivm,Sium; tafte, and not vnlike in proportion andvertues,which are reme- 1, there can be nocertaine argument drawne therefrom to s at their firft comming forth are fomewhat long liké’Py at thicker, and hollow like a nauell, after the mannerof ‘la, in. the compaffe fomewhat cornered, in fathion fome- e,and in fhape like the Cuckowfloures : the feed reddi be fe n i 4, whichis rath lled Spoonewor . 9° yr Ature. . > ye e and drie,verylike in tafte and qualitie to the garden Creffes,of Li} ¥ a Th |
