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Show OF the Hiftorie of Plants. Luria, eeaoe Cuap. 88 4O5 Of the Hiftory of Plants: Lawes @ The Nature, Of eAdders-Tongue. Adders-tongueis dryin the third degree. q The Vertues, Theleaues of Adders tongue ftamped ina ftone morter,and boyled in Oile Oliue vatothecon- A q The Defcription. Phiogloffon, or Lingua Serpentis (calléd in Englith Adders tongue ; of fome, Adder Graffe,thoughvnproperly) rifeth forth of the ground,hauing oneleafe anidno more fat or oleous in fubftance, ofa finger long, andvery like the yong andtender leayes of Marigolds : from the bottomeofwhich leafe {ptingeth out a fmall and tender ftalke one finger and a halfe long, on the end whereofdoth growalong {mall tongue not vnlike the tongue ofa fer. pent, whereof it tooke the name. 2 fumption of the iuyce, andvntill the herbes be dry and partched, and then ftrained, will yeeld a moft excellent greene oyle,or rather a balfam for greene wounds, comparable vnto oyle of S Johns wort, if it do not fare furpaffe it by many degrees swhofe beautyis fuch, that very many Artifts haue thought the fame to be mixed with Verdigreafe. Cuar. 89. Thauefeene another like the former in root, ftalke, and leafe ; anddiffereth, in thatthis plant hath two,and fometimes more crooked tongues, yet of the fame fafhion, whichif myiude. mentfaile not chaticethper accidens, euen as we fee children borne with two thumbes ypon one hand : which moueth mefo to thinke, for that in gatheringtwenty buthels ofthe leauesaman * thal] hardly finde oneofthis fathion. 1 Ophioglo(fon. 2 Lunaria minor. 1 Herba Pars. Small Moone-worts One-Berty,or Herbe True-loue, £ 2 ophiogloffon abortioum. Adders-Tongue, OfOne-berry, or Herbe True-loue, and Joone-wort. S a8 ny acoal Mif-fhapen Adders-Tongue, q The Defcription, H et y Ai k i @ The Place. doyia ncpmentin moift medowes throughout moft parts of England , asina Mee Sorte a IngSpi es aS Dy ttle adioyning to London; in the Mantel s by London, in themé, Cole-brooke,in the fields in Waltham Forreft , and many other places. r | The Time, ey are tobe found in April and May; but in ophiogl “irh: offumsis ani eil called "; i Iune they are quite vanifhed and gone. fhops Linguaf io erpentis A ie ,eve Linguace,and Lingnalace: it isalfo called ia ‘ sia Vulneraria: in Englith,Adders tongue ,or Serpents tongue: in De Matertonguers : ofthe Germanes, Kater sungelin, i 48 a th a Semck ie fens {mall tender ftalke two hands high; at the very cop couiieicueaaan ee : aM diteGly fet one again anotherin manner ofa BuredHerbe True = in hao he aa ia forwhich cauféamong the Antients it hath bin aes out ofthe middeft wheresfie terse eee floure ofan herby or 7 : vac -feariuleth vp a blach D * berrie: i derthele earth, earth, anddifper at el f fineg ke felfe Bie Pere seeee 1erand thither, | geth forth ofthegroundwith one leafe like Adders-tongue,iagg ed cOrux dcepe cuts or notches, not muchvnlike the leaues of ScolopenFeene c your pon doth growa {mall naked ftem ofa fincer long,beatogether ; which being gathered and laidin a platter weckes, there will fall from the famea fine duit of meale it bring forth any. The rootis flender, and compact of L! 3 + ¢ In |