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Show : fe j 426 Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. Lis.2, It prowetlae This plant likewife hath beene altogether vnknowne vnto the old Writers. of the barren mountains of Mliertne ‘ee mo thetops and rocks and cliffes the vpon y plentifull Franc, ne and in many places of Italy. 2 The fecond fortofwilde fea Plantaine or Serpentina differeth not fromthe former but one! in quantitie and flenderneffe of his ftalkes, and the {mallneffeof his leaues, whichexceed te of thefea at Mall heightoftwoinches. Itgroweth onthehills and rockes neere the wafhings a moftthicke and § ee =! in great plenty almoft euery where among the Tragacanthum, having montanum, fomewhatlike Pinghe clufter of leaucs after the manner of Sedum minimum [axenm ie his flender the wilde Pine, as well in manner of growing, as ftiffeneffe, and great increafeof ches. Ithaththefall feed of Plantaine, or Serpentina vulgaris,contained within his fpiky eats, Theroot is fomewhat long,wooddy, and thicke,in tafte fomewhat hot 3 Coronopus fine Serpentina minima, Small Buck-horne Plantaine. and aromaticall, Lieim . Of the Hittorie of Plants. © The Time, They floure and flourifh ig May and Tune. j © The Names. Sermuatthioluswriteth, That the people of Goritia do comimonly call thefetwo former plants called pentaria andSerpentina ; but vnproperly,for that there beorhér plants which may better be Serpentina than thefe two: we may cal themin Englifh wildfea Plantaine,whercofdoubsleffe they : arekindes. OF misives: MyoMouféitaile is called in Latine Cauda muris, and Cauda murina : in Greeke, mores, firos is called of the French-men Quewe de fouris ? in Englith, Bloud-fttange,and Moufe-taile. | The Temperature. Cororopus is cold and dry muchlike ynto the Plantaine. Moufe-taile is cold and fomthing drying, with akindeof aftriétion or binding qualitie. 4 Cauda Muris, Moute-taile a The Vertues. Their faculties inworking ate referred vnto the Plantaines and Harts-horne. Cuar. 1013 OfBucke-horne Plantaines , or Hartshorne. 2 Coronopus Ruclly. 1 Cornu Cerdinam. Swines Creffes,or Bucks-horne. Harts-horne, ee Jeohet : likewife one of the kindes offea Plantaine, partici atingas well f Vianeaas. Irhath many gtaffie leaues very ongon tiehetbe Than 4, CBenerae kinde of fea comeforth free fmaller ; among which f ut much tenderfoot-ftalkes, eacc tinae whereon do grow {mall {pikie knopslike thofe Ronis : : offea Plantain. 3The oe 5 2 ome “nt fall fpikie ba ; aime ndfi paembleth the laftkinde ofwilde Coronopus otfea Plantaine, well place this fucll herb: and 10 ftalkes, that I know no reafon to the contrarie, but that may ® Bucks hore, as other Writershalt kindes ofCoromopus the feGtion: kindes ofHoloftixm Blaced Men i loninthet inthe fame and ifthat or be pardonable in them, I rruft this’) Tolofiim hae? n i cring that without controuerfie this little and herveis 4 kinde eee ing matiy mall {hort graffie leaues fpred on the ground, anbale inch long ot forest eBcEie ees asiietaat tender naked ftalkes oftwoinches long bearingat the ropallt taile ofa Monte. st, pikie knopin thape like thatof the Plantaines, refembling very notably" €,whereofit tooke his name. The rootis final. cadet ra™ mall and threddy. er =~™ q The Place, The firlt and econa agly thatthey growvponth thefe plantsare ftrangers in England; notwithftanding I haue heardfy bi cole cate epee tocks in Silley,Garnfey,and the Ifle ofman. vpon a barren ditch banke neere vnto a gate leading intoa pafture 0 the © right hand of the way. a s from Edmonton ( ¥248 ye go from Londonto a village called Hampftead ; ina field as yO" go i 2 avillage vm@ houfe thereby called Pims , by the foot fides ; in Woodford RowinVroom e Forreft;,and in the Orchard béloaging to M'.Frane# Wht ffone in Effex, and in other co , qt! The Defiription. with Vcks-horne or Harts-horne hath long narrow hoary leaues, cut on boththe fides ading three or foure fhortftarts or knags,refembling the branches ofaharts horne,{pre itfelfe on the groundlike a ftar : from the middlewhereof {pring vp final{ round naked _ _ hairyftalks , at the top whereofdogrowlittle knopsar {pikic torches like thofe ofthefmal Plan« taines. The rootis lender and threddy. p ; ; N LB 2 R wells |
