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Show - q The Temperature. 4 : Lt ; shoes i : agen of Plants. Os Of the Hiftorieee 522 oe aeee ———————— _ Se ; Lami 2. F i Purflane is cold,and that in the third degree,and moift in the fecond ; but wilde Purflaneignos fo moift. Ofthe Hiftory ofPlants. anges +1 Halimuslatifolins <aviitee Seaé on ane ine . . ; # 2 Halimus : anguftifolins procumbens ° 2 Creeping Sea Purflane, q The Vertues, Rawe Purflane is muchvfedin fallades,with oile, falt, and vineger : it cooleth an hot ftomacke, and prouoketh appetite ; burthe nourifhment which commeththereof is little, bad, cold, grofe and moift:being chewedit is goodfor ‘teeththat are fet on edge or aftonied;the juice doththe x the diftilled water. am ebeingg heldin the mouth,andalfo Purflaneis likewife commended again{twormes in young children, andis fingular good,efpecially iftheybe feuerith withall, for it bothallaies the ouermuchheate, andkillech the wormes: whichthing is done throughthe faltnes mixed therewith,whichis not only an enemy towormes, but alfo to putrifaction. The leaues of Purflane either rawe, or boiled, and eaten as fallades, are good for thofe that haue great heate in their ftomackes and inwardparts,and doe coole and temper the inflamed bloud. The fame taken in like manner is goodfor the bladder andkidnies, and allaieth the outragions luft of the body<the juice alfo hath the fame vertue. Thejuice of Purflane ftoppeth the bloudyfluxe, the fluxe of the hemorroides,monthly terms, {pitting of bloud andall other fluxes whatfocuer. The fame thrown vp with a mother fyringe,cureth the inflammations, frettings,and viceratiom ofthe matrix , and put into the fundamentwitha clifter pipe,helpeth the vicerationsand fluxest , the guts. The leaues eaten rawe,take awaythe paine of the teeth, and fafteneth them ; andare good fo teeth that are fer on edge with eating of fharpeor foure things, The feed being taken, killeth and drineth forth wormes, and ftoppeththe laske. Cuar. 149. i 3 Halimu s vulgaris, fine Portulaca marinas = Of feaPurflane, and of thefhrubby Sengreens. Common Sea Purflane. C q The Defcription, Ea Purflane is nota herbe as garden Purflane,buta little fhrub : the ftalkes wherefbe hard and wooddy: the leaues fat, full of {ab {tance, like in forme to common Purlats 5 but much whiter and harder: the moffie purple floures ftand round about os parts of the ftalkes,as do almoft thofe of Blyte,or of Orach : neither is the feedvalike,bemé ah andflat: the root is wooddy,long lafting,as is alfothe plant, which beareth out the wintt! y the loffe of a fewleaues. : t 2 Thereis anotherfea Purflane or Halimus,ox after Dodomeus,Portulaca marina, wwhich ba leaues like the former,but not altogether fo white, yet are they fomewhat longer and nation not muchvnlike the leaues ofthe Oliuetree. Theflender branches are not abouea.cubit nat and halfe long,and commonly lie {pred vpon the ground, and the floures are ofa deepe be(F herbycolour, andafter themfollowfeedes like thofe ofthe former,but fmaller. "aie _ * 3 Ourordinary Aalimus or fea Purflane hath {mall branches fome footorbetter long } ing commonly {pred vponthe ground, ofan ouerworne grayith colour,and fometimes pit leaues are like thofe of the laft mentioned,but morefatand thicke,yet leffe hoary- The| 16 {ie growon the tops ofthe branches,of an herby purple colour,which is ‘fucceeded by fimall fees" to that of the fecond kinde. if 4 There is found another wilde fea Purflane.whereof I haue thought good to max whichdoth refemblethe kindes of Aizoons. The firt kinde sroweth vpright,wi i a fmall tree or fhrub,hauing many vpright wooddy branches,of an afhecolour, ¥ darke,greene leaues like the {mall Stone crop,called Vermicularis : the floures are ot lowith greene colour: the root is very hard and fibrous : the whole plant is of a fait andthe juice like thatofKaly, ; 5 Thereis another kinde like the former,and differeth in that,this leaues more fharpe and narrower,and the whole plant more wooddy, forme of a tree, The floures are ofa gteenith colour. is t £ 4 Vermicularis frutexming offer fhrubb gee; pa ti |