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Show i Ofauelitapellee Lied SOF che Biflorie of Plans. $48. : ; ey ' q The Times Theyate tobe gathered in their flouring time, that is in Tuly and Auguit: of fomethatgathe J ne album. arty, ; 7. Snapdiagon. © 3. Antirrhinum YellowSnar them fuperftitioutly they are gathered betweene the two Ladydayes. ‘ @ The Names. The Greekescall this Kermweur wxsir- in Latine it is called Ceataurium minus : yet Pliny nameth jt Libadion, and byreafon ofhis great-bitternefle, Fel terre. The Italians in Hetruria call it Bion. la? in Spanith,Centoria : inlow-Dutch, Centogpe sin Englith, Small, lictle;or common Cento. tie: in French,¢entoire. @| The Temperatire. The fmall Centorie isofa bitter qualitic,and of temperature hot and dry in the fecond deste, and the yellow Centorie is hot and dryin the third degree. : | The Vertues. Being bOyled in water and drunkeit openeththe ftoppings of theliver, eall,and {pleene,ithe!peththe yellowjaundice, and likewile long and lingering agues : it killerh thewormes inthebelie ; tobe briefe, itcleanfeth, fcoureth, and maketh thinne humorsthar are thicke, and dothefe. @ually performe whatfoenerbitter things can. Diofcorides,and Galen after himrep6rt, thatthe decofion draweth downe by fiege chofer and thicke humors, and helpeththe Sciatica ; but though wee haue vfed this often and luckily, yet couldwenotperceitt@euidently that it purgesby the ftoole anythingat all,and yet it hath petlat med the effects aforefaid. This Centorie being ftampedandlaid on whileft itis frefh and greene, doth heale and clofeyp greene wounds,cleanfeth old vicers, and perfeGtly cureth them. Theiuyceis good in medicinesfor the eyes ; mixed with honey it cleanfeth away fuch things ashinder the fight; and being drunke it hatha peculiar vertue againft the infirmities ofthefines, as Diofcorides teacheth. The Italian Phyfitions do giue the ponderofthe leaues of yellow Genrorié once inthreedaies inthe quantitie of a dram, with annifeor caraway feeds, in wine or other liquor, which preuaileth againft the'dropfie and greene fickneffé. Ofthe red floured, Joannes Poftins hathythus written: _ Flos mihifuaue rubet fed ineft quoque [uccus amarus, Quijuvat obfe(fum bile, aperitque jecur. i ( : Myfloureis fweetin {iell, bitter my iuycein tate: Whichpurge choler, and helpsliuer, that elfe would wafte. a= #5,’Hipaib Cuar. 164. z; Antirrhinum minus. sathSnapdragon . , Small : at. Of Caluesfnout, or Snapdragon. | The Defcripsion, oe purple Snapdragonhathgreat and brittle ftalks, which dinidethit felfe intomal) fragile branches,whereupon do grow longleaues fharpe pointed,very greenc,likevnt? thofe ofwilde flax, but much greater, fer by couples one oppofite againft another, Thel oure : growat the topofthe ftalkes, ofa purple colour, fafhionedlike a frogsmouth, or rather adiag™ I mauth, from whence thé womemhaue taken the name Snapdragon. The feed is blacke;conmt inround huskes fafhioned like a calues fnout, (whereupon fome haue called it Calues fnout ) 11 mine opinionit is more like vnto the bones ofa fheeps head that hathbeene long in thewa™ the fieth confumedcleane away. ; ie 2 A fecond agteethwith the prece denti n eulery part, except in the colour of the 1s plant bringeth forth wlhite floures, in and the other purple, wherein confifts the difference i 3 The ysllow Snapdragon hatha long thicke wooddy root,with certain firings faftne to; from which tifeth vp a Brittle ftalke of two cubits and ahalfe hich,diuided fromthe tothe topinto diuers branches, whereupon doe grow long greene leaueslike thofe ofthelom™® but greaterand longer. The floureggrowat the top ofthe maine branches, ofa plealant °° colour,fn thapelike vntothe precedent. E 5 4 The finall orwilde Saapdrs +o : ftature: snre: the 4 apdragondiffereth not from orsbut in the + lea leffer and: narrower : the flour €sSoon Jike ge he orbes the fide" fe are * : thoteof Bs ned-veffels purple, but altogetherz {maller :settee the heads orfee £° 5 Thereis qother kinde : = oft times" hereof whichhath many flender branches lying 0: F Pe the ground: the lea ues are muchfmaller than thefe of the lat defcribed : the floures and 1° fels are alfo like,b ut muchleffer,and herein confifts the onely difference. ¢ «i cp n £ 5 Amtirrhinum minimum'repens. SmallLl creer creepin g Snapdragon, |