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Show Ofthe Hiltorie of Plants. 568 + 4 Lina per ee Our Authorhere in the fourthplace defcribed the Knawel, and hefiguredit in the f cond place, vnderthe title Of Ant hy His Valentina Clafij : for the figure which was inthe thitd place we here giue you in the fifth ; andI coniecture itis not of Knawel,but Of Saxifrega Anglicanaofthe Aduerf. Sothat our Authors words are true, if he meant of the picture which he fet forth by the nameofPolygonum [elynoides five Knawel ; but falf{e if of the plant which he defcribed. Butif the conieure ofPena and Lobel be true,whoiudge theit Saxifraga Anglicana to be Synanchice Dalefchmpy,then itis neither of Kwawel, as out Authorwould haueit, nor of this whichI heregiue, butof afmall plant which you fhall finde among ft the Rubia’s. Nowthis plant that I take tobe the Suyj. fraca Anglicana of Pena and Lobel, is a {mall little herbe growing thicke, with very manybranches 569 Ofthe Hiftory ofPlants. Las. ounce whrtn the herbes be dried,bay berryes,¥ B The leaues ofParfley Piert,Mouf-cate,ofeach one Hippes,or Briertree i the berryes of Hippes, Burre, the feeds in . y een eee great feedsof the osieiaasbalehecoun ie inthe one gall,the weight of 24. Barley cornes, orhalfea taken and drunke in maner aforefaid ati together into. a moft fine and fubtill ng i ; dmoft fingular for the difeafe aforefaid. b vfed inthe like cafes. + Oe “heafthand fixth aA ofthe fame faculty,and maybe of Tabera, and that in the third place ofpolygomem minne polycarpon The fignre that formerly was in the fecondplace was of Knawell, fome two or threeinches high, with fomeftalkes ftanding vpright, and other fomecreeping: at each ioynt growtwo fhort narrowfharpe pointed greene leaues, out af whofe bofomes come diuers leffer leaues : at the tops of the branches vponprettylong ftalkes grow ypon eachftalke one Cuar.172. Of Rupture woort. x Herniaria, Rupture woort. round whitithfcaly head, confifting commonly of foure ynder greenith leaties which make the cup, and foure grayith or whitith leaucs whichare the floure. Nowafter thefe cometo fomem. turitie they appeareall ofa whitith colour, and throughthe thinnefilmes ofthefe heads appettes the feed, which at the firft view feems tobe prettylarge and blacke, for it lies all cluftering toge- ther; but ifyou rub it out you fhall findeit as {mall as fand, and of a darke reddith colour, The tafte of this plant is very hotandpiercing, like that of Goldenrod or our common Saxifrageand without doubt it is more effectuall to mouevrine than the former Knawel. I haue found it groring in manyplaces about brickeandftone walls,and vpon chalkybarren grounds, I called thisia my lournall Anno 1632. Saxifraga minor alteraflofiulis albisfemine nigro and queftioned whether it were not Alfine Safifraga anguftifolia mininsa montana of Colamna. But nowI thinke it rather ifthe number of leaues inthe floure did nor difagree) the other whichis defcribedin the next placeot whichI fince that time haue receiued both the figure and defcriptionsas alfo a dry plantfrom, Goodyer. He conieSturesit maybethis plant whichI haue here defcribed, that is fet forth inthe Hiftoria Lugdpag .t235-by the nameofAlfine mufcofa. Alfine paluftris folijs tenuiimes : fine Saxifraga paluftris alfinefolia. 6 This hath a great numberofvery finall graffe-like leaues, growing from the root,about af inch long, a great deale {mallet andflenderer than fmall pinnes , amongft which {pring vp maly $2 Millegrana minima, een mer, ad thofe fet by couples with other fhorter comming forth of their bofomes; and fo by de. grees they become fhorter and fhorter towardsthe top,fo that toward the top this plant fomrhat refembleth Thymum durius. The floures are greatfor theflenderneffeofthe plant, growing at i tops ofthe branches, cach floure confifting offue {mal blunt roundith topped white Aouresywith lingboroughin Northamptonfhite. This hath not beene decribedthat I finde. Lobferueditt tle yellowith floures which turne into very {mall feed, and reat quantity thereof, confidering the the place aforefaid,Auguft 12. 1626. John Goodyer. + ; G The Place. t The firft and fecond are ftrangers in England : the reft growin places mentioned in th deferiptions. 2 ‘ t © efe, efpecially the three laft, are hotin the fecond or third degree, and of fubtill pats ut the Parfley Piert feemes notto be fo hotas ’ the other two, ¢ The Vertues. E fmallneffe ofthe plant,growingthicke cluftering together by certaine fpaces. The whole plant is of a yellowith greene colour, The root is very flenderandfingle. There isangrher kinde of Aernparia,called Millegrand ot All-feed, that groweth vprighta handfull high,with many {mall and tender branches,fet with leaues like the former,but few in number,hauing as it were two {imal leaues & no more. The wholeplant feemeth asit were couered That which hath beene faid of their names in their feueral! defcriptions fhall fuffice. j © the Nature. : the : cold in Th ney are fecond degree, and dry in the third, aftringent and making thicke. in Englith,Rupture woort,or Rupture grafle.It is a bafe and low creeping herbe,hauing many{maII cy tough,and full of little knots fomewhat teddifh, whereupon do'gtowvery many {mall leaues like thofe of Time,among which comeforth lit- with afew ftrings. This groweth plentifully on the boggy ground below the red Well of W d q The Namess Here is alfo a kinde of Knot graffe ; TLey called in Latine #ola : flender branchestrailing vpon the gtound,yetve- white chiues in the middeft. The feed lobferwed not. The rootis {mall growing in the myie The Time. Thefe flourre for the moft part from wages September. a The Defcription, Dwarfe Allfeed, fiallflender round fmooth firme branches fome handfull or handfull and halfe high, fromwbich fometimes gtowa few other fmaller branches, whereonatcertaine ioynts growleaueslike thefor- ct ene pras tomy promife I haue och goodto infert this medicin madewith Kaa": which herbe is called (as T faa before) Parfley Piert,burif I might without offence it fhoule™ called Petrapungens : forthat barbarous word Parfley Piertwas giuen by fome fi mple map ( the tetme-” trueferugles, thetwo learned not wel hadwine, + ) who a dram, machbefimplicitie halfe Ofas muft white ia” Hes giuen in warme followeth ehthe orbswhich ee more, according to the conftitutionof the body whichis to receiueit. te ouer withfeeds or graines, like the feed ofPanicke,but muchleffer. + Thauenot feen many plants ofthis,but all that cuer I yet faw neuer attained tothe height of twoinches. ¢ The Place, : 1 Itioyeth in barren and {andy grounds,andis likewife found indankifh places that lie wide open to the funne:ir doth growand profper in my gatden exceedingly. ¢ 2 I found this in Kent on 4 Heath not farre from Chifte-hurft, being in eompany with M*. Bowles and diuers others; in luly; 1630. @ The Time. It floureth and flourifheth in May,lune,Iuly,and Auguft. ‘ The Names. ; ; It is called of the later Herbarifts Herniaria and Herniéla ; taken from the effe& in curing the difeafe Hernia : ofdiuers, Herba Turca,and Empetron ;in French, Boutonet : in Englifh, Rupture woort, and Burftwoort, Bbb y The |