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Show 667 OftheHitoryofPlns.6 Ofthe Hiltorie of Plants. branches, and thofe againe diuidedinto other 2 branches like thofe of Cyanus about two foot Ptarmica Aufiriaca. high, wherein grow longnarrow w hitith Cottonie leaues outoforder, ofa bitter taftewhiter below than aboue,of thecolour ofthe leaues of Wormwood, hauingbut one riborfinew & that in the middle ofthe leafe, and commonly turne downewards : onthe topofeachflender Sneefewoort of Auftrich, Cuar., 189. OfSneefewoort, q The Defiription. I He {mall Sneefe-woort hath many round andbrittle branches , befet with longand narrow leaues,hackt aboutthe edgeslike a faw , at the topsoftheftalks do grow Fel branch groweth one {mall fcalie head orknap, like that of Cyanus which bringethforthapale purple floure without fmell, containing fixe, feven,cight,or more,fmal hard drie fharp pointed leaues: in the middle whereof groweth maayftiffe chiues, their tops being ofthe colour ofthe foures : thefe floures fall not away rill the whole hearbe perifheth, but change into a ruftie colour : amongft thofe chiues grow long fingle floures like the wilde field Daifie. The rootis tender and full of ftrings creeping fat abroad inthe earth,and in fhort time occupieth very much ground: the whole plantis tharpe, bitingthe tongue and mouthlike Pellitorie of Spaine,for which caufe fome hauecalled itwilde Pellitorie The {mell of this plant procureth {neefing, whereofit tooke the name Sternutamentoria thats the herbe which doth procure fheefing, or Neefewoort. 2 ie 4 Double floured Sneefewoort, or Ptarmica,is like vnto the formerin leaues,ftalks,and toots fo that valeffe you behold the floure, you cannotdifcerne the one from the other,anditis cree. ding white,and doublelike vnto double Fetherfew. This plant is ofgreat beautie,and ifitbecut ) ting,there will downeinthe time of his flouri i come within ithi a monthafter a fupplie i or cropo fairer thanthe reft. hike! 1 Ptarmica, flat blackith feed,withalittle beard at the top. Therootis finall, whitifh, hard and threddie, and perifheth when the feed is ripe,and foone {pringeth vp by thefall of the feede, and re- 2 Ptarmica duplicifore, Sneefewoort; maineth greene all the Winter, and at the Spring fendeth foorth a ftalke as aforefaid. The herbe touchedor rabbed fendethforth a pleafant aromaticall fmell, Iuly 26.1 620.Lohn Double floured Sneefivoort. ey SS 0) Goodyer.$ q The Place. Vaan: | p-s He Mt Thefirtt kindeof Sneefewoort grows wilde in drie andbarren paftures in many places, and in the threegreat fieldes next adioyning toa h ' y = AES es 4} Villageneere London called Kentith towne,andin fundryfields in Kent about SouthHeet. t Thereftgrowonelyin gardens, q The Time. They floure from Mayto theend ofSeptember. q The Names. . voort is called of fome Ptarmica,and Pyrethrum fjlueftre and al fo Dracofjlueftris,or Tarcon vefiris sof moft,Sternut amentoria taken from his effeét,becaufe it procureth fneefing Of Fragus 8 Tanacetumacutum album : in EnglithswildePellitorie,taking that name fromhis fharp and g tafte butiris altogether vnlike in proportion tothe truePellitorie of Spaine. @ The Nature. hot anddrie in thethird degre “@ The Vertues, uice mixed with Vineger andholdenin the mouthcafeth muchthe paine of the Toothnd holden inthe mouth, bringeth mightily from thebraine flimie flegme, 1¢, and therefore fromtimeto s@meit hath beene taken for a wilde kinde 3° Therei bere is al{e eked ie : ,ITK La (Tse -t mena - narrowlike ee ie etek eee beauty,hauing long leaues fornens Whee | ine tre: ftalks are of ar hi 3 veveus beautifull floures of the a fa alks are of acubit high,onthe top whereofdoe grove leaues, ofa bright fhinine Stet a {mallfingle Marygold,confifting offifteene or fxtee = r 5 g ted colour tending to purple ; fet aboura ball of thrummie fubitane” Car. 190, es is in the middle ofthe D atfie, in manner ofa pale, which floures ftand in fealie knops** thofe of Knappwee weed,or d,or Matf Mz ellon. rTThe root isi ftraightand thru fteth deepe into the groun™ $ Ptarmica Imperati « an Ptarmi ce Auftriacefpecies Cluf.Curpoft-P.32- 4 This rifeth vpwitha fin into many pwithafmall hard toughcornered whitith woolly ftalke, divided into® branche, OfHares Eares. | The Defcription. 1 Hares Eares is calledin Greeke sate, and is reputed ofthe late wsileurumPliny, from which the name or figure difagreeth not: it hath ; = ong narrow andgraffie leaues of Lachryma Iob, or Gladiolus, ftreaked or balked no 7 a, eae c c S -e Witt1 teins Tide ftreakes Boot on or ne ribbes othbine running stinnine along al e Plinie ia {peeaket lundry ftiffe cuery leafe, as ggaf s6¢C 2 re |