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Show 624. Of the Hiftorie 6f Planes. leaues alfo , butthe cafes wherein the feede is contained, are like vnto the feed veffels of Myofitis Scorpioidesor Moufeare Scorpion gaffe. Thefloures are {mall and white.” Cuar.198 Ofthefemale Fluellen,or Speedwell. There is another fort of Whitlowgraffe or Nailewoort, that.is likewile aloworbafeherbe,ha. diuers uinga {mall toughroote, with fome threddieftrings annexed thereto; from whichrifevp Chickweed flendertough ftalkes,fetwithlittle narrowleaues confufed|y like thofe of thefmalleft whereofdoubtleffe thefe be kindes:alongft the ftalks do growveryLittle white floures,afterwhich comethefeeds in {mall buttons,of the bigneffe of a pins head. + Our Authorfeemeshereto deferibe the Paronychia 2 of Tabern, $ 1 Paronychiavulgaris. G The Defcription, He firtt kinde ofElatine, beeing ok Fuchfius and -Matthiolusscalled Veronicafaminagot the female Fluellen,fhooteth from a {mall and fibrous root many flexible and tender branches,difperfed flat vpon the ground,ramping & creeping with leaues like Nyn- 2 Paronychia Rutaceo folio, Common Whitlowgraffe. Of theHiftory of Plants. bos, Rewleafed oriagged Whitlowgiraffe mularia,but that the leaucs of Elatine are of an hoarie,hairie,and ouerwotne greene colour ; among which come forth many{mall floures,of a yellow colour mixed with a little purple,like vnto.the {mall Snapdragon, hauing.a certaine taileor Spurfaftened ynto cueryfuchfloure , like the herbe called Larkes {purre., The lower taw or chap ofthe floure is of a purple colour,and the vpperiawe of a faire yellowe, whichbeeing paft, there fucceedes.a fall. blacke feede contained inround husks. 2 Thefecondkinde ofElatine hath ftalkes, brarithes,floures,and roots, likethe fir : bur the Jeanes are fathionedlike the former, but that they haue two little ears at the lower end, fomewhat tefembling an arrow head, broadat the fetting on: but the {pur ortaile of the floure is longerjand more purple mixed withthe yellow in the floure. 1 Feronicafaemina Fuch{yfive Elaine, 2 Elatinealtera. The Female Fluclien, Sharpe pointed Fluellen, q The Place. Thefe fmall,bafe and low-herbsgiow vpon bricke and ftone wals, vponoldte led houfes , which are grownet haue much moffe vponthem, and vpos fome fhadowie,and dry muddywals. Itgron eth plentifully vpon the bricke wal : of Southampton, in the Suburbs of London,and fundry Chancerie Lane, belonging to the are otherplaces. | The Time, Thefe floure many times in Ianuar y and February,and when hot weather approcheth, theyate NO more to befeen all the yeareafter. The Gracians haue called thefe plants © TheNames. mymuréa. Which Cicero calleth Redevia: Thereb many, en ofplants,called b sys : 3 i + . br ol y the {aid name of Paronychia,which hath caufed many writers todout ted the true kinde; ] or raifed y see ge mayvery boldly take thefe plants for the fame,vntill time hath neerer vntothe truth: whichI thinke will neuer bali plalit we maycal] the nt,h,N tiiinn’ Eng o™ tem approc ailhin e-wg oort,a nd Whitelow graffe We As touching the qual itie hereof q The Tmperatures and V ertues. ken 10 , we haue nothing to fet downe : onelyit hath beene tans n ailes called a W hitlow,whercofi t took his name. or heale the difeafe of the t , Our Authour here ‘GAUC vs two figures, Aptos and as mat y defcriptions ofboththefe plants,wherefore I hane omitted 3,0f the figures jandihe ike more PE sf8ane 2 Cua . Bochts : @ The Plaee. ea thefe plants I haue foundin fundry places where corne hath towne,efpecially barley, as the fields about So set in KK : ss : f th ; ‘ dothnor crow, ont,where w . : uthflcet in Kent,where within fix miles compafie there is not a field wherein t stoweth eth inafield ina & 3 walAlfoipwr next vnto the honfe fometime belonging to that honourable gentlehe Chey ae alfingham,at Barn-elmes,andinfundry places of Effex-and in the next field vato Shyard at Chifwicke neere London,towards the midft of the field. Theva. ey floure in Auguit and September. q The Time, a The |