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Show Sence 644 Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. ant pa Lis ode fome ftand vpright, others lie along vponthe ground, being round, hairy, and norderlyfet with fofthoary leaues ingirting their ftalkesat theirfetting on, and tharpe pointedat their vpper ends, Thetops ofthe ftalkes carry many whitith heads full ofa yellowith downe :the rootis thicke and blackifh, with fome fibres. : 645 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Lip. 2. —‘ a Sacca rs ze and carueded ggods were wont to ing he images i caufe of long lafting,t i Italy. Forwhich dua in dua purpofesptolomy For which aaa Boteogheatapon fome hauecalled it Godsfigures s Pliny writeth. them;a e obfetu ntly dilige moft did t ofEgyp King 5 q The Place: 1 Elyochryfon,fine Coma aurea. 14 This fends vpone ftalke parted into feuerall branches fet hereandthere withbroad fot and hoarie leaves, andat the diuifion of the branches and amongft the leaues growfeven or eicht Itgrowes in moft vntilled places of Italy Gee cee, little heads thicke thruft together, being ofa grayifh yellow colour, and full ofmuch downe sthe rootis vnprofitable, andperifhes as fooneas it hath perfectedhis feed. Clufius calls this Gnaphali. Sy, and Spaine; inmedowes where the foile is barten,atid aboutthe banks ofriuers ; ir isa ftran- umPlateaw 3. hehauing as it feemes receiued them both fromhis friend /aqwes Plateau, + gex in England. q The Place. » The firft groweth in the darkewoods of Hampfted, and in the woods neere vnto Deptford by London. The fecond growethvpondry fandy bankes, The third growethata place called Mere. GY The Time. It floures in Auguft and September: notwithftanding Theophraftws and Pliny reckonit amongthefloures of the Spring. zey, fix miles from Colchefter, neere vnto the fea fide, + Ialfohadit fent me ftom my wothhip- full friend M*. Thomas Glynn, who gathereditvpon the fea coaft of Wales. + Thereft growvpon mountaines,hilly grounds, and barrenpaftures. The kinde of Graphaliumnewly fer forth (to wit Americanum) growethnaturallyneerevatothe q The Names. : Golden Moth-wort is called of Diofcorides Elichryfon . Pliny and Theophraftus call it Heli- Mediterranean fea, fromwhence ir hath beene brought andplanted in our Englith gardens. + If chryfon : GaXa tranflates it Aurelza - 10 Englith, this be true whichour Authorhere affirmes,it mighthaue haue hada fitter (at leaft a neerer) de. nomination than from America : yet Bawhine affirmes that it growes frequently in Brafill,anditis not improbable that boththeir affertions be true. + Gold-floure, Golden Moth-wort. _Q The Temperature. . It is (faith Galen) of powertocut andgmake thinne. G The Time. Theyfloure for the moft part from Iune to the end of Auguft. q The Names. Cotton-weedis called in Greeke Guephalion ; and itis called Gnaphalion, becaufe.menvie the tenderleauesof it in ftead ofbombatfte or Cotton, as Paulus eBginetawriteth. Pliny faithitiscal- q The Vertues. Diofcorides teacheth, that the tops thereof drunke in wine are good for them that can hardly make water ; againft ftingings of Serpents, paines of the huckle bones : and taken in fweet wineit diffolueth congealed bloud. The branches and leaues laid amongft cloathes keepeth them from moths; whereup- led Chamaxylon,as though he fhould fay Dwarfe Cotton for it hath a foft and white cotton like vnto bombafte : whereuponalfo it was called ofdiuers Tomentitia,and Cotonaria : of others,Cemtunculus, Centuncularis, and Albinum; whichword is found among the baftard names : but the later word, by reafon of the white colour,doth reafonably well agree with it. It is alfocalled Bobi, Humilisfilago,and Herba Impia, becaufe the yonger, or thofe floures that fpring vplater,are highe, onit hathbeene called of fome Moth-weed, and ouertop thofe that come firft,as many wicked children do vntotheir parents, as before touchedin the defcription : in Englith, Cotton-weed, Cud-weed, Chaffe-eed, and petty Cotton. or Mothwort, The Nature. Hove formerly weré twofigures and defcriptions of the fame Plant. Thefe herbes be ofan altringent bites and drying qualitie. @ The Vertues. _ Gnaphalinm boyledin ftronglee cleanfeth the haire fromnits andlice : lfthe herbe being laid in ao and preffes keepeth apparel] from moths Beater ne fame bowled wine and drunken, boyled a killeth wormes inwi them forth,andprev! h cen, ki ‘ and bringeth i 5 it £ the bitings and ftingings ofvenomous beafts, : and re: a fume or {moke of the herbe dried, and taken with a funnell, being burned therein, - - in fuch manneras we vfe to take the fume of Tabaco,that is, witha crooked pipe mavei™ : ame purpofe by the Potter, preuaileth againft the cough ofthe lungs,the greatache orpa ofthe head, and clenfeth the breft and inward parts. S . e jor T Thefcfigure that was formerly iyiinthe feuenth . place fhould haue beenein thecleuenth 3 aud that in theclewenthin the feuenth. Cuar.207. Of Golden Floure-Gentle. q The Defcription. ‘ oe yellow Buerlafting or Floure-Gentle, called ofthe later Herbarifts Yellow Stoecas, isa plant chathath ftalkes ofa fpan long, andflender,whereupondo grownarrow I leaues white and downie, as arealfo the ftalks. The floures ftand on the tops of the ftalks, confi- fting ofa fcattered or difordered {caly tuft,ofa reafonable good fmell,ofa bright yellow colour ; whichbeing gathered before they be ripe,do keep their cofour and beauty a longtime without wi- thering, as do moft of the Cottonweeds or Cudweeds, whereofthis 1s akinde. The yoot is blacke and flender. ¢ There is ome varictie in the headsofthis plant,for they are fometimesvery large and longifh,as Camerarius notes in his Epitome ofMatthiolus , otherwhiles they are very compa& and round,and of the bigneffe ofthe ordinarie, _ 2 Cuapr. 206. Of Golden <Moth-wort, or (udmweed. @ The Deéfiription. I This growes to fome footor more high,and hath rough downie leanes like the former, but broader : thefloures are longer,but of the fame yellow colour and long continuanceas thofe of the alt deferibed. This varies fomthing in the bredthand length of the leaues, whence Taverna” on. ‘anus Gane three figures thereof,and therein was followed by our Author, as you fhall finde more Patticularly {pecified at the end of the chapter. + ; 3 Gis Moth-wort bringethforth flenderftalkes fomewhathard and woody,dime and of 4 di into to diuers fmall branches ; whereupon do growleaues fomewhat rough ; arch io eelsnaty. much iagged like Southernwood. The floutes ftand Fefembl the {ealy floures ofTantn in tufts,ofa yellowcolour glittering like gold,in oe Mas gath before theycybe De ripe the middle buttonofthe floures of Camomil ; which sae ij ripe oranfie,or withered,remaine beautifull long timeafter,as my felfe did fee in the hands C of M'.Wade, one of the-Clerks of her Maiefties Counfell,which were fent him among oe es 3 About Nemaufium and Montpelier there growes another kinde of Chryfocome, or as Lobel ferant a Stechas Citrinaaltera; but thatasthis plantis inall. points like, foin all points it is le aa { ees and notoffuch beanty as. the former, growing more’ neeré vntoan ath vied =“ ingwemanyfmall twigs a foot long. The root is leffer, and hath fewer firings Me cinigh ~ _ and itis feldome found but inthe cliffes and ctags;among rubbifh,and on walls o! > His plant is browne,without fent or fauorlike the other : every brarich hath his own bunch OF Houres c = * ietes commingforth ofa fealy or round head,butnota number heaped together,as inthe firft Ande. It profpereth well in our London Gardens, Hhh 3 4 There |
