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Show a - Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants: £ 3 Corchoras. ” Fith Ball, pentninmenenistacasisisSOR Lip. 2, Lis.2 ~~Ofthe Hittory ofPlants. bethe Acimos of Diofcorides:now the vertues attributed by Diofcorides to his Acinos are fet downe at a Clinopodinm cAnflriacum, theend of the chapter vnder the letter B. 5 This which Clufivs hath alfofet forth by the nameof Clinopodit, or Acinos Auftriacumdoth not muchditfer from the laft defctibed, for it hath tender {quate hard ftalkes like thofe of rhe laf defcribed, fet alfo with two leaues at each joint, heere and therealittle fnipt (whichis omitted inthe figure) the floures grow onely at the tops of the ftalkes,and thefe pretty latge,atid ofa vidlet colour (yet they ate fometimes found white:) they hang commonly forward, andat is were with there vpper parts turned downe.Thefeed veffels are like thofe of the firft defcribed,and con- Auftrian field Bafill, taine each of themfourelittle blacke feeds : This floures in May,andthe feed is ripe in Iune: It growes about the bathes of Badon andin diversplaces of Auftria. 6 -Penaalfo hath giuen vs knowledge of another, that froma fibrous root fends vp many qua- drangular rough branches,of the height of the two former, fet alfo with twoleaues at each joint, and thefe rough and lightly {nipt about the edges, the floures grow thicke together at the tops of the ftalkes ofa darke red colour,and in fhape like thofe of the mountaine Calaminte, It floures in the beginning of Iuly, and growes vpon mount Baldus in Italy ; Pons fets it forth bythe name of Clinopodtum Alpinum. 7 TothefeI thinke fittoadde another, whofe defcription was fent me by M*. Geodyer, and I queftionwhether it mayinot be the plant which Fabins Columma Phiytobafanz, pag. 23. {ers-forth by the name of Acinss Diofcoridis;for he makes his to be endued odore fragranti/fimo-but to the purpote, Acines odoratifimur. _ This herbe hathfoure, fiue,or more, foure {quare hard wooddyftalkes gtowing from oneroot, divided into many branches, couered with a foft white hairineffe, two or three foot long orlon$¢1,00t growing vpright,but trailing vpon the ground, the leaues grow on littlefhort footttalkes bycouples ofa light greene colour, fomewhat like the leaues ofBafill, very like the leaues of 4ci0s Lobelbut {maller,about three quarters ofan inch broad, and not fully an inch long, fomewhat thatpe pointed, lightly notched about the edges, alfo couered witha light foft hoaryhairineffe Ofaveryfweete fell, little inferiour to Garden Marjerome,ofa hotbiting tafte : out oftheir bo: % 6 Clinopodium Alpinum . ‘Wilde Bafill of the Alpes, : Ne $ 4 It maybeour Authour would hat defcribed this inthe firft place, as! OG by thofe words which he vfed in reve placeof their srowing;and [Clinopod elddowns groweth ingreat plentie vpon Long onde oHiin Kent ; ] but to this neither fig tion did agree, wherefore Iwillgine yo falls {qua il ftorie therof.It fends vp many little fome handful andanhalfe high,feldont lore into branches: at each ioint ftand ee Ki fupt et nithleaues, little hairy, and not di about the edges, and much like tho * she bau? defcribed, as you fee them expreft yd floutes the little hollow and fomewhat hoo! i growin roundles towards the tops Ou as in the firft defcribed,and they violet colour. Thefeeds I hauenot } f the root is fibrous and wooddie,an¢ ie pleall ny yeares. The whole plant hath a pret ws but weake fmell. Ir floures in Iuly a firt obferued it Anno 1626, 4 little OOF Pomfret in York(hire, andfince 9) fom Kent,and in the Ile of Tenet. LTal feene it brought to Cheapfide marke herbe womencalledit Poleymoutl n m0 may bee that haue taken it for a ie mifinforming them; C/u/tws firlt e this plant,and calledit Acinos An and growing in Ke nt, 477,15 St Ee, easttgecesetlieeteitOe but uthhauing; onelittle thort foorftalke growing forth of the Lobia hai leafe, om atesch afe on ahs on whichis placed three, foure,or more fmall floures, gaping open,and diuided into foure vnequall parts at the top,like the foures of Bafill, and very neare ofthe likeneffe and bigneffe of the floures of Garden bopoe “one fh ae 8 towardsa purple. The feed Ineuer obferued by re aan py oe ound growing inthe Garden of M*. William Yalden in ate rian ns. FA ia pee 1620. amongft frreete Marjerome,and which by Siena eee ne {ec es thereof. It is tobe confidered whetherthe feedes of fiveete j © degenerate and fend forth thisherbeor not. 11. Otober, 1621. lohn Goodyer. t @ The Place. The wilde kind es doe BeYaisthe bees oo. ee Beaally grounds bywaterfides, and efpecially T found the Wy <illege called | yan houfe in Kent two miles from Dartford, called SaintJones, ee ed >utton; and Clinopodium vulgare groweth in great plentie vpon Long feld Deke ca jie ofour Authors defcription is omitted,as you mayfinde oct abe: a Kia ae perfuaded that euer he found any of the foure he al fr seacey pete ann s ne, vnle the fecond which growesplentifully in Autumne nyfuck ‘ Ree ; i ‘ fila being ofmy dlefcription growes neere Dartford and in ma. y parts of thekingdome, + “4 | The Time. Thefe herbes floure in Tune and Iuly, Vndroftab] tT te feed Ee || The Names. € Bafil or wilde Bafill is called by fome Clin opodium. of theeherbec f q The Nature. etbes are of complexion hot and dry. 1 pound with wi §] The Vertues. ‘ ve A of the eyes,and the juice doth nese saat ee ctethawea sabe i Debdece y:: —— e,all catarrhes and flowing humors that fall un Li} + The |