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Show nina ———— Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. 682 « A Lirma, — "iss Lo 1Bs —————_. Dio(corides teacheth, chat being appliedto thefecret part ofa womanbefore the ait hindreth : conception. Cites Mint taken in meat or drinke warmeth andftrengtheneth the ftomacke,anddrieth vp all fuperfluous humours gathered inthe fame, and caufeth good digeftion. K Mints mingled withtheleaues of parched Barly,confumeth tumors and hard fwellings, L. The water of Mints is of like operationin diuers med icines,it cureth the trenching and Stiping paines of the belly and bowels,it appeafeth headach,ftaic th yexing and vomiting, i. 2 Itis {ingular againft the grauell and {tone in the kidneies and againft the {tranguric, beingboi. 2 her kind hereof that hath a longer and narrower leafe, andnot of fowhite There is alfoanot be more plentifull, of a red lig ht purple Deus: the fYalkes hereof are foure {quare: the floures {pecks : the fmell hereof is ftronger, but purple fine e withlittl {prinkled toblew, rote incliningoO thetafte ismorebiting. + The figure of this was formerly in the third place ofthelaft chapter. + 3 Mentha Cattaria anguftifolias Small Cat-Mint, teria. The firft growes about the borders ofgatdens andfields, neere torough bankes, ditches, and commonwayes: itis delighted with moift and 2 a ledinwineand drunke. _ They layit to the ftinging of wafpes andbees with goodfucceffe. waterie places: it is brought intogardens. $ The other two commonly growin gardens ich were formerly in this Chapter were no wayagreeableto the de(criptions and names taken forth of Dodoneus ‘Thefief was ofthe Colemin’ fLobel & Tab. The 2. was of that which is deferibed in the thirdplace, the third wasofthe Mentha Cattaéia angujhifitia defenbed inthethird Chapter.Thefigure agreeing tothe 4. description was in the chap xt faue one afore bytheticleof Ocywioides repens. with vs. £ @ The Time. The Cat-Mints flourith by and byafter the Spring : they floare in Inly and Auguft. Cuar. 226. Of Nep,or (at Mint. q The Names, The later Herbarifts do cal it Herba Cattaria, @| The Defcription. At Mint or Nep groweth high ; it bringethforth ftalks aboue a cubit long, comered, and Herba Catti,becaufe the Cats are yery much delighted herewith; for the fmel ofit is fo pleafant to them, that they rub themfelues vpon ir, and wallowortumbleinit, and alfo feed on the branches and leaues very greedily. Itis named ofthe Apothecaries Nepcta - but Nepeta is pro- chamfered, andfull of branches: the leaues are broad,nicked in the edges like thofe of Bawme,or of Horehound,but longer. The floures are of awhitith colour, they partly compatffe about the vppermoft fprigs, and partly growon the very top,theyare fet ina mannerlike an eare or catkin:theroot is diuerfly parted,and ful offtrings,and endureth a long time. Thewhole herbe together with the leaues andftalks is foft, and couered with awhitedowne, but lefferthan Horfe-mint,it is ofa fharpe {me],and pearceth into the head:it hath a hot cafte witha certainebit- perly called (aswe haue faid) wilde Penny-roy- all: inhigh-Dutch, #atsen DMunts: in Low-. Dutch, Gatte crusje : in Italian, Gattaria,or her- ternefle: # 2 Our Authour figured this and defcribed the next in the fecond place of this Chapter. This hathprettylarge fquare ftalks,fet at cach iointwith two leaues like thofe of Coftmary,butof a gtay or ouctworn colour: the floures growat the tops ofthe ftalks in long fpokie tufts likethole ba Gatta : in Spanith, Yerua Gatera: in Englith, Cat Mintand Nep. + Thetrue Nepeta is Cala: mintha Pulegy odore. + @ The Temperature, of the laft defcribed,and ofa whitith colour,the {mel is pleafanter than that of the laft deferibed.t 1 Mentha Felina,feu Cattaria. 2 Mentha Cattariaaltera, Nep,or Cat-mint. 683 ~ Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. pie Nepis oftemperature hot and dry, and hath the faculties of the Calamints. : | Thevertues, It is commendedagainft cold painés of the A head, ftomacké; and matrix,and thofe difeafes Great: Cat-mint. that growof flegme and ray humors, and of winde. It isa prefent helpe for them that be burften inwatdly by meanes offome fall receiued from anhighplace, andthat are very muchbruifed , if the iuyce begiuen with wine ormede. Tae Ttisvfed in baths and deco@ionsfor womento (it ouer to bring downe theirficknefle, andto B make them fruitful. t , # Ievisalfo good againft thofe difeafes for which the ordinatie Mints do ferué and are vfed, ¢ © Cuar, 227, OfHorfe-Mint or Water--Mint. q] The Defcription. I V Ater Mint isa kinde ofwilde Mint,it is like to the firft Garden M int, the leaues thereofare round, the falkes cornered, boththe léaues and ftalkes are of a darke ted colour; the roots creepe far abroad, but euery part is greater, and the herbe ic felfa a eis ofa fa flr froong er finell nse 2 : the floures in i the tops of; the branches are gathered togetherint a ound eare, of a purple o colour, + . h ! 2 The fecond kinde ofwater Mint in each refpect is like the others, fauing Matha more (aaa tebe : | fauing that th. the fame hed. th oe Odoriferous fauorbeing lightly touched withthe hahd: otherwife being hardly touino the Lo hot to fmell vnto’: it beareth his floures in fundry tufts of roundles ingit-, “cy acs inmany places ; and theyare ofalight purple colour : the leaues are alfoleffe than of the oe theformer,and ofan hoary gray colour. ty proceed fall ‘scommon Horfe-Mint hath creeping roots like as the other Mints, from ae alike <¢s partlylant ‘ o. . f : leaning, and partly growing vpright : the leaues are pretty seit |