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Show 0ha IO Of the Hiftorie of Plants. L 138i 3, Lis. 2 -Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. @ The Temperatures and Vertues. A B cS D Thefe plants are driewithlittle or noheat,and are endued withan aftri@iue faculty, They con: duce much to the healing ofgreene wounds being beaten andapplied, or putin vnguents orplaifters madefor that purpole. Cuar, 234. ° Of blacke orflinking Horehound, Theyarealfo goodforthofe things that are mentioned in the laft chapter, in B,andC, Clufius faith,the firit and fecond are vfed in Stiria in fomentations,to bathe the head againft the @ The Defiription: aines oraches thereof, asalfo againft the ftiffeneffe andwearineffe of the limbs orioints, And the fame Author affirmes that he hath knowne the decoction vfed with very goodfucceffe incuring the inflammations and viccrations of the legs. $ Cua. 233. angellordead Nettle, The roote is fmall and threddie. + Ihaue found thisalfo with white OfWater Horehound. floures. #2 Tothismay fitly be referred that plant which fomehauecalled Parietaria, Sideritis, and Herbaventi,with the additament of Mon|pelien(ium to each of thefe denominations: but Bashine,who Therein follow, calls it Marrubium nigrum loagifolium, It is thus defcribed : the root is thicke and $1 CMaralium aquaticum. Water Horehound. Lacke Horehound is fomewhat like vntothe white kinde. The ftalkes bealfo fquare, and hairie. The leaues fomewhatlarger, ofadarke fwart or blackifh colour, fomewhat like the leaues of Nettles,fnipt about the edges, of an vnpleafant and ‘ftinking fauour. The floures grow about the ftalks in certain {paces, ofa purple colour,in fhapelike thofe of Arch- | The Defcription, very fibrous, fending vp many {quare rough ftalkes fomecubite high, fer at certaine fpaces with I Ater Horehoundis very like VV to blacke and ftinking Hore: hound in ftalke and floured cups,whichare rough, pricking,& compafling the ftalks round about like garlands:the leaues thereofbe alfo blacke,but longer,hardermote deeplygafhed in the edges than thofe offtinking Horehound,yet nothairieatall,butwtitkled: the floures be fmal] and whitith:the 100t is fattened with manyblacke firings. leaues longer and broader than Sage,roughalfo and {nipt about the edges.; and out of their bo- fomescomefloures,hooded, and purple of colour,engirting the ftalkes as in otherplants of this kinde, Some haue thought this tobe othonna ofthe Antients,becaufe the leaues notfalling offin Wintetare either eaten by the Wormes,or wafted bythe iniurie of the weather to the very nerues Or veines that runne ouer them ; fo that by.this meanes theyareall perforated,andeafily blowne thorow byeach blaft of winde:which caufed fome to giue italfo the name of Herba venti.1t grows inthe corne fields about Montpelier.¢ t 1 Marrubium nigrum, Stinking Horehound. , $ 2 Marrubium nigrum Loncifolium. Long leaued Horehound, @ The Place. It growes in Brooks on the brinks of watet ditches and neere vntomotes,forit requiteth ftore ofwater, and growethnot in drie places. q The Time. It flourifhes and floures in the, Sommet moneths,in Iuly and Auguft. The Names. j Itis called Agquatile,and Paluftre Marubiam: In Englith,watéer Horehound. Matthiolas t2- keth-it to be Species prima Sideriti¢ys sorakion ofIronwoortywhich Diofcorides hathdeleribe inthe firft place , but with this dothbetter® gree that whichis called Herba Indai¢aot Gh woort ; it muchleffe agreeth with sideritcf; cunda,ox the fecond Ironwoort, which 9a : caliit Herba alfo hathhis fauourers, forit is likes leate E ; po 2S none ofthe Fernes.Somealfo thinkego i - mes wandet Be gptia, becaufe they that feine themfelues Egyptians ( {ach as manytimes \algue £ x . * a ikevagabonds from citie to citie in Germ anie and other Eplaces) dovie withthis herbe tog themfelues afwart colour,fuch as ithe Egypt SYP ians the people of A fricke areae gat s itcat this herbe doth die eueryy thing withthis kinde ofand atitien colour,whichalfoholdeth{0of fatt,as nar ot be wiped orwathed away : infomuchaslinnenclothbeingdied herewith, doth alwaies** that colour, : The Temperature Tt feeme meth to be cold,and withall i 2 very aftringent Me ae or binding, g The Vertues. There is little ve of t} 1¢ water Horehound in Phyficke. + Thefigure that hererofore was inthe firtp Second place by the nameofMarrubinny Gytaticnm to avoid Tautologie. br jprion th grimdefetibedin the next chaprersand thefigure and defer ie acs fied Panax Colonior Clowns Al-heale of our Auchor,and ect e Cuars tis found j files, @ The Place. hope h in gatdens amongft pot herbes, and oftentimes amongft ftones and rubbith in drié Non q The |
