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Show Of the Hiftorie of Plants, »800 t 1 Utnchu[a Alcibiadion, Red Alkanet. Liz Li Br 2s t a Anchufa lutea. ~theHiftoryofPlants. There is a {mall kiride of Alkanet,whoferoot is gteater and moreful of inice and Yellow Alkaner, than the roots of the other kindes:: in all other refpeés it is leffe,for the leaues are narrower ler,tenderer,and in number more,very greene like vnto Borage, yeelding forth many litt! : ftalks : the floures are leffe thanofthe {mall Bugloffe,andred of colour: the feed is of anathe co- : lour,fomewhatlong and flender,hauing the tafte of Bugloffe. 4 There isalfo another kindeof Alkanet,whichis as the others before mentioned,akinde of wilde Bugloffe,notwith ftandingfor diftin¢tions fake I hauc feparated andfeuered them. Thislait dachefahath narrow leaues,much like vnto our common Sommer Sauorie. The ftalkes are tw handfuls high,bearing very {mal floures,and ofa blewith or skie colour: the rootis ofa dark brownifhtedcolour,dying the hands little or nothing at all,and ofa wooddiefubftance, © The Time. A Thefe plants do grow in the fields of Narbone,and about Montpellier and manyother parts of France: 1 found thefe plants growing inthe Ifle of Thanet neere vntothe fea,betwixt the houfe fometime belonging to Sir Henrie Cri/pe,and Margate ; where I found fomein theirnaturall ripe- neffe,yet fearcely any that were cometothat beautifull colour of Alkanet : but fuch asis fold for very good in our Apothecaries fhops I found there in great plentic. Idoubtwhetherour Authour found any ofgthefe in the place heere fet downe, for I hatie ¢ fought ir but failed of finding ; yet ifhe found any it was oncly thefirft defcribed,for I think the other three are firangers.+ @| The Time. The Alkanets floure and flourifh in the Sommet moneths: the roots doe yeeld their blondie iuicein harueft time,as Déofcorides writeth. e The Names. Alkanetis called in Greeke dozevea-in Latine alfo Anchufa : ofdiuers, Fucus herba , and Onocleia, Bugloffa Hifpanica, or Spanifh Bugloffe : in Spanith,Soagem : in French,orchanet : and in Eng!ith likewife Orchanet and Alkanet. a] The Temperature, The roots of Alkanet are cold anddrie, as Galen writeth, and binding,and becaufeit is tlenfeth awaycholericke humours: the leaues bee notfo forceable, yet doe theylikewif and drie. «| The Vertues. Diofcorides {aith,that the root being madevpin acerote;orfearecloth withoile,is very good for old vicers;thacwith parched barley meale it is good for the leprey,and for tetters and ring-worms. £ +3.Aanchufa minor, Small Alkanet. plants were called CAnchufaofchat flourithing a4 bright red colour which is in the root, euena red as ptire and cleere bloud: for thatis the onely matke t note whereby todiftinguith thefe herbes from thofe which becalled Echum,Lycopjis,and Bugloft, whereto That being vfed as a peflarie it bringeth forth the dead birth. [ The decoétion being inwardly taken with Mead or honied water, cureth the yellow iaundife, C difeafes ofthe kidneies,the fpleene and agues. ' : is vfed in ointments for womenspaintings: and the leaues drunkcin wine is good againft the aske, Diuersof the later Phyfitions doboile with the root of Alkanet and wine,fweer buttet,fuch as they haue great refemblance: I haue therefore AL preffed foure differencesof this plant Anchufa Of . hath init no fale atall,vntill fuch time as it becommethred,whichthey callred butter, and giuc ete from. the other kindes,by the leaues,flouress forth themeafels and fmall pox,ifit be drunke inthe begining with hot beere. a roots ofthefe are vfed to colorfirrups,watersgellics,& {uchlike confections as Turnfoleis. ohn of Ardern hath ferdown a compofition called Sanguis Veneris,whichis moft fingular in deep igneffe, The fir kindeof Alkanet hath many ra like Echium, or {mall Bugloffe, coucred ovet " : prickie hoarineffe,hauing commonly but a igs of which is round,rough,and a cubite high.The anot the floures are ofa skie colour tending tO purp (omevnlike the floures ofEchiumsthefeed1s fall, fing thot onely to thofe that haue falne from fomehighplace,but alfo report it tobe good to driue pun@ures or wounds made with thrufts,as follows:take of oile olinea pint,the root of Alkanet two ounces,earth worms purged,in numbertwenty,boile them together & keepit to thevfe aforefaid. The Gentlewomen ofFrance do paint theitfaces with thefe roots, asit is faid. Thetwo fs mae mraedsfrom tha®: ie +feouldaacorehatere Formerly here were Both of the ordinary Bustos, whereof the fvit aifghe well enough ferue,bucehe 2.was much different Cuar. 285: Of Walland Vipers Bugloffe. what long,andofa pale colour: the root 1s thicke,the pith or inner part thereo: ae fubftance, dying the hands or whatfoeuet tome oe fame,ofa bloudie colour,or of the colour ers, cnet 18 2 Thefecond kinde of eAnchafa AN ; of greater beaurie and eftimation than t a toppe? thebranchesareleffe and more buthi¢ oa ¢ more it hath alfo greaterplentie ofleaues, 40 he height! woollie or hairie : the ftalke groweth tot mellow co qq The Deféription. 2 , Le Anglica,orwilde Buglofie,fo calledfor that it doth not grow fo commonly elfe- alittle Where,hath rough andhairic leaues , fomewhat lefferthan the garden Bugloffe : the floures stow for the moft part vponthe fideoftheflender ftalke,in fafhionhollow like Boas ellwhereof fome be blew,and others of a putple colour. . chine ‘Sanotherkinde ofEchium that hath rough and hairy leaues likewife,much mi a divers fina ftalke is rough,charged full of little branches, whichare laden on euery oe €ach floure Ren leaues,fharp ESarene 1 colour lee ie[ec wia twocubites:arthe top grow floures © o more {hie lour,far different fromthe other:the eae colout, # penas that of g compofed of one leafe diuided into fiue pasts at the top, 2 os tre qpenthey thew tobe of Lycop(is, yet ofa fad blew or purple colouratthe firft,but when t nee “taiesthe 3 Thee *4mall andblack,fafhionedlike the head ofa {nake or viper:the root is long,ane re y whe ning, of an excellent delicate purplilh morefull ofiuice than the firlt. feed is-¢ ¢ ofan azure colour, long and hollow,hauing certaine fmal blew threds in “ ‘d XXX 3 ah 7 : |