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Show Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. 848 ——— Lis. 2. higher,and longer thaneither the long or the round:the leaues thereofbegreater than thofe ofAa. rabacca;the floures hollow,long,andinone fide hanging oucr,of a yellowith coloursthe fruitislopg androundlike a peare,in whichthe feeds lie feucred,ot forme three {quare, ofanill favored blac. kith colour:the root is fomewhat long,oftentimes of amean thicknefle,yellowlike tothecolour of Box,notinferior in bitrerneffe either to thelong or to the round Birthwoort : andfometimes thefe are foundtobe fmall andflender,andthat is when theywere but lately digged vp and gathered:for by thelittle parcels of the roots whichare left,the young plants bring forthat the beginningten2 der and branched roots. and leaues, yetis both in ftalkes 5 Small Birthwoort is like to the long and round Birthwoort itleffer and tenderer: the leaues thereofarebroad,and like thofe ofIuie: the floureis long, hollow inthe vpper part, and on the outfide blackith: the fruit fomething roundlike the fruit of round Birthwoort : in ftead of roots there growforth a multitude offlender firings. + 6 PiftolochiaCretica J|fine Virginiana, Virginian Snake-root. Of the Hittorie of Plants, a9 in Italiéand Narbone or Lanfalloftheforhree long and round Birthwoorts: they are alfo found branched Birthwoortvpon found he that writeth, Bellonius Petrus France, in countrey uedock,a about Hifpalis, and in fame this found t he faith,tha Clufins Tdaa mountaine in Candie : Carolus many other places of Granado in Spain,among bufhes and brambles : they growall iri my garden, gq The Time, They flourein May, June,and Iuly. | The Names. fe it is dpc cake répeue Birthwoortis called in Greeke ¢rsé2: in Latine likewife Ariffolochia becau hwort, h,Birt that is to fay,good for women new ly brought abed,or deliuered with childe:in Englit Hartwoort,and of fome, Ariftolochia, fé The firtt is calledAristolochia longa,or long Birthwoort, of the forme ofhis root, and likewi ,& Ariffolochia masor male Birthwoort: the fecond is thought to be Feminaor female Birthwoort itiscalled Rotunda Ariftolochia,ox round Birthwoort : of diuers alfo Terre malum,the Apple of the eatth: yet Cyclaminus is alfocalled Terra malum,or the Apple of the earth. | The Temperature. g be, Allthefe Birthwoorts are of temperature hot and drie,and that inthe third degree hauin fidesa power to clenfe. q The Vertues. Diofiorides writeth,that a dram weightof long Birthwoort drunkewith wine and alfapplied, is good again{t ferpents and deadly things : and that being drunke with myrrhe and pepper,it expel- leth whatfoeuer is left in the matrix after the childe is deliuered,the floures alfo & dead children: and thatbeing put vp ina peffarie it performeth the fame, Round Birthwoott feruethforall thefe things, and alfo for the reft of the other poifons:it is likewife auaileable againft the ftuffing ofthe lungs,the hicket,the fhakingsor fhiuerings ofagues, hardneffeofthe milt or fpleene.burftings,cramps,and couvulfions,paines of the fides if it be drunk with water. Itplucketh out thornes,fplinters,and fhiuers,and being mixedin plaifters, or pultéffes,it draws h forth fcales or bones,temoueth rottenneffe or corruption,mundifiet and fcoureth fouleand filthy % 6 Clufizs figures and defcribes another{mal Pi/tolochiaby the name of Piftolochia Creticao Snakewee which I thought good toadde the Epithite Virgizia alfo, for thatthe much admired of Virginia feems no otherwifeto differ from it thanan inhabitant of Candy from one of the Vis. ginians,whichnoneI thinke will fay to differ in (pecic, Lwill firft gine Clufias bis defcriptionand then expreffe thelittle varietie that I hane obferued-in the plants that were brought from Vitel nia,and grewhere withvs:it tends forth manyflender ftalks a foot long,more orleffe,and theleare cornered or indentéd,crefted, branched, tough,and bending towards the ground, of {pred therco®, and ofa darke green colour: vpon which without order growleaues neruous,and likethofe ofthe laft defcribed,yet much fharper pointed, andafter a fortrefembling the fhape of tholeof a afpera , but leffe,and ofa darke and lafting greenecolour,faftened tolongith ftalkes: out oftols bofomes growlong ardhollowcrookedHoures, in fhape like thofe of the long Birthwoor, 8 ofa darker red on the outfide,but fomewhat yellowith within and theie are alfo faftened top ty long ftalks;and they are ficceededby fruit,not vnlike,yer leffe than that ofthe long een This hath abundance of roots, like as the former,but muchfmaller,and more fbrous,andotalt at ger fmell It fouresin Iuly and Auguft. Thus Clufivs defcribes his,to whichthat Snakewee? ee was brought from Virginia,and grew with M'. John Tradefcant at South-Lambeth, 4% 4 it pen adles agreeablein all points,but here and there one of the lowerleaues were fomw ar der pointed than thereft : the floure was long,red, crooked,anda little bairie,and it did the top, or fhewthe inner fide,whichI iudge was by reafon of thé coldneffe and vnfeafonabint of the later pate ofthe Sommer whenitfloured : the ftalks in the figure {houldhaue beet ae more crookingor indenting,for they commonly growfo. Howhard it is ro iudge oF iit particle or facultie may v ery well appeare by thisherbe I nowtreat of : for fome by the ae is the root had with 4/arwn,and a vomiting qualitie which they attributed to it (which aNa f and maintaine itan Afarum:fome* fit no other than accidentall) would forthwith pronounce it Serpentie itco other things,as to Primrofes,vincitoxicum,&cc-Others morewarily named be fitted and a a therfelues and eafilyto sianagand Radix Virginiana.names as it were offering vponfundry things, but yer too generall,and therefore not fitany more tO be vied, feeing and {pecifick denomination is found.¢ : q : The Place. 1 5 Bk ¥ fee ee growin fat and champion places,the fieldes of the Birthwoorts thewethi,that Pliny ‘ 4 hae are fs ame” 9P Y sy 1 vcers,andfilleth them vp with newflefh,ifit be mixed with Ireos and honie. D Galen faith,that branched Birthwoortis ofa more fweet and pleafant {mell : and therefore is vfed in ointments; but itis weaer in operation than the formerones. Birthwoort,as Pliny writeth, being drunk with water isa moft excellent remedie for cramps and E convulfions,bruifes and for fuch as hauefalne from highplaces. F Itis goodfor them thatate fhort-winded,and are troubled withthe falling fickneffe. The round Aréloochia doth beautifie,clenfe,and faften the tecth,if they be often fretted or rub- G ed with the pouder thereof. + Theroot of the Virginian Piftolochiawhichis ofa trong and aromaticke fent,is a fingular 8 H much vfed Antidote againft the bite of the Rattle-fnake, dr rather Adder or Viper, whofe bite is very deadly and therfore by the prouidence ofthe Creatorhe hath vponhistailea skinny dry fubftanceparted into cels which containe fome loofe,hard drie bodies that rattle in them (as if one thould put littleftones or peafe into ftiffe and verydry bladder) that fohe mayby this noife giue in heed warning ofhisapproch,the better to be auoided but ifany be bitten,they know, nor ftand ofnobetter antidote,thanthis root,which they chew,and apply tothe wound, & a!fofwallow fome of itdowne,by which means they quickly ouercome the malignitie of this poifonous bite, which othenwife ina very fhort time would proue deadly.Many alfoc ommend thevie of this againftthe plague,{mall pox,meafels,and fuchlike maligneand contagious difeafes. $ Cuar.3i2. OfViolets. { The Kindes. Tike thight bedeferibed many kinds of floures vader this name ofviolets,iftheir differences Gitlag bé more curioufly looked intothanis neceffarie:fot wemight joine hereunto the ftock a fe. the Wall floures,Dames Gillofloures, Marians violets,and likewife fomeofthe bul3 digpPecaufe fome of them by Theophraftus are termed Violets .But this was not our charge, cod matGcient to diftinguith and diuide them as neere as may beinkindred and neighbor Oofthe’ee ping my felfe ynto the Violetscal led the blacke or purple violets, or March Par. ucthac ‘atacn which haue a great prerogative aboue others,not onsly becaufe the minde zAokts butal orue pleafure and recreation by fmellingand handling of thofe moft odorre Le 1eoke i made of Orthar very many by thefe Violets receiue ornament and comely one 'o to “of thein Galands for the head,Nofe-gaies, and poefies, which ate delightfull appropriate vertues ; ye Gardens themfelues Pieafant to fmell to, fpeakingD nothingOe oftheir and the rerace: 4 Eee bas > oP. 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