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Show a Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants, Lisa, ——________ Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Dips 26 Geranium mofchatum , Cuar. 358. tN q The Place. Musked Cranesbill. Of knobbed (ranes-bill om: It is planted in Gardens forthe fivectfell Geraniam tuberofum. that thewhole plant is poffefled with, + but ifyourub the leaues and then fmell to them, oe Knobbie Cranes-bill. | The Defiription, you fhall finde themtohauea fent quite con- THis kinde of Cranes-bill hath many fle trary tothe former. t The Time. It floureth and flouritheth all the fommer ble branches,weake and tender, fat,and full of moifture,wheron are placed very great leaues long. cut into diuers fimall fections or diuifions, re. fembling theleaues of the tuberous nemonesor Wind-tioure,but fomewhat greater,ofanouerworn greenifh colour:among which comeforth Jong foot-ftalks,whereondo growfaite floures, ofabright purple colour,andlike vnto thefmal- jieLS AWS we pss Ay dst left brier Rofe in forme: which being paft,thete q The Names. Itis called Myrrhida Pling Roftrum Ciconia, UMfcus mofchata,in tops, and Acuspafforss, and likewife Geranium mofchatum:.in Englifh,Mut ked Storkes bill,and Cranesbull, Mufchatum, and ofthe vulgar fort Mufchata,andalfo Pickneedle, fucceedfuch heads and beaks as the reft ofthe Cranes-bill haue: the rootis thick,bumpedot knobbed, whichwe call tuberous, G| The Temperature. This Cranes bill hath norany ofhis facul- @ The Place, ties found our or knowne: yet it feemethto be This kinde of Cranes-bill is a ftranget in England,notwithftanding Ihaveit growing in mygarden, colde and a little dry, with fome aftriction or binding. | The Time, Thetime anfwererhthereftof the Cranes; The vertuesate referred vnto thofe ofDoies foot, and are thought of Dioftorides tq be good for greene and bloudy wounds,and hor fwel- bills. @ The Names. Cranes bill is called in Greeketycen in Lae SS ; tine,Gruinalis commonly Roftrum Gruit, or Ro- | TheVertues. lings that are‘néwly begun. frum Ciconie : ofthe likeneffeofa Cranes-bill, or ftorkes-bill : of fome, Aeus mofiatasbutthat namedothrather belong toanotherofthis kind: :tisalfo called Acus Pafforis + in le 2~ a OL ; f ¢ grua: inFrench, Bec de Grue:in Spanith, Pi 60 dé Ciquena,pico delgrou : in High Dutch Storckeuiteh uable: in Bow Dusty viuoers beth s Cuap, 360. Of Crow-foot Cranes-bill, or Gratia Deis in Englifh,Storks-bill,Cranes- bill, Herons-bill, and Pincke-needle : this is alfo called for diftin(>), . Sesepate Gions fake,G.cr anium So tuberofa2 mand Geraninm bulbofum : itis . i 5 likewife Geranium prism Dinfiaridis @| The Defcription. or Drofcorides his firft. Cranes-bill. G The Temperature, Theroots of this Cranes-bi ll hauea little kinde of heat in them, Bi SY F g The Vertues, peat A * Pfcorides faith that the roots may beeaten,and thata dram weicht of them drunk in mune cot Bp. waite and confume awaythe windinefleofthe Matrix, es Alio Piiny affirmeth,that the root heréof is fingula r good for. fuchas after weakneffe ctauie 10 be reftored to their former ftrength, i 7 + nada. © . : The fame Authoraffirmeth that the weight of a dram ofitdrunke in wine three timesinact!s isexcellent good againft the Ptificke, or Confumptionofthe lungs, x Row foot Cranesbill hath many long and tender branches tending to redneffé,fet with great leaues deepely cut or jagged, in formelike thofe ofthe fielde ailgeaca it tooke his name; the flouresare pretty large, and grow at the top of rt 2 = be tender footftalkes, ofa perfea@ blew colour:which being paft,there fucceed fuch heads,beakes,an bils.as the oj ils. as Thaue cataee fortofthis Cranesbill, bringing forth very faire white floures, whichmaketh itto differ fromthe precedent; in other refpects there is no.difference atall, ; + 2 Thiswhich is the Geranium 2. Batrachiodes minus of Clufins hath large ftalkes and leaues, and thofe very much dinidedor cut in; the ftalkes alfo are diuided into fundry branches, which vpon long foorftalkes carryfloures like in thape, but leffe than thofe of the formerly deferibed, and nor blew,but ofa reddith purple colour, hauing ten threds and a pointall comming forth of the middle ofthe floure, the beakes or bils which - a feed ftand vpright,and hang not downe their points a tothers do, The rootis large andliues many yeares. E 3 The fie8 are ftiffe, greene,andhairy, diuided at their tops into fundry Paar Cuan 359. Of Musked Crancs-bilh which end in lone foorftalkes, vpon which grow floures commonlyby couples,and they .« ue leaves apicee, and thefe ofadarke red colour. The leauesare large,foft,and haley ini i G The Defiription. Mix Cranes-bil hath many weake andfeeble branches trailing vpon the ground, wher” into fix or feuen parts,and fnipt about the — ; the roots are ry and lafting. Iris kept w “singardens,and floures in’ May. Clufias calls it Geranium 1.palloflare, i : 4 This cifohanhfates aaeach like thofe ofthe laf deferibed, but fomewhat ri the edges,ofa pleafant fieetefel I not vnlike to that of Muske: among which a afte! thefloures fet vppontender foote-ftalkes,ofa red colour,compaé offiue {mallleaues ere the Muske-fike fmell : The rootis very long,ted,and nie 2 flouresin'the middeft of May,aea s m > Z a cut apo doe2 grow= long Icaues,made ofmany fmaller leaues, fet vpona middle rib, {niptor a I peorath which appeare fmall heads and pointed beakes orbills like the other kindes of Cranes?" foot is mall and threddy, ; x qie the florues areas laree as thofe of the laft defcribed,but ofa morelight red, and they a. feo : <erand fhortet cups, and {uecceded by fhorterfeeds or bills, and are commonly ota Iwee |