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Show LAbBe 23 CuHae. 366. Ofthe HiftoryofPlants. 1 Ranunculus pratenfis, etiamque hortenfis. Of Neefe-wort Sanicle. Common Crow-foot, 2 Ranwaculusfurrectis cauliculis, Right Czow-foor, q The Defcription, EXebori ne Alpin Neefewort San VW Hen I made mention of Helleborys il. bus, did alfo fet downe my cenfixe concerning Elleborine,or Epipadtis:but this Eleborine of the Alpes I put in thisplace, becaufeit approchethneeter vnto Sanicleand Rapunculus,as participating ofbothsit goireth in the mountaines and higheft patts ofthe Alpithhills, and is a {trangeras yet in our En- glifh gardens, The root 1s compat ofmany fmall twifted ftrings like black Helleborsftom thence arife {mall tenderftalkes, {mooth, and eafie to bend; in whofe tops grow leaueswith fine diuifions, fomewhat nickt aboutthe ed: ges like vnto Sanicle : the floures confift offix leaues fomewhat fhining,in tafte fharp,yet not vnpleafant. This is the plant which Pera found in the forreft of Efens, not farre ftom Iupiters mount,and fets forth by the name ofAlpina El. ~ leborine Sanicule & Ellebori nigrifacie. @ The Nature andVertu. T haue notas yet foundany thingofhismature or vertues, 3) Ranunculus aruorum. Crowfoot ofthe fallowedfield. AS Cuap. Oe Of Crow-feet. | The Kindes. Here be diuers forts or kinds of thefe pernitious herbes comprehended vnder the name de musculus, ot Crowfoot, whereofmoft are very dangerous to be takeninto thebody,ane i fore they require a very exquifite moderation, with a moft exaG:and due manneroftempeh any of themare to be taken alone by themf{elues, becaufe they are ofmoft violent force, 4 er forehaue the greater need ofcorreétion. : theend Theknowledge of thefe plants is as neceflarie tothe Phyfitian as of other herbes, t0 Poecel: th gnece F ey may fhunthe fame,as Scribonius Largus faith, and not take them ignorantly: 0 “ nec fitieat any timerequire, chat they may vfe them , and that with fomedeliberation 4" Lad es choice, and with their proper correctiues. For thefe dangerous Simplesare likewife many of themfelues beneficial], and oftentimes profitable : for fome of them arenot fo dangerow that they mayin fome fort, and oftentimes in fit and due feafon profirand do good, iftem| and moderation be vfed : of which there be foure kindes, as Diofcorides writeth ; one f u leaves, another that is downy,the third very fmall,and the fourth with awhite floure: the 6/3 barifts haue obferued alfo many moe: all thefe may be brought into two principal! ear offait nebea gardenor tame one, and the other wilde ;and ofthefe fome are common, and ot oh a orfotreigne. Moreouer,thereis a difference both in the rootsand in the leaves ; fo" old Cro the Reader vnto the endof the flocke and kindred of the fame, forthe ee ana yertues, orn :and firft of thewilde or. knobby4 root, anothera long leafeas Speare-wort bumped fsa es < > forthe tem Rane 4. Ranunculus Alpiaus albus: White mountaine Crow-foot, |