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Show ‘OFthe Hiftory of Plants. Liz, Luss 2. Of the Hiftorie of Plants. caphyllum, {aue that it had amore threddy roor, rather like Geraninm ; iv is of adatke Colom Outs wardly, hauing fomefiveet {mell, reprefenting GaryopMylata in the fauor of his rootssin leaues and $ 13. floures itrefembles Cinkefoileand Tormentill,and in fhape ofhis flalkes atid roots Aneis or Gary ophyllata,participating ofthem all :notwithftanding itapprocheth neereft vnto the Cinkefojles, Pentaphyllumfragiferum. Ssokawtveing Cinkfoile. -, hauing ftalkes a foot high,whereupongrowleaues diuidedintofiue parts,andjagged roundabout the edges like the'teeth of a faw, hauing the pale yellow tloures ofPenraphyllum or \Tormenill,. within whichare little moffie or downy threddes, ofthe colour of faffron, but leffer thanthe com. mon Auens. $ The eighth kinde of Cinkefoile (according to the opinion ofdiuerslearied menwhohaue had theviewthereof,andhaue iudgedit tobe the true Lencas of Diofcoridessagrceable to Diyini- fomewhathoary and fhining. rhe ftalksare fome handfull high, and oncheir tops carry large floures in ref{pe@ of the fmalneffe of the plant,and thefe of a faire golden colour, with faffron coloured threds in their middle: des his defeription)is all hoary, whereuponit tooke the addition Zvcanum. The ftalkes are thicke, wooddy,and fomewhatted, wrinckled/alfo, and ofa browne colour ; which tife vnequallftom the root,{preading themfelues into many branches, fhadowing the place where it ¢roweth, befetwith thickeand notched leaues like Scordium, or water Germander, which aceordingto the indgmeat of the learned is thought to be of noleffe force againft poifon than Pentaphyllon, or Tormentill, be. ing ofan aftringent and drying quality. Hereuponit may be that fome tryingthe force hereof, the feedes grow after the manner of other * Cinkfoiles: this floures in lune, anditis Clufius his Quinquefolinm 3 .aurcoflore+ 13. There is one ofthe mountain Cink. foiles that hath diuersflenderbrittl¢ ftalks, rifing immediatly out ofthe ground;wheres upon are fet by equall diftances certain iag- haue yeeldedit vp for Leucas Diofcoridis. This rare plant I neuer foundgrowingnaturally, butin thehollowneffe of the peakifh mountaines, and dry grauelly vallies. $a Quinguefolinm {yluaticum minusflo. albo; Small white floured wood Cinkefoile, 991 thofe of the laf deferibeds the tops of the branches carry pretty white floures: like thofe of the laft defcribed,whereoficfeems to bea kinde,yet leffe in each refpea. 12 This froma blackeand fibrous root fends forth creeping branches, fet with leaues likethe common Cink foile,but leffe, £12 Quinquefolinm minusflr,aue, ged leaues, not vnlike tothe fmalleft leaues Small golden floured Cinkefoile, of Auens: thefloures are white and grow at the top,hauing in them threds yellowofcolour, and like to the other Cinkfoiles, but altogether leffer. The root is thicke, tough, and of a wooddie fubftance. + The feedes grow cluftering togetherlike 5 on : little: Straw, berries, whence Clufivs calls it Quinguefoliumfragiferam, q The Place, They grow in low and moift medowes,vpon banks andby highwaies fides:the fecond is onely to be found in gardens, The third growethin the woods of Sauenaand Natbon, but not in England: The fourthgroweth in a marfh ground. adioining to the land called Bourne ponds,halfe a mile from Colchetter ; from whence I brought fomeplants for my garden, where they flourith and profper well, Thefifth groweth vpon Becftonecattle in Chefhire: the fixth vponbricke and ftone wals about Londonfpecially ypon the brickewallin Liver-lane. The place of the feuenthand eight is fet forthin their defcriptions. G The Time. Thefe plants do floute fromthe beginning of May to the end of Iunes @ The Names. ; 2 Cinkfoile is called in Greeke m=z in Latine,Quingucfolium: the A pothecaries vie the Greek bathe Peptaphyllon: and fom: etimethe Latine name. Therebe very many baftard names,wherewith I inger will not trouble your eares :in High Dutch, Funk fingerbraut: i bauts in10 Low; Dutch, Wifi MUSE CALI bruiits in Italian, Ginguefoglio : 4p French, Quinte fueille : in Spanith,¢##co en rama: in Englifh, Cinkfoile Fiue finger Grafle,Fine leaued graffe, andSinkfield. rane #9 Thishaththe likecreeping purple branches asthe laft deferibed:t he Jeaues atethey th more hairy and deepercut in: the floures are alfo of amote golden colour, inother relpem ieee are alike. + tro Thewood Cinkefoile hath many/Ieaues fpred vpon the ground, confifting© hoe among which rife vp otherleaues, fet vponvery tall foor-ftalkes,and long ine pect or or did grow by the ground, and! fomewhat fnipt about the ends,arid notall along! ;he edge wid floures grow vpon'flender ftalkes,confifting of fiue white leaues: The root1s thicke, fibres comming fromit. 11 : enderbra This alfo from fucharootas the laft defcribed fends forth manylene creeping, but ftanding vptight; and fer with little hoary Ieaues, {nipt onely at ™* tbe 1 The Temperature. 7 Theroots of Cinkfoile,efpecially of the firft,do vehemently diie, andthat in the third degree but without biting’; for theyhauc very little apparant heat or fharpneffe. ‘ qq The Vertues. : ~ ThedecoGionof the roots of Cinkfoile drunke, cureth the bloudy flixe,and all other fluxes of 4 *ebelly, and ftancheth all exceffiue bleeding. : p difeafes the inice of the roots while they be yong and tender,i s giulen to bedruinke againft the ; ~ Juer and lungs,andall poifon, J . ath been mingled,cu- C The fame drunke in Mead or honied watet,or wine wherein fome pepperh le tertian or quartaine feuers:and being drunken after the fame manner for thirty daics toge- “itt, helpeth falling ficknefle eipeththe 3.rhe falling5 ficknefle, i 5 D : Theleaues vfed among herbes appropriate forthe fame purpofe,eureth ruptures sand 2 burftings ~crim.and guts falling into the cods. 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