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Show a fc re greater he h tofthe f hich confit 41 hil i ‘a (nein As yellhiy a of the lormer, Which CONANCED OL DRE {tie Calegrowing atlore than that. srowoneflonregreater gold :afterwhichgrowes vp the feeds ne long hairy threds. The rootis long, wm {omewhatthicke, with ftrings anexedthereto, is o fine pats, tot ce ¥ rod . {pred dividedint | many , {mall leaues theNs ground, vpon ; finger Auens hath 3 Fiue whichtie fomewhatfhipt aboutthe edges like Cinkefoile,whereof ittooke his name. Among ee Ofthe Hiftory ofPlants. Lis. 2. Ot the Hiftorie of Plants. 596 4 th Fherkne k d orakc part of the body;/and therfore they are mixed with potions which are drunkof thokemrmntade5 ‘ are inwardly broken, orthar hauefallen from fome high: place. : fedythat The roots taken vp in Autumne’and dried, dokeep moth with eaten being from s garment p F E make them tohaue anexcellent good odour, and ferue forall the phyeatt mip ee foiles do, vpflender ftalkes diuided at the topinto diuers branches, whereon do grow {mall yellow foures {mell of Clove like thofe of Cinkefoile: the root is compofed of many, tough ftrings of the which makes it akind of Auens ; otherwife doubtles it mutt of neceffitie be one of the Cinkfoiles + 4 Thishath ioyntedftringyroots fome finger thick, from whencerife vp manylatgeand hairy leaues, compofed ofdiuers little leaues, withlarger at the top, and thefe fhiptaboutthecd. ges like as the common Auens: amongft thefe leaues grow vp fundry ftalkes fomefoot or better high, whereon growfloures hanging downe their heads, and the tops of the ftalkes and cups ofthe floures are commonlyofa purplithcolour: the floures chemfélues are of'a prettyred eolour, an ate ofdiuers fhapes, and growdiuers wayes ; which hath beenethe reafon that Clafiusand others sehtis C HAP. 386. Of Straw-berries y o eee ried aed q : Fee ds T rare diners forts of Strawberries, one red, another white, a third fort greene, and likewife awilde Straw-berrie, whichis altogetherbarrenoffruit. ‘ Pipe es the haué iudged them feuerall plants, as maybe feene is Clufius his Workes; where hegiyes you 2 Fragaria & Fraga ubalba, Reaie ee"athe floures, which youherefinde expreft,for a different kind. Now fomeofthefe floures,euen thegres- White Straw-berries: ie CRIES ter part of them grow with fiuered roundpointedleaues,which neuer lie faire open,butonly ftand ftraight out, the middle part being filled with a hairy matter.and yellowith threds ; other-fome leaues confift of feuen, eight, nine, or more leaues ; and fome againelie wholly open, with greene growing clofe vnder the cup of the floure,as you may fee themreprefentedinthe figure , and fome few nowand then maybe found compofedofa great many little leaues thick theuft together, making avery doublefloure. After the floures are falne come fuchhairy heads as in other plants of main this kinde, amongftwhichliesthe feed. Gefner calls this Genzrivale : Thalius, Caryophylata purpurea : Camerarius, Caryophyllata aquatica: Clufixs, Caryophyllata montana primag tertia, 5 Therootof thisisalfo thicke,fibrous,and whitith ; from whicharife many leaues three fir gers hich, refembling thofe of Agrimonie,the little leaues ftanding diredtly oppofitecach againt other, fnipt aboutthe edges, hairy, a little curld,and ofa deepe greene colour:out ofthe midftot thofe,vpona fhort {talk growes commonlyonfingle floure of a gold-yellowcolour, much likethe eth mountaine Auensdeferibed in the fecond place. It floures at the beginning ofluly,andgrow zm | CO Ms Alpina vpon the Alpes. Powawas the firft that defcribed it, and that by the name of Caryophylata omnium minima. +t ; f : @ The Place. \ ! Thefe kindes of Auensare found in high mountaines and thicke woodsofthe North patts of England : we haue them inour London gardens,where they flouri(h and encreafe infinitely. ; = Thered floured mountaine Auens was found growing in Wales by mymuch honour Wtf friend M®. Thomas Glynn, who fent fomeplants thereofto our Herbarifts,in whole gatdens it tat ueth exceedingly. + i : Ny Tm 5 \ Bh Oy 8 A 7 ( : shee; / ve @ The Time. Theyfloure from the beginning of Mayto the end ofIuly. @ The Names. a divers Auensis called Caryophyllata, {o named of the fmell of Cloues whichis in rhe roots)ane cin call it Sanamunda, Herba bencdidta, ahd Nardus ruftica : in high-Dutch, apenepicten ie French, Galiot : of the Wallons, Gloria filia : in Englith, Auens, and herbe Benet sitss thous bath = be Geum Pliny, which moft do fufpeG,by reafon heis fo briefe. Geum, faith pliny,lib.2660-7- little flender roots, blacke, and ofa good {mell. ineA Theother kinde of Auensis called ofthe later Herbarifts, Caryophyllatamontant, Mone wens : it might agree withthe defcription ofBaccharis, ifthe floures were purple ten pT fuel neffe ; which as we haue faid ate yellow, and likewife differ in that, that the roots of Aucns*"™, p {mell of Cinnz Baccharis haue the of Cloues, sand and ththofe of fBaccharis Cinnamon. > G The Temperature. i e of feouF’ The roots and Ieaues of Auensare manifeftly dry,and fomething hot, wit ha kind qualitie. A ho q The Vertues. P awneffe of the a, The decodtion of Auens made im wine is commended againft cruditic OF * macke, paine of the Collicke, and the biting ofvenomous beafts. ; of the Hivets eye te eh Gf The Defeription. t : about theedges;: f T He Sttaw-berty hath leaues {pred vpon the ground, fomewhat fhipt three fet together vpononeflenderfoot-ftalke likethe Trefoile; greene on the vpper da ec Sane and on thenether fide morewhite : among whichrife vp flender ftems,whereon I yellow,after t floures, confifting of fiuelittle white leaues, the middle part fomwhat whiel , eel the fruit, not vnlike to the Mulberrie, or rather the Rafpis, red of colour; hauing m= fatte of wine, the inner pulpeor fubftance whereof is moift and white, inwhichis contained eek feeds :theroor is threddy, oflong continuance, fending forth many firings, which difperfe ~“imlelues far abroad, whereby it greatly increafeth. z creomowswhaayakcies arinaceontnlafnrireinert The fameis likewife aremedie for ftitches and griefe inthefide, forftoppine| eth sfnd di! ris tals : ; : 0 but cO™ great efficacie, and ofall other pot-herbes is chiefe, > not onely in phyficall broths, E Ne to be vfed in all a blond .d blo : seals clortered confume and diffolue manner Theleaues and roots taken in this C 2 Of ey nite Se detes Ricetic aac, is fomething greater, and ofa whitith colour, wherein is the difference. the other of his kinde, floures, and{rings likeoe brings forthleayes, t he fruitis gre n ser| fort, which , ‘ a lieth to the Sun,cleauin that fide vponthar redneffe to tending green when it is ripe, aha f C S F pss CEACIOS |