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Show Sa Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. Lis. 2 Lipa, OF the Hiftory of Plants. ae $3 Ammiperpufilum, Small Bithops-weed. C HAP. 414. They floure in Iune and July, and yecld their feed in the end of Auguft, q| The Names, The Grecians call-it*+uui. the Latines%alfo Ammi; diuers call it, Cuminum Aithiopicum : OfBifhops W ced, Herbe-Willam,or eAmeos. @ G Lhe Time; The Defcription. others, Cuminum Regium,or Comin Royall: in fhops, Ammios,or Ameos in thé Genitive cafe: the Germanes, Bmep ¢ in Englifh, Ameos,or Ammi : of fome, Herbe-William, Bull-wort, and Bifhops-weed. q| The Temperature, Hecommon Ameos,efpecially with vs here in England,hathround greene fealks,with diuers boug! 1es. and branches, andlarge long leaues, diuided into divers other nartor about the edges,hauing at the top of the ftalke white floures fn sie or fnipt long and {mall Jeautes, dented {or in great {pokytufts,which bring fortha little fharpe an d bitter feed : the root thereofis white and I Dat ‘ Creticu,; like Daucus es andand leauesleaues like € randy hathtufts 2 Thisexcellent and aromaticall Ameos of ‘Cc ee The feed of Ameosis hot and dryin the la- Piee . and aroot like vnto the garden Carrot, of a yc llow colour,andhotfeedlike ter end of the third degree, @ The vertues. Irauaileth againftgripings of thebelly in making ofvrine,againft the bitings offerpents taken in wine, and.alfoit bringeth downe the floures : being applied with honey it taketh away blacke and blew {pots which come of ftripes : the feed of8i/on dothalfo thelike; for itishot anddry, and that in the third degree , likewife of thin-parts, prouoking vrine, and bringing downe the defired ficknefle, The feed of Améos is good to be drunken = lent {picie fauourorfell, growing in {pokytufts or roundles like ne: it te a Eng a Flanders, France, into Venice from Venice,and into Syria from Candyand byt e ri a“ we haue often fowne it; but without doubt we hauebeene myer ug& “4 mafters, who haue firft boyledit, or vfed fomeotherfalfe and deceitfull ek. admiration vnto the Venicetreacle, for the confection whereof this feedis achiefe and mor prin: cipall ingredient. 4-9 Ami ae Ammi vulgare. CandyBifhops-w eed. Common Bifhops-weed. in wine againft the biting of all manner of venomous beafts,and hath power againft all ma- ner ofpoyfon & peftilent feuers,or the plague, and is yfed in the correcting of Cantharides, whereby thofe fli¢s are made medicinable to beapplied tothe bodywithout danger. Ameos brayed and wingled with honey {cattereth congealed blond, and putteth away blacke and blew markes which come byftripes orfalls, if itbe applied thereto.in manner ofa plaifter. T The figicewhich was formerly in the (econd place was of the Hippomardthrum album of Tabernamontanus. ae Cuar.4i5. Of (heruill, The Defcription, f i Heleaues of Chetuill are flender,and diuerfly cut,fomething hairy,of awhitifh green: the (talks be fhort, flender, round, and hollowwithin,whichat the firft togetherwith the leaues are ofawhicith green,but tending toa red when the feeds are ripe: the floures be white, . SOW vpon{cattered tufts, The feedis long, narrow,flender;fharpe pointed: the root is full of t u Ings, : + 2 Thereis found in Iune and Iuly, almoft in euerie hedge, a certaine plant which Taber“amon. and Baubine fitly cal Cherophylum,or Cerefalinm(ylueftre,and the figure was vnfitly giuenby Our Author for Thy(felinum : Ut hatha whitifh wooddyroot, ftom whicharife round red and hairy alkes fome two cubits high, fometimes more, andoft times fomewhatbig and fwolne about the 2 s + g fualke 9 r,nehlyan nd,efi tell ing d 3 foot and a halfehigh, very fmall and tender, befet with leaues like x ie hice run : a a fomewhat flender, and at the top of theftalkes growlittle tufts ~ a i<{mallan a afterwards do turne into fmall stay feed; hot and fharpeintafte. The 1 d final iDi There is another kinde of Ameos, which is an herbe very @| The Place. : 3 1 Thef€ plants doall growin my garden, except —4mmi Cresicuns, whet ly fpokeninthe defeription, eofhath beene {uthe qt 0)ats,and they are not hollow but full of pith: toward the top it is diuided into fundry branches, chon their tops carry vmbels of fall pure white little floures,whichare fucceeded by longith “eds, The leaues are vfually parted into three chiefe parts,and thefeagaine fubdiuided Angie, ah ay are fhipt about the edges, {oft and hairy, ofadarke greeneor elfe reddith colour. It flou_ ZiuneandTuly, and thenripens the feed. $ ( aes oe) Gteat Cheruill hathlarge leaues deepely cut or iagged, in thew very like vato Hem e ° ety goodandpleafant {mell and tafe like vnto Cheruill,and fomething hairy,which ee 1 Tq Cvs tocallitfiveet Cheruill, .Among thefe leaues rifeth vpa ftalke fomwhatcreftedorfur. 2 : > 5 e : ae = white ved, of the height of twocubits, at’ the top whereof grow, {poky tufts or rundles wepjoures es, Str |