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Show OH Ofthe biftone wt Plants, Lend, ———. inane i Hiei] e “OFthe Hiftory of Plants? 104) E Theteanes of fweet Gheniillareexceeding, goodst hdtefome,andplcafantyanyongionefiigl herbs, giuing the:tafte of Anifeteed yntoitheirett, inal The roor,faith Galen,is hotinthe feoond degreeshauiing achirineh: of fabttance iainodviaht G Dio! ortdestcacheth,thattherootdruake ia mineisiramed ie againft the-bitiogs of the vet. mous{piders called in Latine Phalangia , and thatatloningeth downe the .menfes did feednuines. H and being boyled and drunkc it is goodfor fuchas haue thepryfick or confumption ofthelings, Thefeeds caten as'a fallad whileft they are yet greene, withoylé windgerand'p persereeat all other fallads by many deerees;bothin pleafantnefic oftafte,fiveethelle of fmel Rand whotfomnet’ for the'eold and feeble ftamacke. ; te apiece, with adarke purplifh chiue inthe middle: the floures are fueceeded by,orrather grow vponlong flender cods, which become fome inch long, and refemble thofe.of thelat deferibed. It floures in Iune, as Clufius affirmeth, who giues vs the hiftory ofit. and he receiuedit from Hono. rius Bellas outof Candy ; whowrites, that in the Spring time itis much vfed in {allads,and defi- red, for that irmuchexcites to Venery. He alfo thinks this plant tobe the Asthrifew of Pliny,and by the fame name Clufizs {ets it forth. Colwmnahathcalled it Anifo-marathrum, becaufe thefell and tafte is betweehe that of Anifeand Fennell. + @ The Place. Irgroweth in moftcorne fields in England, efpecially among wheate and barley, Gq The Time. The roots.arelikewilemoaftiexcellent in a fallad, if they be boyléd.and after dteffed as the cu. ning Gooke knoweth how-betrer-than myfelfe : notwithitanding 1doe vie to cate themstithoil and vineger, being firftboyled> which is very goodfor old peophethiar are dull and without ey. rage it reigyceth and comforteth theheart, and increafethehetelalt and Breppth. 0." : It floureth in May: the feed is ripe in Auguft with corne. @ The Names, The Latines call it Scandix, hauing borrowedthat name of the Grecians, who call itm - we findeamong the baftard words, that the Romansdid call it Scanaria, and Acula, of the feed that ig likevntoa needle. Rucllivs defcribeth it vnder the name Pecten Veneris - ofothers, Acus Veners,and Cuar. 417. Of Shepheards needle ortwilde (hei is | G The Defcription. : Candix,orPeGen Veneris, doth not much differ in the quantitie ofthe talks, leaues, and floutes, from Cheruill , but Scandix hath no fueh pleafant {mell’as Cheruillhath the leaucs be leffer, more finely cur, and ofa browne greene colour: the floutesgrow at the top ofthe ftalkesin fmall white tufts ; after which come vp longfeedsvery like untopack-ne ddles,orderly fet one by anotherlike the great tecth ofa combe, whereofitrooke the namePate Veneris,or Venus combe,or Venus necdie : the rootis whire, a finger Jong. me X PetkgnVentris,fine Scandix, 2 Scandix minor; {ine dnthrifem, Shepheards peedle,or Venus combe, ; Small aaa eo Aus Paftoris, or Shepheards Needle, wilde Cheruill,and Ladies combe :in high-Dutch, Paelde Rarnels This is chat herbe (faith P/my,l:b.22.cap.22.) which Ariftophanes obiectedin {port to the Poet Euripides, that his mother was wont to fell no right pot-herbe but Scandix , or Shepheatds needle, meaning, as I take it, 77{#aga, wherewith the Spaniards doepicke their teeth when they haueeaten no meate at all except a few orangesorfucha liketrifle, called alfo Scanaix. The Temperature, Shepheards needle, faith Galen,is an herbe fomewhat binding,and bitterin tafte,infomuch that itishotand dryeither in the later end of the fecond degree,or in the beginning of the third. a The Vertues. Disfiorides faithit is eaten both raw and boyled,and that it isan wholefomepot-herbé among the Greekes ; but in thefe dayesit is of fimall eftimationorvalue,and taken but forawilde Wort, asappeareth by 4rifophanes taunting of Exr/pides,as aforefaid. Thedecostion thereof is good for the bladder, kidneyes,andliuer ; but as I deeme hee meant Chetuill, when he fet the fame downe to be viedin phyficke! ie NY Peele ioe ehse aS Cuar. 418. Of Tooth-picke Cheruill: q The Defcription. I He firft of thefe Tooth-picke Cheruils beareth Jeaues likewilde Turneps,a round ftalke furrowed, ioynted,blackiih, and hairy,diuided into many branches,on the tops whereof grow{pokte tufts, befet round about with many fmall leaues. The floures theteofare whitith : after commeththe the fved,which being once ripe do clufter and are drawne t gether,in around thicke tuft like fmall birds neft,as be thofe of the wilde Carrot;whofe feeds Ww! 10f0 toucheth,they will cleauc and fticke to his fingers, byreafon of the glutinous or flimie ace they are pofleffed with, The root is fmalland whitith, bitter in tafte, as is all the reftof 1€ plant > ee os Spanith Tooth-picke hathleaues, floures, and knobby ftalkes like vnto wilde carrots; ae atthe leaties are fomewhat finer, cut or iagged thicker, and tenderer, but not rongh or vy atallasis the former, of a bitter tafte,and a reafonable goodfmell : among whichrife vp butn or fpokie tufts like thofe ofthe wilde Carrotor Birds neft, clofely drawne together andi isripe ; at what timealfo the fharpeneedles are hardned,fit to make Tooth-pickes tke; for which purpott they do veryfitly ferue, B o qj The Place. - te el them growin Syria, and moftcommonly in Cilicia: the lateris to be found likewife £4 This froma flender long and whitith soot fendsvp many.{malk leaueslike vieleafte ft Seferibed,but ofa pleafing {machi and tafte fomethinglike. that ofthecommon Cher cbse ryinglittle vibels,confifting offiue;fix,feuen,or cight imal white floures,camparce pict thefe leanes grow yp flender ftalks a little hairy,diuided into thart- green and:flendet bepueka® 4 Spaine almoft euery where ,andI haueit likewife in my gardeningieat plentie. : , q The Time. Pranic: Y HOure in my garden about Auguft, and deliuer their feed in OSober. a 3 Soa q The Names. Nicaai an Syne Fesect the Grecians call ria, the Latines do likewife name Gingidim : aD itis ca ed. led bus cb 4 « yet is there anorher Leprdium.It is reported among the baftard namies to be cal. he Romans, Bfacutum - of which hame fome fhew remaines among the Syrians, who comthoY eall the later, Gingidinm, Vif ica: this is namedin Englith, Tooth-picke Cheruill, SLL 3 a The |
