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Show Lipa. Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 1056 Ofthe Hittorieof Plants, Lis. 2 infomuch that diuets Italians haue fent forfome plants of our Artichokes, ofanothet kinde’, neverthelefle in Italy they are { malland-dryas they wer Crap. 427. 9 é, Buen Of Herbe Ferula, or Fennell Gyant. neth tothis Ferw/a, as we hauefaid. This forefaid ftalke diuideth it felfe toward the topin uers other {maller branches, whereon are fer the like leaues that grow next the ground, out mic leffer, Atthe top of the branches at the firft budding of the floures a; peare cettaine bundles ir a. The Kindes. clofel in thin skins, like the yolke ofanegge, which diuets call Corcwlum Ferule,or the little hea of Faw; which being brought to maturitie,open themfclues into a tuft or vmbel like that of Dil, D tec: maketh mention of a Feri#/a, out ofwhichis gathered the Gum Sagapene; andalfo he declareth, that the Gums Galbanum and Ammoniacumare liquorsofthis herb Ferula: but what difference thereis in the liquors, according to the clymat or countrey whete it groweth, he dothnotfer downe; for it may be that out of one kinde of Ferwla fundry iuyees a i gt thered, thatis to fay according to the diuerfitie of the countries where they grow,as we ae : for as in Lafer, the iuyce of Laferwort that growethin Cyrene dothdiffer from that pees ic growethin Media and Syria ; fo it is likely that the herbe Ferwladoth He forth y me ia ‘ie penum, in Cyrene Ammoniacum, and in Syria Galbanum . Theopbraftws faith that the herbe Ferula is diuided into mokindes,and he calleth one great,by the nameof Ferwla ; and anotherlittle,bythe ofayellowifh colour : after which come'thé feed, in colour and fathionlike thofe of the p arfnep, but longer and greater, alwaies growing two together, foclofely ioyned, that it cannot he difcer- nedtobe more than one feed vntill they be diuided: the root is very thicke and great, fill ofacertaine gummic iuyce, that Howerh forth,the toot being bruifed, broken, or cut 3 Which being‘dried orhatdned, is that gumwhichis called Sagapentim, and in‘fome fhops Serapinum, 2'- Thereis likewife another fmaller FevyIalikevntothe former in each tefpe& , faving {3 Panax Afclepinm Ferule facie, that it is altogether leffe : the root likewifebeAyfiwlapins his All-heale. ing wounded yeeldeth forth a fap or iuyce, which whenit is hardnedis called Galbanum of the Affyrians, Metopium. name Feralago. i Ferula. Fennell Gyant. Thaue likewife another fort fent mee from Paris, with this title Feru/anigra ; which pro{pereth exceeding well in mygarden, but dif. ference I cannot finde any from the former,fathat the leaues are of a mote blacke or fart $ 2 Ferulago. Small Fennell-Gyant. colour. #~ 3. Iknavnot whetemore fitly tha this place to giue youthe hiftorie of that Fe- vula or Fervlaceous plant that Dodpaens, Lobel and others haue fet downe vnder the name o Panax Afélepium. The ftalke hereofis flen der, a cubit high, crefted and ioynted, and from thefe ioynts proceed leaues bigger than thole of Fennell; and alfo rougher , andof a {trong {mell: at the tops ofthe branches grow vmbels of yellow floutes : the feedis flattith, like that ofthe other Ferula: the root fone white, and ofa ftrong fmell. This growes na. o> @ The Place. Thefeplants are not gtowing wilde in Ens. land ; Phaue themall in my garden, a Se ——— turally inIftria, + @ The Time. Theyfloure in Tune and Iuly; they perfect their feed in September ; nor long after 5 the ftalkewith his leaues petith : the root remai- The ff nethfrefh andgreeneall Winter, ay 2 q The Names. é : ; : ms Eig, ra in Greekexéo7 : inLatine, Feru/a . in Italian, Ferola : in Spanith, ons Herbe Ferula, and Fennell Gyant. | The Temperature. Th q The Defcription. “ cut eene co Jour, VWerula, ox Fennell G yant,hath very great and large Icaues of a deepe gr gs! am¢ kewn andiagged like thofe of Fennell, {preading, themfelues =road li icl hy is next which rfeth yp agrcat-hollowftalke, fomewhat reddifh on 7 at fide wh r. ks oKexes,o oc ml He 3 thofe like of knees or ioynts with tothe Sun,diuided into certaine fpaces, gr" eth its where it thebigneffe ofa mans atme in thewreft, ofthe height offoure ene < attained tohe hess* turally, as in Iraly,Greece,andother hot countries rotwith ftanding icbat nd greater that offourteene or fifteene foot in my garden, and likewile groweth eee vas forest whence it came, as it fareth with other plants that come hither from os is become (by 4 Tr ; 4 our Sreat Artichoke, which firft was brought out of Italy into England, otter than thofe informs oF * of che gieat moifture whichourcountrey is fubie@ vnto) greater and better t “RfEplants with their Gums ms are are hothot in in the the third degree, and anddry dryinin the fecond, third degree, the fecond Teich q The Vertues. i ; talitie an ta marrow, called Corculum Ferule,as Galen teacheth, is of an aftringent or binding D es rs perio good for them thar {pit bloud, and that are troubled with the flix. eS , fethar = pert being put into the nofthrils it ftayeth bleeding, and is giuen in VWVine to Sissons ce dy with Vipers. , ree. : re : = the. ¢ eto be eaten in Apulia tofted in the embers, firft wrapped in leaties or in old clouts, oper and falt ; which, as they fay, is a pleafant feet food, that ftirreth vp luft, as they redour. 1. gs rat ; yeNe feed eddothheate,and attenuate ot make thinhe: itis a remedieagainft cold fits of an Ague, >. iveat, being mixedwithoyle, and the body anointed therewith. Sy = tuyce of Ferula which beareth Saeapenum, purgeth by fiege tough and flimie huof 1 - '¢ id * : x s S . . mors; |