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Show Ofthe Hiftoris of Plants. 1086 Lanz, cat OftheHiftorie of Plants. 1081 tranflating ofGareias the Lufitanian Phyfitian, he fettethit forthwitha light defcription,faying, fndealledCragclofe, andin the foot of the mountaine called Ingleborow Fels. +, The fourth It isabafe and ‘low heibe'two handfulls high , bringing forth leaues without: any: ‘ftalkes at al], $ very hairy about the root,and blackifh, hauing no pleafant fentat all. The leaues chewed yeeld no aromaticketafte, but are clammie,orvifcide ; whereas the leaues of Celticke Nardearehot, Prouincein Mandou and Chito in the kingdome of Bengala and Decan, The laft growes in withalittle aftri Zion, and ofa pleafant {mell andtafte. + Mountaine Spikenard hath a great thicke knobbedroot, fer here and there withfometen- der fibres,ofa pleafantfiveet fmel; fromthe which comeforththree or foure {moorhbroad leanes, and likewife iagged leaues deepely-cut euento the middle rib : among whiclrrife vp nakedftalks, garnithed in the middle witha tuft of iagged leaues, The floures grow at the topof the ftalks,in an vmbelortuft like thofe of the wilde Valerian in fhape and colour,and fuchalfo is thefeed, +1 haue giuen youthe figure ofthe root and whole leauesas they fhew themfelues whenthey firftappeate, as itwas taken by Clufiws. $ whenthey flourifhed andwere greene. q The Namis, twdws iscalledin Pannonia or Hungarie, ofthe countrey people, Speick - of fome, Bechfin, thatis, the herbe of Vienna, becaufe it doth grow there in great aboundance, from whence it is brughtinto other countries: of Gefaer, Saliunca : in Englith, Celticke Spikenard : of the Valle- tians,Seliga, and Nardus Celtica, ; The Temperature and Vertues. defartcountrey, chanced to lodge ina monafterie where was a Chanon that could not make his water, but was prefently helped by the decoétionof this herbe,throughthe aduiceof thefaid Ron- French Spikenard. Indian Spikenard. + France, neere a little city called Gange. q The Time. ho than The leaues grow to withering in September, atwhich time they {mell more pleafantly Celticke Narde mightily prouokesvrine,as recordeth Rondeletius who trauelling through the 6 Nardws Narbonenfis. 5 Nardus Indica. of maybe found in fome gardens with vs. The fifth growes in the Eatt Indies, in the provinces Glcis, . £ The true Spikenardor Indian Nard hatha heating anddrying facultie, being (according to Gal)hot inthe firft degree [yet the Greeke copy haththe third] and dryin the fecond. It is compoledofa fufficiently aftringent fub{tance, and not muchacride heate, and a certaine light bitter- nell, Confifting ofthefe faculties, according to reafon, both inwardly and outwardly vfedit is conuenient for the livery and ftomacke. Itprouoketh vrine, helps the gnawing painesof the {tomacke,dries vp the defluxionsthat troublethe belly and intrals, as alfo thofe that moleft the head andbrett. Itflayes the duxes of the belly, and thofe of the wombe,being vfed ina peffaric, afd in a bath ithelpes the inflammationthereof, Drunkeineold water, it helpes the naufeoufneffe, gnawings, and windineffe of the ftomacke, theliuer, and the difeafes of the kidneyes,andit is muchvfed to be put into Antidotes. Itisgood to caufe haire to grow on theeyelids of fuch as wantit,andis goodto be ftrewed vponany partofthe body that abounds with fuperfluous mot fture,to dry itvp. TheCelticke-Nard is good forall the forementioned vfes, but ofleffe efficacie, vnleffe-in the pouoking ofvrine, It is alfo much vfed in Antidotes. _ Themountaine Nard hathalfothe famefaculties,butis much weaker than the former, and not invcatthis day that know of. + Cuar. 442. Of Larkes heele or Larkes claw. G TheDefcription. 5 The Spikenard of Indiais a low plant, rowing clofe vato the ground, compofed af wat) rough brownehairy cloues, ofa ftrong, yet not vnpleafantfmell, The rootis fmall and threddie. + Ithath certainly ftalkes, floures,and feeds ; but none ofour Indian Writers of Travellers a; as yet defcribed them. I hauefeenelittle picces offlender hollow ftalkes fome two inches 109 faftned to the roots that are brought tovs. + ike th aoe .ot 6 This French Spikenard, being a baftard kinde, groweth clofe vpon the ground great buthoF precedent, compact of fealy rough-leaues: in the middle whereofcommeth fortha round greeneftiffe and rufhy leaues: among thewhich fhoot vp diuers round ftalkes a cubit? fet from the middle to the opwith greenith little cods, ftanding in chaffie huskes like tho! Schoenanth. The rootis fmall and threddy : the wholeplant is alrogether w ithoutfmell, theweth it to bea baftard kinde of $pikenard, The Place. yun Thefe plants[thefirft foure] are ee in England,crowingin great plentic vpo? aoe taines of ludenberg and Helyetia, on the rockes amongthe moffe, and in the mountains be ; P and Saltzburg. j , of Eng me not, do growina field in the North part 2 as" The firit and fecond,ifmy memoric faile ‘ Te garden Larks {pur hath around ftem ful of branches,fet with tender tagged leaues Very like vnto the {mall Sothernwood: the floures grow alongft the ftalks toward the tops of the branches, of a blewcolour, confifting offiue little leaues whichgrowtoSetherang ha make one hollow floure, hauing taile or {pur at the end turning in like the fpurre of soon ks, After comethefeed, veryblacke,like thofe of Leckes :the root perifhethat the firft bproch of Winter, ~ The fecond Larks {pur is like the precedent, but fomewhat fmaller in ftalkes and Jeaues: ea alfo like in forme,but of awhite colour, wherein efpeciallyis the difference. Thefe coloais €fometimesofa purple colour, fometimes white, murrey, carnation,and of fundry other , »*atying infinitely, according tothe foile or countrey whereintheyliue, 3 Larks fpurwith double floures hath Icaues,ftalkes, roots,andfeeds like the other fingle beofth oie floures of this are double ; and hereof there are as many feuerall varicties as there * ungle kinde, to wir, white, red, blew, purple, bluth,&c. yt There is alfo another varictie of this plant, whichhathrtaller ftalkes andlarger leaues than “©COmMmon i}. cr. * . : +, mon kinde : the floures alfo are more double andlarger, with aleffer hele: this kind alfo Feld ly leffe feed than the former. The colour of the floure is as various as that of the for- 28 cither blew, purple, white,red, or blufh, and fometimes mixed of fome of thefe, + iyo. bewilde Larks {pur hath mott fine iagged leaues, cut andhackt into diuersparts, confu~~ ***pona {mall middle tendrell : among which grow the floures,in fhape like the others,but a great |