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Show Of theHi ftory of Plants. 1124 ; Linn, Liens 2s q The Place. 2 Cruciate, or Crofle-woort, groweth in moift ard fertile mecowcs; I forrdtke feme Lrowirein the Churchyard of Hampftead neere London, and ina paflure adioining thereto, by the mill sallo it groweth inthe Lane orhigh way beyond Charlten, a {mall v illage by Greenwich and In fundry other places. : $ 3 Sagine Spergula. Spurrye. q The Names, together by couples :the rootis long, and of.a red colour, 3 There is anotherherbcalledSaginzfpergula,or Spurry,whichis fown in Brabant,HolJand,and Flanders, of purpofetofatten cattel and to caufe them to giue much milke, and there called Spurrey,arid Franke Spurrey: it is a bafe andlow herbe,very tender,hauing many Croffewoort feemeth to be ofa binding and dry qualitie.. @ The Verties, Croffewoorthathan excellent propertie to heale,ioine,and clofe wounds together,yeait is very fit for them,whether they be inward or outward, ifthe faid hetbe be boiled inwine and drunke, © The deco&tion thereofis alfo miniftred with good fucceffe: to thofe that areburften :and{o is the herbe,being boiled vnrill it bee foft,andlaied vpon the burften place in mannerofa pultis, Cuar. 463. Of Woodrooffe. I cAfperuls, $2 Afperulaflorecerulee. Woodrooffe, Blew Woodroffe. is an herbe of a foot high, foft,hairy,and fome- of white Woodrooffe: the foutes thereof are blew, ftanding vponfhort ftems on the tops of the ftalks: the feed is {mal],round, and placed Itiscalled Cruciata,and Cruciatis,ofthe placing ofthe leaues in manner ofa Croffe: in Englith, Croffe-woort,or Golden Mugweet. . q The Temperature. ‘A There is another fort of Woodrootfé called Afperula Cerulea,or blew Woodrooffes ir thing branched,with leaues & ftalks like thidfe ‘ q The Time, It floureth forthe moft part all Sommerlong. Ofthe HiftroyofPlants, idinted ftalks,whereupondogrowleaues fein tound circles like thofe of “Voodrooffe, but leffer and fmoother ; in fornie like the rowel] ofa {pur:at the top ofthe ftalks do growfmall white floures.aftet whichcome round feed fike thofe of Turneps : the rootis frnall'and threddie. + 4 There are one ortwo plants nioré; which may fitly be here mentioned : thé ‘Att of themis the Spergula marina OfDale(champius, which froma pretty large wooddy androughith rootfendsvp idinted ftalks fome foorlong: at each ioint come'forth two-long thick round leaues, and out of their bofomes other leffer leaues:the top of the ftalks is diuidedinto funz dry branches,bearing floures ofa faint reddith colour,compofed offiuelittle leaues,with yellovith thtedsin the middie: after which follow ‘Mcontainea little flat reddith feed it grows in Cupsor feedveflels,which open into foureparts, the falt marfhes about Dartford,and other fuch Places sflouresin luly and Augutt,and inthe meanefpace ripens the feed. We may call this in Englith, Sea Sputrie, 7 i This other hath a large root,confidering the {malneffe of the plant : from which arife many a flender branches fomethree or foure inches long,fomtimes more,lying commonlyflat on the Ste auiig many knots or ioints : at each whereof vfually grow a couple of white fealyleaues, saottoftheir bofomes other{mall fharpe pointedlittle greene leaues : at the tops ofthe bran~ a10W little red floures,fuccceded byfuch,yet leffer heads than thofe ofthe former : it floures id Auguftand growes in fandy grounds,as in Tuthill-fields nigh Weftminfter:the figure Milt, Lucdp.2179,by the title of:Chamapeuce Pliny Camphorata minor Dalefchampyfcems ie this plant,but without the floure: Bauhinein his Prodromus deferibes it by the name cf4/- Perelfacie. "T his may be called Chickweed Spurrey,or fmall red Spurrey. $ @ The Place. 5 White vyVoodroofe groweth vnder hedges,and in woods almoft euery where : the fecond grow~ Chin Many Places of Effex,and diuers other parts in {andy grounds. The third in Corne fields. g The Time. They foure in Tune and Iuly; ¥ q The Names, 3, othaue taken Woodtooffe to be Pliny his Alyos, which as he faith dothdiffer from ErythreAnOY G, @]- The Defcription. Z . us * in t feuea Oodrooffe hath many fquare ftalkes full ofiointsand at every ait aet V or eight long narrow leaues,fet round about likea fear,or the rowel act finely? floures grow at the top ofthe ftems, of awhite colour,and ofa et win boule i is the reft ofthe herbe,which being madévp into garlands or bundles, and hange 5 rhe delight the heatof Sommer,doth very wel attempérthé aite,coole and makefrefh theplace, and comfort Offirch as are therein. a Ther » atwit} arden Madder.in leaues onely,andleffer talks: but fuch a one is not onelythis,but ale "ith blew floures:for Galew doth attribute to Aly/fos,a blew floure : notwithftan ding Galens Mt Pligies Alp : ay +E Cmidha “725 are thought co differ by Gelews owne words, wri , writing ords of A/y/fosin his feé : : Antavivs Cnihen ns in Oke: eof Connterpoifo Cous his compofition,in this maner: 44ffasis an herb ‘ery }j 9 Horehound,but rougherandfuller of prickles about the circles':itbearetha Hoare Rad BS toblety, } : hescores namedofdivers. in Latitte A/peruls odovata,and ofmof men Afperguladdertits: of ~ Sand Stellaria : inigh Duteb, PevtsfrepDt: in low Durch, Leucebrant; that isco B bbbb 3 fay; |