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Show 1146 Of the Hiftory of Plants. "Lt Bs 2 2 The female Englifh Maiden-haire i like vnto the precedent, fauing that itis leffer, and wanteth thofe fpots or markes that are ih 1 Trichomanes mas. ‘The Male Englifh Maiden-haire. the other, wherein confifteth the difference + Our Authors figure was of the Trechmaios femina of Tabernamontanus, which exprefles a variety with branched leaues, andtherein only was the difference, + q The Place, It growesfor the moft part nere vato fprings and brookes, and other mort places, vpon old OF theHiftroy of Plants. in, andfull ofclammie iuice, and arediuided into many off-{prings, which as they creepefar, fodo theynow and then bud forth and growafrefh : thefe roots are fofull oflife, that how little foener of themremaine, it oftentimes alfo bringeth forth the whole plant. 1 Acanthusfativus. Garden Beares-breech, $ 2 Acanthusfyl. aculeatus. Prickley Beares-breech, ftone walls and rockes: I found it growing ina fhadowie fandie lane in Betfome,inthe parifh of Southfleet in Kent, vponthe ground where. as there was no {tones or ftony ground neere vntoit, which before that time I did neuer{ee. it groweth likewife vpon ftone walls at het Majefties palace of Richmond,& in moft ftone wals ofthe Weft and Northparts of England, +. M". Goodyer faith, that in January, 1624, he faw enoughto lade an horfe growing on the bancks ina lane, as he rode betweene Rake and Headly in Hampfhire neere Wollmer For reft, $ Gq The Time. It continueth along time, the coldnefle of winter dothir no harme,jir is barrenas the other Fernesare, whereofit isa kinde, @ The Names. ‘ Iris called in Greeke,sexeusrs + in Latine, Félicula,as though we fhouldfay, Parua Filex, orlittle Ferne;,alfo Capillaris:in {hops,Capillus Veneris. Apuleius inhis 51 chapter maketh itall one with Gallitrichon : of fome itis called Polytrichon : in Englifh,common Maiden-haite. The Temperature andV ertues,. Thefe, as Diofcorides and Galen do wiite, haueall the faculties belonging to Adami, Or blacke Maiden-haire. The decoG&ion made in wine and drunke, helpeth them thatare fhort winded,it helpeth the cough,ripeneth tough flegine,and auoidethit BY {pitting. The lie wherein it hath been fodden,or laid to infufe, is good to wath the head,caufing the = feurfe and fcales to fall off,and haire to grow in places thatarepild andbare. j 2 Wilde Beares-breech,called Acanthus(jlueftris,Pena fetteth forth for Chameleonta Monfp lien oo that he found it pioningsaoapisthe oa y and aoe places neere to the pellier,and’at the gate of Aegidia, betweene the ountaine ani the brooke neere to the wall . this thiftle is in ftalke, floures, colour of Jeaues and feed like the firft kinde, but fhorter an lorerbauing large ieaues,dented or iagged with many cuts andincifions, not onely in fome “Wpatts of the leauies,as {ome other Thiftles,but very thickly dented orclouen,and hauing many ; arpelatge, white and hard prickles about the fides of the diuifions and cuts,not very eafieto be Cuar, 475. 'andled or touched without danger tothe handandfingers. qq The Place. 3 Of Thiftles. gh hat garden Branke Vriine growethin moift ‘and ftonie places, and alfo in ifedly doneto feeké itin either ofthe Germaines any where, but in gardens nit doth growvery plentifully. Gq The Kindes: i ichoke "He matter ofthe Thiftlesis divers, fome hiftles ferue for nourifhment, 4s the Art rline ain places ofItaly neere to the fea, by that notable Jearned man 4/- without prickles,and the Artichoke with prickles,otherfor medicine, as the pie:pm Sea whichis good for manythings ; thebleffed thiftle alfo, otherwife called Cardums "00"Vinh. Huluer,and diuers others : fomeare poifonfome,as Chameleon niger , one {mooth, Paneperth outprickles,as the Thiftle called Beares Breech, or Acauthus fatinws, whereof there as . prickles,whichwe make the wilde, of the which two we intend rowrite in this chapter. G The Defcription. oth I nS breech of the garden hath broad leaues, fmooth, fomewh at blacke, gathed arr a L big ftalke brauely deckt with floures,fet in order from the middle e ard,of lowercolo, ; after them offorme long, which are armedasit were with two catkins,one highet, ationron nol hb ite with: epee | The Time, Branke Viiines do foute in the fommerfeafon,the feed istipe in Autumne :the root locold pe bayet nowandthen it perifhethin winterin both the Germaines, if the weather be ~ Sutin England the former feldome cr neuerdieth. 1 the edges,and fet with many cutsandfine nickes:berweene whic hrifeth vpae stiles Brow forth the huskes, in whichis found broad feed : the roots be blacke ws Juke of Ferrara,and profefloroffimples and Phyfick,andis a ftranue feene it etowing in the garden ofM*, John Parkinfon, + iDy E The tame or @| The Names. reeke Jevm: the Latines keepe the fame name Acanthus : yet doth Acanthus fig. sil Kinde of Thiftiés,and that iscalled Acanthns by the figure Antonomafiathe Eng: anke Vrfine, and Beares breech. "tm: anid of oor Branke Vrifineis namedin Latine Sativus,or Hortenfis <Acinibas sin Greeke, alen, Oribafinsand Plinyyuncvevier : Pliny allo eallerh this Acanthus lenis, or fmooth Brauke Ddddd2 ; |