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Show 1236 - Ofthe Hiftory of Plants: ae tL ~ La see, F pe “LBs OftheHiftroy of Plants. mow,and in thetownescalled Clare and Hennyngham. + Al(it gtowes by Purfleer, aboutthe foot of the hillwhereon the. Wind-mill ftands and in diuers parts of Kent. + ~ Horfe-{hooe commethvp incertaine vntilled and funnie places of Italy.and Languedocke: it ' growethlikewife in my garden. q The Time, £2 Afragalus fybiaticns. 1 Terraglandes. Peafe Barth-nut. ‘Wood Peafe, or Heath Peafe, Thefe plants do floure in Iune,and their feed is ripe in Auguit: q The Names. The Grecians name this,whetherit bea pulfe or an infirmitie amongcorne, iain»? the Latines’ ofthe forme of the feed, Securidaca, and Hedy/arum : in Englith , Axfeed, Axwoort, Ax-fitch, and Hatcher Fitch : it is vnknowne to the Apothecaries. f + The fecond isthe Fenugrecum /ylueftre of Tragus and Dodoneus : the Glycyrhiza JSylueftris of Gefner.and the Glaux vulgaris ofLobel, + Horfe-fhooe is commonly called in Italian Sferro de cawallo : you may nameit in Latine Ferram equinum : in Englifh,Horfe-fhooe. | The Temperature, Thefeedsofthefe plants are hot and drie ofcomplexion. The Vertues. POUeOo-o 0d The feed ofAxwoort openeththe ftoppingsofthe liuer,the obftruction ofthe fjpleen,and ofall Caasiitirinit D counterpo ifons. Andit isthought to hinder conception, if itbe applied with honie before the aa. the inward parts. Horfe-fhooeis bitter and like in nature to Axfeed. +t Thefigore which formerly was in the firft P place,agreed with thethird defcription ‘that which was in the fécond Pplace was ofthe Hedyfaum nina, ofTaber8 S ip ‘ y montanms,becing a kindeof Ferrum eqiinum,which carries the cods mauy together on the tops ofthe branchcs,and srowes in Germani¢: whence Bavinecalsit Fer: vim equeinitm Germaniciemfiliqieis mn {u e Cuar. 519. Le a0 Being drunke it is acceptable to the ftomacke,and remoueth {toppings out ofthe intrailes, and oflike vertue be the newleaues and tender crops ofthe wholeplant, B Dieftorides (neweththatit is alfo goodforthe ftomacke being taken in drink,and is mixed with OfPeafe Earth-Nut. | The Place. _ \ : v4 _t 1 This groweth in come fields,both with the corneit felfe, and alfo about the bordersof q The Defcription. “I T HePeafe Earth nut commeth vpwithflender and weakeftalkes:the leaves be thin,and little,growing vponflenderftems with clafping tendrels at the ends,withwhichit imbraceth and taketh hold ot fuch thingsas ftand neere vato it:the floures onthe tops ofthe ftalkes are like to thofe of Peafe butlefler,of a ted purple colour; in fmell not vnpleafant : in their places feldsamong briers and brambles ; iris found in diuers places of Getmany, butnot with vs that I ayet legrne. 1 This is found in the woodsand paftures of England,efpecially in Hampftegd wood neete london: it groweth in Richmond Heath,and in Comeparkelikewife. The Time., : come vp long cods,in which are three or foure round feeds:the roots be thicke,long,likeaftera fort Itfoureth in Tune and Tuly,the nuts after harueft be digged vp agd gathered. which beneath dothhanga long flenderftring: there grow out ofthe famealfo otherftrings, har Itiscalled in high Dutch,ednuffen : in low Dutch,€erdnaten, Cerdeeckelen, and Bpuipien to acorns, but much greater,blacke without, gray within, in tafte like tothe Cheffe-nut :out 0 to the fetting on of the ftalk,vato which creepinga flope do grow other kernelled roots whilft the plant doth thus multiplieit felfe. $ 2 pea Thiswith Thalins inhis Sylva Harcynia, fet forth by the name ofAftragaluslates, was byour Authortakenfor,and confounded with the Terreclandes and therefore Thane pur iewithif thatthe differcnce might the better appeate,whichis nota littleto fuch as heedfully obfemue ’ : But our Authorin this is tobe pardoned, feeing D'. Twrner,a man more exquifite in the know! Be of plants,and who hadfeene the true Terre glandes in Germany, miftookethis for it, asmay appears bythatlittle Tra& ofhis of the names ofplants in Latine and Englith, fet forth 4#,1 548; . there he faith,f I hauefeene this hesbe oflate in Come parke moreaftringentthan it ofGermaa) i and indeed this growesthere,and is much more aftringent and wooddie than that ofGermany,# a no wife fitto be eaten. Theroot confifts ofmany blacke tuberous particles, here andthere fends forth fibers:fromihencearife cornered ftalks fomefoot high,{mal below,& fomwhat largerabone’ the leanes growforth oftheftalks,confifting fometimes oftwo,& otherwhiles of4.longifh a : Ieaues faftned to one footftalk, whichat the fetting on hath twolittle Jeaues or eares: fost of e bofomesof thefe leaues srowftalks fome two inches long,each ofwhichvfuallycarry4 COPior Peafe-fathioned fioures of a purple colour:which fading,vfurally become blew: after thefe a cods,ftraight,roundaid, blacke ;andin each of themare commonly contained nine ot ten “ i The Names. : tittktteten,that is to fay,tailed Mife,of the fimilitudeor likenefleof dometticall a. acketoundand long nuts,with a piece ofthe flender ftring hanging out behind,do repre ane e Chama Atctwriters do call icin Latine Terre glandes or Terreftresglandes: and in Greckeaimeace, ‘dani:in Englith, Peafe Earth nut. The Temperature and Vertues. TheNuts ofthis Peafe being boited and ee arc hardlier digefted than be either Tushar or A ner ~héps,yet do they nourith no leffe than the Parfneps: they are not fo windieas they, 14” they eaten being and qualitie, binding oftheir eafon belly,byr the through paffe Horllowly “Yetharder ofdigeftion,and do hardlier and flowlier defcend. ; Me vndwhere B They be of temperacute meanly hot,and fomewhatdrie,being withall nota little bin sae 1 po ee they do not onely {tay the fluxesof the belly,butalfoall iffues ofbloud,efpecially trom : ‘ “mother or bladdér, toot of Peafe Earth-nut ftoppeth the belly,and the inordinate courfe ofwomens fickneffe, Cunrs G |
