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Show 1254 ciedllie! Ofthe Hiftory of Plants: Plumbago Plinij. Leadwoort, ; Liss % thereof,becaufe the whole plantis of a bit tafte, and a burning faculty, and that in fire) extremity, that it will raife blifters ypon q mans hand: for which caufe fome of the] a F on Cat. ned fort haue accounted it Plinies Malybdeng Or Agineta his Lepidinm : butthe new Herbs, rifts call it Dentaria, or Dentillaria Rondelers, Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. 1 Ruta hortenfis. Garden Rue. Gu 3 Ratafylucftris minima. The fmalleft wilde Rue. oe 2a PO ASA A \\\\\\ , aeWh wy x WD, SW tle Ge « \Zae Oh. Ee? Ves Yp- who made thelike vfe hereofjas he did ofpy. vethrum,& fach burning plants,to appeate the immoderate pain of the tooth-ache and firch i ACE le like. This plant hath great thicke: touch roots, of a wooddy fubftance,from whence {pring vp long and tough ftalkes two c high, confufedly garnithed and befet long leaues,in colourlike Woad,ofafl and biting tafte. The floures growat thetop ofthe ftalkes ofa purple colour; which being paft, there fiucceed clofe gliftering and hairy huskes, wherein is contained fmall blackifi feed. | The Place. Pena veporteth that Deptillaria groweth a bout Rome,nigh the hedges and corne fields it likewife groweth in my Gardenin great plenty. @ The Time, It foureth in Iuly and Auguft. @] The Names, Leadwoort is called Atolybdena, Plum Pliaij, & Dentillaria Rondelet y « in Italian, Cr paacila, the Romanes,Herba 8, Antoni in! Demillaria is ofa caufticke quality. Tia, Cucurida : in Englith, Leadwoort. | The Temperature, q The Vertues. Ithelpeth the tooth-ache, and that as fomefay ifitbe holden in the hand fome final! while 4 Rote montana: 5 Harmals. Mountaine Rue, ‘Wilde Ruewithwhite floures. Cua. 531, Of Rue,orherbe Grace. | The Defcriprion. 1 Grist: Rueor planted Rue, is a fhrubfull of branches, now and then a yardhigh, higher: the ftalkes whereofare couered witha whitith barke, the branches gteen:the leaues hereof confift ofdiuers parts,and be diuidedi nto wings,a are certaine little ones, of an odde number, fomething broad, more long thanround,fmoc fomewhatfat,of a gray colour, or greenifh blew: the floures in the top of the branches ar yellow, confifting of fourelittle Icaues, fomething hollow: in the middle of which little head or button foure {quare, feldome fiuefquare, containing as many little cof TS corners,being compaffed about withdiuerslittle yellowthreds:out of which hang pretie fi ofone colour; the feed growerhin the little coffers : the rootis wooddy, andfaft ftrings : this Rue hatha very {trong andranke {mell,anda biting tafte. 2 The fecond being the wilde or mountaine Rue, called Ruta fylueffris, is very liket Rue,in ftalkes,leaues, floures, feed,colour,tafte,and fauour,fauing that eueryli Jer cuts, and is much narrower : the whole plant dieth at the approch of plant,and mufteither ftandtill it do fow himfelfe,or elfe muft be fowne o is a variety ofthe garden Rue differing from the former onelyin fmallneff e. 4 3 This plant is likewife a wildekinde ofRue,and ofall the reft the {malleft, an tulene,biting, and ftinking than anyof the reft : the whole plant is of itifl ing withthe laft before mentionedin cach refpeét, fane in greatnefle, z fumes Orvapors that come fromthis fmall wilde Rue are more noifome and hur met.¢ The leaues lie {pred vpon the ground, & are veryfinely cut and diuided:t Nannn 2 |