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Show 1310 Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. together,placed fromiointto ioint byfpaces,fomewhathoarie,very like vnto the Jeaues of Cyt py or Rue; among which come forth many {mall moffie white floures, tuft fafhion,in {mall bundles like Nofe-gaies, andverylike the floures of the Oiiue or Oke tree,whichturneinto fmall roundifh bladders,as it were made ofparchment: wherein is contained blacke feed like wilde Lotus, but if tafte like the wilde tare : the whole plant is of an vnfauorie fmell; the root is thicke,and ofawooddie fubftance. : 2 The Spanifh venomous Trefoile hath a wooddie ftalke,rough and hoary,diuided into othe: fall branches, whereon do growleaueslike the precedent: the floures grow on the tops ofthe branches,whereondogrowleaueslike thofe of the Peafe,and ofa yellow,orrather greenifh cology wherein it differeth fromthe precedent. 2 q The Place. Thefe venomous Trefoiles grow in Narbone,onthe barren and ftonie craggie mountaines, at Frontignana,and about thefea coafts,andare ftrangers in England, Ofthe Hiftoryof Plants. Lis. 3. L iz.3. ; G The Time, Theyflourifh from May to the end of Iune. ; q The Names, Dorycnium,or sxe, is that poifonous or venomous plant wherewithin times paft they vfed to poifontheir arrow heads,or rather weapons,thercby todothe greater hurt ynto thofe whom they did affaile or purfue, whereuponit tooke his name: great controuerfie hath been among Herbarifts what mannerofplant Dorycninm fhould be; fome faying one thing, and fome another :which controuerfies and fundryopiniohs are very well confuted by the true cenfure of Rondeletins .who hathfor a definitiue fentence fet downethe plant defcribed for the true Dorycuinm,and none other, whichmay be called in Englifh,Venomous tree Trefoile. + Thefe plants donot fufficiently an. @ The Time, InP Itfloureth in Sommer: the feed is ripe in Autumne; che thtub it felfe is alwaies oreene. greene, and hatha lafting root. «| The Names. Mottdo call it Cyti/us,but we had rather nameit Trifolium fruticans : for it doth notazree with Chtifus or Milk-Trefoile asin the chapter before it is plaine enough by his defcription, Ac itbe Cytifis Marcelli, or Marcellus his Milke-Trefoile,with which peraduenture it might be thought to haue fome likeneffe,it the floures whichare yellow werewhite,or galbincous, thatis to fay blew. There be divers alfo thattake this Trefoile to be Polemonium, forafmuchas the leaues her-of feeme to be fomewhatlike thofe of commonRue, but Polemonivm hath not the leafe ofcommon Rueotherwife called Herb-grace but ofthe other,that is tofay,of S.Iohns Rte: it is called in Englifh,hrubby Trefoile, or Make-bait. "| The Temperature. Polemonium is of temperature dry in the fecond degree, with fome Acrimonie or fharpneffe. @ TheVertues. This fhrubby,plant hath fomany fingular and excellent vertues containedin it,chat fome haue A called it by the name Gbiljodunavsisthat is,hauing an hundred properties. Itis very effetualt againft the ftinging of Scorpions,and (as fome write) ifamanholditin his B hand,he cannot be hurt with the biting ofany venomous beaft, Being taken invinegerit is very good for thofe that are {pleneticke,and whofe fpleen or Milt is Cc afe&ed with oppilations or ftoppings. Ifthe root be taken inwineit helpeth againft the bloudy flix, it prouoketh vrine being drunke p with water,{coureth away grauell,and eafeth the paine and achecalled the Sciatica. fwer tothe defeription of Déofcorides, neither can any onefay certainly, that they are poifonous.+ q The Temperature, Dorycninmis very cold,withoutmoiftning. A . @ The Vertues. ‘A Venomous Trefoile hath not one good qualitie that I can readeof,butit is a peftilentvenomous plant,as hath been faidin the defcription. Cuar.16. Oftheforub Trefoile called alfo Makebate: Shrubby Trefoile,or yellow lafmine. 1 Genifta, Broome. } The figures were formerly tranfpofed, Polemonium(ive Trifolium fruticans. Cuap. 17. «| The Defeription. His fhrubbyplantcalled Polemominm;hath many wooddie twigges,erowing vnto the heightoffoure orfiue cubits,hauing final twiggie branches,ofa darke green colous,gal nifhed with {mall leaues ofa deepe greene co lour, alwaies three ioined together vpon little footftalks,like the Cyzifus bufh,orthe field Tre foile, but fmaller : the floures be yellow, 4 round, diuided into fiueor fix parts, not much volike the yellow Iafmine, which hath caufed many to call it yellow Jafmine, eucn vate this day :when the floures be vaded,there fuc- ceed fmall roundberries as bigas.a Peate, 0:4 black purplith colour when they be ripe,which being broken will die or colourthefingers like Elder Berries : withinthefé berries are cont’ neda {mall flat feed, like vnto Lentils: the 10°F is long and fmall, creeping hither and thit aes vnderthe earth, putting forth new {prings °° fhoots in fundry places,whereby it wonderfully increafeth. The Place. ae It groweth plentifully in the county Montpellier at New Cattle vpon the drie = 5, ftoand bot banks ofthe Oliuefields,and in the ny fields and woodof Gramuntium: it proms” in my garden,and in other Herbarifts gardens England, Of Broome,and Broome Rape. 2 Repum Genifie,five Orobanche, Broome Rape,or Orobanch, |