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Show | 563 h fhadowy places} efpecially the firft and fecond, althoug jis alfo found growing neare the Sea fhore in thelike places. The Time, The Theater of Plants. T rises. Theatrum Botanicum. ‘CuaPeA4s x. Sagina Spergala major, ‘Common Woodroofes 1, Apna a ot elaaa Thegreacer Franck Sputty. . Cuar.44s Atperuta cerulea. Woodroofe with blue Howers, 563 7 er They flower in Iuwe and Iw/y, andthe feede is ripeufually in August before Harveft time. The Names. Itis called Spergula ofall thofe that have written thereof, except Thalins, who calleth it Anthylloides, and Fabius Colsimna, who'calleth the firlt, Adfine tenuifolia altera,vel fylveftris altera, tricophyllos, “Lobelcalleth it Sagina Sper gule, a faginandy pecoribys,from the Franckingor feeding ‘at ofcattle, and thercfore he faith, that divers Braban~ ders and others‘in the Low Countries, did fow their erounds therewith, for the fame purpofe, to caufe their Kineto give the more ftore of milke, Bashinus calleth them Alfine Spergula, The latt Lugdunenfis maketh mention of, undérthe fame name in thetitle, Both the Dutch and we in €xg/and callic Spurry, or Franck Spurry,for the caufes aforefaid,but I doa little more explaine the names, in calling it Francking Sporréwort, The Vertues, The fede is held to bea provoker to vomit, and therebyto bring forth flegtnaticke and foule flimy humours, that tickein the ftomacke, both troubling the body, and hindering digeftion, and health, the herbealittle bruifed and laid to the fingers, or other places that are cut, will {peedily heale them, whereof the Countrypeople in di- vers places,fay they fiave had good'experience. It fattene eth cattle as you have heatd-before; and fo it doth alfo Pullaine, and a8 it caufeth the Kine to give more {tore of milke then ordinary otherwife, fo it caufeth Pillainelike- . wife to lay more ftore ofegges, whichis no idle conceit, for thofe of Brabant, and other the parts thereabouts have Phe ShOTRa ANT oN WY yy: SHA rs Ze : foundit fufficient true,by their daily ufe and tryall thereof, 3 }) 24, " The Place: ' : Gwar. XLIIIL . Aspernla, , which are in the Kingdome of Nae na faith, hee found in ftony or rockie places, on the hils Valvenfes plese = : ‘The T me, : : . W oodroofe: They doé all flower early, even abont fay, and their fede is ripe while they areyet in Bower, or prefent= } Here are twootthree forts ofthis hertbe Woodroofe, whereofalthough fomé bé common; and notfo. well knowne,yet the othersare 3 1. Afperula odorata. Common W oodroofe. lyafter. ter which come {mall round feede, alittle rough, or cleaving to whatfoeverit toucheth,the roote runneth creeping under grouind,and fhooteth up newftalkes round abontit every yeare, cerulec, Woodroofe witha blew flower. ® 2. Afperulafiore ‘ This Woodroofe hath feldome more then one roundftalke, rifing fromthe roote, fet full ofjoynts, at every and greene as one whereof ftand divers {mall and fomewhatlong greene leaves compaffing it, not fo {moothlike leaves but Si ae ei oe ee penis bottome almoft up to the toppe, fet with the - are of the fame or foure togeth threefithewbaelelc flowers{tand the foriness: mailer, where , er,cach upona fall footeftalke, which cPkather ride Gries and of a faire blewith purple colour, without any fe . ; at all: and after theyare paft, in their places grow {mall round brownifh feeSgagch at all the rooteis ‘mall, {pringeth new eare, and from the feede whenitfalleth, se fomewhatyellowith i P every yeare, andfibrous,andperifheth everyy ! 1 but ertonionfly.: the firft hath beene diverfly taken,ofdivers of the later writers; for Brunfelfivs calleth it Ca- |! prifolinms, wel Stellaria, or Herba Stellaris, and Hepatica quarta: Tragus, C ardus, Lonicerets, and Thatins callic odorata. pemain Advere Matrifsloa Dodonens Lobel.and Lugdnaenfis, Asperula. (lufias and others A/persla Gefner in his Appendix Rubia j ula odora noftrads Cordis upon Diofcorides Aparine [ylueftris quedam, \ veltrig alia minor, and Tabermontanus Hepatiea ftellata: butgenerally now adayesitis called of moft men -ata, althoughit hath butlittleroughneffe therein arall, fave onlely as Ifayd inthe feede : theItalians Alpe a Magnets the Germanes Hertzfroidt, waldneifter, beberle ee ee cerulea. , by odonaus x Ap yell: the fecond iis called Asferula s called ox WNWV oodroofe, and Woodrowell Lobel. Camerarius,and Lugdunenfis, and our Englifh Turner callech it Aly{fon, and fo doe others alfo but falfely. ¢ Asperulaa cerulea the thirdis Thelaft called -Myagrum a Dapthenpn Syne Beavbinws cllethif. ma verticillata Afperula Colarana is called byaise log arvenfis: Banhinus. ern | f new ; 3. Alpernla purpurea, WWoodroofe witha purple flower. of optoe Thisis Tnving shiem, vérylike unto the lait, butvalle with more ° ftore offtalkesx and fewer pale greene leaves at the joynts i ‘ praplithAbticHscaedl . Afperula Muralis minima, ; jud W dodroete. fmall Woodrootef, (which tonyrefemble This Se i my judgemen i 1 doth i to Gallinm then Ajperula yet becanfé t, better tothin ‘ calleey salen a fis contentto letit {o paffe alfo) hath diversfquare,rongh, and uprightftalkes, ‘about halfe a asaic ureor five aepene,tnd at everys joynt fometimésfo Shaheen cae but ufually and ‘Gxefall ee leaves, fomewhathairy and bitter i ne f : above the bene comeforth the flowers, round about theftalkes, at cettaine diftancés a es Witteota foure {mall yellowifh leaves, the roote is threddy and {mall, perifhing alfo every cee in jae coc. = The / The Names. be Aly{izm minus of Plinge,in his 26.booke,and 9. chap. and fomeothers .that tooke ‘it to be Alyffum Galeni, derthen rhofe ofClevers, ina manner {mooth or but little rough at all, at the toppes of thé ftalkes fland foure orfive white fweete {melling flowers, madeoffive leaves a peece,laid open like a ftarre, af {23a 4 cenerally called Aspervla, ASpergula or Spergula, & odoratais put tothe firft, to diftinguith it from thé ie wsNe hy anyofGeen eieeceectot it be as Ge{nct in collettioneftirpiwm, thinketh it, to My: The Common W codroofe, or Woodrowell, fendeth forth divers {quare ftalkes, halfe a footé Sy high or more, full of Joynts, andatevery joynt feaven oreightfaire greene fhiningleaves, broa- an ae s, but is moft ulually planted int The firlt is found inthe open vioods of Germany and other places oftentime as gardens, abont Lyons, The lalt Colume gardens, asthe fecond,isalfo, The third growethas well in the fields ; a2 ula hexcaphyllss purpureaby sinima,and by Banbinus Ajperula verticillata luteola, ofe, ufing gs it very yifamiliarlyy in wine, 3 like as: we doe : os highly Woodroofe, i te doe2 accountSiavery Germanes Theee? heatty of this ae helpe the ftomacke dejected, unto ke away melancholy paffions, to makethe heart merry ; and to f Bu Piast. 1gopprefie Liver being the Liver oppreffed andd obftruéted : itisheld alfo tobe good againft the Plague, appetite, a good sid-he se and aod eu hoth to defendthe heart, and vitall {pirits from infection, and to expell the noyfome vapours that arereceived = ithelpeth al(o to diffolve hard impoftiimes, being bruifed and applyed, and inthe fame manner many Country whee! the diftilled water of the herbe 1s wound, of cut inthe fpfoFany people nfe ic for anyfreth or sreene outwardly. ty thee; feds pre 1 gees y inwardly d, cither aforefay purpofes the for effedtuall, noleffe Cuare |