the Paradife of ‘Plants. 237 
Milt, and confume cold Phlegme i in the Stemsack , being boiled i in 1 Vinegar, they 
help the Tosth-ach , atid fo doth the dryed Bark of the Root , which deco@ion 
ferverh alfo to clenfe all manner of filth of the skin, all filrhy fores and white (curfe 
end hard-fwellings. The Oyle that is made of Capers isof very good ule avaintt 
the paines of the fides and Spleene, again(? Hypocondriack, Melancholy, the Ri chet; “ 
&c : the afflicted part being bathed therewith by a good fire,- The three /ast forts 4 
are of very little or no ule 2 among us, . 
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_, CHAP. CCVIII. 
Of the T amarifke-T ree. t 
su aoe The Names, 
Tis eatled i in Greek javpixa from udProg fienifying wd , ftom ene "i mg | 
dance of tittle Leaves wherewith itis adorned, 1 In Latine alfo Dtyrica and 
Tamarix , but of divers Tamarifts 5 which cometh om the Hebrei wor 
Tamarik. Ggnifieth Abjter fio, quia magwans he ndvins Traber 
n clenfing, ee Qe 4 Ae 
gi lo ao “The Kinds 
mart? eteanmse 
J Pa bat 2) 
eee fhere were eer two forts of Tanear infke known , one gteat and 
“ beatin Galles, the other fmall and bearing none; but now there are five forts 
found out , which belong to this. kind, 1, The French ot finer leafed Tana. 
rifk, 2. The Germaine ot broadet Leafed Tamarife: 3. White ret, 
3. m2 arian Ti Mihai Galles; 5. bps do 2 | 
_ The Forme, 
The Fréeth 8 or finer hexfed Tamarifk; which Itake te cha . owe 
toft ordinarily in England  attaineth nor'to any great bigneffe Cou itry 
3 — in others it is faid to have the bienefle of agreat ance aides call ¥ Wie 
{preading flender ranches, whofe Bark i is fomewhat thick and rugged, of. 
teddith colour; the younger fhoores being reddith at the firft, then ateaie 
| ards, and blackifh when they are dry, but the Leaves as leng as the’ y begrowing 
are of awhitifh green colour crifped as it were, fomwhat like unto Heath but 
finer and fmaller : The flowers grow {pike fafhion being purplith at the firft, but, 
white when they are blown open , confifting of five Leaves a peece , ‘i 
into Cee amie in them , > and fallech away as tha 
and Poplar doth, | 
= The Places and Time 
The fr 3 sroineth by the Rivers fides, and in other moitt and eeetily pl 
ata in ‘Narbone,and abont Mompelier i in Francé,but in divers parts 
wo The fecoad growethin Germany, as well unto the River 5 
about that of Danubins , yet not without fo: ren 
¢ Garden of one Mr.Ward at his houfe at Beram i in ie x.The 
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