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Be: the Paradife of Plants. 563 
CHAP. CCXCIX.. 
st. Of Moneywort. - ; 
The Names. 
is called in Latine ‘for Greek name it hath none, that J can meet ich j in any 
Author) Nemmularia of the round forme of the Leafe, fomewhat hkeyunto 
Money, and Serpentaria, becaufe itis reported that if Serpents be hurt or woun- 
ded, they doe recover themfelves with thisherbe. Fu/ch/us calleth it Cenwm- 
morbia, from its wonderfull efficaty-in- healing U/cers and green wounds , and 
Tabermontanus would have it named Hirundinaria, becaufe as Swalewes doe ufa- 
ally fly clofe to the ground, fo this Plant cleaveth clofeto the Earth. It is called 
in tt Herb two- he T wo-penny graffe but ufually Money: wort. 
‘The Kindes. ae a 
Thongh Moneywort feemeth to be of different forts, becaufe it promt to be 
of feverall fizes, yet that isto be impated to the fertility or fterility of che foilé 
they enjoy, howfoever there be two forts shereof,1 I Common Mao: ‘eywort,2.Small 
spacer with peaioes Flowmnetens HE ASD 
os the Bien. = ‘ 
, ciel Rae weak sid flender oe 
fying and. running upon the ground, fet with two Leaves, at each joynt, oppofice 
one £0 ar , at equall diftances, which are almoft as round asa penny, but that 
they are a little pointed at the ends, fmooth, and of yellowith preen colour: at 
the joynts with the Leaves from the middle forward, come forth at the joynts, 
fometimes one, and fometimes two yellow flowers, ftanding each upon a {malt 
foorftale, being compofed of five narrow leaves, pointed at the ends swith fome 
yellow threds in the middle, which being paft, there ftand in their —— fall 
tagedeetivol Sead. The Rocts fall and threddy. - 
The Places and Time. 
The fir# groweth by Ditches, Streames and other places wake 3 Water thes 
to overflow in the Winter time, as I have obferved in (brif-Charch Medow by 
Oxtetaad oe divers ocber ee The Paste. alee in fuch like places, but 
ot fo frequently, nor f y as the age rie bah flower about hes 
Sa en weet % y 
" oi ata . = 
pbc | cee | sod 
is fomewhat co eae, drying indin, athe tate 
demonftrate, _ i, Bij x Soe we a te 
The Keita 
: The Juice of Adoneysvort taken in Wine, or the decoBion thereof i is fi Eolas we 
cal  ceabhancaih bins sapeenesls _whether it be at thes 2, 
