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T he Paradife of Plants. 575 
CHAP. Cccvill. 
Of the Bardock and Buiter-bur. 
The Names. 
Twill not be amiffe to fpeak of both thefe cogether in one Chapter, becaufe 
they be both good for the Mother. Ihe Burdock is called in Greek doxéay, 
Arcinm, a8 Mo xessaxiovn tessonis, Profepinam, of Prof«pis, becaufe the broad 
Leaves hereof were ufed in old time to cover the faces of thofe, which would not 
be known when they acted any thing inthe Theatres, and for this reafon it was’ 
alfo called Perfenata in Latine ; The Shopscall it Birdana, and Lappa major, in 
Englith, The great Burdock. and Clot Bur. The Butser bu-re is called in Greek 
adlacirns, Peta Stes, from vila cous extendo, becaule of the extraordinary breadth 
ofthe Leaves, and fo che Latines call it: in "Bagiith i itisnamed Barter-burre, per- 
haps becaufefome Countrey Hufwives wrap their Butter in the broad Leaves 
hereof when they carry itabroadin hoc wreatheg. 
| The Kindes. 
Both Burdick, and Butterburre make but five forts, 1. The Common Bardack, 
9. TheRofe Burre. 3. The Woolly headed Burre. 4. The.fmall Butre called 
Xantbinm. Je Jhs aperferess ou gataagarye pen i 
= SHO 232 ; The Scot 5 shin 2g ae 
Bacich-baits doth fend forth i its Flowers before te sory io the ‘einen prover ‘ 
that Colesfeot doch, of which fome reckan it to bea kind, which ftand opon a thick | 
Stalk- about a fooc high, befee with 4 few fmall Leaves, or rather pieces; fpiked 
fafhion, and of a biuth or deep red colotir,quickly falling away, after which the 
Leaves will becintofpring, which being full grown, are larger and broader then 
' thofe of the (lot barre, being fomewhat thin andalmoft round, whofe thick red 
Foor-ftalkes being about a’ foor: Jong, ftand very neer unto the middie of the 
Leaves. which ace divided on that fide which is neereftto the Sraike, of a pale 
green colour above, and hoary underneath The root {preadeth much w nder- 
round, yet in fome places itis no bigger then ones finger, though in fome it be 
. much greater, blackifh/on the outfide, and white rent ofa bicerand ample 
; tafte. es 5 
be Places andTime. ay bat 
a ieches. and High way fides, in divers plete: of this od, 
x night hi : ery place; ‘the fecond on the Banks fide be- 
pers the Horfe F a the pede neer L: ndon, the fourth inthe Highs 
pitti leadio a bene Drage 6 Iver, two miles from Colebrook, asalfo between T4-— 
Chepftow, in the Foot way. The third is fuppofed to- stow neer 
pion dad ‘The Laff delighteth in moift places neér unto River fides, 
and upon the brinks and bankes of Lakes and Ponds almof every where. The 
flowers and Burres come forch in fasly and August, and the feed is ripe in Seprem- 
ber, The Butter-burre flowreth in Febr aryot March, bat the flowers with the — S 
Stalke will be withered aad blown away (within aah of a = “sans th 
ae wasb ete wopl; Seer oe 
ad The T eviperatrt 
The Pes of thie Burdock doe coele and dry very 
ething hor, The ar burre i is bot and seth the Tibiad ae ‘ef 
