z the Paradife of Plants. 606 
aye =o gee The Forme. + ares 
The ordinary Herb-Parts,or True love, fhooteth forth Stalks with Leaves fome 
whereof carry no Berries,and others do,every Stalk being fmooth without Joynts, 
ofa blackifh green colour, rifing not higher than half.a foot at the moft, bearing 
atthe top four Leaves fet dire@tly one againtt another, like the partsof a 7 rme- 
Lovers Knot, which are each of them a part, fomewhat like unto a Night-fhade 
leaf, but {omewhat broader; in the middle whereof there rifeth upa {mall flen- 
der Stalk, about an inch long, bearing at the top thereof one Flower. fpread open - 
like a Starre,confifting of foure {mall and narrow long- pointed leaves, of a yel- 
lowith green colour, and four other tying between them leffer than they; ‘inthe 
middle whereof ftandeth a round, dark; pucplifh Button, or Head, compaffed 
about with eight {mall yellow mealy Chives or He ds, very lovely to bebold : the 
Berry in the middle, whea the other Leaves are withered, becometh to be ofa 
blackith purple colour, and fullof juyce, ofno hot nor evil, nor yet of any fwee- 
) ai taft, of the bigneffe of a reafonable Grape, having within it many white Seeds: 
¢ Root 8 {mail and creeping under the upper cruft of che Earth, fomewhat like 
toa Couch-graffe root, but not fo white, ofa little binding, but unpleafant loath- 
fome taft. “erg 
ah The Places and Time. € 4% 2 
The firft groweth in divers places Land, in the Woods and Copfes of 
Kent, Effex; Lancejtire, C bebirg, Bet. the Jecond was found in the W odds of Bra- 
fil,,:the deft brought off hs ting up in Aprif and May, and are 
times before AZay be finifhed. ot Hee Ss 
Codds, Privy parts, and Groyn, which do commonly proceed of fome extrao 
ry heat, toallay all otber-kindes of inflammations in any part of the E 
ail manner of green Wounds,and to cleanfe and heale upold Git : 
The Leaves: or the Juyce applyed to Fe fe NV. 
athave Whiteflaws,or any fach like 
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