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ful of floured ano fmal leanes,lia|jlt| cut anD tagge6,m p:opnjf ton 

 not muct) t)nltbe to a if oretatleXljtd care begtnnetb to floure bc^ 

 loUJ,anO fo it goetlj flourtttg bt? litf le anD little tjptoarD ♦ ISefo^e 

 tije opening of ttje AoureiS tfre fmal leaner ant) huu of ti)e 6oure0 

 are all of a fatre bleUitC^ purple colour : ano tntmeotatel^ after 

 t^e opening of tlje flour e0, tbe^ are of a realoiu colour anireo 

 ioitlf purple,anO after tlje falling atoa^ of tl)e fioure0,tl)ofe fmall 

 purple leaue0tioealfol(Dfet{)eir colour anD b)aire greene, ano in 

 Jleao of t^e floureiSjtftere commetl) b;joao f)uf feesf, to^erein com;* 

 tnonl^ are inclofeo ttuo f0eoe!3i, not niucli tnlihe linto <Mf)eate 

 co.:ne0,but a great oeale fmaller ano b;jotDrter. SClje rate is flen^ 

 Oer ano of iDoiODie Tubliance. 



S^ The place. 



XW plant grotoetf) amongft Uiljeat ano ^pelt, in gojD fruit 



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fill grounti0^ 



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Mdampyrum flouretl) in |une,anD romtimee in Slul^ 



ifrThe names. ^ 



2CtecaUt!;is]^erbenol»in JLatine Triticum[vaccinumro; 



Triticum bouinum^tljat i0 to fa^^Coii) iD^eate,oj fl>re lob^ate, 

 in if rcncb Bled noir XIM i0 to fa^ 3l5laf htobeate 0^ co^ne : in l)tg^ 

 tntt^^ lJmtuei?flfert,anO of fome 3l5;aun fleiCicl)blumen,in 515?abanC 

 pdertfbloemen : tljat i& to fa^,l^o.2fetloure, ^no it (^oulD fam to 

 be tbattjnpjofitable berbc lo^ercof Theophrallus tD^itetlj in ^ 



tJii|,bfflfee C^ap.t). ;an0 Gakn Primo de alimentorum faculta- 



tibus,cap.vltimo,callcO in (Srafee F^^t^e^An ^latrn Melampy- 



rum,lu|iic^ a0 tljei? oo tu^ite^is bnt a I»at) 0^ tjnp^cfifable plant 

 grotoing amongtt ioljeaf e,ano fo calleo becaufe of tf)e faD, tu^ic]^ 

 10 blacfe ano p jopo^tioneo lifee tD^eate, ^et tf)i0 10 not t^e Me- 



lampyrumof Diofcorides,t|)e XDljtt!) alfo i0 calleO Myagrion. 



i^ The nature, 



^ojfeflonre,o; 51Bla£fetD|&eate,erpeciallg tliegraine 0; faoe, in 

 !iote,ano raifetji tjp futtus, '^^ - 



i^ The.vertuei. 



%^ fa^D of t^i0 Ijerbe ta^en in mmt n o^infee , trouble!^ tiie ^ 

 b,:aine0,cau0ng l^eaDacl) i Dionfeenne0,^et not fo mvii a0 ^urag 

 o^SDarnelVaccispabulo grata &innocua. . 



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