the Hiftorle ojfPIanw^ -^ 3 43 



Of Ferula. Chap. ex. 



9^ The de/cTfptioK, 



1 ►Tr*©e leaucs of Ferula are great mn large, anii (p.ieau a^ 



b^oat,anli cut into tert? Jmall tij^eecs oj ^atres lifte iFe;* 

 neU, but a great Deale bigger : %\)t Italbe oj ffemme 

 is tliicbe, iointtcano terp long : tn tlje tops of t^e ffalfes grolu^ 

 ett) great rouno fpohie tuffets, bearing 6r(t realoti) floures, anD 

 afterl^ard long, b^oati, anu blacbe feeoe? almolf as large as tlie 

 feeo of ketones o^pepones* 2C!;e roste iB t^ukc ant tol^ite, and 

 groti3ee!)Deepeintl)egrouhD> o; in ti)e iotnts o^ clifts andcljops 



0f clecfes antJ rocfes. 



2 2Dt)ere is alfo found an otl^er ItinD of t^w iferula , hut 

 l)is leaues are not fo fmallie caU aitD tnoemeatb tfjet? be ixiUt^^ 

 o; of a dDraptfl^ colour, but otiiertDtfe tptv be as lat^e as t\^z a* 

 t^er,t{)e feso is alfo leflQ^^but tn p.2opo;tion lihe t|)e ot|er* 



^ The place. 



%^ttz if erulas doe grotue in €^reece and Bitalie, and otl^er 

 |}ote Regions , but t^e^ are Grange in t^is country and jflan 



^ 



ders. 



^ 7l&tf names. 



1 SCtje 6rll is called tn ©rake n^'w^ in JLattn Ferula. 



2 %'^z otljer is alfo a Wnd of iferula, and xb counted of fome 



to be a certaine Ferulago, t&e Ui^tc^ of Theophraftus m called 



in <I5reefte N«f $««?«. 



;yi 7^^ nature. 



sni)ere is no peculiar o^ fpectall bfi^ of tliefe Jferulas, fautng 



tljat tbc li«io^ o;gummes t^jat flotuetlj out of t^em, as,Saga- 



pcnum, Ammoniacum , and. Galbanum , are tjfed in medti> 



tinti txitjerefp^e ttjeir nature and Dertne fl^all be defcrtbed in ti)e 

 cl^apters folloUiing* 



To the Reader * 



£)nCdering,tuelbelcued Header,tlKit toe Ijaue tD;jifte in tlic 



chapters going before of tome l)erbs,ont of § Wcflth floto tjer^ 

 cottlt? taps oj gums gat^ercd,d?ied,and p?eferued,tf)e tufjifb are 



greatlp bfed in medicines and^urgerie? elpectallp as t^e fappe 



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