die Hiftorie of Plants. * 3(^5 



tnlikt Sitae Icaucsf, faui'ng f fjep be longer anU (l&arper poinfeD* 

 2L^c fiourc0 grolD t)pon Cmall ficniB bett)3t):t ttie lcaue0,ofapa{c 

 0; bleake lutjtte colo;,ano fomettm e ^ealototf^, ant) airo blac&e, 

 ofacertatncffrotigftDeett^fauour: after t[)cm commett) lottg 

 (l[)arpe pomteD |tuf Ue0 0.2 coi>5, ttje \x>\iic\} Do cpen ort|;emreUie£^ 

 U)!)en t\)t^ are rtpe^anD iintlitn t|)em is ccnteinco (ten, lappcD 

 it tuere in a certatne tDl;tte isxslU tf)c tofjici) feeoe is redDt^ anD 

 b;toaD,not )nuc|i tinlthe tl)e fixD ofCDenttan. %^t rotes be long 



ano rounD, as it luere fmall rounD tl);eeDte drinQS 0; lares, en^ 

 terlaceb one \si\t\\ anotlter> almofi Itbe t\)z rmtts of blackly 

 bo.:,o; ^pe lja!e>anij of a ranfec fauo?* 



^ Thence. 



jMcpiafi grofe'et^ m rougli,t)igl?>grattelfp,an5 Honie moun> 

 fames* 



t/ 



^ The time 



31t fiouref I) m 3|unc>ant) l)i0 Haeo is rtpe tn 0t}guff» 



}$» The names. 



SCtjw Ijerbe is calleu tn €5rafee i^^^Ti*^* an& tn Hattne Afcle- 



piaSjOf fijttie it is failed in <5rabew«n6», Hederuncula, f ««w'ff»o^ 



tlwtiSiHederse folium, anO noUi it tSralleD Hirundinaria, anO 



vincetoxicum ; in C^ermanie ^£l)tDalben tuurt jel : in 5&;abant 



^toalutse \Do;itclc: toe ma^ call it ixi Cnglit^ Afclepias^Vince- 

 toxicum>ant> ^tDallotvurt* 



Jf The caufe ofhiifirft namei 



2Df)is fjerbe tofee Ijis name of t^e ancient fatljer iEfcutapius, 

 tuljicb tnas calleD in (l^reebe «m>^Jr» tubom botl) i\t <!?reeb8 anl» 

 <Dentils (at>,tl)at |)c loas tfje firft tW- f<uini) out ]p[)iabC3tu|)ere 

 foie tbe^ i)ono;eD I)tm as a vl^oo* . 



9^The nature. 



CI)C rotes of ja(cleptas are tjote and D;?,ano refill poifom 



^Thevertues. 



%^t tmtz of tilts l^erbe botleb in toater ano b^onken, Oaltetfr 

 tbt griping paints oftljebellp, anb is berr 5©b fo:fucl) as are 

 bitten of benemous bcaffs,ano mab oogs> not onelp to be giuen 

 to D.2!nbe intuarbl^ toiti) toine, but alfo if tlje leaues be applico 

 fiuttuarbl^ 



fiC^c leaues of afclepiaspounoanblaib im, are gob ^^^"J?^ 



f 



J' 



