4 



3^8 The third Bookc of 



/ 



meDtdne^ an wet o:Datne!3 to SI lip tott^ titG^MalsS) mn f^cUolo 



t3lccrj5,anD to moUiSe ano fouple all ifartntfk* 



OfReubarbcjOrRhabarba, Chap.x. 



^ere be umer£( (batf of H[)a, o^ a0 tt tis notoe caUeD ^m^ 



barbe,not fo muclj Ditfi^dns in p;opo;tu)n, bnt t^etr Diners 



fitte t£( altogtt||cr in tl^e places iDtiereas t^e^ are founo 



grotomo; * ifo^ one ktnc of it groloetti inpontns, ant) xb calleD 

 Rha Ponticum.SDjje feconD grotoutlj in SSarbaria , anD is t^cre^^ 

 fo^e called Rhabarbarum ^ano it is tl)e common Heubarbet ^fje 

 tI)irD commetl) from bepnD tlje ginDtans, out of t^e regions of 



China,anD it is tljat to |)ttlj tlje jJlrabianfi call Raued Seni . 



^The defcription. 



R^ a (ai5 it is tljougljt) fiat [) great b;oaD Icaucs, lihe fotije 

 leaues of jKapfas iBarbatus, o; tu^ite Spollin, o; liUe to tJje 

 leaues of Clot )15urre,rnipt anD Qenteu rounD about f ije edges lifec 

 to a fatoe^grdpne anb fmojtb aboue , anb \x3>Wt anb frijeo bnber# 

 tieatb«amongff tbem fpiingett) bp a ronnb ftxui^t llalke of a cn^ 

 bite long,anb at tbe top thereof grotoetb a faire fcalie knoppe o^ 

 %mi-,VQt tobicti to!)en it bloto^tb anb openetb , (^etoctb fo^tl) a 

 faire purple floure, anb affertoarbs if bearet^ reebe,not liincb bm 

 lihe tbe feeoe of tljc great Cento?ic,fauirtg it i& fometobat longer, 

 SC^ercDte is long,tbickc,anb fpungtc dj open, anb being r^etoeb, 

 it valoet^ a ^ellotuiH^ colour lifee £>cre,02 Saffron* 



Jf The place. 



J^ba grotoetlj in tbe regions about HSofpbojus , anb pontus, 

 b? ttje rincr Kl>a,anb in ^rbaria, anb ix{ tbe countrei? of €\iixi^* 

 msit Ijaue founb ^eere in tbe garbens of certaine Diligent l^erboss 

 riffs tlwt firange plant to^icB is tljongbt of fometofac Rha, oj 



Rhabarbarum 



3|t flouretlj in Blmte, 



^ The tme 



^ The names. 



%yL9 !?erbe,anb fpeciallp t^e r(Dte,is callcbin (HJrdefee V^ s hn in 

 t^e Arabian fpdec^ Rheu, anb Raued.o^ Rauet : of Plinie in Ea^ 



t\x\z Rhaconia3anb Rhccoma 



1 SCbat 



Ik 



