the Hiftorie of Plants, ' 62J 



it i6 alfo founo in otiftv tomtties 9 ^s in p^outnce about ^ar^ 

 felle0) lDt)er(a0 3 !)aue Ceene great 00^0* 



Sf, The time. 



SCragacantl^a flotD^ett) in j^p^tll , i^z feeDe t0 rtpe m f une* 

 ant) m t^e Canualar Date5 t^e gamme ts founoe deauing to t^e 



roit 



^ 7l;ff names. 



Cfjis plant t0 f alletJ in <I5reefee -rest^^^csi^s* = in Ilatinc Tragacan- 

 tha : ano Hirci fpina : tnhnotune tn d^opd > euen amongit t^zxn 

 tofjerca0 if grotoctlj. 



2Dt)e gumme alfo toljic^ commetb from tt, td calleD in <^xt&hz 



^e^&LKdf^ i tn llattn Tragacanthae lachryma ; tn l^op$ Gummi 



Dragaganthi : inCngUl^> gum SD^agagant. 



^Thenatttre, 



Cragacantlia, as d^alen lu^ttetl), 10 of natnrc It^ to gumme 

 j^rabike, tf)at i0 to (^?, of a D^te ano clammy completion* 



^Thevermef. 



^um 2D;mgagant 10 goo agatnfttlje cougf)) tlie roug^nelfe of ^ 

 V^t tl)^ote,t[)e Ijo^fenelTe ano roug^nelfe of ftie totce,betng lic&eo 

 in \syiV^ l)onp. if o;; t^e fame purpofe (t|)at 10 to fa^ fo; t&e roug^^ 

 neffe of tlje t^^ote ano (l^arpe arterte 0; luino pipe) 2Dt)e^ mahe a 



certaine electuaq? tn l^op0> calleo Diatragaganthum. 



%^vi o^inke it Iteepeo in toine t^e quantitte of a o;amme, B 

 againii tbe patne of ti)e kionete0 , ano excoriation 0; knaiUi' 



tng of t^e blaooer ^ in putting thereto ^mtti ^z^nz burnt ano 

 loall&eo. 



SDbe faio gum is put into CoU?;e0, f meoicine0 tbat are maoe c 

 fb; tbe eie0 , to tabe atoa^ ti)e acrimony ano tbarpencffe of tl}e 

 fame ; ttoot^ alfo Hop t^e po}e0 ano conouit0 of t^e fUin* 



!i-Thechoife. 



^ou mnSc^cofe tbat ioljicl) i0 cleere ano tl^ining, (mall) firme, 

 ano clofe> luell purifileo ano cleane from all maner dM% % ftoeat* 



n 



OfFicusIndica. Chap.Ixxxj 



1^0 flErange feino of plant commetl) fm^tb of one leafe (et 

 in tbe grotino, ano fometimc0 it grotoetb bigb* ano is na^ 



meo of piinie Opuntia, noto in tbefe Oaie0 Ficus indica. 



^f 2 2Ctjat 



