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the Hiftorie of Plants. 7^5 



A 



Of lafmine. Chap.ij. 



S$,The defcription. 



2Smm groljuet!) m mmtt of a [jeDge 0; qntWef , and tnuS 



be leD alon0(t atiD carrteo as t^e rofe oa time, it b^tnget^ 

 f(D.:tt) man^ fmall b^ancfjcs full of totnt;s 0; hnot^;, tlje (^oitci^ 

 ano tlotgs tuljereof are 6UeD full of a fpongte pttt), Ithe tlteptt^ 

 of Clocn sn^e Icaucs be of a oar&e greene colour, parted info 

 Sue 0; feuen oti)er Itf tie leauejeifgrolotng t)pon a llemme oa faite 

 Calfee, U&e to tfje Mi Icafe) loljercof eacl) little leafe bp if felft 

 15 fmot^ and fometoljat long, not|)ing at aUnatc|)eD, oj tcot^co 

 about tt;e edges* %'^z floluers be toljite and long of a fln^e and 

 pleafant fauour, and do grolo fotoer o^^ue togttber at tt)e top of 



the himt^tB 



^ ThetL 



Bfafmtne grolnetb tn fome countries of |;ts otone feuide, as in 

 ^patne, and fome places of England, in tl^is countrie it isplan^ 



tn gardens, 



^Tk 



lafmine floitJ^etf) in gulp and 0ngutt , \mi t^c fruit in tl)i0 

 countrie commetl) not to perfe(tton« 



^ The names. 



%\iis plant i^ called of tbe jarabiams ^ambacfi and Bfe&o 

 min, and accordingly it \b called amongC tlje !^erbo5iff0 of Cng^ 

 Iand,iFrancc,and #ermanie lafminum, and lefeminum,andof 

 fom alfo lofme^and lofmenum. SE^e latter to^iters do cal if alfo 

 in ILatine,Apiaria : btcaufe t^at bees delfebt greatls to be about 

 tlje flotoers tijereof j 03me call it alfo Leucanthemum. 



i^The nature. 



^erf^iio l»:itetl),f !)at 3afmine is tjot almott vn f be ftcond de* 

 gr0D,tD|)icl; a man mag alio ter^ IncI percciue bg Ijis bitter taffe^ 



^ The vertues. 



Bfafmine curetl) flje folole d;ie fcurflfe, and red fpots, it diUdl^ ^ 

 ntfijcoldfUjcUings, andfoens, o?ljard lumps, oj gatljeringJJ, 

 tobcn if XB applied and laid thereto. 



Cfie lifee tjcrtue batb tlje otfe of 3|afmine, t^e tubicfi pnt into % 



flw noftrils 0; often fmeld to, caufetijnofe blading, in i^tta 



tbat 



