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Of the Hiftorie of Plants 



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hap. 24. Of Italian Traji, or Spanijh (jalingak. 



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Cyperus Efculentusjiue Catties' fore. 

 Italian Trail, or Spanifti GalingalJ, 

 without ftalkeand floure. 



3 Cyperus Efculentus ', fiue Trafi Italorum 



Italian Trafi, or Spaniili Galinga]]. ' 



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THc Italian Trafi which is here termed Spanift Galingale, is a plant that hath ma- 

 ny (mall roots hanging at ftringy fibres like as our ordinary Dropwort roots doe, 

 but thev are of the bignelfcofa little Medlar, and haueonecnd flat and as it were 



Media 



parts jit is of a brovvnifh colour without, and white within ; thetaft thereof i 



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Stalkes^^^ 



ueditn.gh to that city whereas it naturally growe^affirmes; but hee faith there S Wh it 

 much wild C^which as he judges hath giuen occafion of their error who Su f it die ftalk s 



tyermpx Englifh Galingale, as Ma 



ginning 



is encreafed by 



others. 



the Aalke 3 according to Vom, and with the ftaike, according to Matthiolm 



^ The Names 



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hath L„3 \lu in D , GtCCkehy */"**¥?< "*"<"»•> »#. $**+ ^/.icas F alius O- 

 bmam ? Th, T? V K * U ? "f™ 6 ? *? **£*? : the Iater "titers, CypeL %&***, and 



Zk^!±^I^fi^ d ^y M ^ — in Italy tfey are'eryed vp a«d 



downe the ftreets,as Oranges and Lemmons are here. 



«f The Temp 



IuiT2s,vvhere 



ee ate JffinChl TT *" JI » bIe dwith coughs. Now you muft beat thefe roors^nd w* 



^J^^^^^^rT^^^ 1111 ? ^ a linnen cloatb, which by fomel^te 

 n-u r commended alfo t0 be vfed in venereous potions . 



ciaUvifvc^S 3gaiDft the he "««dniarpe n circofthcfriw,cfpe. 



Cit iknlafV^t <2? M° *?* $?"? ^ ***** ° f Pom P io ^ Gourds and Cucumbers. The 



emfens of \ erona eate them for dainties, but they are fomewhat windy * 



