.Lib. I. 



Of the Hiflorie of Plants. 



47 



Crimen Leuumhcmum. ■ f ^i- 



Stitch- wort. \ $P*^ 



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^j The Names. 



♦ Some (as RuelUm for one) 

 the plant which the Grecians call 'o*fcw = in Latine. 



a 



?j/r4 • in Englifli, All-bone. Wherof Ifeenorea- 



fay in Englifh,he is an honeft man^our meaning is,he 

 isaknaue: for this is a tender herbe, hauingnofuch 

 bony fubftancc. % Dodon&us queftions whether this 

 plant be not Crat&cgonon • and he calls it Graven Leu- 

 cmhemum, or White floured Grafle. The qualitie 



Dio(t 



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Which 



vfeth when as hee writes faculties by hearc-fay , and 

 doubts himfelfe of thfc truth of them. 



^[ The Nature. 



The feed of Stitch- worths Gden writeth, is fharpe 

 and biting to him that taftesitj and to him that vfeth 

 it very like to Mill. 



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he Vertues. 



• .*^.y „..*. , w w»« fc ww %•» ""^ »« i" wr iuc TV ALU t.lJt» UUUUCI 



of Acornes^gainft the paine in the fide, ftitches^and 



fuch like. 



ifcoridt 



Stitchwort being drunke, caufethawomanto bring 

 forth a man childe.if after the purgation of her fick- 

 nefle, before fheconcciue, fheedoe drinke it fafting 

 thrice in a day,halfe a dram at a time, in three ounces 

 ofwater many dayes together. 



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HA P. 



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Of Spider-yport 



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% TbeDtfi 



ofiorides 



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bred much contention among late writers. This plant hath Ieaues much like Couch 

 graiTe^ut they are fomewhat thicker and fatter,and of a more vvhitiili green colour 

 .-u ^ u - ow ) tot i hcl ] cl g ht of a cubit. The top of the jtalke is befetvvith fmall branches, garni*- 

 flicd with many little white floures.compad of fix leaues.Thc threds or thrums in the middle a-e 

 wniti^mixcd with a faire yellow : which being fallen, there follow blackc feeds inclofed in fmal 

 round knobs which be three cornered. The roots be many,tough,and white of colour. 

 * The fecond is like the firft,but that his ftalke is not branched as the firft,and floureth a mo 



ncth before the other. 

 3 



tjius nameth Afyhodclut 



narrow 



Jfcch come forth diuers naked uraight fta/ks diufded toward ti^^^^SS^ 



fad on cucry fide with faire ftarre-Iike floures of colour white, with a purple vein diuidinf each 



eafc m the midft : they haue alio certaine chines or threds in them. The feed followeth in! lofed 



in three fquarc heads like vnto the kindes of Afphodils. "'tioica 



- r,n \ Thh JP^^ " h f h ■ ro °t confining of many thick long and white fibres not much 

 vnI«ketheprccedcnt,outof which it fends forth fome Hue or fix greene and firme LauTs Sm e 

 what hollow ,n the middle and mutually involving each other atlhc root. AmonJa thele th™ 



The?ec P nn £2f FT ^ ^T 8 ? the V thcrC ° f f ° mC nine ° r Cen fl ™«> SSSSuSl 

 and more en 11 ^ TT ^^ f 1 ™ "^ ( tllC thrce innermo * Ieaues ™ tbc bro ^r 



and more curled, and the three outmoft are tipt with greene at the tops.) The whole floure much 



re'femblcs 



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