300 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



Lib. z # 



1 1 Hieracittm montmum Uti folium minus. 



The lefler broad leaned mountain Havvkweed. 



V 





% The rime. ' 



They floure for the mod part all Summer 



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long,fome fooncr^fome later. 





^y The Names ingenerall. 







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Thefe plants are all contained vnder th 

 name of Hicr actum t which is called in Greet 

 alibi'F"" : diuers name it in Latine^*^ 

 na j which is termed in Viench^icbcreeiaul' 

 ne : in Engliih, Hawkewecd. Thefe faerbes 

 took their name from a Haw ke, which iscaj. 

 ]ed in Latine <^fccipitcr,and in Greeke, i 

 for they are reported to cleare their figh tby 

 conueyingthe juice hereof into their eye j. 

 Gafy calleth it Porcellta • for it is numbred a* 

 mongft the Succories : they are called alfo 



Lampuca. 



Yellow Hawkweed is called of fomc,ii/ir. 

 fits diaboli, or yellow Diuels bit, for that the 

 root doth very well refcmble the bitten or 

 cropt root of the common Diuels bit, beiog 

 like Scabious. 



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call this Hier actum majus. 



hftus^Dodonaus & others 



A 



2,3. Thefe are varieties of the fame 

 plant,the firft of them being called by F uch- 



pus ,D odonaus ', and CMatthiolus, tint Mum m. 



ms % Lobelcalh it, Hieracittm minus frmrft 

 ,«»***. m. u«t .yuui iuis wim more cut ieaucs isby 7"4&r».called Hiet actum nigrum. 



4 Lobel calls th'is,H ieracitmfolijsrjr facie Cbondriltd : Sauhims maketh this to differ from that 

 which our Author gaue in this fourth place out of Tabern. for he termes this, Hieracittm Cbadnlt 



folic hirfutum • and the othc^Hieracittm Chondritis folio Glabrum - 3 the one fmooth leaucd, the other 



xough i yet that which growes frequently with vs,and is very well reprefentcd by this figure, ten 

 fmooth leaues,as healfoobferuedit tohaue in Italyyind about Montpelierin France. 



5 This is Hieracittm alterumgrandius^nd Hier actum monnnum angufiifoliumprmtm ofTdcriu- 



wont anus. 



6 Lobel cah this,f rom the length of the root(though fomtimes it be not fo long) Hicnum 4* 

 giusradicatum : as alfo Tabern. Hieraciummacrorhizon : it is thought to be the Apargia of Tbttf^ 

 Jlus.by Dalefchamfius.in the bifi.Lugd.pag. 5 6 2 • but the figure there that beares the title is oftf""* 



cium minus % 



h 1 Tdernmuttamu firft g aue thi* figure,vnder the name of Hieracittm intybaceum antrum \ I 



r ... . ... y e jj ow Succories 3 and tails it Cichoreum CMontanum angufiiftlmnthi^ 







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9 



mentioned,J?j&4^^/W»/ alter. 



IO This hvTititrtt ic/.fi 



mliarbonenfefalcataftliqua. 

 Hitracium facie Hedjpnois : and Cafalfinus termes this, Rhagadiolut . and the Iw 



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Author,Chap. 30. vnder the title of Chondrilla titjb 



latifoliumjfhe fig 



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Hur actum montmum Ian folium 

 T , , • ^f The Temperature. 



The kiodes of Hawkweed are cold and dry,and fomewhat binding. 



^J The Vertues. 





A 



B 



They are in vemie and operation like to Sonchus or Sow-Thiftle, and being vfed after the ft* 

 manner,be as good to all purpofes that it doth ferue vnto. 



They be good for the eye-Gght,if the iuyce of them be dropped into theeies, efpecially - 



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called Diuels bit,which is thought tobe the beft,and of greateft force. 



There^' 



