c 



^44 Of the Hiftoric of Plan ts. L IB#Z 



fome ftand vpright others liealong vpon the groundling rouncLhairv and 



hoary fcaues ingirung their ftalkes at their fetting on, and (harpe Seda 



tops of the ftalkes carry many whitirti heads fullof a vellowi^ dovvn! I 



ki(h,with fome fibres. yellowifh dovvne:the root is thicke and b£ 



14 This fends vp one ftalke parted into feuerallhranrhpef^ 1, j, 

 and hoary leaues, and at the diuifion of the branches and amonVn rlVJ T ^ere with broad foft 

 little heads thicke thruft together, being ofa gr*y^nT^l^ % ^ ^ «<£ 

 root is vnprofitable.and perirties as fooneas it hath perKed nTsted Clltl X?°? d °"* ^ 

 Plateau 3 . he hairing as it fcemes receiued them both from his friend lam esput J + Gn 't hil >- 



The firft groweth in the darke woods of Hampfted and in th<» wrw4c „ ~ 



lond.cn. Tie (econd ™h vpon dry findy bS£$£f^JZEZ2£^ h 

 fix miles from Colchefter,neerevnto the fea fide. ± I alfo had it frnr m/r d Mcrnc y. 



friend M' T W G/y^who gathered it vpon the fea coaft of VVales ± " my ^^ 



The reft grow vpon mountaines,hilly grounds,and barren paftures*. 



The kinde of G«^W;«^ne W iyfet forth (towit Amemanum) groweth natural! 

 Mediterranean fea, from whence ;t harri hren^ h rn .. n u r ^A _i/-°j . . ^ .."' 



probable that both their ailemons be true, t 



"cere vnto the 



nourtngiift gardens, t If 

 (at leaft a neercOdenooma. 



clyinBrafil^anditisDotini. 





They flourc for the mod part from Iunc to the end of Auguft. w 



f The Names, 



Cotton-weed is called in Grecke G/^,„. an d it is called G*a f halh» y btcmk men vf 

 tender leaues of it in ftead of bombafte or Cotton,as Pautm ^Egtneta writctb. Plin, faith it is c 

 Ch amnion & though he (hould fay Dwarfe Cotton ; for it hath a loft and white cotton Jikc 



the 



vnto 



Ctnlunculm* 



Centuncularu^ Albimm . which word is found among the baftard names : but the later word or 

 reafon of the white colour,doth rea'onably well agree with ir.lt is alfo called Bombaxjlumtlis fL, 

 and Herha Impa, becaufc the younger, or thofe floures that fpring vp Jater, are higher, and aire a 

 thofe that come firft, as many wicked children do vnto their parentis is before touched in the dc- 

 fcription : in EngIilTi,Cottonweed,Cudweed,Chaftc..weed ) and petty Cotton. 



^T The Temperature. 



Theie herbes be of an aftringent or binding and drying quality. 





< ^j The Venues. 



/| Gnaphalium boy led in ft rong lee cleanfeth the haire from nits and lice : alfo the herb being laid 



in ward-robes and preffes keepeth apparell from moths. 

 ]} The fame boiled in wine and drunken, killech wormes and bringeth them forth, and preuailetb 



againft the bitings and ftingings of venomous beafts. 



The fume or fmoke of the herbe dried,and taken with a r unneII, being burned tbereio,and recci- 



ued in fuch manner as we v 



crooked pipe made 



painc 



and 



t Th*fi S ttre&atwas formerly in th^^^ define**!. 









Chap. 206. 





Of golden Motb^ort, or Cudwed. 



^[ ThcDefc 



i ■ 





1 



GO Iden Mothwor t bringeth forth flender ftalkes fomewhat hard and wocxW v, M ^ | 

 in diuers fmall brandies- whereupon doc grow lc ?*l°™Zr« £Tol> the topi 

 whitecolour,verymuch jagged I^So«di™<^. : ^^^^ bI S 



white colour, very much jagged like Southernwood 

 of the ftalkes,ioyned together in tuf ts.of a yellow colour glittcnn| 



fcaly 



before they be ripe or withered, remame beautifull long time anc, «> -v • . fa 



Sm» Wade, one of the C lerks of her Majefties counfcll, which were fent him among otn 



bands 



hing* 

 from 



