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, ; w . tIie nourcs s .^w at the top of the ftalks,hanging downwards,ofa white coloured it is ta- 

 ken generally iox Behen album ■• the root is white,plain,and long,and very tough and hard to break; 





mon in England. 

 The fecond growe 



% The Place. . ' 



Ify in my garden,being a great ornament to the lame 



oft 



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^ the Time. 









Thcfe plants floure from May to the end of Auguft. 





f The Names. 



Red Valerian bath bin fo called of the IikenelTe of the fldures and fpoked rundles with Valeri- 

 an ; by which name we had rather haue it called,than rafhly to lay vpon it an vnproper name. There 

 are'fome alio who would haue it to be a kinde ot Behen of the later Herbarifts,naming the fame Be. 

 bin rdrumfor difference between it and the other Behen alburn^ that of fome is called Ocymajlrum, 

 and pjt>.unrfJ>umerM,which I haue Englifhed Spading Poppyjand is in truth another plant much 



differing from Behen of the Arabians : it is alfo called Valeriantbwjapnma alter a>Str uthium Aldrtr- 

 «n//,and Condurdttm •■ in EngliCh,red Valerianjand red Cow Bafill. 

 Spading Poppy is called Behen albumj) cymajlrum alteram $ of Com^Pslemomnm^nd Papauerjbtt- 



mtum : in EngIii"h,Spatling Poppy,frothy Poppy,and white Ben. 



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Thefe plants are dry in the fecond degree. 



«j[ The Temperatures 





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'hofodoth hold 



.... , , ifi . . good againft the bloudy flix } and being pound leaues A 



and fJoiirs^nd laid fo,cureth theitmgings of Scorpions and fueh like venomous beaftsjinfomuch 

 , „,.^„ „. l, "' J * u -fameinhishand,canreceiuenodamageorhurtbyanyvenomousbeaft. 



root made in water and dranke,prouokcth vrin,helpeth the ftranetwy and B 

 paines about the necke and huckle bone. * J 



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Chap. zij. OfaZMints. 



% The Kindts. 



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T H fTh e be diUerS f0ItS ° f M lntS ,f ° me ° f the gardenj ° thcrS Wilde ° r 0f the field 5 and alfo fome 





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1 TTHefirft tame or garden M 



1 colour fomewhat hairy, wL uuuu « UMCU „, , &CS race 



^fc-wifeitS ?d P 61 ? " C M l0Ur ! the fl ° Ures are littleand red » and g row aboi "'the ftalkes 

 ^^ndnot^VN "r"^ ^ 11 : the , root cree P«h aflope in the ground, baaing fome firings 



ro * wSfcbES k ° th u e fi / ft in h f ir y ftaIks fomthin » round ' in blacki ^ l****.™ creeping 

 tops of Seb«I [f '- but th f fl0llresdo n°t « all compafle the ftalke about, but ftand vp in th? 



* Thcr 



Willow 



root hereof doth alfo crcepe no othenvife than doth that of the firft , vnto which 



and_ 



^bout 



led as 



ots lelTer « but the fl™ V en , ° n . § leaUCS Ilkc to tne third in fta ^s, yet in leaues 

 dwWfea, do hi? r e i e °J ft / D 1 D °,^ n th , e tQ P S of ^cbranches.but compafTe the ftalk* 



5 This hath 7i nnt,wnicn Deot a light purph 



th °fe defcribed "in r^ e r UCS b j° a , der than the comra °n Mint,rounder alfo,and as crifp or cur- 



Cd ln tne fec °nd place(of which it feemes but a laraer varierieO rfee fta/kes arc 



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