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Of the Hiftorie of Plants 



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4: 3 Cannabis (pterin tertia. 



Small baftard Hemp. 



^J The Defcripion. , 



1 THe wilde Hemp, called Cannabis fa 



ria, or baftard Hemp,hath foal £» 

 der hoary & hairy ftalks a foot high 



befetat euery jointwitb two leaues, foally iq! 

 dented about the edges fomewhat like a Nettle 

 The floures grow in rundlcs about the ftaIkc$,of 

 a purple colour, and fometiraes alfo white : The 

 root is little and threddy. 



2 There is likewife another kinde of wilde 

 Hempe which hath hairy ftalkes and leaues like 

 the former , but the floures are greater , gaping 

 wide open like the flours of Lamium or dead ncc*. 

 tie. The floures are of aclcare and light Carna- 

 tion colour declining to purple. 



3 There is alfo another kinde of wild Hemp 

 like vnto the laft before mentioned 3 fauiig that 

 it is fmaller in each refpe&,and not fo hairy :the 

 leafe is fomwhat rounder,the root foal & thred- 

 die ; the floure is larger, beeing purple or white, 

 with a yellow fpot in the infide. 



%. The Place. 





vpon 



gro* 



earable land , as I haue often feene in the come 

 fields of Kent, as about Grauefend, Soutbflecr, 

 and in all the trad from thence to Canterburic, 

 and in many places about London. 



f The Time. 



Thefe herbs floure from Iuly to the end of Auguft. 



% The Names. 



What hath been faid fliall fuffice for the Latine names : in Englirti,wi!de Hemp,Nettlehemp, 



and baftard Hemp. 







^ The Nature and Vert ties. 

 The temperature and faculties are referred to the manured Hemp,notwith {landing they are not 

 vfed in phy ficke where the other may be had. 



C h a p . 14 o. Of Water Hempe 



<§ The Description. 



1 \ .\ 7*A* er Hempor water Agrimonie is feldome found in hot regions, for which cau^ 

 VV " " called Eupatortum C annibinum fcemim SepentriondiumfX\& groweth in the co 



Northern countries in moift placesjand in the midftof ponds,flow running ;r«ui- 



and ditches. The root continues long, hauing long and (lender firings after the nature 01 f W ^ 

 herbs : the ftalks grow a cubit and a balfe higb.of a darke purple colour.with many branches ita 

 ding by diftances one from another. The leaues are more indented and lefTe hairy than the ma 

 kmd.-the floures grow at the top.of a brown yellow colour, fpotted with black fpots We W'* 

 ncus 5 which confifts of fuch a fubftanceas is in the midft of the Daifie or Tanfic fl<*« , &» ^ 

 about with fmall and fharpe leaues fuch asare about the Rofe , which caufeth the who.c W* * 

 referable a ftar,& it fauoureth like Gum Elemni y Roftm,oi Cedar wood when ir is burned, in . ( 

 is long like Pyrethrum,clotely thruft togethcr,and lightly clcaueth to any woollen g armenc hct b 



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