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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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(to whom we are beholden for this figure and defcriptldn) calls this , p <hlomos Ljcfaitcs alter 



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Thefe wilde Mulleins do grow wilde mdiucrs Prouinces of Spaine,and alfoin Langucdoc vd. 

 on dry bao.kcs and flony places i I hauc them both in my Garden,and many others likewife, ' 



«[[ The Time. * 



Tbeyfloureinluneandluly. \ 



^f The Names. 

 They are called of the learned men of our time 9 rerfa[ca Sylueflrja : the fir ft is called of the Gre- 

 cians *v>* or i*ww in Latine, Elychmum^ox after others, Elychimu^becaufe of the Cottoniefub- 

 itancc thereof, marches or weeks were made to keep ligh£ in lamps iFerbafcum Lychnitis^iBtofco. 

 r/^himfclfe teftifietb,is named alfo ThryaUisox Rofe Campion .'.but the floure of Thrydu\% red 

 of colour,as Nicander in his Conn terpoyfons doth fhew,but the flpuies of thefe are yellow .-there- 

 fore they arc neither Thryallis nor Lychmtis, but Syluejlre Verbafcum, or wilde Mullein,as we haue al- 

 ready taught in the Chapter of Rofe Campion, that Thryallis is Lycknitis fatwa<orRofc Czmpi 

 on. There is nothing to the contrary, but that there may be many plants wirh oft downy leaues 

 fit to make Candle vvecke of: in Englifh it is generally called French Sage : we may call it Sage 



Mullein. 



ff The Temyerattm. 



As thefe be like in vertues to the others going before, fo they be likewife dry in temperature. 



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^J The Vertues. 



Diofwides faith, that the leaues are fiamped and laied in manner of a pultis vpon burnings and 



fcaldings. 



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Chap. z6j. Of (Jdrie. 



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Gdlitricumjive Horminum* 



Common Clarie. 







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GaUitricum alterum. 



Small Clarie. 



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