#io Of the Hiflorie of Plants. l 



IB. Z. 



% The Dcfcriftisn. 



i /^>Lot Burre bringetb forth broad leaues and hairy, far bigger than the leaues nfr 

 V^and ofgrea ter compafTe.thicker alfo,and blacker, which on the vpper fide a» of a ?^ 

 greene colour, and on the neither fide fomewhat white : the ftalke is cornered thw 

 befet with like leaues, but farrc leflTedmided into very many wings and branches, btinSpft 

 ereat Burres round like bullets or balls, which are rnnoh all mi** « n A *..n _r ^ ' "'& UJ g <ort& 



kles, taking hold on mens garments as th 

 thrummcdjOr all of rhreds, of colour purp 

 and this iced when the burres open, and the 

 is long, wh ite within, and blacke without. 

 t There is another kinde hereof wh 

 thefe heads are alfo hairv or downv. and th 





ouer, and lull of foarpe crooked Dric 



of the tops whereof growcth afloure 



Fefted within the round ball or bui/er 



carried away with the winde : the root 



fle 



t^irftion 



Lappa minor altera of Matthiol*. Lobcl found this growing in Somerfetmire three miles from B«h 

 neere the houfe of one W.lohn Colt.% Dit °> 



2 The lefler Burre hath leaues farre fmall than the former, of a grayifc ouerworne colourlike 

 to tbofe of Orach mcked round about the edges : the ftalke is a foot and halfe high, full of ii ri. 

 blacke fpots, diutding it fel f e into many branches:the flours before the Burres come forth docom 

 pane the fmal 1 ftalkes round about $ they are but little, and quickely vade away : then follow the 

 Burres or the fruit out of the bofome of the leaues, in forme long, on the tops of the branches as 

 big as an O hue or a Cornell bcrry,rough like the balls of the Plane f ree,and being touched cleauc 

 faft vnto mens garments : they do not open at all, but being kept clofe (hut bring forth lone feeds • 

 The root is faltned with very many firings, and growcth not deepe. 



^J The Place. 



The firft groweth euery where : the fecond I found in the high way leading from Draitonto 



Colbrooke 



and Egham. $ It alfo groweth plentifully in Southwicke (heet in Harapfliire, as I hauc beeoe 

 enformed by \A\Goodyer. % 



% The Time. 



Their fcafon isinlulyand Auguft. 



% The Names. 



The great Burre is called in Greeke, **s» .• in Latinc.PerfoHai^perfoHdtia^tid udrcium : in (hops, 

 Bardana^uA Lappa maior : in high Dutch, (SjofjSfelCttCtl : in low Dutch, tftOOt Cifffeit t in French, 



Kjifukim 



CManifol 



)fi: 



* 



* 



^ — "J — ™rm 



The lefler Burre Docke is called of the Grecians, s*ami in Lztinc,X4mhium:ir\(hops,Ldpft 



minor ^Lappainucrfa i zn& of diuers, Strumaria : Galen faith it is alfo called, PhafgAnion^ and Phfewn % 



or herbc yidory, being but baftard names, and therefore not properly fo called : in Eoglifli, l>™ k 

 Burre, Ditch Burre anr' i*(r*** Hm»«» TVwk« . ;*• r^^m^+u ^k A ^i!^ **_+&;__ ^.r *Vi«*>tf^A fnrthe 



Burre or fruit before it 



Docke : it feemeth to be called Xanthium 



(lamped and 



ward when need requireth the weight of two ounces thereof and fomewhat rcore, being fteeped 

 in war me water and rubbed on, maketh the haires of the head red ; yet the head is firft tobedreflcd 



^iw/Wbwriteth 



^J" The Temperature. 



thing hot. 



moderately dry and wafting j the root 



footf 



The kcq or tne jeuer mirre,as uaien laitn, natn power to digcit,tneretore it is noi auu u» r 

 _, % Tl} e Venues. . , 



A The roots being taken with the kernels of Pine Apples, as Diefcorides witneiTeth, are gooa w 



them that fpit bloud and mrnmt matter. t 



B 



C 



T 1, "« «"•« mat tne lame being ltaraped with a little ialt,and applied to tne uiuug «• - - 

 dog,cureth the fame,and fo fpeedily fetteth free the ficke man . . ni a . 



He alfo teacheth that the juyce of the leaues giuen to drinke with hony, procureth vrine, ana 

 keth away the paines of the bladder j and that the fame drunke with old wine doth wonderiui j 



helpe againft the bitings of;ferpents. 



ncipeagainuEneDiungsoi.ferpents. . . 



D Columella dcclareth that the herbc beaten w ith fait and laid vpon the fcarify ing, wh .en is J 

 with the launcet or rafer. drawpth «.,► ..t,»««..r~..~r *u„ ..:„-*. « n A r hir alfo the roor being » 



ped is more auaileable againft fcrpcnts,and that the root in like manner is good ag 

 cuiil. 



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