L^IC. 2. 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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Caff xr is Fabago. 



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Of'Beane Capers. 



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THis plant which the Germanes call 

 jfabagO, and Dodonxus fauouringof 

 Dutch , calleth it in his laft Edition 



Capparis Fabago^ and properly :£,<>&/ ca lleth 

 it Capparis legnmtnofa between which there 



is no great difference, who labour to refer 

 this plant vnto the kinds of Capers.which 

 is but a low and bale herb,and not a fhrub- 

 bie bufh, as are the true Capers, h brin- 

 geth forth fmooth ftalkes tender and bran- 

 ched,wherupondo grow long thick leaues. 

 lefTer than thofeof the true Capers, & noc 

 vnlike to the leaues ofPurflane, comming 

 out of the branches by couples, of a ligh? 

 grcene colour. The floures before they bee 

 opened are like to thofc of the preccden r, 

 but when they bee come to maturitie and 

 ripenefTe they waxe white, with fomc yel- 

 low chiues in the midft : which being part, 

 there appeare long cods, wherein is con! 

 tainedfraall flat feed. The root is tender 

 branching hithet and thither. * 



y The Place. 



It groweth of it fcl fe in come field s of 

 the low Countries,from whence I haue re- 

 ceded feeds for my garden , where they 

 flourifh . ' 



«J The Time. 



It floureth when the Caper doth. 



^f The Names. 



- , c n . "is called in Latine of the later Her- 



fabago: of moil Capparu Leguminofa : itis thought to be that herbe which o*iW 

 w 28 chapter by the name of ^rdijrigi : we may content our felues that Capparis 



**M? be called after the Latine, Beane Caper. 



Tftl) , . 1[ Tie Temperature mdvertues. 



loucmng the faculties thereof we haue nothing left in writing worth 



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OfSm//oyp~wort. 



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Wallovv.wornvithvvbiKflouresbachdiuersvprightbianchesofabiownirhcolour of 



•■"» « fi.™ S bt - nudc l "°™ cwh M >0"g. broad, fbarpe pointed, of a blackilh erccne coloured 

 l ? in g* as ftan C dn n , d 2 ,nde ! • oftcnt . imes iom * ^ £ . h L ftalks m «<* ionger,climing vpon props or fuch 



^^TZ^^'FT™ 8 V 0t 5 ehdg L ht ° f fiue ° r fix ?»bites, wrapping^ felfe vpon 



hkc thofe of S f Undry f ° Idin S s : thc rtoures ^rcof are black :the leaues, cods" and roors be 



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