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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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gc nftauother,fnipt about the edges,3nd ending in a long and fharp pointed leafe:thefe leaues as 



lift be {talks are fomewhat rough and ha:lh,and ofa darke greenc eolour.-the floures are frnail and 



rddiih, and giow in littic vmbels, and are fucceeded by longifh little rough feed of fomewhat a 



fttdogand aromatickc tail and fmell. It is an annuall plant.and floures commonly in Inly, and the 



1 . re ripe ia AugullXW/w and Thalim cal it Dancoides minus^x\A BaHhme.CaHcaltsfemmeajpero 



jfy is fubruber.tilus. Ihcrc is a bigger and IcflTervarietieorfortofthisplanr/oryou fhallfindcic 

 g. mg to the height of two cu bits 5 with leaues and all the vpper parts anfwcrable, and you may 

 agaioe obferue ii not to exceed the height of half e a foot. 

 °t l bis other, which B.iabau hath firft fet forth in writing by thenameof Cancalisnedofitchu 



.•tting on of each Ieafe, clofe to the ftalkcs vfually vpon very fhort foot-ftalkes grow fmall little 

 riours i »l colour white,or reJdii"h,and made of flue little leaues apecce:after thefc follow the ke<3 

 iouih!,fmail,and rough,and they grow clofe to the ftalkcs. It floures in Iuneand Iuly, and growes 

 wikk- in fundry placcs,as in the fields, and vpon the banks about S.Iames,and Pickadiila. ^F alius 

 Ctlumu lodges it to be the true Scandixo( the Antients. $ 



There is likewite one of thefe found in Spaine,called Caucalts HifrmcaJiVc the firA.-but it is an 

 annuall plant, which perifhes at the firft approch of winter,the which I haue fownc in my garden, 

 but it pcrifhed before the feed was perfected. 



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pon rocks and 



ourpalUues in mod places of England:thatwith red floures is a ftranger in England. 



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I haue not heard that the third growes wilde with vs, but thefecondwas found growing in 



the corne fields on the hils about Bathe,by M r . Bowles. $ 



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^T The Names. 





fykefi 



mong the baftard names o(DeKocri tHS ^» .- in Latine, Pes Gallinaeeus, Pes Pulli : the Egyptians 

 tome tzsefclis .- the countrey-men of Hetr uxi*>PetrofeUof*luaiico .-in Englifb, baftard Parfley, and 



«JJ f he Temperature and Verities. 



Diofcondes faitb,that baftard Parfley is a pot-faerbe which is eaten either raw or boiled,and pro- 

 uoketh vrine. r 



tlm doth reckon it vpalfo among the pot herbes: <7*/^ addcth, that itispreferucd in pick I 

 lorlallades in winter. 



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B»re which hdonged » the third dtfeription in this eha pter w« formerly put fot EogWh SaxifMfe. 



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The feed of baftard Parfley iseuidently hotanddry,and that in the fecond degree:it prouoketh 

 "inland brmgerh downc thedefired Acknefle : it diflblueth the ftonc and driueth it forth. 



ittaketh away the ftoppings of the liuer,fpleen } and kidnies:it cutteth and concocteth raw and D 

 n^nuncke humors : it comforteth a cold ftomacke,diflblueth winde, quickneththc fis hr,and re- 

 'refheth the heart^fit be taken falling. 



tucu' t//ieluS ? his Coramentar . ies v pon Diofcorides, UK 2 .attributed vnto it many excellent vet- E 



h a p i 4 04 . Of Candy Alexanders . 



<fl The Description. 



\vhT^?- and Flin J ^ aUe rcckonccI Smjrninm among the kindes of Parfley, 



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ground , inclofing the ftalke about likeThorow wax or perfoliate 



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yellow colour^nd doe rather referable the leaitcs of Fole- foot 



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