io 3 8 



Ol the Hiilorie oi Plants* 



IB. I, 



floures, which doc tume into long brownc crefted and (hining feed, one feed be?™ u 

 fennel! feeds,which being greene dotaftc like annife feed, the root is great 3if 5 a$ f< ** 

 big as Enula Cmftr. a exceeding fweet in fmell,and caftinglike vnto Anife feeds Iod &* 



I CerefoUumvitlgarefativum, 



Common Cheruill. 



t 2 Cerefoliumfitueftre. 



Hedge Cheruill. 



$ 4 There is found in fome part of the Alps, as about Genua and in other places, anorner 

 'UHjrrhk^ which in the leaues and vmbels is like that of the laft defcribed, but thewhofcplantis 

 lefle j the feed is long,fmall,fmootb,and fliaped like an Oat,and in tafte foraewhat like that of the 

 Daucus Creticus } Lobel hath this by the fame nameas we here giue it you. 



5 About mud wal Is , high- waies,and fuch places, here about London, and in diuers otfier pa- 

 ces, is found growing a final I plant, which in all things but the fmell and height agrees wi tb t hat 

 referred to this kinde by Fabius Column*^ called <MynhU ^quicelorumnova. Tie root hereoi " 

 y fmall and white, periling euery yearc when it hath perfetted his feed : the ftalkes are fleader.boi- 

 J J low,fmooth,and not h ury, feldome exceeding the height ofa cubit, or cubit and halfe ;* is voi- 

 ded into fundry branchcs,vpon the feeds whereof againft the fetting on of the ieaues.or out oi uw 

 bo.omes,grow forth tbe ftalkes, which carry vmbels of fmall white floures : after which toiwju* 



feeds, growing two 



onefle of A' 



. r _ - ~ rogether,and thefe longi/h, rough, round, and hairy, about ^ebigneue 

 mle feeds. The leaues are fmall, and finely cut or diuided likethofeof Hemlocke,butotam 

 coIour,and hairy : it comes vp in March, floures in May, and ripens his feed in tone. lD ^ ^ 

 eate the young leaues in fallads,andcallit wilde Cheruile : wemay in Englifh fordid " 

 «11 it fmall Hcmtocke Cheruill. . ,,. ^ 



cL, • . efe we ma X « t ly adde that plant which in the ffifi. Lugd. is called CI***** fofl8 d 

 i^Z? m '?r e "? id f d *J lr * J for k flourcs at tbe fa ™ time with the laft mentioned, *■ ^ 

 die Tdown^v in Ma y and Inne ver y ^quently almoft in all places , but ^^ ry large, 



anddlTde^ 



biting tafterthe ftalkes grow vp 



cGbitshigh,andtheyare — 



iZZSTSrr IT grOVV V P ,n g° od g round to be fome three cubits mgn,anu-y ^ 

 l7Zt l^K^E^^ ~K«ftcd, fending forth of **«^ W 



iC/oTr? "" m T° n ^"wEES f man wHte floures ^ -, 

 iling of flue little leaues whereof the" loweft is twice as big as the reft, the two ^ 



Che vppermoft the had ofall.The leaues are large like thofeW^but of a dark gp« aQ J 



