.Lib. 2. 



wOf the Hillorie of Plants. 



1049 





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5f The DtfiripttM. 



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He naturall plauts. Of f «/£#, being now better know ne than in tithes part, efpecially a- 



moiig our Apothecaries, is called by them Siltr momtnum, and Stfeleos : this plant they 

 haue retained to very good purpole and confideration } but the errour of the name hath 



_/% ^T/ni *•» if/a nfrifnrp + s\ m*rr% *% r\,A +**\ Cm % «-».-* ^.4 . * * V* ^ * n ./.*.. — _- » ff 1 • v* — **»« 



fhops 5V/c7i 



iUlkcs like {-emu, two cudits ntgn. 1 nc root imelleth like Li*u 



cut or diuidcd,Iike the Icatics of Fcnncll or Sefili Mafolicnfe^ and b 



mm. At the top of the ftalkcs grow fpokie tufts like Angelica,which bring forth a long and Ieafie 

 feed like Cuminc,of a pale colour ; in talk fceming as though it were condited with fu^ar but 



fliarper than Sefclipratcnfc. * \ . ° ' 



M fet forth vnder the titlcofSefehpraten/e 



w 



like 



ifrcIienfiurHywhich Dedondtts in his la ft edit ion calleth.f/7er />>■***»/? 



he former. The ftalkes thereof grow to the heightof two cubits,! .«..««« urciwucwnac 



broader and blacker ; there are not fo many leaucs growing vpon the ftalkc, and they are Jefle diui- 

 ded than the former, and are of a little fauour. The feed is fmaller than the former, and fauouring 



very 



diuifiQus. 



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^f 7^ Place. 



surw, not far from Genua in th 



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Y ^J The Names. 



iris called commonly £//«■ CKontanum : in French and Dutch by a corrupt name Ser-tjKentat* 

 indiueis rtiops,^/w,but vntruly : for it is not Sefelijwt a kinde thereof: in Engli(h,Siler moun 

 ram ifrcr the Latine name,and baftard Louage. t The firft is thought to be the Uguftiem of th 

 Anncnts,anditisfocalIed by CHattbhlut and others. $ 



. . , ^T The Temperature. 



This plant with his feed is hot and dry in the third degree. 



IT TkeVertues. 



The feeds of ' tf/er drunke with Wormewood Wine,or Wine wherein Wormewood 

 widen, moueth womens difeafes in great abundance : cureth th** fiifiv^f inri ™a a„«, 

 matrix,andcaufethittoreturnevntothenaturallplaceagaine. ^..^ , N * 



^s^^hiSiir ny ^ ad appIied or puc into oW {oks> doth curc them ' and coucr bare 



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•* °/f • 1 . f guu "tu vnue, caietn tne paines ot trie guts or entrails procet 

 *u*nene,it helpeth concoaion,confumeth winde,ancf fwelling of the ftomacke. 



to: root hath rhpfampvflrMi^ ^»^«.^ M »: — i /v -a? n..,, . ■ . 



fcrud 



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^S^S^tS, W * ° f ftftft *€'**£ d J ftrih f* ia thc "■***-* in ** fo-rrh *U and that .rfuch bcloo* 

 amMLwnge. Alfo that figure wbtcfa belonged to the fecoaddefc iprion was formerly vnder thc talc ot F# JL^Tr 



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Of Sejelios, or Hart Aborts of Candy 









^ The Deft 



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feli of Candy, and in times naft not eJfcwhcfe fi 



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,n ^apemuch likevnrn , rii ^ .7 S ^^"f.g^ 11 ^ lomewdat ha.rv, of an ouerworne greenecolour, 

 ^4Sa Si b " 1C " : T n ? r hlch rifcthv P an h"rv rough ftafte,of 



fof ^eth SS uh ^IT l X P A kl T kS mth : vhi « floures : which beaded, th?rc 



round and flat feed, compaflcd and cunningly wreathed about the edg?s likening: 



