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Of the Hiftoric of Plants. 





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HAP. 



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Of SpigneU, Spicfyell, or fcJIf «- 



U T& Defcriptiort. 





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Pignell hath ftalks rifing vp to the height ofa cubit and a halfr h^^-.u i 



bling Fenneil or Dill,but thicker,more bWttd S Jb£k£T£ hf "fi"- 



theftaIke$doerwfDokienifrtl.ir«,,„^A:r^™ ft ^n^ €d i«>datthctoonf 



the ftalkes do grow fpokie tufts like vnto Dil. The roots are th eke and full off *?* 



i mfeum. 

 Spigncll, 



t * Meum alteram Italieum t 



Italian Spignell. . 









* There 



not lb 



finely cut or ;a, 

 and full of fap.' 



» is a baftard kinde of Spignell like vnto the former, fauing that the leaues are not 

 jagged : the floures are tufted more thicker than the formenthe roots are maty 1111 ' 



f 7 be Place, 



Mew, or Meon groweth in Weftmerland, at a place called Round-twhat bcwixtApI eb 



Kendall, in the parifli of Orton. . ft ^ 



Baftard Mewe,or a/*w»,gtowcth in the waftc mountaines of Italy, and the AlgesW - g0 

 Been told me) vpon Saint Vincents rocke by Briftow,where I fpent two daies to fceke m 

 not my hap to findc it,thcrefore I make fome doubt of the truth thereof. 



Tftele ncrbes do ftoure in Iune and Iuly,and yeeld their feed in Auguft. 



It is called of the Grecians, 

 Apulia,as Matthiolus declareth 



* f The Names. Indians.^" ; '° 



, M»>or/ftr> likewife of the La«nes,c««w- of we iC V ; in otbc* 

 i,it is called Imperatrix ; in diuers places of Spaine y . ^p. 



-:r--T~- «-'»'•-»-• u«.iMcxn,it is called Imperatrix : in diuers places oi «T '^nf tan<« "" 

 iW„ : in high Du tch,©ecwto«tt| : in French,^ : Ruellm faith that it is named inr - * 



tbum tortuofum.Andftlite fire nrnrwuij t^u „ . J -1 j ^.» . -ir^.v .\,/v.I!f»dinEngl» n » J r c 



tbum prMfnm^nd/yluepe.or writhed DilUnd wiide Dill : alfoit is called m EngWn 

 Spick neli,of fome Mew,and Bearewort. 

 The fecond may be called baftard Spicknell. 



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