





Of the Hiftorie of - PI 



tranflating of Garcia the L 



lowherbe tw 



jwHyauuiui^.u.,.,.^ uiucMui, filing no pieaiant lent at all. The leaues rta«, 7a ' f ^ 

 manckc rafte, but are clammie, or vi fcide ; whereas the leaues of Celtic^ iS ye . eIdn °aro. 

 littleanriaion,andofaplea<"antfmeiIand\aftc. t ^ eltlCke N^rehot^itfc, 



4 Mountainc Spikenard hath a great thicke knobbed roor, let here and tW «,;♦», r 

 fibres,o/ a pieaiant fweet lmell- from the which come forth three or foure fmooth hrn,!? 6 teDd « 

 likewi'ejag^edleauesdecpely cut euen torhe middle ribtamong which rifevnnSa M Ucsand 

 oflhrd ia Ihc middle with a tuft of jagged leaues. The floures gL a * opof X? ^* 

 wnbclor tuft like thole of the wilde Valerian in fhape and colour, and fucK i,^^ 

 haucgiuen you the figureof the root and whole leaues as they AewtbemfelueswhltL cV ! 

 pcare.aiitwastakenbyC//^*,. t ,cw «ietmeiueswnentheyfirihp. 



5 The Spikenard of Ind ia is a low planr, growing clofevnto the ground, compofed of ma . 

 rough browne hairy clones, of a rtrong, yet not vnpleafant fmell. The root is fmall and t L d ? 

 * lr hath certainely ftalkes,floures,and feeds ; but none of our Ind.an Writers or Trauel £ 



ces ot iknder hollow ftalkes iOme two inches low 



— r — — — — -—--■— — — — w— — - — - w M ** m %.i*^ iv*v iJVtf XXLL1L 



talked to the roots that are brought to vs 



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I 



5 Nardus Indica. 



Indian Spikenard* 



fc 



Vfjrdus Narhwtnji. 



trench Spikenard, 







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«C3 



J 









. 







t 6 ThisFrench Spikenard,beingabaftard kinde, growth clofevpontbegroun ^^^ 



precedent, compaft of fcaly rough leauesrin the middle whereof commit!] ifo thag blt |]igl\ 

 round greene ftiffe and rufhy leaues : among the which (hoot vpdiuers round flalKes ^^ 

 fftfroTjthemiddlpmrh P tnr.«,;fhorr.#.niTh1,>rlerods. ftandine in chame rus* es i ^l 



middle to the top with greenifh little cods, Handing in chafte husk (] ^ 

 Scbcenanth. The root is fmall '* " ' •-•■■—-• -— ^»«hout 

 fheweth it to be abaftard kinde of Spikenard. 



threddy 





ra 



^[ T&» Place. ^ n 



foure] are (hangers in England, growing in great plenty j 



mo** 



and Salzburg. 



rockes among 





The firft and fecond, if my memorie faile 



— 



the North P«t of *g 





