f 





,« 



' i 



Of the Hiftorie of Plant 



11 



A 



t 3 SMtndSperguU. 



There is 



Woodrooffe 



is an 



^ernUCdruleafiX blew Wood rob fft 



foot ■••*-*-• 



i 



2 



is an neroe ui a twt mi & u,iv/«,»-«/,««.w iuim- 

 thing branched,with leaues & ftalfcs like thole 

 of white Woodrooffe : the floures thereof are 

 blew, {landing vpon fhort ftems on the tops of 

 the (talks : the feed is fmall, round,and placed 

 together by couples : the root is long and of a 



red colour. 



3 There is another herbe called Sagin* (j>er- 

 gula^or Spurry,which is fown in Brabant> Hol- 

 land, and Flanders, of purpofe to fatten cattrfJ 

 and tocaufe themtogiue much milke, 

 there called Spurrey,and Franke Spurrey:** „ 

 a bate and Ipw herbe, very tender,bauing many 

 jointed ftalks^whereupon do grow leaues fet iii 

 round circles like thofe of Woodrooffe, but 

 lefier and fmoother, in forme like the rowell 

 of a fpunat the top of the ftalks do grow fmall 

 white floures ; aftcr which come round feed like 



thofe of Tarneps : the root is fmall ?nd thrcd- 

 die* *- 



* 4 There are one or two plants more; 

 which may fitly be here mentioned : the firft 



of them icrhf».?ft/>9vr*A« »»*••;« -<tf r> ./.r./ 



It IS 



ooddy 



lefchamp, 



fomefoot 



at each joint come forth two long thick round 

 leaues, and out of their bofomes other JefTer 

 Ieaues:thc top of the ftalks is diuided into fun- 



es,bearing floures of a faint reddifh 



nnnlWl nfGiir* I ;«.#.! ^ ? • . • 



w 



kwim threds in the middle : after which follow cups or^c 

 aodcoDUine a little flatreddirtS feed : it grows in the fait 



&&3U? and Au ^ and in * e -~ * 



*S2^rffi *■ ** arife many 



Pound 5 hauing many knots or joints , at Lch whcSvZ ? mOK ^& commonly flat on the 

 •doutof tbeir bofomes other fmal £J™ ™S r i " y gr ° W a col 'Pk of wh i te felly feaucs 



it floures 



M SftrgHUfi 



defcribes it by the name of aI 



TI »cy floure in Tun,, an a t„... U r ^ T "»'. 



in 



taken Woodrooffe to h, Pul^S^ 



of nTiVnl I n,s man « : 

 ot pnckles about the circles: 



£>jthtc- 



s,butal- 



ig Galens 



s ft cond 



every 



it beareth a floure ten- 



^ to blew. 

 Woodrooffe is named 



Bb^' b n low Du «l>. JUnntta* : that i«b 







