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Ac Hiflorie ofPIants. \6%i 



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^ T& Description. 



Oth thcfc as alfo fome other woods are referred to the Aftaldthas defer ibed by Diofcorideslih. tl 

 c 1 9 .But the later of thefe I take to be the better of the two forts there mentioned The firft of 

 them is whitiHi withou^hauing a yellowilh or citrine coloured round in the middle : the tafte 



ishottifli.andfmellfomewhatlikethatofawhite-Rofe. 



The otherhath alfo a (mail ring of whitcnext the thicke and rugged barke, and the inner wood 



is of a reddifo colour,very denfe,follid and firme, as alfo indifferent heauie : the ftnell of this is alfo 



like that of a Rofe, whence they vulgarly call it Lignum Rhodium, Rofe-wood, rather than from 



Rhodes the place where the laterof them is faid to grow. 



^ 7 he Faculties cut of Diofcorides. 



It hath a heating faeulty with aftri&ion, whence the decodion thereof made in wine is conue- A 

 nicnt to wafh the vlcers of the mouth, and the eating vlcers of the priuitics and fuch vncleane fores 

 as the o^tfta (a (linking vlcer in the nofe fo called.) 



PutvpinapefTaryit drawes forth thechilde,thedeco&ion thereof ftaies the Ioofeneile of the JJ 

 bellv,anddrunkeithelpes the carting vpofbl©ud,the difficulty of making water,and windinefle. 



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T the end of this Appendix I haue thought good to giue you diuers descriptions ofPIants, 

 which I rccciued from my often mentioned friend M r Goody er^which alfo were omitted in 

 their fitting places, partly through hafte, and partly for that I rcceiued fome of them after 

 the printing of thofe chapters wherein of right they fhould hauebeeneinferted. They are raoft of 

 them of rare and not written of Plants,wherefore more gratefull to the curious. 



Hieraciumftel/atumBoclij, LoMx^^^ iJ^jXA^ t L 



His plant is in round^hairy^raked^branched ftalks,and long.rougb^biunt indented leauesjike 



Hieraciumfalc 



which part, there lucceed long crooked (lender fharpe pointed cods or huskes, neere an inch long 

 fpreadingabroad,ftar.fafliion,wherein a long feed is contained;thishath no heads or woolly down 

 like any of the reft, but onely the faid crooked coddes which doe at the firft fpread abroad The 



rootisfmal! rhrprMv fnllnf mi'llr^ ;.n^ +* ;~~\r*+u u.i^i ■ * .£ . . ~ . 



is ripe 



pcriftieth wh 



titer Acium medio nigrum fiore majoreSoelij. 





fmooth 



falcatum^bat fmaller : amongft wh 



of S,f t n *L?5" ^ Ues " ,ei "»?8.<» «»'l«>g ne= re the ground:,!* floursgroi on th/toos 



-* «%. x^iACi, uuc one rogetner 3 c< 



being of a blackiOi purple colour. 



middle of each floure 



Hier actum medio nigrum flo re minor e Boelij. 



ui i 'n ""•"B""^ "kc cne iait Deio 



blackifh purple in the raiddle,but they 



theflouresarealfoof 



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Hier actum lanof* 



nable bigLfTe, two tow£5faJS ZZ^U 'T* T ght f ° ft cotton y fta ^e Sj of a reafo. 

 eth at each diuifion one broad S^^^ffi^^P^^y neere *' Whereon g™- 

 and alfo very foft cottony and »^^^£ m \ M ™> fl «*««. and very much crumpled, 

 yellow colour, very like thofe ofS r »«, ™ ^ '' ** fl ° Ures are ^""double, of a pale 



of the ftalkes and branches, forth offiffi^ 108 ^"^ ^ ™»Y «*«*« " thc <°P S 



. , rortn ot imall round foft cottony heads : thefc foure plants grew from 



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