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JL i,z. Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 5*7 



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, --pHorow waxor Thorow Ieafe,hatharound,flender,and brittle ftalke,diuided into ma. 



I ny fmal branches, which paflc or go thorow the Jeaues,as chough they had been drawn 



or thruft chorow,and to make it more plain 3 euery branch grows thorow euery leaf,ma- 



king them like hollow cups or faucers. The feed groweth in fpoky tufts or rundJes likeDiII,Iong 



andbUckifli.The floures are ofa faint yellow eolour.The root, is fingle,white and threddy. 



: Codded Thorow wax reckoned by Vedomm among the Braflickes or Colewoorts, hee ma- 

 king ira kind thereof, and calling it BrAficafy/vcJiruperfoliata : though in mine opinion without 

 rea(on,fich it hath neither fhape, affinitie,nor likeneffe with any of the Colewoorts 3 but altogether 

 moftvn!ike,refembIing very well the common Thorow-wax s whereunto I rather refer it. It hath 

 lraall,tcnder,and brittle (hikes two foot high,bearing Ieaues, which wrap and inclofe themfelues 

 round about, although they do not run thorow as the otherdo, yet they grow in fuch manner that 

 vpon the fudden view thereof,they feeme to paffe thorow as theothenvpon the fmall branched do 

 grow little white floures ; which being paft,there fucceed flender and long cods like thofe of Tun 

 ncps or Naucwes,whofe Ieaues and cods do fomewhat refemble the fame 5 frora whence it hath the 

 name Nafifolh, that is, Thorow-wax with Ieaues like vnto the Nauew.The root is long and Angle ' 

 and dicth when it hath brought forth his feed. * 



There is a wilde kinde hereof growing in Kent in many places among the com, like the former 

 o each refpe^but altogether lefle : the which nodoubt brought into the garden would proue the 

 very fame. r 



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The firft defer ibed growes plentifully in many places about Kent,and between Farnineharri 



, 7 M r Bowles) 



on the tops of the hlls,that it may well be termed theinfirtnitieoftbem. 



contrarie, $ 



euer 1 could finde- though £^/fcemes to affirmc the 





garden 



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They floure in May and Iune>and their feed is ripe in Auguft, 





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^J The Names. 



ning Ferfiltita, becaufe the ftalk doth paffe through the 

 raic. We call it in EngUih,Thorow-wax, and Thorow- 



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of Writers (though our Author be of another opinion) 



»*pC4 agreftu by Tragus : yet Lobel calls it terfoliata f&ifilii Afigkrum fliqitf* 



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Thnm«. > r i 1F T fa Temperature. 



i aorow-wax is of a dry complexion. 



Thecta^m- r~. % TheVertuts. 



The 



g r eene leau 



wounds. The juice is excellent * 



bring vp flefh in deep wounds. 



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Chap. \$j. OfHony~wrt. 



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1 C^^^^^l^ 8r r l a l e f tbe ^ingof his feed,withrwc 

 cU i fl «ooth tender a n<4K?,?i a ?. U v between the whloh ^aues commetb forth a thick far 



^ d *e ground bent ™, ?M U "t Iy ° ther armes or branch « Ktarife , cramblingor Je-miW 



o Huu iweing not able Wl'thni^ ~*rs,+cmt„a«:- :.r Ltr. • rA -.c-u~<TT**r weight of 



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