47o_ 



Sair 



Herbal. 



Lib. I. 



CHAP. CCCXXXII. 



0/ G R O U N D-P I N E Heath, 



G O U T--I V Y Wild. 



I.T-^HE Nams. It is called in Greek KSe/f, a 

 ± pukhritudinem , veihn Hippocrates & An- 



r«, and in hngltjh heath Ground-Pine, and Pk, 

 \l. The Kinds. It is the third Generick Speci( 



ralVindsf ^S. i" C°r« MatS^lolziethj^C 



B,iubi/ii, The Common, or moft vulgar Fair Heath 



h'llns Le^itima CretL Ml'i^YzxxliLxhQ " 

 Pine of Candia. ?. Corn Mpnfpeltenfium , _ . .. 

 Monfpeliaca Fene & Lobe/ij, Qwierarij & Taber- 



Maritima Bauhini , Oris Purpurea , Purple Fail 



Ill The Defcriptions. The firfi or ConmiGn 

 leach Ground-Pine, ha^ a Root whwb is Jomexahat 

 Ir-cpdv rvith many fibrous Threads theretc 

 ';;l«,%,Wm which fpringup.feveral hard wo^^^^ 

 cdliih'Stalks, full ofjoints, rifing up to tlie height 

 ! a Foot, or more, and having alfo on {hem ^^"y 



at every Joint, fomething like unto Spergula, or 

 InS^nToffivfo^^^^^^^^^ 



hitifh red color,^ with 





yellow Thi 



fmelling^a 



Llps'kllrTenTSlSdlTwS%Jt^^ 



n ^Y" P^ fi^ond or Fair Heath GrounSe of 



^iil Zth tl^J'uavJ'f'-^^"^^^^^ 



This Plants as '^Bdlus faiA,' grows if gS SoMd 



to be a Cubit and half high, Branching forth many 



ways , and bearing many fmall Leaves , like unto 



^w at'^Ae to'^L^Se Braittn^ *^ ^^""^^^ 



t0_thofe of i/^/j^/-/«;?, and of a yellow''color" which 



being paft away the Seed follows, being enclofed 



in Husks like the former. 



hi 'a Ht'Sch 7s le& 1,i?"^ Ground-Pine, 



oj them which touch ,t, but ferves alfo to Dye Lin- 

 nen Uoth withal, among thoje People where it grows 

 naturally ; it abides all Winter, altho^ the Leaves are 

 then more reddijh than in Summer, but requires fame 

 care to preferve it with us. From this Root rife up 

 many round, woody, and reddift Stalks, not fo high 

 roundifh Leaves fet thereon, moft'commonly with- 

 another, fomewhat like unto the greater Kind of 

 great Spiked Tuft or Bufh of Purplilh Blew Flow^ 

 ers, (but of a pale Red with us) fmelling lomething 

 fweet, each confiding of four Leaves apiece, double 



ftand uppermoft are greater than the other two which 

 lackSJ 



fpots on the outfide, wherein aft( 

 Seed, which is fmall, round, and 



. .. The Places. The firft Matthiolus fays grows 

 in many places in Italy in dry and Hilly Grounds, 

 which Pena confirms; it grows by Carara, a Village 



Liguria: Ae fecond grows in Candy the laft, as 



•lufius fays; with us in England they only grow 



Jardens, but I have fbund tliem all growing in 



,Il! T/;/tV^«!" Treypfower early Tn 111 thofe 



iiot Countries, even in March in fome places, and in 



others in April and May, but with us in ^J^^^^^^ 



wn Ground-Pine in Chap. 330. Se3. 11. to 5^^. 26. 

 nd Aerelbre to the fame we refer you. 



