The G '(i re/en of pleafant Flowers. 



rhaharharutn, by reafon that the motes being yellow, haue an opening qua- 

 litic, and drying as Rubarbc. In Englilh what other fit Names to giue thefc 

 then I haue expretfed in the titles, I know not. 



The Vertues. 



They are a little hot and drying withall, good for old Vlccrs, as Diofcori- 

 des faith, to bring them to cicatriling : in Italy they are vfcd againft the 

 Plague, and in Saxonye againll the laundifc, as Camerarius faith. 



CHAP. X L V 1 1 1. 

 Radix caua. Hollow roote. 



THe likenefle ot" the leaues likewife of this plant with Colombines, hath 

 caufed mee to infert it next the other, and although fome of this kinde bee of 

 fmall refpect, being accounted but foolifh, yet let it fill vp a wafte corner, 

 that fo no place be vnturnilhed. 



i . Radix Caua maior Jtore albo. The white Hollow roote. 



The leaues of this hollow roote breake not out of the ground, vntill the end of 

 March, or feldome before, and are both for proportion and colour fomewhat like vn- 

 to the leaues of Colombines, diuided into fiue parts, indented about the edges, (lan- 

 ding on fmall long footertalkes of a whitifh greene colour, among which rife vp the 

 flalkes, without any leaues from the bottome to the middle, where the flowers fhoote 

 forth one aboue another, with euery one a fmall fhort leaie at the foote thereof, which 

 arc long and hollow, with a fpurre behinde it, fomewhat like vnto the flowers of 

 Larckes fpurres, but hauing their bellies fomwhat bigger, and the mouth not fo open, 

 being all of a pure white colour : after the flowers are part, arife fmall long and round 

 cods, wherein are contained round blackiih feede : the roote is round and great, of a 

 yellowilh browne colour on the outfide, and more yellow within, and hollow vnder- 

 neath, fo that it feemeth but a (hell : yet being broken, euery part will grow : it abideth 

 greene aboue ground but a fmall time. 



2. Radix Caua maior fare carneo. Blufh colourd Hollow roote. 



The blulh Hollow roote is in all things like vnto the former, but onely that the 

 flowers hereof are of a delayed red or purple colour, which we call blufh : and fome- 

 times of a very deepe red or purple colour ; but very rare to meete with. 



3. Radix Caun minor, feu Capnos fabacea radice. Small hollow roote. 



This fmall kinde hath his leaues of a blewifh greene colour, yet greener and fmal- 

 ler then the former, growing more thicke together : the flowers are like in proportion 

 vnto the former in all refpects, but lelfer, hauing purplilli backes, and white bellyes: 

 landing clofer and thicker together vpon the fhort Italkcs : the roote is folid or finne, 

 round and a little long withall, two being vfually ioyned together, yellowifh both 

 within and without : but I haue feene the dry roots that came from beyond Sea hither, 

 that haue beene as fmall as hafell nuts, and fomewhat flat with the roundnefle, diffe- 

 ring from thofe that growe with vs, whether the nature thereof is to alter by 

 manuring, I know not. 



The Place. 

 The greater kindes Clulius reporteth he found in many places of Hunga- 



ne, 



