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syde. I heare saye that it groweth also about Oxford. It may be 

 called in englishe horse T)Tne, because it is like greate Tyme, it is 

 hole and dry in the th}Tde degree. 



Clymenum. 



CljTTienum semeth not to be al one herbe in Plinie & Dioscorides, 

 clymenum of Di^oscorides, is water Betonie as I suppose called of 

 some Herbaries Scrofularia maior. Clymenos of Plinie semeth to 

 ibe- an herbe called in duche aboute Colon, saynte lohns kraute, it 

 groweth in wodes aboute hedges, and the other kynde groweth euer 

 in water sydes. 



Cnecus. 



Cnecus or cuicus is called in greeke cuecos,' in englishe Bastarde 

 saffron or mocke-saffi-on, in duche wylde saffron, in frenche saffran 

 bastarde, it is hote in the th>Tde degree. It is muche in highe 

 Germany sowen in fieldes, as saffron is set here. The Poticaries 

 call thys herbe carthamus. 



Cholchicum. 



Cholchicum is abused of some Poticaries for Hermodactylus. 

 Cholchicum hath leaues and seedes in sommer, and flowres lyke 

 saffron flowres aboute Mihelmesse. It is muche in Germany about 

 Bon in moyst middowes and in woddes. It maye be called in 

 englishe, wylde saffron. 



Colocasia. 



Colocasia called in greeke Cyamos aegj'ptios and in latin Faba, 

 also Egyptia, it may be called in english a Bene of Egypt. I haue 

 seene the right colocasia in Italy, and a k)mde of the same in 

 Germany. 



* Colutea. 



Colutea as Ruellius iudgeth is the tree, which is called of the 

 Poticaries Sene, and in englishe Sene. I haue sene it a litle from 

 Bonony in the mount Appennine. 



' C iiij. ' [be.] * [cnecos.] * C iiij, back. 



