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A ftalksbealllea%. Moreover, this would be noted, that the leaves of hearbs differ one from ato- 
ther,as well as in trees: fome in the length or fhortneffe of rhe ftele whereto they hang; others 
inthe breadth or natrowneffe of the leafe it felfe:in forme alfo,whereby you {hall have {ome cor- | 
nered, others cut and indented: likewife in fent and floure, for fome there be that continue longer 
in flouring than others, and blow notall at once, but one part after another, as Bafill, Tornfoll, 
Aphaca,and Onocheile, 
Char. Xviis 
|" 2& The difference of hearbs in their leafe :whar bearbs they be that floure all the ytere 
G03] long : of the Afphodel, Pifkana, and petic Glade or Sword-graffe, 
fq Any hearbs there be as well as fome trees, which continue greene and, hold their leaves 
& fromoneend of the yeare to the other, as Tornfoll,and-Adianthun; or Capillus Vene- 
_ofis, Another fort there is of hearbs that floure {pike-wile, of which kind are Cynops, A- 
lopecurus, [?, Foxtaile,] Stelephuros, whichfome call Ortyx, orhers Plantaine, (of which I will 
write more at large among Phyficke hearbs) and Thryollis, Of thefe, Alopecurus carrieth a fofe 
fpike, and a thick moffie down not unlike to Fox tails, whereupon ittooke that name in Grecke : 
and Stelephurusrefemblech itvery much,but thatthe Foxtaile bloweth not all rogither, but bea, 
reth flouresfome at one tiine & fome at another. Cichorieand {uch like,have their leaves {prea- 
ding upon the ground, and thofe put foorth direGlly from the roor,beginning to {pring immedi- 
C atlyafter che apparition of the {tarre Vergiliz.-As touching Parietaric, there be other nations 
as well asthe Aigyptians,who feed upon it : Ittooke the name Perdicium in Latine, of the bird: 
Perdix,/.the Partridge that fecketh aiter itfo much,and plucketh it out of the wals where irgro- 
werhzit hath many roots and the famethicke-In like manner,the hearbe Ornithogale 7.Dogs oi- | 4 
nion,hath a {mail em anda white, but a root *halfea footlong,the fameis full of Bulbes like oi-, * ed 2 
nions ,foft aifo,and accompanied with three or foure other fpurs growing out of it. This hearb Seljuupetali. 
they ufe to feeth among other pot-hearbes for portage. I will tell you a {traunge qualitic of the i.afootand 
.. hearbe Lotos and of Agilops :if their feed be caft into the ground, it will notcome up ina year, 7 
~ Aswonderfull is the nature alfo of the Camomile: for it beginneth to flower in the head, wher- 
as all other hearbes which blow not all at once, flower at the foot firft, Norable is the Bur likewife 
D and worthietobe obferved,| meane that which fticketh to our clothes as we pafle by, the flower 
ieth clofe and groweth within the faid Bur, and never appeareth without-foorth: itis lfay as it 
were hatched within,much like to thofe living creatures that couve and quicken their egs within 
their bellic. Semblably abour the cittie Opus there is an hearbe called Opuntia,which men _de- 
light to cat: this admirable giftthe leafehath, Thatif it be laid in the ground, icwill take root; 
and there is no other way to plant this hearbe, and maintaine the kind. As for lafione,one leafe 
it hath andno more :butfo lapped andentolded,that it feemeth asit they were many. Touching 
Condryllz,the hearbe i felfe1s bitter: butthe juice of the rootis hore and biting, Biteralfois 
Aphaca or Dent de Lion :asalfo thatwhichis called Picris, which nameittooke of the excee- 
ing bitterneffe char it hath ; the fame floureth all the year long. As for Squilla and Saffron, they 
E bee both ofa marveilous nature: for whereas all other hearbs put out leaie firt, and then knit 
round into a ftem, in thefe two a man may evidenilyfee tlic ftalk before the leafe, And in Saffron 
verely, the faid italke tarufteth outthe floure before it: but in the Sea-onion Squilla, firft fhew- 
ech the ftalke, and then afrerwards the flourebreaketh outot it. The fame Squilla fourerh thrice 
in the ycere, as have {aid heretofore, fhewing thereby the three feafons of feednes.1n the range 
o:theie bulbous and onion-rooted plants, fome place the root of * Cyperus, that is tofay, of . Cypevh biaese 
Gladiatus, [7. Petie-gladen,Flags, or Sword-wort; | thisis a {weet root, and being fodden orba- ther Xyphi, ox 
ked with bread ic giveth it a more pleafant taft ; and befides, it mendeth tie weight of bread well P//ae- 
if icbe wrought & kneaded with it in dough, Not unlike to itis that hearbe which they call The- 
fion,buttharthe rooris harth and unpleafant.All others of the fame kind differ in leate. The Af- 
F phodeli hath long and narrow leaves: Squilla is broad leafed, and may be handled without of- 
fence ; whereas the Gladen leale is like a {word blade indeed, and keene-edged according to the 
name | both in Greeke and Latine.] The Afphodell {eed is good to beeaten, if it be parched or 
fricd :{ois the bulbous root of it alfo; but this fhouldbe rotted under the embres, and thenea- 
ten with falt and oile: Over and befides, if it be ftamped with figs,it is an excellent difh ;and this 
K ij indeed 
