196 The Tragical Kitchen Gardiner- 



■criginat 



SEC T. IV. CHAP. XXXVII. 



Of the ScotzonQTTi Hifpanica, and com- 

 mon fdjify, 



o,-Spr.nifh T-^H E Scorz^onerd (by original a Sfa-^ 

 niard } h2is of late met with great 

 entertainiTient at the tables of the curi- 

 ous 5 as has alfo another of the fame 

 kind, tho' of Icfs note, the common faf- 

 jfifee or falfify, which is likcwiffc culti- 

 vated in the fame manner. 



The Scorzonera has its narrie from 

 ^ viper 01* ierpent, called i\\ Spain S cor- 

 2;^^ •'^i' -which reafon alfo it has with 

 us in England (as our oft-quoted her- 

 barifls tell us) die name of vipers- gmfs, 

 from its^ eificacy agaii^ft t4ie veridffn of 

 vipers or ferpents. 



Gerard and Varkinfon have giv^n the 

 figures and defcriptions of two kinds 

 only, which are undoubtedly the fame 

 we have now in ufe, viz. the Scorzo- 

 nera Hifpanicay or Scorzonera major 



, 1* Scc^-7^nera nomen ell' Htipaniciim a fcorzo vipera, 

 vel ferpeiite Icorzone, quiE eadein eii ac viperina a 

 quod contra viperarum ac rerpentiim venena ell efficax. 

 CaiuL Eort. Bi'tan, Qson. 1 68. 



2 pannonica 



