The (jar dsn 0 / plea/ant blowers. 
rhabarbarum, by rcalon that the rootcs being yellow, haue an opening qua- 
litie, and drying as Rubarbe. In Englidi what other fit Names to giiie thefe 
then I haueexprcfled in the titles, I know not. 
The Vertues. 
The are a little hot and drying withall, good for old Vlcers,as Diofcori- 
desfaith, to bring them to cicatrifing : in Italy they are vfed agair.ft the 
Plague, and in Saxonye againft the Iaundife,as Camerarius faith. 
Ch ap.XLVIII. 
Radix can*. Hollow roote. 
T He likenefle of 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 refpefi, being accounted but fooliih, yet let it fill vp a wafte corner, 
that fono place bevnfurnifhed. 
1. Radix Can* maior fltrealbo. 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- 
tethe leaues of Colombines, diuided into fiue parts, indented abouttheedges, Han- 
ding on fmall long footeftalkes of awhitilhgreene colour, among which rife vp the 
ftalkes, without any leaues from the bottome to the middle, where the flowers fhoote 
forth one aboue another, with euery one a fmall fliort leafeat thefoote thereof, which 
are long and hollow, with a fpurre behinde it, fomewhat like vntothc 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 pail, arife fmall long and round 
cods, wherein arc contained round blackilh feede : the roote is round and great, of a 
yellowifli browne colour on the outfidc,and more yellow within, and hollow vnder- 
neath, fo that it feemeth but a fhell: yet being broken, euery part will grow : itabideth 
grecne aboue grouhd but a fmall time. 
2. Radix Caua maior flare carneo. Blufh colourd Hollow roote. 
The blufh 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 : andfome- 
times of a very deepe red or purple colour ; but very rare to meete with. 
3 . Radix Caua minor, feu Cafuos f abace* radice. Small hollow roote. 
This fmall kinde hath his leaues of a blewilh greeae colour, yet greener and fmal- 
lerthentheformer, growing more thicke together : the flowers are tikein proportion 
vnto the former in all refpe&s, butlelfer, hauingpurplifh back's, and white bellyes : 
Handing clofer and thicker together vpon thefliort ftalkes : the roote is folid or firme, 
round and a little long withall, two being vfually ioyned together, yellowifli both 
withinand without : but I haue feene the dry roots that came from beyond Sea hither, 
that haue bcenc as fmallas 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 nor. 
The Place. 
Tbegreater kindcs Clufiusreportcth he found in many places of Hunga- 
rie, 
