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wilde Poppies, befidcs that it is of great vfe inPIeurefies,andRheumatick- 
orthinneDiftillations,is found by daily experience, to bee a foueraigne re- 
medy againft forfeits ; yet fome doe attribute this propertie to the water 
of the wilde Poppies. 
Chaf.LV. 
Nigella. The Fenell flower, or Nigella. 
A Mong the many forts of Nigella, both wilde and tame, both fingleand double, 
I will onely fet downe three forts.to be nourled vp in this garden, referring the 
reft to a Phyficke garden,or a generali Hiftorie, which may comprehend all. 
1 . Nigella Htfpsnka flore flmplki. The great Spanifh Nigella. 
Spanifh Nigella rifethvp with diuers greene leaues, fo finely cut, and intofo many 
parts, that they are finer then Fenell, and diuided fomewhat like theleaues of Larkes 
heeles, among which rife vp ftalkes, with many fuch like leaues vpon them,branched 
into three or foure parts, at the toppe of each whereof ftandeth one faire large flower, 
like vnto other fingle Nigella s, confiding of fiue or fix leaues fomctimes } of a bleake 
blew, or of a purplifti blew colour, with a greene head in the middle, compaffed about 
with feuen or eight fmall blewifh greene flowers, orpeecesof flowers rather, made 
like gaping hoodes, witheueryof themayellowilhlinc thwart or croffe the middle 
of them, with fomethreds alfoftanding by them : after the flower is paft the head 
groweth greater, hauing fixe, feuen or eight homes as it were at the toppe, greater and 
longer, and Handing dolertogcther then any other Nigella, fpreading very like a 
ftarre,or the crowne of the Poppy head, but larger and longer, each whereof being 
folded together, openeth a little when the head is ripe, which is greater aboue, ana 
fmallcr below, and not fo round as the others are, containing within them fmall yel- 
Iowifh greene feede, or not fo blacke as the other forts : the rootes are fmall and yel- 
low, pcrifhing euery yeare as the others likewife doe. 
2 .NigcUa Tumafcena flore multiplici. 
Double blew Nigella, or The Fenell flower. 
The double Nigella is in leaues, ftalkes and rootes, very like vnro the former Ni- 
gella, fo that the one can very hardly bee difeerned from the other before this rife vp 
to flower, except it be that the leaues hereof are not fully fo large as they : the flower 
confiftethof three or foure rowes of leaues, laydeonevponanother,of apaleblew 
colour, withagreeneround head compared with diuers fliort threads in the middle, 
and hauing fiue or fixe fuch fmall greene Fenell-like leaues vnderthe flower, to beare 
itvp (as it were) below, which adde a greater grace to the flowers, which atthefirft 
fheweth fometimes white, but changeth quickely after : the homed heads hereof are 
likevntotheheadsof the other wilde kinde, which are fomewhat rounder and grea- 
ter, hauing within them blacke vneuen feedes, but without any fent. 
3. Nigella Catrina flore albo multiplici. Double white Nigella. 
This double white Nigella hath fuch like leaues as thclaft hath, but fomewhat lar- 
ger, of a yellower greene colour, and not fo finely cut and iagged : the flowers are 
fomewhat leffe, and lefler double then the former, and in colour white, hauing no 
greene leaues vndcr the flower, as the former hath, the head whereof in the middle is 
very like the head of the laft double kinde, but not fo great, wherein is contained black 
feede for the moft part, and fweete like the Romane Nigella, which only is fweet be- 
sides this : yet fometimes it is not fo blacke, but rather a little more white or yellow- 
ilh: the roote is yellow, and perifheth as the others euery yeare.' 
