Chap. 1 60. ‘Enghji 
on the out fide, * and whitifh within , which abides , and 
perifhes not, but /hoots forth fome new green Leaves, 
which abide all the Winter, although thofe which 
turn red, do fall away. From this Root divers Leaves 
alfo fpritig, which fpread themf elves upon the ground , 
very much cut in or divided into many parts -, and 
each of them again fit or cut into two or three pie- 
ces, growing upon fender long Footfalks, of a fair 
green color all the Spring, and Summer, but reddi/h 
in Autumn, from among thefe Leaves Spring ■ up 
feveral f ender and weak Stalks, befet at every Joint 
( which is fomething reddi/h ) with two Leaves for 
the moft part, like unto the lower. The Flowers 
grow feverally on the Tops of the Stalks, but not 
many together, in Bunches or Branches , as in all the 
other kinds of Cranes-bills •, every Flower being as 
large as a Single Rofe Campion Flower, conf fling 
of five large Leaves, of a deeper red color than in 
any other Cranes-bill at the firfl opening -, but chan- 
ges more blewifh afterwards : when the Flower is 
pafl , there does arife fuel) like Beaks, or Heads of 
Seed, as are produced in the other kinds - but they 
feem to be f mailer. 
VIII. The P laces. All thefe grow Wild in Foreign 
places, but are only nurs’d up with us in Gardens. 
Matthiolus lays, that the foil: grows very plentiful- 
ly in Dalmatia and Illyria : and Camerarius, Clufws 
and others fay, that the reft grow in Germany, Bo- 
hemia, Auftria, &c. • 
IX. The Times. All thefe Cranes-bills do Flower 
for the moft part, in April, May, and June : but 
the Variable or Strip'd Cranes-bill Flowers ufually 
later than any of the reft. 
X. The Qualities, Specification , P reparations. Vir- 
tues andUfes, of all the Cranes-bills, being one and 
the fame, wefhall forbear the declaring thereof inthis 
place, as alfo in fome of the following Chapters j 
till fuch time as we have fully deferibed all fuch 
kinds as are to be found growing in our Countrey : 
and therefore I refer you to Chap. 162. where we 
(hall ( God willing ) difeourfe the fame at large, 
and to full latisfa&ion. 
CHAP. CLX. 
Of CRANES-BILL Musked. 
I.* | v H E Names . It is called in Greek, 
A (f,vw ", Bc7wv« 0 vel ts Ad%v ■ In Latin, 
Geranium Mofchatum, alfo Acus Mojchata , Roftrum 
Ciconi£ Mofchatum , Myrrhida Plinij, and Acus Pa- 
floris : In Englifh, Musked Cranes-bill, or Storks- 
bill, of the Vulgar, Musk, Mufchata, and Herb- 
Musk. 
II. The Kinds. We have four feveral forts of 
this Plant, viz. 1. Geranium Mofchatum Vulgar e 
vel Hortenfe , Herba Mofchus, the Common, or 
Garden Musked Cranes-bill, or Herb Musk. 2. Ge- 
ranium Mofchatum inodorum, Musked Cranes-bill 
Without fmell, being only called Musked from its 
form. 3. Geranium Apulum odor urn, alt e rum odo- 
rum folio Coriandri , Italian Musked Cranes-bill. 
4. Geranium Creticum, Candy Cranes-bill. 
III. The Defcriptions. The firfl, or Musked 
Cranes-bill, has a Root fome what long, with divers 
Fibres thereat, from whence fpring up feveral long 
winged Leaves, of a dark green color, ( and fome- 
times of an Afh green color, or fomewhat whitifh by 
reafon of the hairs which are thereon , ) lying upon 
the ground, and cut or divided into many Parts or 
Leaves and each of them cut in or fni ft on the 
Ldges • among which rif e up weak h/tder Stakes? 
fcarce able to fland upright, about a foot, more or 
lefs high, with fome f uch like Leaves growing upon 
them, as you find below, but Jmaller the higher /hoy 
grow on the Stalk, and the finer cut in on the edges 
on the Tops alfo among the upper Leaves fame- 
times, feveral very fmall Red or Crimfon Flowers 
grow, after which very fmall and long Beaks or Bills 
come forth, with Seed at the bottom, as all the rejl 
of the Cranes-bills have, which twines it felf, as 
mofl of them do. The whole Plant, and every part 
thereof above-ground, has a very fine and pleating 
fort of fmell, very much refembling that of Musk$ 
whence came the name. 
Musked kind vV'thOi:tS'me/f- 
IV. The fecond kind, or Inodorous, in its Roots 
Leaves, Stalks, Flowers b Magnitude, form ai d man- 
ner of growing, Jo much refembles the former, that 
at firfl fight there feem to be no ditjerenee : but 
that which makes tv.e dijiinttwn is, that ibis whole 
Plant 
