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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
Lie. r. 
with fomc fmaller leaues euenvnto the top, where do grow many fmall chaffie tufts or pannicles 
likevnto thofe of the wilde Oats , of a reafonable goodfmeil and fauour,when they are broken, 
like vntoaRofe, with acertaine biting and nipping of the tongue. 
t 2 Francis Penny,o( famous memory, a good Phyfitian and skilfull Herbarift, gathered on the 
COaftofthe Mediterranean fea, between Aigues Mortes and Pefcaite,this beautifull plant, whole 
roots are creeping, and ftalkes and leaues refemblc Squinanth. The flowers are foft,pappous,and 
thicke comparand fomc flue or fix inches in length, like toFox-taiIe ; they in colour referable 
white filke or ltluer. Thus much Lobell. Our Author deferibed this in the firft place, C/;. 23. vn- 
dcr Iuncas Marinus Gram(neus,{or [o Lobell alfo calls it. f 
The place. 
1 This growes in Africa, Nabathaia, and Arabia , and is a ftranger in tliefe Northerne Re- 
gions. 
2 The place of the fccond is mentioned in the defeription, 
*|T The time. 
Their time anfvvercth the other Reeds and Flags. 
% The names. * 
1 Camels Flay is called in Greeke9«»®- tim-nm-. in Latine, Iuncut odoratus, and Scoenanthum: in 
fhops Squinanthum, that is, Flos lunci : in French, Pafieur de Chammeau .- in Englifh, Camels Hay, 
and Squinanth. 
2 This Lobell calls Iuncus marinus gr.vninc/ts ,and Pfcudofch tenant hum : Wc call it Ballard Squi- 
nanth, and Fox-taile Squinanth. 
The temper. 
This plant is indifferently hot, and a little aftridtiue. 
T he vertues. 
A Camels Hay prouoketh vrine,raoueth the termes, and breaketh winde about the ftomacke. 
g It caufeth akingand heauineffe of the head, Gate yeeldeth this reafon thereof, bccaufe ic hea- 
teth moderately, and bindeth with tenuitie of parts. 
C According to Diofcorides, it diffolues,digefts, and opens the paflages of the veines. 
D The floures or chaffie tufts are profitable" in drinke for them that pifle bloud any wayes : It is 
giuenin medicines that areminiftred to cure the paines and grlefes of the guts, ftomacke, lungs, 
Iiuer, and reines, the fulneffe, loathfomeneffe, and other defers of the ftom«cke,the droplie,con- 
millions,or Ihrinkingoflinews, giuen in the’quantitie of a dram, with a like quantitie of Pepper, 
for forne few dayes. 
E The fame boyled in winehelpcth the inflammation of the matrix, if the woman do fit ouer the 
fume thereof, and bathe her fe He often with it alfo. 
Chap. 36. OfSurre^Rced. 
t. 
The defeription. 
1 r I ’He firft ofthefe plants hath long leaues, which are double edged, or fharpe on both 
J_ fideSjWith.i fharpe crcft in the middle, in inch manner raifedvp that it feemeth to 
be triangle or three fquare. The ftalkes grow among the leaues, and are tivo or 
three foot long, being dm ided into many branches, garnilhed with many prickly huskes or knops 
ofthebigneffeofanut. The root is full ofhairy (brings. 
2 The great Water Burre differeth not in any thing from the firft kind in roots or leaues, lane 
that the firft hath his leaues rifing immediately from the tuft or knop of theroot ; but thiskinde 
hathalong ftalke comming from the root, whereupon, a little aboue the root, the leaues fhooc 
outround about the ftalke fucceffiuely, fomc leaues ftill growing aboue others, euen to the top 
of the ftalke, and from the top thereof downeward by certainediftances. It is garnifhed with 
many round wharles, or rough coronets, hauing here and there among the faid wharles one fingle 
fbort leafe of a pale greene colour. 
The place. 
Both thefe are very common, and grow in moift medowes,and neere vnto water-courfes. They 
plentifully grow in the fenny grounds of Lincolnfhire,andfuch like places ; in the ditches about 
S. George his fields, and in the ditch right againft the place of execution, at the end of Southwark, 
called S. Thom.cs W-'aterings. 
The time. 
They bring forth their burry bullets or feedy knots in Auguft. 
i Spar. 
