L i b. i. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
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Chap. 67. Of ‘Buckwheat. 
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'Tragopyron. 
Buckwheat, or Bucket 
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*[f The defcription, 
B Vck-vvheat may very well be placed amono- 
the kinds ofgraineorcorne, for that often- 
times in time of neceiTitie bread is made 
thereof, mixed among other graine. It hath 
round fat ftalkes fomewhatcrefted, fmooth and 
reddifh, which is diuided in many armes or bran- 
ches, whereupon do grow fmooth and foft leaues 
in fhape like thofe of Iuie or one of the Binde- 
weeds,not much vnlike Bafi I, vv lie to Ft dhememoH- 
tmue called it Ocjmum Cercale. The floures be 
fmall, white, and cluftrcd together in one or moe 
tufts or vmbels, fligh tly dafht ouer here & there 
withaflourilhoflight Carnation colour. The 
feeds are of a darkc blackifh colour, triangle 
Or three fquare like the feed of blacke Binde- 
weed,Thc root is fmall and threddy . 
^1 The piece. 
It profpereth very wel in any ground, be it ne- 
wer fo dry or barren, where it is commonly fowen 
to feme as it were in dead ofadunging.lt quick- 
ly commeth vp, and is very foone ripe : it is verie 
common in and about the Namptwich in Che- 
shire, where they fow it as well for food for their 
cattell, pullen, and fuch like, as to thevfe afore- 
faid. It groweth likevvife in Lancafhire, andia 
fome parts of our South country, about London 
in Middlefex, as alfo in Kent and E fTex. 
5J the time. 
ginIinfofAug"fft.° fSr3inC “ f<W “ * Apri " and the be § innin S of Ma >’= and » ripe in the be- 
f The Hemes. 
^Bkick-wheat is caUed of the high Almaines, ^ephetlCOJtt : ofthe bafe Almaines, ©UChClT 
nJElOt; that rs to fay. Him tnticum , or Goats wheat: of fom e,Fagi tnttcum, Beech Wheat : In 
1 rC r "f ry Thcophraflus ; and by late Writers- •?«} mj, ; in Latine, Fego triticum, taken from 
tnetathton of the feed or fruit of the Beech tree. It is called alfo Fegopyum , tm&Tregopyrm.- In 
ng i n, French wheat, Bullimong, and Buck-wheat : In French, Dragee auxchetteeux^ 
^ The temper. 
Panicke Wheat nour * Pheth IelPc tban w heat, R ic, Barky, or Otcs } yet more than either Mill or 
Thevertties. 
v. u fE u d mac *? P^he meale ofBuck-wheat is ofeafic digeftion, and fpcedily paffeth through the 
belly, but yeeldeth little nourishment. " ‘ 1 ‘ 
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