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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
Lib. i. 
flcx’res in forme are like the other, but in colour differing ; for that the hollow part of the floure 
withtheheeleorfpurreisofapurpk colour, the reft of the floure yellow. The feed and veffels 
are like the precedent . 
3 CratMgonon Euphrofmc. 
Eyebright Cow-wheat, *[ The defcription. 
kf ~ . & 'J-o '-'-f-' 1 ' 3 This kinde of vvilde Cow -wheat Taberna- 
montanm hath fet forth vnder the title of Odonti- 
tes ■ others haue taken it to be a kinde of Euphrc j- 
fio or Eyebright, becaufe it doth infomefort re- 
femb'e it,efpecially in his floures. The ftalks of 
this plant are fmall, woody, tough, and fquare. 
The leant s are indented about the edges, fharpe 
pointed,and in rnoft points refembling the for- 
mer Cow-wheat ; fo: that of neceflitie it mu ft be 
of the fame kinde, and not a kinde of Eyebright, 
as hath bcene fet downe by fome. 
f| The place. 
Thefe vvilde kindes of Cow-wheat doe grow 
commonly in fertile paftures,and bulky Copfcs, 
or low woods, and among Sufhes vpon barren 
heaths and fuch like places. 
The two firft doe grow vpon Hampfted heath 
necre London.among the luniper bullies and bil- 
berry bufhes in all the parts of the faid heath, 
and in eudfy part of England where I haue trauel- 
lett. 
The time. 
They floure from the beginning of May,to the 
endofAuguft. 
The names. 
I The firft is called of Lobelim, Cratxogonon : 
- and of Tabernamontanus , tMilium Syluaticum ,or 
, Wood Millet, and Alfine fyluatica , or Wood- 
Chickvveed. 
2 Thefecond hath the fame titles: in Englifh, Wilde Cow-wheat. 
3 The laft is calledby T abernamontartus, Odontites : of D odonxus, Eupkrafta altera, and Etiphroji- 
nc. Hippocrates called the vvilde Cow -wheat, Polycarpum, and Polycrtittm. 
The nature andvertues. 
There is not much fet downe either of the nature or vertues of thefe plants .-onelyit is repor- 
ted that the feeds do caufe giddinefle and drunkennelTe as Darnell doth. 
The feed of Cratnogonon made in fine ponder, and giuen in brothorotherwife, mightily prouo- 
keth Venerie. 
Some write, that it will likevvife caufe women to bring forth male children. 
-j- See the vertues attributed to Crataogonon by DiofcorUes before, Chap. 3 8 .B. 
Chap. 70 . Of White zJ fphodill. 
The kindes. 
H Auing finifhed the kindes of come, it follovveth to fhew vntoyou the fundry forts of Afpho- 
dils, whereof fome haue bulbous roots, other tuberous or knobby roots, fome of yellow 
colour, and fome ofmixt colours :notvvithftanding Diofcondes maketh mention butofone Afpho- 
dill , but Pltny fetteth downe two • which Dionyfim confirmed!, faying, That there is the male and 
female Afphodil. The latter age hath obferued many more befides the bulbed one, ofwhich Ga- 
len maketh mention. 
1 Afyhodelm 
