Li b.z; 
Of theHiftory of Plants. 
the vpper leaues arenot fnipt, nor diuided at all, and are narrower. The Homes decking the tops 
of the branches are filial] and white, the feed veflels are leiTe then thofe of Creffes,and the feed it 
felfc exceeding fmall,andofa blackifh colour ; the root is woody,fometimes Angle, othertvhiles 
diuided into two branches, t 
The Place. 
It groweth vpon old vvals and rough places by high vraies fides,and fitch like: I haue found it in 
corne fields about Southfleete neere to Grauefcnd in Kent. 
/few Cardamantica. Time. 
Sciatica Creifes. 
The rootes gathered in Autumne,£aith Di . 
ofcor ides, doe heate and burne, and are with 
good fucceife with fwines greafe made vp in 
manner of a plaifter.and put vpon fuch as are 
tormented with the Sciatica ; it is to lie on 
the grieued place but foure hours at the moll, 
and then taken away, and the patient bathed 
with warrae water, and the place afterwards 
anointed with oile, and wooll laid on itiwhich 
things Galen in his ninth booke of medicines, according to the place greeucd,citeth out aiDemO' 
crates y in certame verfes tending to that effed. 
It floureth according to the late dr earely 
fowing of it in the fields, in Iune and Inly . 
The Names. 
Sciatica Creifes is called in Greeke <e. e «,and 
«■&/«, W: in Latin e iberis : oiplinie^Hcberis and 
Najluniumfylueftre, and in like manner alfo Le- 
fidium. Thereis another Lepidium of Plinie : in 
Englilh, Sciatica CrclTe. $ The full deferibed 
may be called Iberis Cardamantica tcmifolia. 
Small leaned Sciatica Creifes. The fecond 
Iberis lotion folio, broad leaued Sciatica Crefi 
fes. | 
The Nature, 
Sciatica Crelfe is hot in the fourth decree 
and like to garden Creifes both in fmelfand 5 
in tafle. 
The Venues. 
K 
Chap. 15. OfEankg Qrefies, 
The Defcnjitiort, 
1 RlhofeofR^ hath long leaues, deepely cut or jagged vponboth fides,ndt vnlike to 
U and wil rw?ft f r W hc ftalkcs be ^al, limber or pliant, yet very tough, 
vellow flowers IT 1 i 311 wntheas doth the Ozier or water willow, wherupon do grow fmall 
refcmblmc ^nth ' ^Thfh 31 **! C c fl ? hath Ieabes Iike vnto thofe of Dan *lion, fomevvhat 
yellovvilh which are hj h br “ cll ? sb f, lon & toll gh,and pliant like the other. The flowers be 
cods is contained fm til f Y 5 n °f g C °, ds ’ ha !? ln S leaues g rowin g amongft them : in thefe 
vngratefull. ' ‘ § feed Ilke the other of this lande. The fmell of this plant is very 
r. . n ir ■ c ■ The Place. 
walls, andSS£V4“d^aees? ^ ara ° nS ri,bbifl h b yP ath waxes, vpon earth or mudde 
The 
