Lib. 2: Of the Hiflory of Plants; 
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£ 5 Erigerontomcntofm alterum. 
The other Cotton Groundfell. 
51 The Names. 
Groundfelis called in Greek ;*>>>« = in Latine, 
Scnecio , becaufe it waxeth old quickely : by a 
baftard name Herbutum : in Germany, Crcufp= 
IXIUtt?: in low-Dutch, CtUP# CCUPt, and dCtupfr 
kCtl CCUpt : in Spanilh, Te rua cana : in Italian, Car- 
donccHo,Spelicio(a : in Englifh,GroundfeI. 
Cotton Groundfell feemeth to be all one with 
Theophrajlus his ^Aphace • hee maketh mention of 
tAphace in his feuenth booke, which is notonely a 
kindeofpulfe,butan herbealfo,vnto which this 
kinde of Groundfell is very like. For as Thcophra- 
fius faith, The herbe Aphace is one of the pot-herbs 
andkindesof Succorie: adding further, That it 
fkmreth in hafle, but yet foone is old, and turneth 
into down ; and fuch a one is this kind of Ground- 
fell. But Theophrajlus faith further, That it flou- 
reth all the winter long, and fo long as the Spring 
lafteth, as my felfe haue often feene this Ground” 
fell do. 
The Temperature. 
Groundfell hath mixt faculties ; it coo!eth,and 
vvithall digefteth,as Paulus Aigimta writeth. 
51 The Vertues. 
The IeauesofGroundfellboyledinwineorwa- A 
ter,anddrunke,healeththe paine and ache of the 
ftomacke that proceedeth of choler. 
The leaues and floures ftamped with a little g 
Hogs greafe ceafeth the burning heat of the ftones J 
and fundament. By adding to a little faffron or 
... . fait it helpeth the Struma or Kings Euill. 
^ . j j eauf ’ s ftamped and drained into milke and drunke, helpeth theredgummes and frets in Q 
niofeorides faith, That with the fine pouder of Frankinfence it healeth wounds in the finewes. r> 
Tnc like operation hath the dovvne of the floures mixed with vineger. 
Boyled in Ale with a little honey and vineger, it prouoketh vomit, efpecially if you adde there- p 
to a few roots of lAjfarabacca. or 1 1 1 c 
Chap. xS. Of Saint fames his IVort. 
5 [ ThcKindes. 
r I ' He herbe called Saint lames his wort is not without caufe thought to be a kinde of Ground- 
-l fel : ofwhich there be fttndry forts ; fome of the pafture,and one of the fea ■ fome fweet-fmel- 
lingi and fome of a loathfomefauor. All which kindes I will fet downe. 
51 The Description. 
1 CAint lames his wort or Rag-wort is very well knowne euery where, and bringeth forth 
O at the firft broad leaues, gaflied round about like to the leaues of common Worme- 
, . , wood, but broader, thicker, not whitifhorfoft,ofadeepegreene colour, with aftalke 
vv hrch rifeth vp aboue a cubit high, chamfered, blackifh,and fomewhat red withall. The armes 
or wings are let with leffer leaues like thofc of Groundfell or of wilde Rocket. The floures at the 
top be of a yellow colour like Marigolds, as well the middle button as the fmall floures that Hand 
ma pale round about, which turne intodowne as doth Groundfell. The root is threddy. 
$ 2 This hath ftalkes fome cubit high, crefted, and fet with long whitifh leaues ? the lower 
leaues are the fhorter ; but the vpper leaues the longer, yet the narrower : at the top df the ftalke 
grow fome foure or flue floures as in an vmbell, which are of a darke red colour before they open 
. - - - - thcmfclues. 
