Of the Hiftorie of Plants, 
Lt b. z. 
W 4 - 
The Place. 
They grow in woods and copfes,in the borders of fields, and among bufhes and hedges, $ But 
the two laft defcribed are not in England, for any 'thing that I know. $ 
The Dogs Mercuric I haue found in many places about Green-hithe, Swainef-combe village, 
Grauefend, and South-fleet in Kent in Hampfted wood, and all the villages thereabout , foure 
miles from London. 
Dogs Mercurie is called-in Greeke, m**»pe* - in Latine, £a»imi, and BrapcaCanina, and CUercu- 
rialis fyluefiris : in Englifh, Dogs Cole, and DogsJVIercury. 
Childrens Mercury is called Phyllon thclygonori,a.nd Phyllon Arrkenogonon. 
Thefe vvildekindes of Mercurie arc not vfcd in phyficke ; notwithftanding it is thought they 
agree as well in nature as qualitiewith the other kindes of Mercury. 
% It is reported by the Antients,that the male Phyllon conduces to the generation pf boyes,and 
the female to girles. 
At Salamantica they giiie and much commend the decodion of cither of thefe againft the bi- 
tings of a mad dog. 
The Moores at Granado vfe them frequently in womens difeafes. | 
l | The fi^mc of the Cj vocrttnbt was omitted, and in ftcad thereof was put thefigure of Phyllon 
T Here be foure forts of Torne-fole, differing one from another in many notable points, as in 
greatneffe and fmallneffiyn colour of floures,in forme and ihape. 
fy The Time. 
Thefe flourifhall the Sommer long, vntill the extreamefreft do pull themdowne. 
, «]■ The Names. 
«(J The Temperature and Vert ties . 
Chap. 53. 
I Heliotropium mains . , 
Great Torne-fole. 
-J- 1 Heliotropium minus. 
SmailTorne-fole. 
Heliotropium minus , 
SmailTorne-fole, 
The Kindes'. 
