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1 B. Z. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
4x1 
The Vert ties. 
The floures of the Valley Lillie diftilled with wine, and drunke the quantitie ofa fpoonfuIl,re- a 
lloreth fpeech vnto thofc that haue the dum pal fie and that are falne into the Apoplexie , and is A 
good againft the gout,and comforteth the heart. 
The water aforefaid doth ftrengthen the memorie that is weakened and diminifiied^t helpeth B 
alfo the inflammation of the eies, being dropped thereinto. 
The floures of May Lillies put into a glaife,and fet in a hill ofantes ciofe flopped for the fpace C 
of a moneth and then taken out, therein you dial 1 find a liquour,that appeafeth the paifle & griefe 
of the gout, being outwardly appliedjwhich is commended tobe moft excellent. 
Chap. pz. Of Sea Lauander. 
X Limoni urn. 
Sea Lauander. 
3 Limonium parvum. 
Rocke Lauander. 
^ The D efeription . 
1 ’“THere hath beene among wri- 
A ter? from time to time, great 
contention about this plant Limonium , 
no one authour agreeing with another: 
for fome haue called this herbe Li. 
monium-{ome another herb by this name} 
& fome in remouing the rock, haue mired 
themfelues in the mud, as Matthiolus,wha 
deferibed two kindes, but made no di- 
ll in ct ion of them , nor yet exprefled 
Which was the true Limonium ; but as a 
man hecrein ignorant, hee fpeakes not a 
Vvordofthem. Now then to leauecon- 
trouerfies and cauiiling, the true Limoni, 
um is that which hath faire leaiies , like 
the Limon or Orenge tree, but of a darke 
greene colour, fomewhat fatter, and a lit- 
tle crumpled ; amongft which leaues rifeth vp an hard and brittle naked ftalke ofa foot high, di- 
uided at the top into fundry other fmall branches, which grow for the moft part vpon the one fide, 
full of little blewilh floures, in fhew like Lauander, with long red feed,and a thicke root like vnto 
the fmall Docke. 
2 There is a kinde of Limonium like the firft in each refpeft, but lefler, which groweth vpon 
rockes and chalkie cliffes. - 
± 3 Befides thefe two here deferibed, there is another elegant Plant by Clufms and others 
referred to this kindred: the defeription thereof is thus ; from a long flender root come forth long 
greene leaues lying fpred vpon the ground, being alfo deepely finuated on both fidcs, and fome- 
what roughifh. Amongft thefe leaues grow ypthe ftalkes welted with flender indented skinnes, 
and towards their tops they are diuided into fundry branches after the manner of the ordinarie 
one- but thefe branches are alfo winged,and at their tops they carry floures fome foure or fine 
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