Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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bed, but fmaller and narrower . The ftalkerifeth vp to the height oftwolpans^at the top whereof 
growfaire fhining purple coloured floures, confiftiugof fix little leaues, within or among which 
lieth hid things like irnall helmets. The plant in proportion is like the othet of this kinde. The 
The root is fmall,and creepeth in the ground . 
They bee found in dank i fir and fhadovvie places ; the firft was found growing in the woods by 
Diggeswell paftures,halfea'milefrotn Welwenin Hartfonlfhire:it groweth in a wood flue miles 
from London, neere vnto a bridge called Lock bridge: by Nottingham neereRobinhoods well, 
where my friend tA'.Stewn Predwell a learned Phyfition found the fame: in the woods byDun- 
iriowe in E (lex : by South rice t m Kent ; in alittlegroueofItiniper,andin awood by Clare in 
*f The Time. 
jh They floure in May and Iune,and perfcT their feed in Auguft. 
The Names. 
The likeneffe that it hathwith whire Hellebor,doth fhewitmaynot vnproperly bee named 
Hdleborinefli wilde white Hellebor,which is a 1 r < > called of Diofcorides and Pliny »™««-»'t,or F.pipacitt- 
But from whence that name came it is nor a; > . ranrfit is alfo named »«.!/. 
^y The Temperature. 
They are thought to behot and drie of nature. 
The Virtues . 
The faculties of thefe wilde Hellebors are referred vnto the white Neefewoort, whereof they 
^ arekindes. 
It is reported that the deco&ion of wilde Hellebor drunken, openeth the Hoppings of the Li- 
I Belleborine. 
W ilde white Hellebore. 
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