Lib. z, 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
491 
I Glaftumfativum. 
Garden Woade. . ■ , 
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t 2 Glajturn fj luejl re. 
Wilde Woade. 
The Nature. 
Garden Woade is dry without fharpendfe : the vvilde Woade drieth more, and is more fharpe 
and biting. * 
TheVertues. 
Thedecodtion of Woade drunken is good for fuch as haue any flopping or hardnefle in the a 
milt or fpleene, and is alfo good for wounds or vlcers in bodies of a ftrong conftitution,as ofcour.- ^ 
trey people, and fuch as are accuftomed to great labour and hard courfe fare . 
It ferueth well to dye and colour cloath, profitable to fomefewr and hurtfull to many. j. 
Chap. 134. Of Qo'&JBaJill. 
The Defcription, 
1 r T' l His kindeofwilde Woade hath fit long leaues like. Valeriana rubra Doiocx\ox Behen 
I rubrum : the ftalke is fmall and tender,haiung thereupon little purple floures conii- 
fting of foure leaues j which being paft, there come fquare cornered huskes full of 
round blacke feed like Coleworts. The whole plant is couercdouer with a clammy fubftance like 
Bird-lime,fo that in hot weather the leaues thereofwill take flies by the wings (as Mufapttla doth) 
in fuch manner that they cannot efcape away. 
2 Ephemerum Matthioli hath long fat and large leaues likevnto Woad,but much Ieflc ; among 
which rifethvp a round ftalke a cubit high, diuiding it felfe into many branches at the top, the 
which are fet with many fmall white floures confifting of fine leaues ■, which being paft, there fo 1 
’ovv little round bullets containing the feed. The root is fmall and full of fibres. 
The Place. 
Cow-Bafill groweth in my garden : but Ephemerum is a ftranger as yet in England. 
T he Time. 
They floure in May and Iune. 
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