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B. 2 . 
Of the Hiftory of Plants: 
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3 1 his other Cerinth or Honywort hath fmall long and /lender branches reeli'nn- 7 r • i ' 
that way, as not able to fuftaine it felfe, very brittle, befet with leaues not much inlfke th^ 7 • 
dent, but leffer, neither fo rough nor fpotted,of a blewi/h greene colour The flour™ k r P, CCe ‘ 
low, and yellow. The feed is fmall, round, and as blacke as let : the root is white with fome'fih 
the which djethas the former. There is a tafte as it were ofnew wax in the floures or tt”*’ 
ed, as the name dotlt feerne to import, leaues chew- 
•J The Place. 
Thefe plants do not grow wilde in England, yet I hatte them in my garden . the feeds whe-oF T 
receiued from the right honorable the Lord Zottcb, my honorable goo 5 friend. f 1 
^ f TheTime. 
ag^e thc'nexcS^i!^^ to Auguft, and periih ac the iirft approch of Winter, and muft be Icweri 
t •[ The Names . • 
J' \ / llC ^ 1^°/ GC ^ Cr 15 C , alIed c H no & lo P Montana and Cerinthe : Dodonm calleth it 
tJMaru herba • and Label and others ^Cerinthe major, taiiecn i C 
2 The fecond is Cerinthe quormdam major flauofloreot (fluCnts 
If The T emperature and Vert ties. 
Pliny and Auicen feerne to agree, that thefe herbes are of a cold complexion = notwitliftandine 
there is not any experiment ot their vertues worth the writing. ™*uuwuuing 
Chap, i 58. Of S. Iobns wort. 
1 Hypericum. 
S. Iohnswort, 
2 Hypericum Syriacuml 
Rew S. Iohns wort. 
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