Lib. 2 . Of the Fliftory of Plants. 
I haue found the like or a more purging facultie attributed to this herbe.as I thinkeffor I cannot 
referreittoany other) where hee would haue it to be Hclleborine of the Antients : I thinke itnoc 
amifle here to fet downe his words, becaufe the booke is not commonly to be had; bein'* fct forth 
y^inno 1555 . l AnUannos i^.aut ciniter cum Anglus quidam, ex It aha redtens,me faluUret rFurnerus 
is filer it, vir excellent is tumtn re medics turn alijs pler/fqitcdifciplinis doffrixx, aut alius quMum,vix Tatis 
mtmni) inter alias rariorum ftirpium i cones quas depmgendas commodabat , Ellehorinem quoque oflendehat 
picfamfierbitlarn fruticofim, pluribies ab vna r adicc cattliculis quinque fere digitornmproceritate eretfis fo- 
liohspercxiguis, binis per tmervalla (cinfmodi vt ex afieciti genus quoddam Alftns exiguum 'videretufvaf- 
culisin fummo exiguis , rotundis tanquam lini. Heine ajebat enfeerein prat is (iccis^iel cltvis Momturn ■ 
inutili r adicc , Jubamara , pnrgare vtrinque & in Anglia vnlgo vpitpan a ruftitis. Thus much for 
Gefner. 
6 Clufius araongft other vvilde Lines or Flaxes hath fet forth this, which from a liuin°- thicke 
'vrithen root, fendeth vp many ftalkes almoft a cubite high, fomewhat red and ftiffe,fet with pret- 
tie large and thicke leaues not rough and hairie, but fmooth and hard ; the floures grow plentiful- 
ly on the tops of the ftalkes, being large.and compoled of flue leaues of a faire yellow colour with 
fiue threds comming forth of their middles, with as many fmaller and fhorter haires. The feed is 
contained in flatter heads thanthofeof the firft deferibed, containing a blacke, but’not fhinin<* 
feed. It floures in Iune and Inly, and ripens the feed in Auguft. It growes naturally vpon diuers 
hils in Germany. 1 
7 Mattbioltu and Dodonaus haue vnder the name of Linum fylueftre ; and Lobclby the name of 
Livum marinum luteum Narbonenfcfiet forth another yellow flouredwilde flaxe. This growes with 
flender ftalkes fome cubite high, fet with leaues like thofeof flaxe, but fomewhat lefler, and fewer 
in number: at the tops of the ftalkes grow floures fmaller thanthofeof the common Line and 
yellow of colour. 1 1 growes naturally vpon the coafts of France that lie towards the Mediterranean 
fea,but not in England that I haue heard of; 4: 
«[[ T he Place. 
They grow generally in grandly grounds. The firft grotveth in well mannured places, as in gar- 
dens and fuch like foiles. The fecond groweth by the feafide. The third and fourth grow vpon 
rockes and clitfes neere to the fea fide. I haue feene them grow vpon the fea bankes by Lee in Ef- 
fex,and in many places of the Iileof Shepey. They grow alfo betweene Quinborow and Sherland 
lioufe. 
$ I haue not feene any of thefe growing wilde, but onely the fifth of my defeription. f 
eflhe Time. 
They floure from May to the middeft of Auguft. 
The Names . 
Their names are llifficiently expreft in their feuerall titles, 
TheN Mure and Vert ties. 
The facultiesof thefe kindes of Wilde-flax are referred vnto the manured flax,btit they are fel- 
dorne vfed either in Phy ficke or chirurgerie. 
Chap. i<58. O/Xlacl^e Saltvpoort. 
% The Defeription. 
| N old time, fay the Authoursof the Adticrfaria, this plant was vfed for meat, and receiued a- 
mong the Lcgumina. It was called Glattx, by reafon of the colour of the leaues, which are of a 
blewilh gray colour,called in Latinc, Glauciis color finch as is in the Sallow leafe: of others it is cal- 
led Galax or Glax : and EugaUbion , quafi Ucleaox laclifca,becauCe it is good to increafe milke in the 
breftsofwomen,it it be much vied. Rucllius and others haue fet downe Galega, Securidica,Polygala , 
and many other plants for the true Glaux, which hath bred a confufion. The true Glanx oiDiofcori- 
d.es hath many final! branches,fome creeping on the ground,and fome Handing vpright,tender,and 
fmall,befct with many little fat leaues VskeTribulus terrejlrisgn Herniari arrowing along the ftalks 
by couples •, betweene whom grow fmallpurple floures^ which being paft, there fucceed certaine 
little bullets or feed veflels. The root is very fmall and threddy.and taking hold ofthevpper face 
of the earth, as it doth run abroad, by which rneanes it doth mightily increafe, 
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