Lib. 2. 
Of theHiftory of Plants. 
6oj 
5 P tar mica AnJlriaca. ' 
Sneefewoort of Auftrich, 
branches, and thofe againediuided into other 
branches like thofe of Cymus about two foot 
high, wherein grow long narrow whinfh Cot- 
tonie leaues outoforder, of a bitter tafte, whi- 
ter below than aboue,of thecolour of the leaues 
of Wormwood, hailing but one rib or iinew & 
that in the middle of the leafe, and commonly 
turnedoivnewards : on the top of each flender 
branch groweth one fmall fcalie head or knap, 
like that of Cy 4 »/*r ,which bringeth forth a pale 
purple floure without fmell, containing fixe, 
feuen, eight, or more, final hard drie fharp poin- 
ted leaues: in the middle whereof groweth ma- 
ny ftiffe chines, their tops being of the colour 
of the floures : thefe floures fall not away till < 
the whole hearbe perifheth, but change into a 
ruftie colour : among ft thofe chines grow long 
flatblackifh (eed,with a little beard at the top, 
Theroot is fmall, whitifh, hard and threddie, 
and perifheth when the feed is ripe, and foone 
fprmgeth vp by the fall of the feede, and re- 
maineth greene all the 'Winter , and at the 
Spring fendcth foorth a ftalkeas aforefaid. 
The herbe touched or rubbed fendeth forth a 
pleafant atomaticall fmell. Iuly 26.1 6ioJoh» 
Goodyer.% 
The Place. 
The firftkinde of Sneefewoort grows vvilde 
in drie and barren paftures in many places, and 
in the three great fieldes next adioyning toa 
Village neere London called Kentifh towne,and in fundry fields in Kent about Southfleet, 
f The reft grow onely in gardens. 
The Time. 
They floure from May to the end of September. 
The Name*. 
Sneefewoort is called of fome Ptarmica, and Pyrethrum fyltieftrc,and alfo Draco f/ltteJlris,o\ Tar con 
filueftrts :o( mo(d,Stermtamcntoria, taken from his effe<ft,bccaufe it procureth fncefing : of Tragus & 
Tabern.Tanacetum acutum album : in Englifti,wilde Pellitorie, taking that name from his (harp and 
biting tafte ; but it is altogether vnlike in proportion to the true Pellitorie of Spaine. 
9^Thc Nature. 
They are hot and drie in the third degree. 
The Venues. 
The iuice mixed with Vineger and holden in the mouth eafeth much the paine of the Tooth- & 
The herbe chewed and holden in the mouth, bringeth mightily from the braineflimie flegme, £ 
like Pellitorie of Spaine , and therefore from time to time it hath beene taken for a wildc kinde 
thereof. 
Chap. ipo. Of Hares Ear es. 
The Definition. 
1 \T Arrow leafed Hares Eares is called in Greeke and is reputed of the late wri- 
X > terstobe Bufleurttm Pliny, from which the name or figure difagreeth not: it hath 
the long narrow and gralfie leaues of Lachrymalob, or Gladiolus, ftreakedor balked 
as it were with fundry ftiffe ftreakesor ribbes running along cuery leafe, as Plinie fpeaketh of 
Ece a his 
