Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Lib. 2. 
D _ The leaues of Brooke-limc ftamped, drained, and giuen to drinke in wine, helpetjTtheftraneu. 
rie, and griefes of the bladder. 
E The leaues of Brook-lime, and the tendrels of A$arag m , eaten with oyle, vineger, and Pepper, 
helpeth the ftrangurie and ftone. 11 ' 
Chap, i 96. Of finkjngffround-'Tine. 
*[f TbcKindes. 
t TXfofcorides hath antiently mentioned two forts of Anth-jllis: one with leaues like to the Len- 
J "" , ti!l,& the other like to Cbamxpitys. To the firft,fome late writers haue referred diners plants, 
as the two fir ft defcribed in this Chapter:, The Anthjllts Lcguminofx Belgarum hereafter to be defcri- 
bed ; the eyinthfllis Valentin* Clufij formerly fet forth Chap. 171. To the fecond are refer ed the In* 
Mofcbata MonJ}>cliaca,dcCctihed in the fourth place of the 1 50.Chap.0f this booke ; th e Linariaadul- 
terin* defcribed formerly chap. 165. in the 14. place, and that which is here defcribed in the third 
place of this chapter, by the name of Ant by His altera Italorum. 4 
TbeDefcription. 
1 r T*’Here hath beene much adoe among Writers about the certaine knowledge of the true 
1 Antbyllis of Diofcondcs : I will therefore fet downe that plant which of all others is 
found mod agreeable thereunto. It hath many fmall branches full ioynts, notaboue 
an handfi.ill high, creeping fundry wayes,befetwith fmall thicke leaues of a pale colour, refern- 
bling Lemnula, or rather Alfine minor, the lelfer Chickweed. The floures grow at the top of the 
ftalke, ftarre-fafhion, of an herby colour like boxe, or Sedum minus : it foftereth his fmall feeds in 
a three cornered huske. Therootisfomewhatlong,flender,ioynred,and deepely thruft into the 
ground like Soldanella: all the whole plant is faltilh, bitter in tafte.and fomewhat heating. 
t 1 Am by His lentifolia,fueAlfine 
cruciata marina. 
Sea Pimpernell. 
^ 2 Amhyllis CM arm a incana Alfine - 
folia. 
__^M?iny floured Groynd-Pine. 
C * CCtJs\ 
$ This delcription was taken out of the tyi duet faria, pag . 195. where ft is called Antbyllis prior 
lentifolta Peplios effigie maritima ■■ MoC'uJius hath defcribed n by the name of Alfines genus pelagi- 
cmn : I haue called it in my laft iournall by the nameo i Alfine crucial a marina, becaufe the leaues 
which grow thicke together by couples crofle each other, as it happens in moft plants which haue 
fquareftalkes with two leaues at each ioynt. I haue Englifhed it Sea Pimpernell, becaufe the 
leaues in fhapeare as like thofe of Pimpernel as of any other Plant ; and alfo for that our Author 
hath called another plant by the name of Sea Chickcweed. The figure of the Aduerfariaveas not 
good, and Clnfiu* hath none ; which hath caufed fome to reckon this AnthyHis of LobifmA Al fine of 
Clulhts for two feuerall plants, which indeed are not fo. I haue giuen you a ficrure hereof which r 
tookefrom the growing plant, and which well expreffeth the growing thereof, 4 
