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Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
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be the Acwosot pwfcoridis-mw theverwes attributed by Diofemdes to \fhAchwaxz fee dovvne it 
the end of the chapter vnder the letter B. eietdovvnc 
y This which Clufim hath alfo fet forth by the name <=>f GlinopvM, or Acirns Auttriacum doth nor 
nnyh differ from the aft defertbed, for it hath tender (quart- hard ftalkes like thofe of the Lift 
defcribed, fet alfa with two leaues at each joint, heere and there a little fcipt (which is omircJ 
in the figure) the floures grow onely at the tops of the ftalkes,and thefe pretty larpc and of a vio- 
let colour (yet they arc fometimes found white:) they hang commonly forward%n'd at is were 
with there vpper parts turned downe. The feed veffels are like thofe of the firft deferibed and con 
tame each of them foure little blacke feeds : This floures in May, and the feed is ripe in Iune : I r 
grovves about the bathes of Badon and in diners places of Auffria . 
6 Pena alfo hath giuen vs knowledge of another, that from a fibrous root fends vp many qua- 
drangu ar rough branches, of the height of the two former, fet alfo wirh two leaues at each joint 
3 r , a l ? u § h r ' nc i b § bt 7 Imp 1 aboL,t tbe edges j the floures grow thicke together at the tons 
of the ftalkes of a darke red colour, and in (Tape like thofe of the mountaine Calaminte. It 
floures in the beginning of Iuly, and growes vpon mount Baldus in Italy . Pona fets it forth by the 
name of Clinopodiiim Mpinum. 1 
7 tbe, f * tb ‘ n ke fit to adde another, whole deferiprion was font me by M r . Coodyer and I 
queftion whether it may not be the plant which Fabtm Column* P hyobafji 21. fets forth 
pmpofe 113 ' 116 Acin ° S makes his to be endued odfrt frugranujtmo. but to the 
Mines odoratipmum. 
. Thi j bcrbe hath foure, fine, ot more, foure fquate hard wooddy ftalkes grooving from one root 
duuded into many branches, couered with a foft white hairmeflh, two 0^ three fbotTonfor E’ 
ger,not growing vpnght, but trailing vpon the ground 5 the leaues grow on little^ott foolftalkes 
by couples of a light greene colour, fomewhat like the leaues of Bafill, very like the leaues of L 
wLobcly , but final er about three quarters of an inch broad, and not fully an inch Ion- CbmLhTc 
fliarpe pointed, lightly notched about the edges, alfo couered with a light foft hoarv’habS 
of,vc,,!W« mcll.linfcinfa.ou.toG^JeS ItojcKm^r. totbitSofcSoStaV £ 
nfrh C f. S | gr °' V 0thCT , fl " alIerleai ’ es = or eIfe branches 5 the floures alfo grow forth of the bofomes 
fthe leaues toward the cops of the ftalkes and branches, not in whorles like the faid Acinos 
bu bailing one little (Tort footftalke growing forth of the bofome ofeach Ieafe, on which is pla’ 
ced three, foure, or more fmall floures, gaping open, and diuided into foure vncquall parts at the 
top, like the floures ofBafill, and very neare oftheiikeneffe and bignefle of the floures of Garden 
Marjcnome, but ofa pale blewifh colour tending coward s a purple." The feed I neuer obferued by 
re fon m floured Jate This plant I firft found growing in the Garden of M r . William Taldenia 
rl^nr e rh eer h leC f ^mp^M*"* ' 620 . amongft fweete Marjerome, and which by 
chance they bough t with the feedes thereof. 1 1 is to be conlidered whether the feedes of fiveete 
Marjerome degenerate and fend forth this herbe or not. 1 1 . October, itf 2 i. Iohn Goodyer. $ 
f ft Place. 
^jffJ- ld I ki k desd °^ t0 T Vp0n . S raucI, y grounds by water fides, and efpecially I found the 
in e i,f‘ n£he ,T e c npIaine \ an , houf 5 in Kent tvv0 mi l es from Dartford, called Saint Iones. 
in a villa & e called Sutton ; and Clmopodium vulgar e groweth in great plcncie vpon Long field 
; n °”;;:, K£nt : | One of the three laft ofour Authors defeription is fitted, as you maffinde 
' d h A :he Cnd °u the cba Pf r : yet I cannor be perfuaded that euer he found any of the foure he 
defer bed euer wildc in this kingdome, vnleffe the fecond, which growes plentifully in Autumnc 
ei ’ er 7. hed § c : alfo the fourth being ofmy defeription growes neere Dartford and in ma? 
ny inch dry barien piac^s in fundry pares ot the kingdome. 
r . , U The Time. 
Thefe herbes floure in Iune and Iuly. 
- r C The Names. 
Vnprofitable Bafil,or wilde Bafill is calledby fome Clinopodium. 
^1 The Nature. 
The feed of thefe herbes are of complexion hot and dry. 
f The Vertucs. 
Wilde Bafill pound with vvine appeafeth the paine of the eyes, and the juice doth immdifie the A 
lame, and putteth : away all obfcurity. and dimnefre,all catarrhes and flowing humors that fall into 
the eies, being often dropped into the fame. 
L 1 1 t The 
