678 Of the Hiftory of Plants. Lib. 2. 
B + The (tone Baftll howfoeuer it be taken fioppcth the laske,and courfes : and outwardly ap- 
plied it helpes hot Tumors and inflammations. 
± Thefe plants are good for all fuch effeds as require moderate heate and aftri&ion. $ 
t Thcfi gu re that was formerly in the third place of this chapter was of the ( olammba Ocymoides of Talrrenor.ttn «•. ard it was dc foiled by cur Atithourin 
the fourth placcol the next chanter fat e one, and there you fhall findc it : the defcriptiun feemes ro be ol the Oavoidej re fern Tclygtnfilio ol the ^durrfaria, 
formerly defetibed bv me in the fifth p ace of the 1:8. ch ptcr 01 this boeke 5 if that the place and fiomes in the emitted clef, nption of cm Amhoi didnojfctme 
10 varv : howcucr I tudge it die fame and therefore hauc hccrc excluded it. 
Chap. 224.. Of B a fill Valerian. 
«(]■ The Description. 
x npHc firft kinde of Ocymajln/m, called of Dodon/tus^ Falerianarulra, bringtth forth long 
A and brittle ftalkes two cubits high, lull of knots or joints, in which place is joined 
long Ieauesmuch like vnto great Bafill, but greater, broader/ar.d larger, or rather like the Ieaues 
otVVoade. At the top of the ftalkes do grow very pleafant and long red fioures, of the fafhion 
ofrhefloures of Valerian, which hath caufed2>orfW« to call this p’ant red Valerian ; which 
being paft, the feedesare caried away with the winde being, few in number, ard little in quantity, 
fo that without great diligence the feed is not to be gathered or preferued : for my felfe bane of- 
ten indeuoured to fee it, and yet haue loft my labour. The roote is very thicke,and of an excellent 
fweete fauour. 
1 ValcrinnnrubrnDodonii. 
Red Valerian. . 
1 ’ o^e/iuxA^o^ 'L-&- 
2 Be hen album. 
2 The fecond is taken for Spumctmpap/wer, in refpeft of that kinde of frothy fpattle,or fpume, 
which we call Cuckow fpittle, that more aboundeth in thebofomesof the Ieaues of thefe plants, 
than in any orher plant that is knowne : for which c^tufe Pena calleth it Papaver (purr.enm, that 
is, frothy, or fpatling Poppy : his fiouredoth very little refemble any kinde of Poppy, but onely 
the feede and cod, or bovvlc wherein the feede is contained, otherwise it is like the other Ocyma. 
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