7°4- Of the Hiftory of PJants. Lib. 2 . 
i 5 This hath roots like thofe of the laft defcribed, fending vp alfo fquare ftalkes a foot high 
let at each iomt with leaties growing vpofi long ftalkes like thofe ofthefmall dead Nettle or ra- 
ther like thofe of Alehoofe: out of the bofoms of thofe c ome three or foil re ftalks carrying fioures 
like thole ot Alehoof, gaping, but without a hood 3 butwith a lip turned vp, which is variegated with 
blew, white, and purple. This biftorie Clu(ius(\v ho did not fee the plant, butan exadt figure thereof 
in colours) glues vs,and he names it as you finde expreft in the title. f 
6 Lamium Pannonicum 5 , Clufij , 
Hungary Nettle with the variegated fiotire, 
If The Place. 
Thefe plants arc found vnder hedges, old wals, common waies, among rubbiih,in the borders of 
nelcies, and in carable grounds, oftentimes in gardens ill husbanded. 
That with the yellow floure groweth not fo common as the others. I hatte found it vnder the 
hedge on the left hand as you go from the village of Hampfted neere London to rhe Church and 
m the wo 0d thereby, as alfo in many other copfes about Lee in Eflex, neere Watford and Bufhie 
m Middlefex,and in the woods belonging to the Lord Cobbam in Kent. 
ThcTime. 
They floure for the moft partall Sommer long, but chiefely in the beginning of May 1 
f The Names. a 
y The Temperature. 
They arc hotter and drier than Nettle, approving to the temperature ofHorehound. 
^ The Virtues. 
tatoh Swaf h he ^r d nr NettI ? * a - mped K ;i th vine S e V nd applied in manner ofa pultis 
f n d Hwes filings, the Kings emll, inflammation ofthe kernels vnder theeares 
and law es, and alfohot fieriemflammations of the kernels ofthe necke,arme-holes and flanks. 
It is good to bathe thofe parts with the decodiion of it, as Viojco-ides and Pliny fay. 
the f?m ? ter P '7 f ‘ rions th'^-e tha t the white fioures of Archangell doe ftaie the whites, and for 
thevin^ Zi rnh frTl ,r° “'f” 8 ( or!fen,e >as they call it ofthe fioures and fugar, which 
tiiey appoint to be ta^en for certainc daies together. 
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