Lib. 2, 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants, 
| 3 Bttglcjpi jjlueftris minor. 
199 
2 Lung de Beefe is a kinde hereof,altogcther Jef- 
fer,but the leaues hereofarerougher.likethe rough 
tongue of an oxe or cow, whereof it tooke his name. 
} The leaues of Lang-de-becfl are very rdugh , the 
ftalke fome cubit and balfehigb, commonly red of 
colour : the tops of the branches carry floures in Ita- 
ly rough heads : thefe floures are compofcd of many 
fmall yellow leaues in manner of tlio^bf Dandeli- 
on, and flie away in down like as they dortHt floures 
are ofaverie bitter tkfte, whence -Libel ci\k it Bug/o- 
jfum echioides lutcum Bier acto cognalttm ,T. abemamonta* 
nut hith fitly called it 'Bier actum echioides. 
3 There is another wilde BuglofTc which Do- 
doritus hath by the name of BttgloJJ'a (yldejfru : it 
hath a fmall white root, from which arifes a (lender 
ftalke fome foot and halfe high fetwith fmalroimh 
leaues linuatedor cut in on the edges : the ftalkes°at 
the top are diuided into three or foure fmall bran- 
ches, bearing fmall blew floures in rough lniskes. ± 
The Place. 
Thefe do grow in gardens euery where. % The 
Lang-de-Bcefc grovves wilde in many places ; as be- 
tweene Redriffc and Deptford by the waterie ditch 
tides. The little wilde Buglofle growesvpon the 
drie ditch bankes about Pickadilla, and almoft eue- 
ty where. $ 
The Time. 
They floure from May, or Iune, euen to the end 
of Sommer. The leaues perifih in Winter, and new 
come vp in the Spring, 
_ - . 5T T& Names. 
gloffe" Bl ’ S ^ 1S CalIed ° fchc Iater Herfaarifts Buglotfi. and Buglofa Domefitca ; or garden Bu- 
„ L fSr d J, Be tf eK ca\\e& in Latin e Lingua fouls, and Buglopim Lutcum Bieracio coynatum, andalfo 
MglolJafyltteJlris-px wilde Birglo'fTe. . 
$ Small wilde Buglofle is called Boragofylueftm by Tragus -Echium Germanicum Spinofum by 
Ltichfiut ; and BuglojUa fyluejlns by Dodonam. £ i J 1 
The Temperature and Venues. 
The xootfmb.<Diofcorides, mixed with oile, cureth greenewounds.and adding thereto a little 
barlev rneale,it is a remedie again!! Saint Anthonies fire. 
It caufeth fweat in agues^as Plinie faith,if theiuice be mixed with a little Aquavit*, and the bo- 
dy rubbed therewith. 
The Phy fitions of the later time vfe the leaues, floures , and roots in (lead of Borage , and put 
them both into all kindes of medicines indifferently, which are of force and vertue todriue away 
lorrow and pqpfiuenefTe of the minde,and to comfort and (Lengthen the heart. The leaues are of 
i e operation with thofe of Borage, and are vfed as potherbes for thepurpofes aforefaid,as wel Bu- 
glofle as Lang-de-Bcefc? and alfo to keepe the belly fqluble, 
A 
B 
C 
C h a f. 28^.. Of zA If met or wilde BugloJJe . 
' «|j The Dcfcription. 
»pHefc herbes comprehended vnder the name of nchufa , were fo called of the Greeke word 
Y 1 ,nere fafOfVel pigment is, chat is, to colour or paint any thing : whereupon thefe 
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