L I B. 2 . 
Of the Hiftory of Plants, 
f 3 This hath a crefted very rough and hairy ftalkefome foot high ; the leaues are like thofo 
of Vipers Buglofle, and coueredouer with a foft downinefle,and grow diforderiy vpon the ftal e 
which towards the top 'is -parted into fundry branches, which are diuidcd injc diners fOOt-ftalkcs 
carrying fmall hollow floures diuidcd by fine little gafhes at their tops b and they are of a darke 
purple colour, and contained in rough cups lying hid vnderthe leaues. The feed, as in other 
plants of this k inde, refcmbles a Vipers head: the root is long, as thicke as ones little fino-c-r 
ofa dusky colour on the outfide, and it lines diuers yeares.This floures in May,and growes in the 
dry medowes and hilly grounds of Auftria. Clufms calls it Echium pullo jiorc. 
4 This otherbeingalfoofC/«/whisdefcriptionhathlongandnarrOw leaues likethdfeof the 
common Vipers Buglofle, yet a little broader : the ftalkes rifevp forne cubit high, firme, crefted, 
andhairy ;vponwhichgrowaboundanceoflcaues, ilrorter and narrower than thofe below ; and 
amongft thefe towards the top grow many floures vpon fhort foot-ftalks, which twine themfelues 
round likea Scorpions taile : thefe floures are of an elegant red colour, and in fhape fomwhar like 
thofe of the common kinde; and fuchalfo is the feed, but fomewbat lefle : the root is lading, Ion ; 
alfo, hard, wooddy, and blacke on the outlide, and it fometimes fends vp many, but mod vfuai'y 
but one dalke. It floures in May,and was found in Hungary by Clitjiw, who firft fet it forth by the 
name of Echium ruhro jiorc. i 
ItiscalledinGreekeTc&'aiWjand'AMu^ot.of^/a^Werthe finder of the vermes thereof : of 
fome it is thought to b Q^yinchnfa [peeks , or a kinde of Alkanet : in bigh-Dutch, wilde XDci)fctt=s 
Jtmgen : in Spariifb, T erua de la Bluer a, or chupamel : in Italian, Bttglojfa faluattca : in French , Bu- 
glojfc jauuagc : in Englifh, Vipers Buglofle, Snakes Buglofle jahdyf fpme, Vipers herbe,and wrlde 
Buglofle the lefler. 
The root drtinke with wine is good for thofe that be bitten with Serpents, and it keeperh fuch A 
from being flung as haue drunk of it before : the leaues and feeds do the (kme,as Diofcond r writes. 
Nicitnier in his book of Treacles makes Vipers Buglofle to be one of thofe plants which cure the 
biting of ferpents, and efpecially of the V iper, and that driue ferpents away. 
If it be drunke in wine or otherwife it caufeth plenty of milke in womens breds. g 
The herbe chewed, and the iuyee fwallowed downe, isaigod lingular remedie again!?: poyfon C 
and thebitings of any venomous bead; and the root (o chewed and laydvpon the fore workes the 
fame effect. 
as you may fee it cxprelt apart by it IcHc in the figure wegmeyou ; which is the true figure of that plant our Author delcribed and rrteant: for the figure which hce 
gauc was nothing bucoftbc common Borage with narrower leaues, which he dclcribcd iu the fourth place of the chapter of Borage, as I haucformeity noted. 
I He common Hounds tongue hath long leaues muchlikethe garden Buglofle, but 
| broader, and not rough ar all, yet hairing fome fine hoarinefle or foftnefle like veluet. 
Thefe leaues Ainke very filthily, much like to the pifle ofdogs ; wherefore the Dutch 
men haue called itI|ourtl)SSpif[c,andnot Hounds tongue. Tire flaikesare rough,hard, two cubits 
high, and of a browne colour, bearing at the top many floures ofadarkc purple colour : the feed is 
rough, cleaning to garments like Agrimonie feed : the root is blacke and thicke. f Thefe plants 
for oneyeare after they come vp of feed bring forth onely leaues, and thofe pretty large; and the 
fecond yere they fend vp their dalks, bearing both floures and feed, and then vfually the root peri- 
fheth . I haue therefore prefenced you with" the figures of it, -both when ir floures,and when it len- 
deth forth onely leaues. £ 
The Place. 
Lycopfts groweth vpon done walls, and vpon dry barren flony grounds. 
Echium groweeh where Alkanet doth grow, in great aboundance. 
TheTime. 
They flonrifli when the other kindcs of Buglofles do floure. 
<X[ The Names. 
The Temperature. 
Thefe herbes are cold and dry of complexion. 
The Vertues. 
Chap. 28d. Of Hounds ^tongue. 
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