93^ Of the Hiftorie of Plants. L 1 b. 2. 
to come neere vnto the temperature of the common Mallow, and to be of a mollifying facultie:but 
his vfe in Phy ficke is not yet knowne,and therefore can there be no certainrie affirmed. 
Chap. 55 6 . Of Qranes-bilL 
5f The K fades, 
T Here be many kindcs of Cranes-bil, whereof two were known to Diofcorides, one with the knob- 
by root, the other with the Mallow leafe. 
Geranium Columbintim. The Vcfcription. 
Doues foot, or Cranes-bill. } ' 
C 1 r i 0 v 'T'vOties-foot hath many hairy ftalks, trailing 
or leaning toward the ground, of a brow- 
nifh color, fomewhat kneed or iointed ; wherup- 
on do grow rough leaues of an ouerworne green 
colour,tound,cut about the edges, and like vnto 
thofe of the common Mallow: amongft which 
come forth the floures ofa bright purple color : 
after which is the feed,fet together like the head 
and bil ofa birdpvherupon itvvas called Cranes- 
bil], or Storks-bill, as are alfo all the other of his 
kindc.Theroot is flender,with fome fibres anne- 
xed thereto. 
$ 2 There is another kinde of this with 
larger ftalkes and leaues, alfo the leaues are more 
deeply cut in and diuided,and the floures are ei- 
ther of the fame colour as thofe of the common 
kinde,or elfe fomewhat more whitilh. This may 
be called Geranium coltmbimim mattes dtflcilis Joli- 
is, Great Doues foot. 
? To this kinde may alfo fitly be referred 
the Geranium Saxatile of 7 halt us : the root is final 
and threddy , the leaues are fmoother, redder, 
more bluntly cut about the edges , and tranfpa- 
ren t than thofe of the firft deferibed, yet round, 
and otherwife like them : the floures are finall 
and red, and the bills like thofe of the former. 
Mafter Goodyer found it growing plentifully on 
thebankesby the highway leading from Gil- 
ford towards London , neere vnto the Townes 
end. $ 
51 The Place. 
It is found neere to common high waies, defart places.vntilled grounds.and fpecially vpon mud 
walls almofteucry where. 1 ; J 
IT The Time. 
^ fpttngeth vp in March and Aprill : floureth in May, and bringeth his feede to ripenefle in 
The Names. 
It is commonly called in Latine, Pes Columbinus : in High Dutch, Scatter fetailt t in Low 
Dutch, J3upitEtl IjOCt t in French, Piedde Pigeon : hereupon it maybe called Geranium Columbintim. 
m £ n ghfh,Doues-foot,and Vigeons-foot : Diofcorides Geranium alterum-. offome.Pnlmonia.and 
Grmna. 
5J The Temperature. 
. P oues C° ot c °l'-l and fomewhat drie,with fome aftridt ion or binding, hailing power to fodcror 
tome together. ° 1 
If The Vert ties. 
A It feemeth, faith my Author, to be good for greeneand bleeding wounds, and aflivageth inflam- 
mations or hot fwellings. 
The 
