Lib. z. 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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Geranium mofchatum • 
Musked Cranes bill. „ / / — f The Place. 
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It is planted in Gardens for the fweet fmell 
that the whole plant is pofleffed with, $ but 
ifyou rub the leaues and then fmell to them 
you {hall finde them to haue a feat quite con- 
trary to the former. t 
11 Time. 
It floureth and flourifheth all the lomrner 
long. 
The Names. 
It is called Mjrrhida Plinij Roflrum Cico .U, 
mofchata , in {hops, and A cm p flo > «, and 
likewife Geranium mofchatum : in Eng!ifh,Muf- 
ked StorkesbilI,and Cranesbill, AM fcbatum , 
and of the vulgar fort Mulchata, and alfo Pick- 
reedle. 
% The Temperature. 
This Cranes bill hath not any of his facul- 
ties found out or knowne : yet it feemeth to be 
colde and a little dry, with fome attrition or 
binding. 
The Venues. 
The vertues are referred vnto thole of Doues pp. 
foot, and are thought of Diefcorides to be good 
for greene and bloudy wounds, and hot fwel- 
lings that are newly begun. 
Chap. 360. Of Qrow-foot (franesMU, or Gratia Dei. 
The Defcriptien. 
i /"''Row foot Cranes bill hath many long and tender branches tending to redneffe/et with 
great leaues deepely cut or jagged, in forme like thofeof the fielde Crow foot, whereof 
it tooke his name . the floures are pretty large, and grow at the top of the ftalkes vpon 
tender footftalkes, ofa perfea blew coloiir:which being paft, there fucceed fuch heads,beakes,and 
bils as the other Cranes bils. 
I haue in my garden another fort of this Cranes bill, bringing forth very faire white floures. 
which m'aketh it to differ from the precedent; in other refpeds there is no difference at all. 
f 2 This which is the Geranium z. Batrachiodes minus of Clufim hath large ftalkes and leaues ’ 
and thofe very much diuided or cut in ; the ftalkes alfo are diuided into fundry branches, which 
vpon long footftalkes carry floures like in (hape, but leffe than thofe of the formerly deferibed, 
and nor blew, but ofa reddifh purple colour, hauin'g ten threds and a pointall comming forth of 
the middle of the floure: the beakes or bils which are the feed ftand vpright,and hang not downe 
their points as mod others do. The root is large and lines many yeares. 
3 The ftalkes of this are ftiffe, greene, and hairy, diuided at their tops into fundry branches 
which end in long footftalkes, vpon which grow floures commonly by couples, and they confift of 
flue leaues apiece, and thefe ofadarke red colour. The leaues are large, foft,and hairy, diuided 
into fix or feuen parts, and fnipt about the edges ; the roots are large and lafting. It is kept with 
vs in gardens, and floures in May. Clufius calls it Geranium y.pulloflore, 
4 This alfo hath ftalkes and leaues much like thofe of the laft’delcribed, but fomewhat leffe: 
the florues are as large as thofe of the laft defcribed,but of a more light red, and they are conteined 
in thicker and lhorter cups, and fucceeded by fhorter feeds or bills, 'and are commonly ofa fweet 
muske-like fmell : The root is very long,red,and lafting. It floures in the middeft of May, and is 
Kkkk ' ' * called 
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