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Of the Hillorie of Plants. 
grow one floure greater than that of the former, which confifleth of fine little leases as yellow as 
gold : aftervvhich grovves vp the fec-ds among long hairy threds.The rootis long, growing aflope, 
1 omewhat tlucke, with firings anexed thereto. 
3 Fine finger Aliens hath many fmall Ieaues fpred vpon the ground, dinided into fine parts, 
fomewbat fnipt about the edges like Cinkefoile, whereof it tooke his name. Among which rife 
vpflenderitalkesdiuided at the top into diners branches, whereon do grow fmall yellow floures 
like thofe of Cinkefoile: the root is compofed of many tough firings of the lmell or Clones, 
which makes it a kind of Auens ; otherwise doubtles it mull of neceffitie be one of the Cinkfoiles 
t 4 This hath ioynted ftringy roots fomc finger thick, from whence rife vp many large and 
hairy lcaues, compolcd of diners little Ieaues, with larger at the top, and thefe fnipt about the ed- 
ges like as the common Auens : amongfl thefe Ieaues grow vp fundry ftalkes fome foot or better 
high, whereon grow floures hanging dovvne their heads, and the tops of the flalkes and cups of the 
floures are commonly ofa purplifh colour : the floures themfelues are of a pretty red colour , and 
areofdiuers fhapes, and grow diners vvayes -which hath beenethe reafon that Clufins and othei* 
haue iudged them feuerall plants, as may be feene is Clufius his Workes, where he giues you the 
floures, which you here finde exprcfl, for a different kind. Now fome of thefe floures, euc-n the grea- 
ter part of them grow with fiuered round pointed lcaues, which ncuer lie faire open, but only fland 
flraight out,the middle part being filled with a hairy matter and yellowifh threds : other-fome 
confill offeuen, eight, nine, or more Ieaues ; and fome againe lie wholly open, with greene Ieaues 
growing clofe vnder the cup of the floure, as you may fee them reprefented in the figure ; and fome 
few now and then may be found compofed ofa great many little Ieaues thick thruft together, ma- 
kingavery double floure. After the floures are falne come fuch hairy heads as in other plants of 
this kinde, amongfl which lies the feed. Gefiier calls this Geurn nvale : Thalius, Caryophyllata maior 
purpurea : Camcrariw, CaryophylLtaaquatica : Cluftus, Caryophjllata montana prima, & tertia. 
5 The root of this is alfo thicke,fibrous,and whitifh ; from which arife many Ieaues three fin- 
gers high, re femb ling thofe of Agrimonie, the little Ieaues (landing diredllyoppofite each againft 
other, fnipt about the edges, hairy, a little curld,and of a deepe greene colourant of the midfl of 
thofe, vpon a fhort flalk growes commonly on fingle floure of a gold-yellow colour, much like the 
mountaine Auens deferibed in the fecond place. It floures at the beginning of Inly, and groweth 
vpon the Alpes. Pons was the firfk that deferibed it, and that by the nameof CsryophyllstsAlpiiu 
omnium minima. % 
The Place. 
Thefe kindesof Auens are found in high mountaines and thicke woods of the North parts of 
England : we haue them in our London gardens,where they flourifhandencreafe infinitely. 
t The red floured mountaine Auens was found growing in Wales by my much honoured 
friend M r . 7 homos Glynn, who fent fome plants thereof to our Herbarifls, in whofe gardens it thri- 
ueth exceedingly. $ 
% The Time. 
They floure from the beginning of May to the end of Iuly. 
*T The Names. 
Auens is called Caryophyllata, fo named of the fmell of Cloues which is in the roots, and diners 
call it San am undo. Herbs benedicts , and Nardus rufiica : in high-Dutch, ©fflEUiCtCH t in 
French, Gahot of the Wallons, Gloriafdia : in Englifli, Auens, and herbeBenet: it is thought to 
be. Geum Pl/nij, which moftdo fufpe< 5 t,by reafon he is fo briefe, Geum, faith Pimp, lib. 26. up. 7. hath 
little flender roots, blacke, and ofa good fmell. 
The other kinde of Auens is called of the later Herbarifls, Csryophyllatsmontsna, Mountaine A- 
uens : it might agtee with thedefeription of Boccharis, if the floures were purple tending to white- 
neffe ; which as we haue faid are yellow, and likewife differ in that, that the roots of Auens fmell 
of Cloues, and thofe of Baccharis haue the fmell of Cinnamon. 
The Temperature. 
The roots and Ieaues of Auens are manifeflly dry, and fomething hot, with a kinde of fcouring 
qualitie. 
5 f The Vertues. 
The deco£lion of Auens made in wine is commended againft cruditie or rawneffe of the flo- 
inacke, paine of the Collicke, and the biting of venomous beafts. 
The fame is likewife a remedie for flitches and griefe in the fide, for flopping of the liner-, it 
concofteth raw humours, fcoureth away fuch things ascleaueto theintrals,waftethanddiflbl- 
uctb winde,efpecially being boy led with wine : but if it be boyled with pottage or broth it is of 
f ;, at efficncic, and of all other pot-herbes is chicfe, notonely in phyficall broths, but commonly 
tobevfed in all. 
i . aues and roots taken in this manner diffolueand confitme clottered bloud in any inward 
part 
