Lib. i. 
Of the Hillorie of Plants. 
root he writeth nothing at all : and Pliny is morebriefe ; as for Thcopimafim he doth no: fomueh 
as name it, making mention onely ofParfley, Alexander,SmalIage,and mounts ine Parfley. 
r For ftone Parfley Lconhartus Fuchfuu hath let down a plant, hatiing leaues not fpred and cut 
after the manner of garden Parfley, but long, and fnipped round about, made vp and fattened to a 
rib or item in the midft,fomething like, but yet not altogether, to the firth leaues of the lefll-r Saxi- 
frage ; the ftalke is {lender, and a cubit and a halfe high ; the floures on the fpokie tufts are white • 
the feed fomerhing blacke, like to that of A meos.and garden Parfley, very fweet of fmell fome- 
thing Iharpe or biting: the root is (lender and full offtrings. 
2 Label alfo in (head otthe right ftone Parfley deferibeth another, which the Venetians ca'l 
ftone Parfley of Macedonia.-this hath leaues like thofe of garden Parfley, Or rather of the Venetian 
Saxifrage which is the blacke herbe Frank incenfe formerly deferibed .-the ftalke is a cubit bi'nh • 
the fpokie ruftsfometbing white: the (bed fmall.quickely vadingfas he faith) inferiour to that of 
garden Parfley in temperature and vcrtues:but whether this be the true and right ftone Parfley he 
addeth, he is ignorant. 
The Place. 
It groweth on craggy rocks, and among (tones: but the beft in Macedonia, whereupon it bea- 
reth the furname Macedomcum , of Macedonia. 
The Time, 
It Someth in the fommer moncths. 
•f The Names. 
It is called in Greeke,wVA<.»>,of the (tony places where it groweth : in Latine, Petr avium, and 
Petrofclinum Macedomcum : in Englilh, ftone Parfley ; the Apothecaries know it not : they' are farre 
deceiued that would hatietheherbe which Fuchfius piftureth to be Amomum .■ for Amomum dif 
fereth from this, as it is very plaine by the defeription thereof in Dtofcondes .-but yve hold this for 
the true ftone Parfley,till fuchtimeas we may learne fomc other more like in leaues to the Par 
(lies, and in feed, fitch as that of ftone Parfley ought to be : and the very feed it felfe may caufe vs 
to hold this opinion, being fo agreeing to the defeription as no herbe more ; for it is fharnc and 
biting, and of a fweeter fmell than is that of Ameos.and ofa more fpicy fent ; yet do not the 'eauc< 
gainefay it, which though they haue not the perfect forme of other Parfleyes, yet notwithftandin-r 
are not altogether vnlike. t The firffe of thefe is thoughtby KjinguilUra, Turner , Gefner.Cvrd,P 
and others, to be the Sifon of Diofcoridcs^ and Tragus calls It, Amomum Germane command the feeds by 
(hops retaine the name of Sent. Amomi. The fecond is thought by Columna to be the fecond Dan. 
cuio( Diofiorides . $ 
The Temperature. 
The feed offtone Parfley which is moft commonly vfed, is hot and dry, hailing withall a cut- 
ting quality. s 
% The Vcrtues. 
Itprouoketh vrine, and bringeth downe the floures : it is profitable againft winde in the flo- 
macke,and 1 collicke gut, and gripings in the belly : for.it is, as Galen faith,*™-, that is to fay, a wa- A 
Iter orconfumer oi winde: it is a remedy againft paine in the fides,kidnies,and bladder.it is alfo 
mixed in counterpoifons : Diofcorides. 
t . The firfl figure that was formerly in this chapter Hiould haui been in the fecond place and that 
put in the following chapter- 
in the fecond place was of Alexander^ fhould haue been 
Chap, 400. Of (fomc 'P arfej/jr Hone-ivort. 
U The Defer iptimu 
T ’His herbe commeth vp at the firft from feed like Pdrfley, with two fmall long narrow ieaues 
the next that fpring are two fmall round fmooth ieaues nickr about the edges and fo for two 
col, P‘ es of leaues of the next growth there are fuch round leaues growing on 
. \ . 1 ^ couples, and one round one, alfo at the torjif ter as more' Icaue* fpring V p fo tine fa- 
^ ron of them alio change, that is to fay,euery leafe hath about eight or nine fmall fmooth nreeni- 
i ir' o'lf ’ 011 eacb ric ' e °p 'Ofddle rib one oppoflte againft another, and one growm°- by 
rife at thetop,and are fine y fmpt or indented about the edges, in forme refemblina- thofe of 
■ cZl tTA a > ft /,bUt u 0F u blSS e’ Ion « oratal1 browni<l1 ; amongft which rife vp many final 
SSSf es orbta ' lc r hes 5 about two foot long, now and then aboue twenty from one root 
' s a ro '> vj ng vpyghr, fometimes creeping not farre from the ground, Synced or kneed 
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