1024 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. L 1 b. 2. 
at the top of the ftalkes doe grow round fpo- 
kie tufts ofa yellow color, after which com- 
nieth round and blacke feed like Colewqrts 
of a fharpe and bitter tafte like Myrrhe : the 
root is white and thickc, contrary to the o- 
pinion of Dodon&us, who faith it is blacke 
without, but I fpeake thatvvhich I haue feen 
and prooued. 
«U The Place. 
Smyrnium grovveth naturally vpon the hils 
and mountaines of Candy , and in my garden 
alfo in great plentytalfo vpon the mountain 
Amanus in Cilicia. 
f The Time. 
_ Smyrnium flourcth in lime, and the feed is 
ripe in Auguft. 
The Names. 
This plant is called in Latin c.Smyrmum • 
in GreekCjwm. in Cilicia, Petroftlimm, and 
as Galen teftifieth,fome haue called it .Hippo- 
felmum arjefte • in Englifh, Candy Alexan- 
ders, or Thorow bored Parfley. 
<|J The Nature. 
Smyrnium is hot and dry in the third de- 
gree. 
The Venues '. 
The Jeaues of Smyrnium diffolue wens 
and hard iwellings, dry vpvlcers and excori- 
ations, and glew wounds together. 
B The feeds are good again ft the Hoppings of the fpleene, kidnies,and bladder. 
C Candy Alexanders hath forcetodigeft and waft away hard fweI!ings,inotherthings it is like 
to garden Parlley, and Hone Parlley,and therefore wevfethe feed heereofto prouokethe defired 
fickeDefle,arid vrine,and to helpc thofe that arc Huffed in the lungs, as Galen writeth. 
D The root is hot. Ibis the herbe and feed, which is good to be drunke againft the biting of fer- 
pents it is a remedy for the cough, and profitable for thofe that cannot take their breath vnlefle 
theydo fitor Handvprightiit helpeth thofe that can hardlymake their water; the feed is good 
againft the infirmity of the fpleene ormilt,the kidnies and bladder : it is likeivifcagood medi- 
cine for thofe that haue th e droplie, as Viofcoridcs writeth. 
C H A P. 405. Of ‘Parfneps . 
•J The Defcrif tiers. 
1 npHe leaues of the tame or Garden Parfneps are broad, confining of many fmaH Jeaues 
1 faftened to one middle rib like thofe of the afh tree: the ftalke is vprighr,of the 
height ofa man : the floures Hand vpon fpolgie tufts, of colour yellow ■ after which 
commeth the feed flat and round, greater than thofe of Dii.-the root is white, long fwcet.and 
good to be eaten. 
2 } ^ wilde Patfnep is like to that of the Garden, in leaucs,ftalke, tuft, yellow floures, flat and 
round feed, but altogether lelfer : the root is fmall, hard,wooddy, and not fit to be eaten. 
The Place. 
Tbe garden Patfnep required) a fat and loofe earth, and that that is digged vp deepe. 
The wilde Pari'nep grovveth in vntoiled places, efpecially in tbe fait marfhes, vpon the bnnkes 
and borders of the lame : the feed whereof being gathered and brought into the garden, and fowed 
• in 
Smyrnium Creticum. 
Candy Alexander. 
