io^o Of theHiftory of Plants. Lib. 
E The root thereof drunke in wine ftoppeth the laske, and is alfo a foueraigne remedie againft ve- 
nome and poifon. 
C 9 a p . 410. Of finking and deadly far rots. 
5J The Defcription. 
i 'T’He great ftinking Carrot hath very great leaues, fpread abroad like wings, refemblino-' 
A thofe of Fennell gyant fwhereof fomehaue taken it to be a kindc, but vnproperly) offa 
bright greene colour, fomewhat hairie : among which rifeth vp a ftalk of the height of two cubits 
and of the bignefle of a mans finger , holiow,and full of a fpungious pith; whereupon are fetat cer- 
taine ioints, leaues like thofe next the ground, but fmaller. The floures are yellow, Handing at the 
top of the ftalkes in fpokie rundles.Iike thofe of Dilhafter which commeth the feed,flat and broad 
like thofe of the Parfnep, but much greater and broader. The root is thicke, garniihed at the top 
with cer taine capillaments or hairy threds,blacke without, white within, full of rnilkie iuice , of: 
a mod bitter, fharpe, and lothfome tafte and fmell,infomuch that ifa man do Hand where the wind: 
doth blow from the plant, the aire doth exulcerate and blifter the face, and euery other bare or na-: 
ked place that may be fnbicT to his venomous blaft,and poifonous qualitie. 
x Thapfia latifiiia Clufij, z Thapfiatemiifolia. 
Stinking Carrots. Small leafed {linking Carrot, 
• * Thl * f m a11 kind of {linking or deadly Carrot is like to the lad defcribed in each refined, Cv 
umg tnat the leaues are thinfier and more finely minced or iagged, wherein confifts the difference, 
r ^ki M I110n , , a< ^*y Carrot is like vnto the precedent, fauing that he doth more neerely re- 
lemoletne ltalkes and leaues of the garden carrot, and is not garniihed with the like bufh of haire 
about the top of the Halks : otherwife in feed, root, and euill fmell,ta{le and qualitie like. 
r . . _ The Place. 
Thefe pernicious plants delight in Home hills and mountaines : they are Grangers in England.’ 
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