i° 4 2 ' Of A 6 Hiftory of Plants.* L 1 b. 2. 
The Temperature and Tenues. 
A TIiere Galen , great increafe of Gingidtum in Syria, and it is eaten no othervvife than Scan- 
tiest ts with vs at Pergamum : it is, faith he, very wholefome for the ftomacke , whether it be eaten 
raw or boyled • notwithftanding it is enident that it is a medicine rather than a nourifhment. As 
it is bitter and binding, fo is it fikewife of a temperate heare and drinefle. The heate is not very ap- 
parant, but it is found to be dry in the later end of the fecond degree, as alfo the faid Author ailed- 
gethinhis difcourfe of the faculties of fimple medicines. 
B doth i lfo v T rite the &me : This pot-herbe (faith he) is eaten ravv,fodden, and prefer- 
ucd with great good to the ftomacke ; it prouoketh vrine, and the dccoaion thereof made with 
i^Tandftone C ’ ^ pr °® ral5!c to icotire the bladder, prouoketh vrine, and is good againft the gra- 
C , T ! lc hard wbereon the feeds do grow are good to cleanfe the teeth and gums, and do eafi- 
Jy take away all filth and baggage flicking in them, without any hurt vnto the gums, as followeth 
• iter many other Tooth-picks, and they leaue a good fent or fauor in the mouth. 
C h a p . 4 1 cj. Of ('S\ 4 'cdefivect > or Queene of the Medoxees. 
If ThcDcfcription. 
1 T IlC * C , hath leailes llkc thofc of Agrimonie, confifting ofdiuers leaues fet vpon a mid- 
die rib like thofc of the Afh tree, cilery fmall leafe fieightly fnipt about the edges, white 
on the inner fide, and on the vpper fide crumpled or wrinkled like vnto thofe of the Elme 'free • 
whereof it iooke :the name Vlmrna, of the fimilitude or likenefle that the leaues haue with the 
time leaues. T he ftalke is three or foure foot high, rough, and very fragile or eafie to bee 
broken of a rea,,i!;i pu-plp colour : on the top whereof are very many little floures clufte- 
nng and growing together, of a white colour tending to yellowneffe, and of apleafant fweete 
fmell. 
