L i b. z. Of the Hiftory of Plants. 1045 
focuer: wherein the Phylitions of P.tris haue been deceiued, calling or fuppoling the medow Rue 
to be the right pAr//W>7«-w,whereunto ir is not like either in lhape or facultic . for it is norhtngio 
cffeffuall in breaking the ftone,or pronoking of vrine.as either of thefe plants, efpecially 'pimpiwL 
UHircinu, which is not fo called, bccanfe it hath any rammifh fraell ofa goat, but becauie practi- 
tioners haue vfed to feed goats with it,whofe 8efh and blond is fingulArgood againft the (tone, but 
vverather take it to be named Hircim, of Hircini&fjlm, where it doth grow in great abundance , the 
fauourof the herbe not being vnplealant,fomewhat refembling the fine II and tafte of Daucus,Lign- 
firumpnd Paftinaca : fo to conclude, both thefe are called Saxifragu : the.fmaller is called of fome 
PctnefinduU^SipinelL, and BipenuU : of BaptifiaSurdus , andalfo of Leonurdus Fucbfws, PimpindLmj- 
ior : wherefore diuers call itPimpinetU Saxifraga : for there isalfo another PimpmcUa^ called pimpi- 
vdlaStinguiftrb a .• notwithflanding the verfe before rehearfed fliewerha difference betweene Ptrn- 
finelU and Saxifraga : in high Dutch.it is called 23tbECMCl t in Low Dutch, 23aUEliactt 5 in Englifh 
the greater may be called great Saxifrage, and the other fmall Saxifrage. 
Btpinella is called Saxifragia minor: in Englifh, Small Saxifrage, as Pimpinella is called great Saxi- 
frage. | Columna iudges it to be the Tragium of Diofcorides. f 
9] The J^ature. 
Saxifrage of both kindes.with their feed,Ieaues,and roots, are hot and drie in the third degree, 
and of thin and fubtill parts. 
The Venues. 
The feed and root of Saxifrage drunken with wine, or the decoflion thereof made with wine, A 
Caufeth to piffe well,breaketh the done in thekidnies and bladder, and is lingular againft the Itran- 
gurie,and the ftoppings of the kidnies and bladder : whereofit tooke the name Saxijr.tgiapx break e 
ftone. 
The iuice of the Ieaues of Saxifrage doth clenfe and take away all fpots and freckles of the face, B 
and leaueth a good colour. 
The diftilled water thereof mingled with fome vineger in the diftiIlation,cIeareth thefight,and C 
taketh away all obfeuritie and darkneffc of the fame. 
ChapJ 42.1. Of Burned 
I Pimpinella bertenfisl • a Pimpinella fjhteftrisl 
