L i b. 2. Of the Hiftory of Plants; 
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*J The Dcfcriftion. 
1 nr He naturall planes of SefeLi , being now better knowne than in times paft, efpecialJy a- 
* mong out Apothecaries, is called by them Siler montanum, and Sejcleos : this plant they 
haue retained to very good purpofe and confideration ; but the errour of the name hathcaufed di- 
uersofour late writers toerre,and to fuppofe that Siler montanum , called in (hops ^Ssfeletis, was no 
other than ScfcliMaftlienfi ttm of Biofcerides. But this plant containeth in his lubftancemuch more 
acrimony, fharpeneffe,and efficacy in working, than any of the plants called Sefelios. It hath ftalkes 
Jikfi^ L *(- tvvo ccibifs high. The root fmefieth like Ligufiicum .• the kaues are very much cut or 
diiuded like the leaues of Fennilll or Sefeli Mafiltenfc, and broader than the leaues of Peitcedanum. 
At the top of the ftalkes grow fpoky tufts like Angelica, which bring forth a long and leafie feed 
like Cumine,of a pale colour ; in tafte feemingas though it were condited with fitgar,but withall 
fomewhat fliarpe, and fharper than Sefeli fratenfe. 
2 There is a lecond kinde of Siler which Pern and Lohel fet forth vnder the title of Sefeli fraten- 
fe cMonfpelicnfuim , which 1 'todmttts in his- laft edition calleth Siler fratenfe alterum, that is in fhew 
very like the former, the ftalkes thereof grow to the height of two cubits, but his leaues are fome- 
what broader and blacker : there are not fo many leaues growing vpon the ftalke,and they are leffe 
diuided than the former, and are of little fauour. The feed is fmaller than the former,and fauou- 
ring very little or nothing. The root is blacke without, and white within, diuiding it felfe into fun- 
dry dilutions. 
The Place. 
It groweth of it felfe in Liguria, not far from Genua in the craggy mountaines, and in the gar- 
dens of diligent Herbarifts. 
«[ The Time. 
Thefe plants do floure from Iune to the end of Auguft . 
The Names. 
It is called commonly Siler Montanum : in French and Dutch by a corrupt name Ser-Montain : 
In diners (hops, Sefclcos put vntruly : for it is not Sefeli, nor a kinde thereof: in Engli(h,Siler moun- 
taine, after the Latine name, and baftard Louage. + The firft is thought to be the Ligufiicum of 
the Antients,and it is focalledby CMauhwhts and others. £ 
«[] The Nature. 
This plant with his feed is hot and dry in the third degree. 
9^ The Vertuest 
The feeds of Siler drunkewith Wormewood wine, or wine wherein Wormewood hath been ^ 
fodden,mooueth womens difeafes in great abundanceicureth the fuffocation and ftrangling of the 
matrix, and caufeth it to returne vnto the naturall place againe. 
The root damped with hony, and applied or put into old fores, doth cure them,and cotter bare B 
and naked bones with flefh. 
Being drunke it prouoketh vrine,eafeth the paines ofthegutsorentrailes proceeding of crudi- C 
tie or rawnefle,it helpeth conco<3ion,confumeth winde,and fwelling ofthe ftomacke. 
The root hath the fame vertue or operation, but not fo eife&uall,as not being fo hot and dry. £) 
t Thengorc whichf ormcrlvw t» here was oF the Sefeli Jlfiafsilienfe deferibed in rhenext chapter in the fourth place, and that which belonged to this place 
Was put for our common Louage. Alfa that figure which belonged ro the fecond defection was formerly vuder the tide of F *tnt cvlam dulce , 
Chap. 224. Of Sefelios, or IlarteA'torts of Candy* 
The Befcriftion. 
1 r T”''’ His plant being the Sf/W of Candy, and in times paft not elfewhere found, tooke his 
j[ furname of that place where ir was firft found, but now adaies it is to be feen in the 
corne fields about Narbon in France, from whence I had feeds, which profper well 
in my garden. This is butan annuall plant, and increafeth from yeere to yeere by his own£ fowing. 1 
The leaues grow at the firft euen with the ground, fomewhat hairy, of an ouerworne greene colour, 
in fhape much like vnro Cheruill,but thicker : among which rifechvp an hairy rough ftalke,of 
the height of a cubit, bearing at the top fpokie tufts with white floures: which being vaded, there 
fojloweth round and flat feed, compared and cunningly wreathedabout the edges like aring. 
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