Lib. i. Of the Hiitorie of Plants. ioq 
The Tcmperatute. 
Thefeherbes,efpecially the roots of right Meon, is hot in the third degree,and drie in the fc 
cond. 
•J TbcVertues. 
The roots of Mcon, boiled in water and drlinke, mightily open the ftoppings of thekidnies A 
and bladder, prouoke vrine and bodily luft,eafe and helpe the ftrangurie, and confume all vvindi- 
iiefle and belchings of the ftomacke. 
The fame taken with honie doth appeafe thegriefeof the belly, and is exceeding good a- g 
gainft all Catarrhcs,rhcumes, and aches of the lointes, as alfo any phlegme which falls vj on the 
Lungs. 
If the fame be laied plaiftervvife vpon the bellies of children, it maketh them to piffe well. C 
They elenfe the entrails, and deliuer them of obftru&ions or ftoppings : they prouoke vrine, D 
driue forth the ftone,and bring downe the floures : but if they be taken more than is requifi te, they 
caufe the head-ache ; for feeing they haue in them more heat than drineffe,they carry to the head 
taw moifture and windie heat, as Galen faith. 
Chap. 416. Of HoreJlrange y or Sulpbumoort. 
%Tbe Dcfcription. 
1 O Vlphurwoort or Hogs-fennell hath a ftiffe and hard ftalke full of knees or knots, befec 
^ with leaues likevnto Fennell,butgreater,commingneerervnto Ferula, or rather like the 
'"leaues ofwildePine-tree,andattbetopoftheftalkes rpund fpokie tufts full of little 
yellow floures, which do turne into broad browne feed. The root is thicke and long : I haue dig- 
ged vp roots thereof as big as a mans thigh, blacke without.and white within,of a ftrong and grie- 
uous fmell,and full of yellow fap or liquour, which quickly waxeth hard or dry,fmelling not much 
vnlikebrimftone, called Sulphur . which hath induced fome tocalut Sulphurwoorphauing alfo at 
the top toward the vpper face of the earth, a certain bufti of haire,of a browne colour, among which 
the leaues and ftalkes do fpring forth . 
2 Thefecondkindeof Peucedanum or Hogs-fennell is very likevnto the former, failing that the 
leaues be like Ferula : the roots are nothing fo great as the former, but all the reft of the plant doth 
far exceed the other in greatneflfe. 
3 There is another kinde of Peucedanum or Hogs Fennell, which Pena found vpon Saint Vin-' 
cents rock by Briftow,whofe picture he hath fet forth in his Aduerfaria, which that famous Englilh 
Phyfitionoflatememorie,D.7V«fr found there alio, fuppofing it to be the right and true Pence - 
<&««/«, whereof no doubt it is a kinde : it grovveth notaboue a foot high, and is in fhapeand leaues 
like the right Peuccdanum,but they be fhorterand Ieffer, growing fomwhat like the writhed Fennell 
ofMalfiha.but thebranches are more largely writhed, and the leaues are of the colour o( the bran- 
ches, which are of a pale greene colour. At the top of the branches grow final 1 white tufts, ‘hailing 
feed like Dill, but (borter and flenderer, of a good tafte,fomewhat fharpe. The root is thicker than 
the fmalnefleoftheherbewill well beare. Among the people about Briftow, and the rocke afore- 
faid, this hath been thought good to eat, 
t The figure of this our Authour formerly gaue(yetvnfitly,it not agreeing with thatdeferip. 
tion) for oreofelimm : it may be he thought it the fame with that of Dodon.his defeription, bccaufc 
he found it vndeT the fame title in Tabernamornanua . This is xhe.Sel.num montanum pumilnm of Cln- 
fius-^ and the Peucedani facie pufilUplanta of Pena and lofe/jwherfore Batthine was mi ft aken in his Pinax, 
whereas he refers that of£,*Wtohis third Peucedanum .■ the root of this is black without, and white 
within, but fhorr,yet at the top about the thicknefleof ones finger: the leaues are fmall and green, 
commonly diuided into flue parts; and thefeagaine fubdiuidedby threes : the ftalke is fome lixe 
inches or halfe a foot high, diuided into fundry branches, crefted, broad, and at the toppes of the 
branches, euen when they firft (boot vp , appeare little vmbels of white floures very fmall, and con- 
fiding of fine leaues apiece. The feed is blacke, fhining and round, two'being ioined together, as 
in moft vmbellifcrous plants. It floures in May, and ripens the feede inluiyilreceiuedin luly 
1631, fome plants of this from Briftow, by the meanes of my oft mentioned friend Mafter George 
BomUs , who gathered it vpon Saint V incents Rocke, whereas the Authours of the Aduerfaria report 
it togrow. t 
