Lib. 2 . Of the Hiftorie of Plants. io6; 
The Defcription. 
1 TV Arth-nut or Kipper-nut, called after Lobelias , NacuU terreftris, hath iinall eucn crefied 
K ftalkes a foot or fomewhat more high : whereon do grow next the ground leaues like 
thofe of Parllcy, and thofe that doe grow higher like vnto thofe of Dili; the white 
floures doe Hand on the top of the ftalkes in fpokie rundles, like the tops of Dill, which turne into 
fmall feed, growing together by couples, of a very good fmell, not vnlike to thofe of Fennell, but 
much fmaller : the root is round, knobbed, with cerfaine eminences or bundlings otit;brovvne 
. without, white within, of a firme and follid fiibftance,and of a taftelike the Chelle-nutor Cheft- 
n lit, whereof it tooke his name. 
2 There is alfo another Earth-nut that hath ftalkes a foot, high, whereon doe growiagged 
leaues like thofe of Englifh Saxifrage, of a bright greene colour: the floures grow at the top of 
the branches, in fmall fpokie tufts confiding of little white floures : the toot is like the other, bul- 
bous fafhion, with fbme few firings hanging at thebottome, of a good and pleafant tafte. + This 
differs from the former, in that the leaues are larger and greener : the root alfo is not fo far within 
the ground, and it alfo fends forth fome leaues from the bulbe it fclfe ; whereas our common kind 
hath only the end ofa fmall root that carries the ftem and leaues vpon it, faftnedvntoitas you fee 
it expreft in the former figure, i 
*[ The Place. 
Thefe herbes do grow in paftures and come fields almoft euery where : there is a field adioining 
to High-gate, on the right fide of the middle of the village, couered oner with the fame ; and like- 
vvife in the next field vnto the condn i t heads by Maribone,neere the way that leadeth to Padding- 
ton by London, and in diners other places. $ I haue not yetobferued thefecondto grow wilde 
with vs. $ 
Time. 
They floure in Iune and Inly : the feed commeth to perfe&ion afterward. 
The Names. 
Alexander Tr alliums hath made mention of'Mw'nw, Lib. 7 . reckoning it vp among thofe kinds 
of meate or fuftenances which be good for fuch as haue rotten lungs : of fome it is called Agrioca- 
Jlanon. 
Gmnterius thought the word was corrupted, and that Balanocaftanon fhould be read ; but this is as 
flrangcawordasBfl/fota/awOT.whichwas deriued of the forme of a bulbe, and the taftofa Cheft- 
nut :of(bme,Nucidaterrellris, orthe little Earth-nut : it is thought to be Biinium Diofcoridis of 
fome; but wethinke not fo: of D r . Turner, Apios ; yet there is another Apios, being a kinde of 77- 
thymale of Matthiolus, Oenanthe, making it a kinde ofFilipenduIa : in high- Dutch, CEctDtlUfj • in 
Iaw-Dutch,(0Cttnot£n; the people of Sauoy call it Faucrottcs : in Englifh, Earth-nuts, Kipper- 
nuts, and Earth Cheft-nuts. 
The Temperature. 
The roots of Earth-nuts are moderately hot and dry, and alfo binding : but the feed is both hot- 
ter and drier. 
The Vertues. 
The feed openeth and prouoketh vrine, and fo doth the root likewife. 
The root is good for thofe that fpit and piffe bloud, if the root be eaten raw, or rafted in the em- 
bers . 
The Dutch people doe vfe to eate them boy led and buttered, as we doe Parfeneps and Carrots, C 
which fo eaten comfort the ftomacke,and yeeld nourifhment that is good for the bladder and kid- 
neyes. 
There is a plaifter made of the feeds hereof, whereof to write in this place were impertinent to pj 
©ur hiftorie. 
Ch a p.432,. Of Qumin. 
The Dcfcription. 
‘T'His garden Cuminisa low or bafe herbe of a foot high : the ftalke diuideth it fclfe into di- 
* tiers fmall branches, whereon d 6 e grow little iagged leancs very finely cut into fmall parcels, 
like thofe of Fennell, but more finely cut,fhorter and leffer : the fpoky tufts grow at the top of the 
branches and ftalkes, ofa red or purplifli colour : after which come the feed, of a ftrong or ranoke 
fmell,and a biting tafte : the root is {lender, which periflaeth when it hath ripened his feed. 
Vuuu 3 ' ' ' «I Tfo 
