io68 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. L ib.z. 
whereof two are large, and edgedwith greene on the on tfidc: the other foure are final! ones, and 1 
grow two on a fide betweene the two larger leaues ; thefe flonres being vaded, there fucceed croo- • 
ked cods,greater,and more full of knots ordmifions than the former,wherein is contained a fmall I 
and flat yellow feed like Galega : the root is long,thicke,and Angle. 
The Place. 
Thefe wilde Cumins do grow in Lycia, and Galatia,aprouinceof Afla,and in Carthage a citie 
ofSpaine; feldome feen'e in thefe Northerne parts : notwithftanding at the imprelfion hereofthe • 
Jaffe did floure-and flourifh in my garden. 4 : Thefe grow in Prouince in France, and in diners parts of I 
Spaine. £ 
51 The Time. 
They floure in Auguft,and perfefi their feed in September. 
5J The Names. 
Their names liatie been touched in their titles in as ample manner as hath been let down by any ! 
Author. 
«[f The Temperature andvertues. 
Their temperatuteandvertues are referred to the garden Cumin; notwithftanding I cannot readc 
in any Author of their vfe in Phyficke. 
Chap. 434.. Of Flixweed. 
1 Sophia Chirurgorum , 
Flixweed. . ^ 
^ d rfjo 0^ £50 
5f The Vefcriptiort. 
1 'CLixweedhath round and hard ftalks, a s 
cubit &ahalfe high, wheron dogrow i 
leaues moft finely cut and diuided into innit-i 
merable fine iags,like thofe of the fea W orme- 1 
wood called Seripbium, or Abfwthium tenuifolium, j 
but much finer and fmaller, drawing neere vnto ! 
the fmalleft leaues of Corianders, of an oner- I 
worne greene colour : the flourcs grow alongft l| 
the tops of the fpriggie branches, of a dark yel- 
low colour : after which come long cods full of 
fmall red feeds : the root is long,ftraight,and of < 
awooddiefubftance; 
2 The fecond fort differeth not from the I 
precedent, failing that the leaues of this plant 1 
are broader, wherein efpecially confifteth the ) 
difference ; notwithftanding in mine opinion I 
T abemamont anus found this lecond fort growing ; 
in fome fertill place, whereby the leaues did : 
grow broader and greater, which moued him to | 
make of this a fecond fort, whereas in tru th they 
are both but one and the felfe fame plant. 
5 [ The Place. 
This Flixeweede groweth in moft places of 1 
England, almoft euery where in the ruins of old 
buildings, by high waies, and in filthie obfeure 1 
bafe places. 
• 1 T he Time'. 
It floureth and feedeth from Iune to the end of September. 
5J The Names. 
Flixweed is called T hdietrum ; and of fome,T hdiclrum , but vnproperly ; for Thaliclrum belong- 
eth to Englifii Rubarbe : the Paracelfians do vaunt and brag very much of an herbe called Sophia, ,1 
adding thereto the furname Pawr/yi, wherewith they imagine to do wonders , whether this be the :| 
fame plant it is difputable, the controuerfie not as yet decided : neuerthelelTe we muft be content 
to 
