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Of the Hiiftory of Plants. 
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IB. 2. 
heard that the later growes vvilde in any place with vs in England. ^ 
' % The Time. & 
Thefe bring forth floures and feeds when theother Wormwoods doe. * The later fcarce feedes 
with vs, it floures fo late in the yeare. % L leeaes 
The Thames. 
Sea Wormwood iscalled in GreekeWv.Wm,., in Latine, ^f mhkm man and ]ife 
scrif/mm , m Dutch, ^ee3lftne: oUmvs Smomcurn, as witnefieth D.ofcoridcs : Deuerthdeife 
tS^SlS^aaSt^ VV °'"”“ d •• f EngliHi of fome »o« n of tL 
The Temperature. 
Sea Wormwood is of nature hot and drie.but not fo much as the common. 
The Venues. 
I ff^7 V 7, affirmeth,t i ll n t teing ta a Cn ° f , k fdfe ’ or boiIed with Riee,and eaten with hony it ki! 
leth the final! wormes of the guts and gently loofeth the bellyache which Mny doth alfo affirme 
P loc ™ eU,1Ce of fca Wormwood drunke with wine refiftcth poifon, efpeciajly the poifon 9 f H em . 
C The leaues ftamped with figs, falt-peter and the meale of DaraeUnd applied to the belly fides 
or flankcsjielp the droplic 5 and fuch as are fpleenticke. * 1 jlIdes> 
D 1 1 "f Ile : fan ] e 1S p”8“ Iar a S ain ft all inflammations, and heat of the ftomaeke and liuer exceediu^ 
ail thekindes of V\ ormwood for the fame purpofes that common Wormwood ferueth " ° 
«h e the fea fide ’ ,1 " t th,: *■<=«> u gr<™. 
' F hi ‘ a ‘ lk ‘ “ d ““ , -P reir ".*«‘ ™d-.obe,,k«p c ,h cloches from mods end 
C h n r. 451. OfHoljlTormeyvood. 
Sementina. 
Holie Wormewood. 
The Defcriptitw. 
'T' His Wormwood called Sementina, and Sc- 
. menfinctumpi hichwe haue Englifhcd,Holy 
is that kinde of Wormwood which beareth that 
feed which we haue invie, called Wormefced ; 
'in Chops, Semen Santolinum : about which there 
hath been great controuerfie amongft writers: 
fome holding tliat the feed of Santonicnm Galati- 
um to be the true Wormleed : others deemino - 
it to be that of Romanum <^4bfwthtiim : it doth 
niuph referable the firft of the fca Wormwoods 
in fliapc and proportion : it rifeth vp with a 
wooddie ftalke.ofthe height of a cubite, diui- 
ded into diners branches and wings ; whereupon 
are fet very final! leaues : among which are pla- 
ced cluflersol feeds in fuch abundance, that to 
the firft view it feemeth to be a plant confiftin°- 
all of feed. ° 
rtf Piece. 
It is a forreine plant .-the feeds being fowne in 
the gardens of hot regions doe profper well; in 
thefe cold countries it will not grow atall.Ne- 
uertheles there is one or two companions about 
London, who haue reported vnto mee that they 
had great ftore of it growing in their gardens 
yearely, which they foldatagreat price vntoour 
London Apothecaries, and gained much money 
thereby ; one of the men dwelleth by the Ba^ge 
told 
