ni >5 Of the Hiftory of Plants, 
Lib. z. 
«| The Place. 
The titles and defcriptions fhew the place of their growing : the lad Bellonim reporteth to grow 
in diners vallies of the monntaine Olympus, and not far fromRagufaa citie in Sclauonia. 
The time. 
They floure from Aprill to the end of Sommer. 
The Names. 
Horfe-taile is called in Greeke '‘***t“ . HippurU : in Latinc, Equif.tum and Equinalis .■ of Plinie jn 
his 15. booke,a 8 chap .Equifctif, of the likenefle of a horfe haire : offom e,Sahx equina: infhoppes 
Cauda ‘eqmna in high Dutch, gtctyafftljeiS) t in low Dutch, f£«rtflecrt:in I t'alian,^ dicaullto .• 
in Spanifh,Co^ de rrnda : in French,,g«e»e de cheual : and Caqueue : in Englidi , Horfe-taile, and 
Shaue-grafle. 
Shauc-graffe is not without caufe named Aflrclla, of his ruggedheffc, which is not vnknowne to 
women who fcoure their pewter and woodden things of the kitchin therewithuvhich the-German 
womencall &amienhtaut : and therefore fome of ourhufwiuesdocall it Pewterwoort.Of ionic 
the tenth is called Ephedra, Anohafis, and Caucon. 
^ The Temper at tm. 
Horfe-taile, as Galen faith, hath a binding facultie, with fome bitterndfe,and therefore it doth 
mightily dry, and that without biting. 
The Vertues. 
A Diofcorides faith .that Horfe-taile being (lamped and iaied to, doth perfeDIy cure wounds, yea 
though the finewes bccutin funder, as Galen addeth. It is offo great andfo iingulara vertue in 
healing ofwounds,as that it is thought and reported for truth, to cure the wounds of the bladder, 
and other bowels, and helpeth ruptures or bindings. 
B The herbe drunke either with water or wine, is an excellent remedy againft bleeding at the nofe, 
and other fluxes ofbloud. It ftaicth the ouermuch flowing of womens floures,the bloudy flix,and 
the other fluxes of the belly. 
C The iuice of the herbe taken in the fame manner can do the like, and more effeaually. 
D Horfe-taile with his roots boiled in wine, is very profitable for the vlcers of the kidniesSe blad- 
der, the cough and dilhcultie of breathing. 
Chap. 455 ').OfSea^QluJler ) orSea'%^ifon. 
-j 1 Vua manna minor. 
Small Sea Grape. 
TheDefcription. 
1 OMall Sea Grape is not vnlike tohorf- 
O tai,e: itbringeth forth (lender (talks, 
almod like ruflies, fet with many lit- 
tle ioints, fuch as thole are of the Horfe-taile, 
and diuided into many wings and branches; the 
tops whereof are (harpe pointed, fomew hat hard 
and prickingiit is without leauesithe flours grow 
in cinders out of the ioints, with little flems, 
they are (mail and ofa whitiflr green colour : the 
fruit confideth of many little pearles, like to the 
vnripe berries of Rafpis, or Hind-berry when it is 
rip it is red with a faffron colour, in tafte fweet 
andpleafant: thefeedeor kernell is hard, three 
lijuare,fliarpe on enery (ide,in tade binding: the 
root is iointed,long,and creeps aflope : the plant 
it lelfe alfodoth rather lie on the ground than 
fland vp: itgroweth all full of fmall flalkes and 
branches,cading themfelues all abroad. 
2 Carolm Clufius hath fet forth another fort 
of .ea Grape, far different from the prccedcntjit 
rilerh vp to the height of a man, hailing manie 
branches ofa vvooddie fubftance, in form like to 
Spanifh Broome, without any leauesatallavher- 
npon doe grow cluders of floures vnon (lender 
foot-dalks,ofa-yelIowi(h mo(fie or herby colour, 
like thofeofthe Cornell tree: afrerwhirh come 
the fruit like vnto the mulberrie.ofa reddifli co. 
I° l,r and fower tade, wherein lieth hid one ortvvo 
feeds 
