Of the Hiftorie of Plants, 
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3 This fmall Gallium, or Ladies little red bed-ftrow,hath been taken for akindofwild Mad- 
3 der ; ncuerthelefreitisakindeofLadiesbed-ftrovv,or cheefe-renning, as appeared] both by his 
. vertues in turning milke to cheefe, asalfoby his forme, being in each refpeiT like vnto yellow Gal- 
■ Hum , and differs in the colour ofthe floures, which are of a dark red colour, with a yellow pointal in 
1 the middle, confiding of foure fmall leaues: the feed hereof was fent me from a Citifenof Srrauf- 
1 burg in Germanic, and it hath not been feen in tbefe parts before this time. 
4 There is likewife another fort of Gallium for diftinftions fake called Molhtgo, which hath 
i ftalks that need not to be propped vp, but of it felfeftandeth vpright, and is like vnto the common 
1 white Gallium, but that it hath a fmoother leafe. The floures thereof be alfovvhite, and very fmall. 
1 Therootisblackifh. 
t 3 G allium ruhrum. 
Ladies Bcd-ftrow with red floures. 
4 Gallium, fine iMolluge montana. 
Great baftard Madder. 
qy The Place. 
The firft groweth vpon funnie bankes neere the borders of fields, in fruitfull foiles almofl euery 
where. 
The fecond groweth in marifli grounds and other moift places. 
The third groweth vpon mountaines and hilly places, and is not yet found in' England. 
The fourth and lafl groweth in hedges among buflies in moft places. 
The Time. 
They floure moft of the Sommer moneths. 
ay The Names. 
The firft is called in Greeke r.j,., ■. it hath that name of milke, called in Greeke *'». into which, 
ic is put as cheefe-renning : inLatine likewife Gallium ■■ in high-Dutch, £^agcthratif,t©alfttoo % . 
in low- Dutch, t© 3 lftroo: in French .Petit Muguet ; in Italian, Galio : in Syani{\Coataleche yerua: 
in Englifl], our Ladies Bed-ftrow, Cheefe-renning, Maids haire,and pety Mugvvet. 
The others are Species Lappaginis, or kindes of fmall Burres , fo taken of the Antients:The 
laflyofthe foftneffeand fmoothneffeof the leaues, is commonly called Mollugo : diuers take it 
for akindeofwilde Madder, naming it Rnhiafyl/iefris, orwilde Madder. 
«j The Temperature. 
Thefeherbes,efpecially that with yellow floures, is dry and fomething binding, as Galen faith. 
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