12.46 Of the x lifloiy o! Plants. Lib.i. 
The Time. 
It flourerh in lune and Inly : the fee.. is ripe in the end of Auguft. 
The Names. 
The later Herbariftsname it Fr.txi' la: moft^^^^as chough they fhouldfay HumilisFraxi. ! 
ms or a low Afh : in Englifl^baftat. -A falfe Dittanieithe (hops call it Diciammim, and Diptamum 
but not truly, and vfe oftentimes rl •: loots hereof in dead of the right Dittanie. That it is not the* ' 
right Dittanic it is bettefknow : • necdfull at all to be confuted - } anditisaseuidentihat the 1 
fame is not Diofcoridcs his pfe. mm , or baftard Dittanie : but it is plaine to be a kinde of • 
Tragiitm of the old Writers > it feemeth toagree in fhew,but not in fubftance. 
t The root of this is otic fbops,and there knowne by the name of Radi* Dipumm or ' 
Di&amni. + I 
^ The Temperature. 
The root of baftard D tame . not and dry in the feconddegreee.it is of a wafting, attenuating : 
and opening facultie. ° 05 » 
The Venues. 
A It bringeth dovvne th, . J fio bringeth away the birth and after birchfit helpeth cold dif- ' 
eafes of the matrix : and it . to be good for thofe that haue ill ftomackes and are ihorc 
winded. I 
B They alfo fay, that it is pro eaqainfttheftingings and bitings ofvenomous ferperts-acrainft I 
deadly poifons, againft c< . . t and peftilent difeafes 4 and that it is with good fuccefTe mixed I 
with counterpoifons. 
C The feed of Baftard Dittanic talc n in the quantitieof adram is goodagainft the ftraneury pro- 1 
uoketh vrine,breaketh the done in thebladder.anddriueth itforth. & ^ 
D The like vertue hath the lea ties and iuice taken after the fame fort , and being applied outward- ■ 
ly,it draweth thornes and fplinters out of the flefh. 
E The root taken with a little Rubarb killeth and driueth forth wormes. 
F Diofcoridcs reporteth,that the vvilde Goats being ftricken with darts orarrowes, will eat Diltam, 
and thereby caufe them to fall out of their bodies jwhich is meant of the right Dictum, though Do- I 
donaus reporteth that this plant will do the likefwhich Idonotbeleeue) $ not Do don Msafaxme.-p. j 
Of Land Qaltrops. 
•Jp The Defcriplion. 
L And Caltrops hath long branches full of 
ioints/pred abroad vpon the groifnd, gar- < 
nifhed with manyleaues fetvpon a mid- 
die rib, after the manner of Fetches ■ amongft - 
which grow little yellow branches, confiding | 
of fine final leaueSjlikevnto the flouresofTor- 1 
mentill : I neuer faw the plant bcarc yellow, | 
but white fioures, agreeing with thedeferipti. 
onofJOo^^asineachrefpeft, fane in the co- .i 
lour of the floures, which doe turne intofmall ' 
fquare fruit, rough, and full of prickles, wherein 
is a fmall kernell or feed : the root is white, and ’ 
full of firings. 
•If The Place. 
_ It groweth plentifully in Spain in the fields: ’ 
it is hurtful to corne.but yet as Pliny faith, it is 5 
rather to be accounted among the difeafes of 
corne,than among the plagues of the earthrit is 
alfo found in moft places of Italy & France • I 
found it growing in a moiftmedow adioyning 
to the wood or Park of Sir Francis Careiv^ necre 
Croidon,not far from London, and notelfe- 
where ; from whence I brought plants for my 
garden. 
%The 
Chap. 52 , 5 . 
T ri hulas te rrejlris. 
Land Caltrops. 
