1252 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
Lib. 
2; 
the ftalkes are creftcd or ftreaxed of a purple colour, growing to the height of two cubits : at the 
topwhereofgrovv many fmaU and harry whrtefloures^ndafter them come fmall narrow huskes 
like little cods, foure or fine growing together : the root is yellow, long, round , and knotty di 
fperfmgitfelfefarabroadonthevppercruftoftheearth. 5 / j Qi 
- The fmall baftard Rubarb is very like vnto the precedent, but that it is altogether lefler- 
likes area fnan ora foot ontr : hi<; rfii'n ^ .*2. . 11 _ 
his ftalkes are a fpan or a foot long : his^leaues bethinind tende? . the root the 
little floures grow together in fmall bundles or tufts, of a light yellow colour, almoft white' and 
are ofa gneuous fauour. 3 ana 
1 -C L 1 here is kept in fome gardens a plant ofthiskinde growing vp with large ftalkes to the 
height of three cubits : the leat.es are very like thofe of Columbines : the floures a § re made of ma! 
ftLd Rubarb" ^ fl0UrCS 1,1 IUne,and 1S Calkd rh ^um matus Hi/famcum, Great SpaniihBa- 
51 The Place. 
Thefe Plants doe grow alongft the Ditch iides leading from Kentifh ftreetvnto Saint Tho- 
mas a-Watenngs the place of Execution) on the right hand. They grow alfovpon the banka 
of the Thames, leading from Blacke-wall to Woolwich, neere London" and in fund^y other pk 
5J The Time. 
The floure for the moll: part in Iuly and Auguft. 
5[ The Names. 
^sts^sssm S££~t 
efteemed of . they iudge better that would haue it to be Thalietrum, which Vicfcorides deferibeth 
to haue leaues fomething flatter than thofe of Coriander - and the ftallce like h.imffi™™ 
5T The Temperature. 
Thefe herbes are hot and dry ofcomplexion. 
51 The Vert ties. 
A 
B 
C 
they dfy'wfthom'b ki!ig. the leaUeS bdng ftamFd d °P erfea, ycure old vlcers. Galen addeth,that 
Chap. 5 i 9 . Of (fonts %>. 
51 TheSefcripticn. 
der rib , refembling the leaned of lea ««^vpon alien- 
floures grow at the top of the ftalke rlndnr.mm u r or Tare, but greaterand longer. The 
light ie colour , winch Sri into Sf , 'a S ^ manner of the wilde Vetch of a 
root is great, thicke, and ofa white colour ^ ^ round = vvherein the ^ed is contained’. The 
wik m^ e gard!m. tl ^ Ul ^ V “ lM, >’ eLler y "'herein fat grounds and by riuers f.des.it groweth like- 
It floureth in Iuly and Auguft. f ^ ltm% 
The Italians call it Gale? a an H P 3 TheN « mes - 
£ i d Rm Capraru ; diners name it corruptly Gralega ; Hieron 1mu! 
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