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Mfin,. The tad call it Ray fins de m er, from whence came the name^fTw^T- 
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to foder together the l.ppes of grecne wounds,' or to knit broken bones, and to fetde and £3,™fhir‘ T 
have beeneout of,™nt,,t is held tobe fopowerlull to knit differed partsthSK»v£fSSh ^ ^ 
fielh, orw.th Other things ttwillcaufe them to be fo glued or fodered together *at one cannnr nnlI tS 
funder agame ; m all lorts of ruptures allb, it is moft effeftuall. b cncr > one c “not pull them in 
Caffia poetic a MorjpeHenfiim. 
The red berried flirubbe Caflb. 
Chap. XVIII. 
CaJJia Poetic a Monspelie»fiitm t The red berried Shrubbe Caffia. 
J Have been bold to infert this plant in this place.becaufe feme have made it a kind of Pohponun, „„ . 
) although we cannot find it to be a Saxifrage or breakeftone.yct it hath the other drvino Ihliri ’ ^ 
i qualities of Tolygomn,. This ffirubbe rifeth up to the height of two loote or there IboStt wE 
many (lender twiggie greene branches, whereon grow fmall long leaves 1 ke unto I ™ t F S * 7 
* or fomewhat refembling thofc ofLavander buttf innelv fer afl Ik u' . F e ’ 
flowers are moffie orth’eddy,and of a paleyellowiffi gerene ^ g upon the branches; the 
coluorffike unto thofe of the Olive tree, or of the Male Cor¬ 
nell treejwherc afterwards come fmall round berries,greene 
atthefirlhbutredas Corral], or like the berries of Afpara- 
gus when they are ripe, of an aftringent glutinous tafte,with 
lome fharpenefle joyned therewhith, wherein is contained 
an hard (lone, having a white fweete kernell within it: the 
roote is hard and wooddy. 
The Place. 
It groweth by the high wayes, in many places of Spahte, 
both in the countries of Granada and Valcntia, and SiviU as 
alfo in divers places of Provence in France, about the hedges 
andbordresoffhe Olive ycards: by the bankes alfo of the 
river Lama, and about the village Ferattl, not farre from 
Montpelier, as alfo in a fmall Wood or Coppife nearc unto 
the Priory of Egremont, neere there adjoyning. 
The Time. 
It flowreth about hwe and Inly, and the berries ripen not 
Untill September, 
The Names. 
ClufiM faith that it was accounted for Ofyris of Pliny, 
while he lived atCMompelier, whereunto hee faith, it doth 
agree in many things, but afterward they called it Caffia, 
but by whatreafon or caufeit is not knowne, for it neither 
agreeth with that Cafia of Diofiorides and Galen, which is 
like Cinamon, and is of a fpicie tafle, called in Apothecaries 
fnoppes Caffiia lignea, whereas this is nothing fo : nor can it 
be the Cneoron ol Tbeophraflm,vihich as Pliny faith Hyeinm 
called Caffia, neither is it the fweete fmellingCa/ffa olVir- 
£</, whereof he fpeaketh both in his Bucolicks and Geargich- 
yet as I laid they of Montpelier did call it Cajia ■ and 'Label 
Cafia PoeticacMonsfelienfmm-. Clufim calleth it Cafia quo. 
rnnditm, and faith that Placa a Phifition and profefl'or in Va. 
called ttP olygomtmPlinij ■ and fo doth Dalechampiui 
upon Pliny call it Polygonum^. Plinij : Lxgdumnfiv calleth it 
C a[ia lignea mantima : Cefalpimu Cafia lionea, and Gen fia 
rubra, becanfe the ftalkes and the leaves will fometimes 
grow red towards the end of Summer: and "Bauhimts Ofyri, 
^toipZfZ'lT^t be ? n * of tll£ kavss ’ and that »* would makeit to be th- 
pfent branches with bfacke ?«°u Mom f cl,er3 -} the did, which hec there faith, hath fmall gentle ot 
ward, and citing 3 * [ eede £ blacke * *e firft, and becomming red after- 
fome interpret Smegmata but/■/;», faith , that / a)tb ’ of O/yrjM, made for women, which 
ly.related the wordiof® iofeoride, LTr / P X L Ti" * 1 "" T- 1 ™," 1 my m " ld PVm '> hath not tmc ‘ 
which he inverteth to the berries which m% tbat the leaves of O/yni are firft black and then red, 
^i^Wjtakcth him thus corruoted wh' h a great alteration^otfenfe; and Bauhimu, tomakethis plant his 
J ’ cn nun tnus corrupted, which yet is not found, that the berries fhould be blackc before they be red. 
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