Tribe 5. TbeTbeater of'Plants, Chap.ii. 497 
• 6 . Tlar.tago Apttla bulhofa. Bulbed Ribbe wort of Naples. . 
This Bulbed Ribbewore hath a long (mall and round head, for the, upper part of his roote, 1 ike unto a fmall 
iiBulbe orOnion, of the bigneffe of an Haffell Nut.or bigger, from whence flroote downe into theground, many 
hrhicke and blacke long fibres: from this head or bulbe lpring forth, many long and narrow leaves like the firft 
r< Ribwort, lying upon the ground,but that each of them are more hairy and dented.or cut on the edges into gaflies^ 
r;feparate a good diftance one from the other, fomewhat like unto Bucks home Plantane, from among which rife 
:rifp up (lender hairy round ftalkes, about a foote high, bearing fuch like fpiked heads, as the firft doth, with pale 
liyeilow bloomings, and fmallblackifh feede after them, 
7, Plantago montana trinervia. Small mountaine Ribbewort Plantane, 
This fmall mountaine Rifebewort, hath divers very fmall and long hoary white leaves, having each of them.but 
1 three ribbes or veines a peecetunning through them, whereof it tooke the name: the (hikes that rife among them 
tare fmall,and Rufh like,not much above a foot high, whereon (land finall thicke and fhort heads, with fmall (low¬ 
ers on them, made of fonre fmall ftiffc leaves, and fmall white threds hanging out of them, like the other forts of 
cPlantane, after which come fuch feede as is in the reft: the roote hath a lmall long necke, hairy above, and fee 
with pale long fibres underneath. 
8 . Plant ago trinerviafolio angulliffimo, The fmalleft Ribbewort, 
This IcaftRibbewort hath fuch like leaves as the laft lying upon the ground, but they are neither fo white nor 
fo long, very narrow and fome longer, or (horter than others, all of them fmooth and without any haires upon, 
-or but a very little (hew ; the fmooth ftalkes are many that rife up amongft them, being of divers fifes, for fome 
rife not above fourc inches, others halfe a foote, ora foote, and fome a foote and a halfe high, whereon grow 
fmall and fomewhat long fpiked heads ,the rootes are many fmall white fibres, 
9. PUntago angufiifolia faniculit lagopi. Hares foote Plantaine. 
This Plantane hath many long ribbed rough hairy leaves, very like unto the firft Ribbewort, but ending in a 
fmaller and fharper point, it fendeth forth a number of fmall round brownifh ftalkes of divers fifes or heights, 
fome being not above two or three inches high, and others halfe a hand breadth, or an hand breadth high at the 
molt; whereon (land fmall long reddifb heads, like unto the heads of Lagopw or Hares foote,fome being longer, 
and others fmaller and fhorter, hutallfoft with fmall reddifh flowers at them, and fmall threds hanging from 
them, as in the other forts, and fmall feede following : the roote is fomewhat long with many reddilh fibres 
growing there from. This fometimes is found (b fmall, that it fearfc ejtceedeth three fingers in height, being 
more hairy, and having fmaller and rounder heads. 
The Place. 
The firft without dents on the edges, and the third grow with us in divers Meddowes and fieldes, and by 
pathwayes: in gardens alfo it is found as a weede: the fecond is found wilde in divers places of this Kingdome, 
and brought and chcrilhed in gardens for the rarietie : the fourth and lift were brought us from Spaint by Guil¬ 
laume tfoc/often remembred both in this and my former Booke where he found them •• the fixth and feventh! 
f row in the Kingdome of Naples , Faints Columna having found themthere and fet them forth: the eight Ban-. 
irn.se faith, groweth with them about Baffin^ by the way fide and among rubbiih: the laft in the fields about 
Tfgmaufum. 
The Time. 
Thefe all flower and feede at the time, that the former doe, that is, in May, Imte, and Inly. 
The Names, 
This is called in Greekeyn['7vWp9- Pentanearos, that is. Quinquenervia ■ in I.atinc T lantago angufiifolia, and 
PUntago media & minor of/ome, and -Lanceolataond Lanceola-, in Italian Lancivola, in French Lanceola, in high 
Dutch Spitzer JBegericb, in low Dutch Hants ribbe, m Englijb Ribbewort, and Ribbewort Plantane. The firft is 
generally called either Plant ago anguflifolia major , or Vlantago Qttinqttenervia major of many, of FufchiuSj, 
Dodo-new , Gefner and others Plant ago minor; of Matthiolus and Lugdunenfis Plant ago longa : the fecond hath ma¬ 
ny titles to exprefle it, according to the formes 5 f the fpikes, as Viantagotorofa proiifera, rcfta,&c. the third is 
rernemhred by Thalitts in Harcyniafylva : the forth and fift Clufms maketh mention of in his Cn-a pojleriores, 
but the fame Guillaume brought the dried plants and fhewed them to me and others, before hee (hewed 
them to him ; and I had the feedes of them, as of many other things, which hee gathered moft part upon my 
charge, whereof many fprang and feeded, and in their places are remembred : others fprang but feeded not, and 
fo we have loft the kindes, which wee have not of many things gotten againe: the fixt Falius Columns, called 
Vlantago ApuL laciniata lulhofa , and Bauhinus Vlantago pilofa luilofo. j the feventh Columna alfo calleth Vlantago 
alteraminima trinervia montana incana, and Baubintts F last ago trinervia montana-. the eight Baal) inns calleth 
Plantago trinervia folio angufiijfimo : the laft he alfo calleth Plantago anguflifolia paniculii Lagopi. 
The Vertues. 
All thefe forts of Plantane both the greater and the leffer.both the broader and the narrower leafed, are of one 
propertie, that is, cold and drie in the fecond degree. I thought good to fpeake of their vertues in the end of all 
their deferiptions, to avoid prolixitie and tautologie in repeating the fame properties divers times. All the 
Plantanes, ( but fome hold the Ribbewort to be the ftronger and more effeftuall) have thefe properties hereaf¬ 
ter enfuing. The juiceofPlantanedepurateor clarified, anddrunke for divers dayes together, either of it fclfe, 
or in other drinkc, prevaileth wonderfully againft all torments and excoriations in the gats or bowells, helpeth 
the diftillations ofrheume from the head, and ftayeth all manner of fluxes in man or woman, even the feminine 
cciurfes alfo, when they come downe too abundantly: it is good to flay the fpitting of bloud, and all ether blee¬ 
dings at the mouth,by having a veine broken in the ftomacke.and that maketh bloudy or foule water by any ulcer 
in the veines or bladder, as alfo to (lay the too free bleeding of wounds j it is held alfo an efpeciall remedy, for 
thofe that are troubled withthePtifickeorConfumptionof the lungs,or have ulcers in their lungs.or have coughs 
that come of heate: the decod-ion or powder of the rootes or feede, is much more binding,, for all the purpofes 
aforefaid than the herbe is. Diofcorides faith, that if three rootes be boiled in wine and taken, it helpeth the 
tertian ague, and foure rootes the cjuartane ; but I hold the number to be fabulous, yet the decoftion of divers of 
them, may be effeftuall; but Tragus holdeth that the diftilled water thereof drunke before the fit is more proper- 
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