Tribe. 5, The Theater of 'Plants. Chap.19 511 
beyond any other falve made of a Ample herbe : they likewifeufe it for inward wounds or hurts, being boyled 
either by it felfe,or with other wound herbes, as Comfrey,Moufeare, Burnet, Pery winkle, Tormentill, Horfc- 
3 taile, Avens, Ladies Mantle, Betony, Agrimony, Madder rootes, and Golden Rodde, and the like, wherew,ith 
c they ufe to heale whomfoever is wounded, either ill the body or' bowells or any other part, by giving them to 
II. drinke of fuch a decoffionjthe herbe boyled in wine and water and thereof given to drinke to them that have any 
•1 inward ulcers in their kidnies.or neck of the bladder,doth wonderfully help themjit ftaieth alfo all fluxes, whether 
d of bloud or of humors,as the Iaske,bloudy fluxe,or womens too abundant courfes.as alfo the bleeding ofwoundsj 
t and both taketh away any inflammation riling upon the paines of the heart, and hinderethany to arile being pre- 
(1 fently applied after the hurt received: it is no Idle helpefull for foule ulcer s hard to be cured, as alfo for cancres 
I orfi ulaes: the diftilled water of the herbe doth effeftuallyperforme the fame things, and fome keepe the dried 
i; herbe to ufe in decoftions, or made into powder to drinke. 
Chap. XIX. 
Cyueglojfum. Hounds tongue. 
Iofcorirtes maketh mention but of one fort o(Cyuog!ojfum or Hounds tongue, which is generally thought 
to be that which is ordinary with us, but there hath beene of late dayes, divers other forts found outj 
all which (hall be here fet downe together. 
|, 1. Cjuogfatfum majm vulgare. The ordinary great Hounds tongue. 
I The great ordinary Hounds tongue hath many long and fomewhat narrow,foft,or as it were hairy darkifh green 
|! leaves lying on the ground, fomewhat like unto the leaves of Bugloffe, from among which rifethupa rough 
li hairy ftalke, about two foote high, with fome fmaller leaves thereon then grow below, and branched at the 
< toppe into divers parts, with a (mall leafe at the foote of every branch, which is fomewhat long with many 
i flowers fet along the fame, which branch is crooked or turned inwards, before it flowreth and openeth by de- 
jgrees, as the flowers doe blow, which confiftoffonre fmall purplifh red leaves, fomewhat of a fadordcadco- 
!| lour, fcarfe riling or lhewingthemfelves, out of the rough greene huskes wherein they (land with fome threds 
I in the middle; this hath beene fometimes found with a white flower: after the flowers are pall there come in 
their places rough flat feede, with a fmall thread or pointcll in the middle, cafily cleaving to any garment that-it F ' ort 
toncheth, and arc not fo eafily pulled off againe : the roote is blacke, thicke, and long, tough or hard to breake, 
j and full ofa clammy iuice, fmclling fomewhat flrong, or of anevill lent, like as the leaves doe, which fome doe 
call a foporiferous lent. 
2. Cjnoglofium maximum. Thegreateft Hounds tongue. 
This kinde differeth not from the former, either in leafe, flower, or feede, but onely that in them all it is neere 
twifcfo largewhich maketh the difference, c m ,fmn,aj mV u/iare. 
3 . Cynoglofium m iximum momauum. Tic ordinary great Hounds tongue. 
The great moilntaine Hounds tongue. 
This great mountaine Hounds tongue hath alfo many large 
buthairy and foft leaves, lying on the ground, above a foote 
long, and an hand brelth broad, of a wfcutilh greene colour, 
having every one the middle ribbe reddifh; with many greene 
veines running thorough them, and reddifh footeftalkes to fu- 
ftaine them, thole which are in the middle of them (landing 
more upright; from amongft which rifeth a thicke hollow cre- 
fted.reddiib,woolly,or hairy ftalke,two foote high and above 
ftored on all Tides with fuch leaves, buc lefter andlcffer up to 
the ioppe, where it breaketh forth into foure or five branches 
of flowers. Handing all on one fide, yet forming at thefirft a 
round head, very pleafant to behold for the varietie of colours 
therein ; the hairy ftalkes of the flowers being greene ending 
in five points, the flowers hollow and long confiding of 
five purplifh red leaves, fomewhat fweete, (landing above the 
flowers and greene leaves among them with red ribbes in 
them, which in the fhadow where it delighteth to grow, is 
the more confpicuous and beautifull; after which in the faid 
huskes come larger feede than the former, foure ufually toge¬ 
ther, which on the upperfide are flat circled about with a few 
fliort prickes, whereby it cleaveth faft to garments: the roote 
isblackilhontheoutfide,and whitilh within, fomewhat like 
the former. 
4. Cynogloffum medium mmtanum anguftifolium. 
Narrow leafed hoary mountaine Hounds tongue. 
This Hounds tongue bath many foft woolly, or hoary long 
and narrow leaves (landing upright and not lying upon the 
ground, being halfc a foote long, and an inch broad in the 
middle, but fmall at both ends, whofe middle ribbe,and foote- 
ftalkeareboth reddilh: theftalke rifeth upto be fomewhat 
more,then halfe a foootehigh.replenilhed fo thicke with fuch 
like leaves as grow below, that no part of the ftalke can be 
feene, each whereof are more hairy or woolly, and compaffe 
