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PLANTiE CALLID M 
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HOT AND SHARPE 
BITING PLANTS. 
CLASSIS SEP TIM A,’ 
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CHAP. I. 
Eruca. Rocket.' 
Rom the coding herbes l am now come to thofe that are hot, (harps:, and biting upon 
therClaflis e ^ eCIa ^ (UCh ^ are not um ^ e llferous or more properly belong to an 0 - 
There are divers forts of Rocket, fome growing in gardens) whereof I havefet forth 
one in my former booke, which is the moll common with us, and called by Camerariu* 
,n hortoErnca tern a Axghc *, as I take it:) fome wilde growing in divers differing pla- 
CCS. Others that ffrrrnr nparp t-Lp fpo GA** • /Venire a—- i- _5r Id 
, cs- wuuigiuwing in aivers differing nla- 
I ces, others that grow neare the fea fide : to fpeake of them feverally in divers Chapters 
I is the bed way, and not to cloy one Chapter with too many forts. ^ 
' Erucafativa alba. White or ?!«««« garden Rocket with white feede. 
... , The *«««»» Rocket is a fmailer plant than our garden kinde, having fomewhar 
broad leaves cut m on the edges, but not fo much nor fo deepe, each part being rounder, and round atThemd 
whirl" n f ° h0t f A° r 1 P " 1,1 ta ? C Vl Cfta r c hath L fome ‘“ves thereon, Idler, and leffc jagged, and beareth 
white flowers at the toppes, made of foure fomewhat long and round pointed leaves, after which come fhort 
pods fomewhat long and round with a fmall peece at the end, wherein is contained whitifh round feede • rh*» 
’ P relenr1 / afte l r . tl j e 1( ; cc,e is n 'pe- We have an other very like in leaves unto the former 
nfech t,ree or footc high, branched into many parts with the like leaves on them, and lame 
W u*jfo/fo we . rs a ” nc , ro PP cs of foure leaves apeece, alfo round pointed, with a blackifh line in the middle nf 
each lcafe having (lender long pods with fmall blackifh browrte feede therein: the roote perifhin° in like ma-inpr 
*■ Srucalatfolia. Great Garden Rocket. 
Tins large Rocket hath broader and larger divifions at the leaves, and fmailer at the ends than our ordinary 
garden Rocket and each part more unevenly dented about the edges, the flowers hereof are more yellow and en 
dining to a gold colour, and che feede fmailer and darker in fmailer and longer pods. y : 
3 - Eruca maxim* Americana. Great Ilockct of America. 
This fruitf. ilherbc rifetl, up to a mans height, withanumber of rough hairy flalkes branching forth on all 
fides, and let with divers long and pointed leaves unevenly dented about the edges, fomewhat ltkeunto thofe o 
Eyfimac.y. Loofe ftrife, but having a fmall downy hair,neffe upon them rafting fomewhat fweete atthefirft faur 
iliarpe afterwards, the flower, are many that (land at the ends of theftalkes and branches, confining »f f 
yellovy leaves apeece, which turne into (lender long pods, containing fmall feede that.are iweetifl,, and there! 
fore I have rather placed it here for the mildnefle than with the wild! forts. tnerc- 
The Place, 
_ , „ The Time. 
They doe flower about lane and and their feede is ripe in Auoufl, 
r • „ . • „ The Names. 
aal'bmlu't and Eruca in Latine, 9 # odvellicand,. Unborn 
Sj«af, erodat. the Arab,am call it Jergtr and Er g ,r -. the Italians Racket,a and Rucolafutile, the Spaniards-. Ory.ga 
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