T222. Chap. 
Tbsatrum c Botan icun u 
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3 . Cacal,* ^j a * t B a y^°d htgh!and two fomewhat ronnd but pointed leaves 
This Granger rifeth up with many round upper leaver being fmaller,and little or nothing dented, 
a little dented about 1the edges.at each joynt 0 , with PP w [ lite flowers, divers fmall ones, made of five 
sc the topper of the ftalkcs come forth diver . th P re f uccee de fmall long feede, (licking each to a little 
leaves apecce, riling out of eachhuske,whic gp > ^ Theroote con fift et h ofabufhof blackifh threds or 
downe, vyhich ca "y ed aw ^“gethcr ^ flalkes and leaves periling yearely, but grow brownifh 
fibres, which abideth the extremity of the V • cr ; nr0C) te,leafe,nor flower, whatfoever Corrwrui faith 
at the end, this hath no lent that I could perceive.neither in room, 
<llereof ' 7he PlMcm&Timc. . 
they want not moifture.but not in our owne Land that as yec 1 can n 
time 1 lie lall in America ,both Virgmiu and 
, , ,, , wh/rhe mriMtBveMemi of Viofcorides, which calleth Ca» 
ft is generally taken by all our later Writers to be the ^ ^D.efcende, hath it, yet giveth 
c wtm and not Car.cannm t as fomec pc » CaCA [ ia w bich is not uluall with him, unlcffe he meane 
the fame properties toC«M»«»>,that 1 / cutli *by any Writer but Engdunenjis, who callcth 
' e fame thing1 hefeflan, sate would make a third fort of thefe Emofean kinds, 
rhe f.cond TuJJiUgoA/pmaivem -• f 1 , . ; t ; s the very fame, and therefore giveno 
but 1 fin dc his dcfcriptlon lo anfvverable to the firft loft, y ■ r /io p„ „/£„ becaufe he hath ano- 
further defiription of it. The lafl or Valerinaa. But I can find no fuch 
t'urof that fort with a purple flower, fay' ng Jnd ^ mounta i ne Coltsfoote, as (ome have done,becaufe 
t. eng ill it, I have called it great «ntl (It ng > Mnimraine Coltsfoote.which grow alwaies on the dryer grounds, 
thiiearc other herbs more properly tobe ca e nartsof the mountaines; and becaufe the flowers are white 
as dial! be Chewed in due place,and thefe m t m P Cacalia's, for by that name did Matter Tra. 
and Hand like a V Jenin. I have therefore as I thmke added it to tnel . ith me 
dcfiM receive it firft from beyond Sea, of whom I received the plant that grow cth me. 
The Seep ,1 „ At -W * f ™< •^SSSttSStfttiSSSf 
firmethfayi-'g the tame ot h.s cerote or ointment, 
addeth that the Pearelike graines which are fonnd in his Cacaha y oeaten anu 
doth make the skinne fmooth, and will Bay the falling of the haire as j 
Chap. IX. 
Lapp* five Bardattfl, The ^Urre Docke* 
E have three or foure (ortsof Buries fome greater then others.and fome with more woolly heads, as 
Mg! Wfo.araHge^r^fcn^ Thc common Burre Docke . 
The common Burre Docke bringeth forfh many large hard greene leaves, fomewhathke unto tie 
Rurter Burre or wild Docke but more crumpled,and of a darker greene colour on the upper ii e,and 
and fiimewdiatgravifh underneath, amoSgwhich rifeu/hardandrough' 
vv ith many the like but Idler leaves on them,and many branches alfo, bearing at PP hah ■ out of (he 
or burres with crooked pointed prickles, apt to ilicke on any garment or other thing ” 
toppe ot each of them come forth many hard purplifhtlueds, which are the flowers, wl^ch after mey regraded 
leaves are rounder and ftnaller, and the burre fmaller,harder and with very fharpe hard crooked pon t , r ng y 
(licking to what it toucheth. ^ ^ The Rofe Burre. . u . ... 
2 Bardana major Lr.Hqinofis capitvlii. The woolly headed Burre. , , . 
This alfo differetb little from the firft but onely that the leaves grow not altogether fo great, and ihehea s being 
fmaller are woolly all over,and the prickles not fo ftaarpe or [licking 
a Xanthium five Lappa minor, The fmall Burre. ^ r 
TH- fmall Burre rifeth up with a rough crefted flalke,about two foote high, with many olackilh fpets npon 
tJlrSrS "branched with two much fmaller and whiter leaves ,« everyjoyn, flancflng 
upon long footefla’kes, divided into threeparts ulually, fomewhat like “ nt0 ^’ a 5.a. e toppesof hem come 
dented about the edges; at the joynts of the (talkc and branches with the leave towards th e toppes ot tfiem.come 
forth fmall flowets.which abide not long, aad after them two or three (mall clofe burres. a 
toppe, wherein lyc two or three fmall lancke feedes lomewhat like unto an Oatc w ) 
headesopen : thc roote is fmall fomewhat long and tibrous,peri(ning yearely. 
'J'bc Place andTzwtf. . . i • l 
Someoi thefe grow not in our Country that I can leame,but neere Lipfwuk* m ^ kcw jf e# cvcry 
Burre,thc ordinary is plentiful! enough with us by ditches an£ water fides, and thc hig W v w herc 
