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The herball, or, Generall historie of plantes (1633)

Gerard, John, 1545-1612, Davies, Robert, 1684-1728, Johnson, Thomas, -1644, Islip, Adam, -1639, Priest, Robert, ca. 1550-ca. 1590, Payne, John, -1647?, Norton, Joyce, Whitaker, Richard, -1648, Dodoens, Rembert, 1517-1585. Stirpium historiae pemptades sex. English · London : Printed by Adam Islip Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers · leaf 1375

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thicke leaues,ve- ty like that of the common Box tree = amongft which grow forth moft fharpe pricking thornes : the floures grow among the leaues, which yeeld forth fmall blacke berries ofa bitter taft, as big asa pepper corne: the iuice whereof is fomewhat oilie,and ofa reddifh colour;which bitter… … 2 Theotherkinde of Pyxacantha or Lycinm,groweth like vnto the common Priuet,hauing fuch like leaues,but fomewhat narrower: the tops of the flender {prigs are furnifhed with prickles: the rot is tough,and ofa wooddie {ubftance. | The Place. They grow in Cappadocia and Lycia,and in many other…

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