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CHAP. XXVI.

Of (jroimd-hy , or <*Jflehoofe.

The Thames.

I T is called in Greek, swam. ^°r because it

alvvayes creeps upon the ground, and hath Leaves somewhat like unto thetrue Ivy,yetthey are lesser,thinner, hairy, andcrumpled as, it were. It iscalled atioi dv*:efy»f because it lpreadeth, and is a Garland upon theGround.lt is called in Latine Hedera fwm'Us^Hedera terreflris ,and Corona terra.Cordm calleth it Chamadema ; and Brmj elfins mistaking it, made it his fourthElatine. Lugdunenfi calleth it Afalacocifisos, id est^MoRis Hedera Plamiatica.

The Shops call it Hedera terrejiris , and we in English, according to the severalCountries appellations, GUrumbith- ground, that is, Gill run by the ground.Ttfdnoore, GUI creep by the ground ,Catsfeot, Hay Maids, and Alehoof moll ge-nerally, or Tunhool,because Counrrey people formerly did ule it much in theirAle and Beer, and lo they would now, if they were so wile, and Ground Ivy asfrequently: although Label judgeth the Hedera helix-, or barren Ivy, to deservethat name more properly; and some Country people that would have the bar-ren Ivy to be the true Ground-Ivy, call the other Maiden-h air; but it is onlytheir Opinion, without good adv ice: for all that have experience in Herbarifime,judge otherwise.

The Kindts.

There be of this,four forts. t. Common Ground-Ivy, or Ale-hoof. 2. The ^lesser Ale-hoof. 3. Mountain Ale-hoof. 4. Stone-Ale-hoof.

The Form.

Ground-Ivy is a low Plant, seldom exceeding a Span in height, but it lyeth,spreadeth, and creepeth upon the Ground all about, (booting forth Roots atthe Joynts of the cornered tender stalks, let all along with two round Leaves acevery J cynt, somewhat hairy, and crumpled as ic were, and unevenly dented a-bout the edges, with rounddsncs ; at the J oynts likewise with the Leaves to-wards the end of the Branches, come forth hollow long Flowers, gapin<* at theends, ofablewilh purple colour, with small white spots upon the Label orlips that hang down, as also in the mouth or J awes, the Root is small, but veryfibrous.

The Place and Time.

The common fort is found under the Hedges and sides of fields,and Ditches,under house sides, and in shadowed Lanes, and other wast Grounds, in everyplace almost: the second is found at the bottom of old Trees, in some Coun-tries di Germany, the third is found to grow on Hills and Mountains: the lastin Narbone> and Province in France, and in some places of Somerset\hire. Theyflower somewhat early, and abide io a great while, the Leaves keeping theirVerdure unto the Winter, and sometimes abiding, if it be nbt coo vehementsnd soarp.

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