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Show Guadte —— Trip ft Theatrum Botanicum. a oo 5. Alrotanum tumile odoratum, Small fect Sothernwood, - ~Lhe Theater ofPlantes. ey 6.Abretavon campefire, Field Sothernwood. ~ en ti Cuaar.35, Dodonaus and Lobel Abrotanumodotatum humile ch denfefrutico(um : by Tragus Abrotanum tertium, and by Bax. hinus Abrotanum mas anguftifolium minus sin Englifh Small {weet Sothernwood, The fixthiscaed by AMatthiolus in his later Edition Ambrofia altera ; whom Lacuna, Lonicerus, Caftor DPDurantes, Lusdunenfisand Camerarius doe follow, amiiiihabe! Ambrofiarenuifolia, Gefner calleth it Ambrofia Leptophyllosy and Clufius Arthemifia tertia tenui~ folia, it isa Dy: ANS Abroranum [ylveftre quartum :and Tabermontanus, Gerard,and Bashinus Abrotanum campeftre, in Englith Field Sothernwood. The laft is called by Bauhinus Atrotanum campeftre incanum Catling odore + in Englifh Hoary field Sothernwood. The Arabians call it Cathfum Kefum, or Gaiffum : the Italians and Spaniards Abro- tano: the French Auronne cboiBde S.eans the Germanes Stabwarts: the Dutch Averonme: and wee SothernWood. The Vertnes, Dioftorides faith, that the feed brnifed, heated in warme water and drunke, helpeth thofe that are burften, or are troubled with crampes, or convulfions of finewes, withthe Sciatica,and with the dithiculty in making Wwater,and to bring downe womens courfes : the fame taken in wine, isan antidote or counter poifon againft all deadly poifon, and driveth awaySerpents, and other venemons creatures, efpecia'ly againft Scorpions and poifonfull Spiders ; as alfo by the fmell of the hearbe being burnt,or laid in places where they come the oyle thereof being annoynted on places convenient, efpecially the backe bone; before the fits of agues taketh them away :itis proficably laid to the eyes to take awaythe inflammation ofthem, ifit be put with fomepart of aroafted Quifice, and boyled witha few crummesofbread: boyled with barly meale, it taketh away pimples, pufhes, or wheales, that other parts ofthe body. The feedas well asthe dryed hearbe,is often given to kill the wormesrife in the face, or hearbe bruifed and laid to, helpeth to draw forth {plinters, and thornes out of the fleth : The afhesin children: the thereof dryeth up and healeth old ulcers, that are without inflammation, although bythe fharpneffe and putteth them to fomepaines, as alfo the fores that happenin the privie parts, of men thereof it biteth fore, or women. The afhes likewife mingled with old Sallet-oyle (for we haveneither the oyle of the feed ofthe Maftick tree, which is much commended, nor the oyle of Cherua, or the great Spurge,called Palma Chriffi, nor fome otherthat are ufed ino- ther Countries) helpeth thofe that havetheir haire fallen, or their heads bald, to cafe the haires to grow againe, either upon the head or beard: Somefay the juyce thereof with oyle doth the fame. Durantes faith that the oyle made of Sothernwood, and put among other oyntments, that are nfed again{t the French difeafe,is very effetuall, and likewife killeth vermine in the head. The diftilled water ofthe hearbeis faid to helpe them much, thatare troubled with the ftone,as alfo for the difeafes of the {pleene and mother, It is generally held by all both old and new Writers, thatit is more offenfive ro the ftomacke than Wormewood, becanfeé it hath not aftri@tion in ic. The Germanes commendit for a finguiar woundhearbe, as their name of Stabrnrt given untd it that dothteftifie, Cuar, XXXYV. Abrotanumfamina, Lavender Cotton. mlHere are divers forts ofLavender Cotton, to be here remembred, Hungaria,and other partsthereabouts. ‘The ffthis onely found in the gardens ofHerbarifts that are curious. The fixth gtoweth in Harcynia Sylva Saxonothuy wngica, as Iohannes Thalins fettethit downe. And the laft about Livtain Auftria, from whence, Bate binus in his Prodromusfaith, it was brought to him, The Time. Moft ofthemdoe flowerin Iuly and. Auguft, yet er, fo that we feldome fee them bearefeed, efpecially the fomélat greateft, The Names. It is called in Greeke A2péravey dad 73 pas erliv pay ) dorarsy Gaivedent, arrose #75 Suanévesver, hoc eff quodco ufpetty tenerum melle @delicatum appareat : aut quodgravem acremve & difficile m halia tumpirat : in Latine after the Greeke Abroton um, ally Abrotanum, Pliny calleth this mas Campeftre, but morenfiand the femina montanuim, The firltis called generally by all Authors mas, and by Cordus nigrum, except Dodonaus in French,Abrotanum and Azgtillara whocall it femina, in Englifh common Thefecondis called by Camerarins Ambrotanum Sothernwood, magnum campho R ratum quibnfdam fucenfaria,and by Bauhinns Abrotanum mas ann keftifolinm maximum: in Englifh great Sothernwood. The third iscalledby Axnguillara Abfin thium del Comajco, and Abjinthium arborefcens of Lobel, Lugdunenfis, Labermontanus, and Gerard : but Dedoneus calleth it Abrotann m famina arborefcens, and Bante hinusin his Pinax, Abrotanum latifolinm Tree Sothernwood. The fourth is calle arborefcens. in Englifh d by Dodonaus Abfinthium inodorum & infpidum : by Lobel, Lugdunenfis, and Gerar d, Abrotanum inodorum : but Clufus calleth it his fecond Arthemifia 4 Baub latifolinm inodornne : in Englifh Ynfa inus calleth it Abrotauum vory Sothernwoad« for we havea Wormewoodthatis unfa vory, differing from this, as fhall be fhewed you among the Wormewood s, The fift is called by Dedonaus 1, Abrotanum femina vulgare, Ordinary Lavender Cotton. The ordinary Lavender Gotton hath fundry wooddybrittle hoary branches, whereon are fet many long foure-{quare hoary or whitifhleaves, dented about the edges : at the tops of the branchesftand naked ftalkes, bearing every onea large yellow head or flower, like unto Tanfie or Maudeline, but greater, ofa gold yellowcolour, abiding foa long time upon the ftalkes, and being kept dry likewife : after which com- methfimall darke coloured feed: the rooteis wooddy , and {preadethfindry hardfibres : it is of a {trong {weet fcent,but not unpleafant, 2 e4brotanum fomina magnum, Great Lavender Cotton . This Lavender Cotton is verylike the ordinary Garden Kinde , but not bufhing fo thicke with falkes, growing to havea great high and thicke ftemme orftalke, notfet with fo manybranches thereon, but fomewhat bigger thanthe other, whereon grow foure-fquare dented leaveslike thereunto, but fomewhatlarger, thicker and greener : the flowers ftand in the fame manner every one uponhis long ftalke, being as yellowand large asthey, which give the like feed the roote {preadethin the ground with hard wooddy bran-: ches, like the other, and endureththe extremities ofWinter as wellas the other : the {mell of the whole plant,and every part thereof is ftrong, but not fo pleafant to a great many, as the other : this will be propagatedbyflipping, as well as the other, 3. Abrotanum femina Narbonenfe magno flore, Lavender Cotton. French The French Layender Cotton groweth not tobee fo high as the ordinary garden kinde, but hath many woodd little branches, not above halfe a yard high, diverfly y fhort {pread ‘ato manyother {mall ones, whereon are leaves like the-d: 1. Abrotanum femina vulgare, Ordinary Lavender Cotton. Ss |