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Show ee 406 Cuar.2 6. TT arent nc . e um Theatrum Botanicum eee T Ribs 3 i fecond Gener. The fourtth is Glefius his ow inow beinl kindess be mnal kinde patt before the Autucnnall tare ‘patt ; fift is Clujira his third Geassanafngnees the : ofo anugin flore fis praten ana Genti th nrcalle oe ae Paxbi purpurea the laft Co/wmma calleth Gentianella G ana pratenfis flore breviore & majore w babe calleth Genti a MINIMA, Gentians, Gentianelle autumnales. Small Autumne The greater Autumne Gentian, 1. Gentianella Autumnalis Paenmonanthe difta, n Autumne, rifeth fometimes _— yanyx fomeHe greater of thefe {mall Gentians, that doth floweri to be two foote high at the oF an ae higher, rife they alfo es {ometim talkes, e times with fewerf e of the foile, of abrownifh — re es mot above a foote high, according to the fertiliti upto the toppes, W a — - sa h ee and narrowdarke greeneleaves,fer by couples on them, than any of the reft that fo! mney cepe blewevery one, a reafonable large hollow flower, bigger ending in five points or corners : the eae os on paler, little a infome yet moft, ith purple colour in into the ground, then .thofe before named, and abiding {malland long, thrufting downe deeperfor the imoft part reft, the as g fhin peri feede time, not mne Gentian of Naples, a Gentianclla antummalis fimbriato flore, Autu eo fe, doth fhoote fortha few «< Géntian of Naples, from long yellowith{mall roote, creeping like Couchgraf of Line or Flaxe, but fhorter; but thofe that growup eaaiaice cae fomewhat like unto the leaves and from the middle to the toppe, decreafing againe, larger, are{till thereof middle the higheron the{talke, unto one ofthe joynts on both fides all the length of the evety from ftriped and joint, every at butin all places two fet thereof a purpliflhgreene cuppe or hus ke; thetoppe at beareth high, foote abouta and greene ftalke, which being blow openis long and writhed, of beforeit which Hower, the lofing leavesenc pointed confifting of foure large foure leaves fomewhat long, and as it in ending colour, blew deeper ofa is open, being a pale blew colour, but of raed ie atthemalfo, having a {mall leafe at the ern were purfled aboutthe edges; with a little hairinef or head, which w henthe flower is: alne anumbo about g ftandin middle, the in threds them, and a few yellow tgreater thenit isbe whereit is fomewha Jen groweth to be the feede veflell, forked into two parts at the head, ’ J low, wherein whenit is ripets contained, very {mall blacke feede, Centoryleaves, . Gentianella autunmalis Centauree minorisfolio, Autumne Gentian with {mall gh, parted into divers {mall branches, This Autumne Gentian groweth up with fundryftalkes, nota footehis, very like unto thofe of the leffer Gentian the all in ufuall asis , ogether hereon ftand two {mall leavest little broader and of a whiter greene colour ; at the Centaury, which are not fo long aseither of the former, a flowers,not fo large as either of the two former, but blew orient divers grow s toppes ofthe ftalkes and branche 1, Pueumonanthe. Thegreater Autumne Gentian. 3- Gentianella antumnalis Centanree winoris folijs» Autumne Gentian with fmall Centory leaves, The Tbeater ofPlants. T r154.3. fet in fmall long huskes, halfe way rifing above the toppes of them, after which come {mall feede in long horned veffels, the roote is {mall and full ofthredse Cuapr.26. 5. Gentianella minima Bavarica Camerarij. Oxherfortsjof Aurumne {mall Gentians with Cen, tory like leaves, 4. Alia flori Centaurea minoris fimilisfolio majores Another with fimall Centorylike flowers. Ihave feene in M'. Thowsas Pemblehis garden at Maribone a fort that was more {preading than the former forts, {mall but withlarger leaves and flowers than Centory, and of the fame 4) colour of the Centory flowers, yet more plentifully ftored andlongerlafting; the plant perifhing asthe other. 5. Gentianella Centaurea minoris folio minor, A {maller Gentian with Centory leaves. This {mall Gentianis very like unto thelaft, in the fafhion and order ofthe leaves, but that they are fomewhatfmaller, and the ftalke much lower, being not above three inches high, yet ftored with many {mall branches, whereonare fet long and fomewhatlarge blew flowers, very like unto the leffer Vernall Gentian, after which the feede and veffels beingripe fhewto be like the lafts the rooteis likewife {mall, but with many more fibres thereat then others, 6. Gentianella minima elegantiffima Bavarica Camerary. Otherexcellent forts of Autumne {mall Gentians with Centorie like leaves. © The greater of them {preadeth fundry branches upon the ground,{et full of fmall Centory like leaves,but little pointed, and at the toppes of each,an orient blew flower madeoffive leaves. The other is even the fmalleft ofall, with finall round leaves (which the cutter hath perverted) and Starre-like blew flowerslike the laft. The Place: The firft groweth in many places of Germany, and other places beyondthe feas,as alfo in divers places ofour owneland, asneare Longfield by Gravefend,neare Greenchithe and Cobham in Kent, inthe fields about Sir Percivall Harts houfe at Lelling- fronein Kent, andinachalkie pit, not farre from Dartfordin Kent hardby a Paper Mill, inthe Weft Country alfo in divers places : #eroweth aswell in wetasin dry grounds, The fecond groweth on the hills in Maples, as Columnafaith] Thethird groweth in Kentin divers places, as about Southficete and Long-field upon the Downes, as alfo upon Bartonhills in Bedfordfbire, upon a peece of walte Chalkie ground, as yee goe ont of Dunftable way, towards Gorkambury, and notfatre from the ruines of the old Cittie Verz/am, whichis not farré from Saint Adbones : the fourth is not knowne from whenceit came thefift upon divers of the Alpes : and the laftaccording to the title in Bavaria, The Time. Thefe flower for the moft part not untill 4vgu/t, and that is later than the former, and therefore defervedly have the name of Autamne Gentians. The Names. Thefirlt is fet downe by “Varthiolis, Lobel, Cordus,Clufius and others ; fome uinder the namé of Gentiana mis nima,as Matthiolus {ome Puenmonanthe, as Cordus and Lobel ; {ome Calathiana viola, as Gefuer in bortis Gere mania ;fome Campanula Autumnalis as Dodoneus, and ofL ugdunenfis Campanula pratenfes : the fecond Columua onely mentioneth by the name of Gentianellaceruleafimbriata anguptifolia antumnals, Banbinys calleth it Gena tianclla cer ulea oris pilofis : the third is the tenth Gentian of Clufins, and called by Eystorenjis horti author Gentias alis folitscentanree minoris flare caruleo, Lobel calleth it Gentiana minima, Baubinus Gentiana anguftia snsnalis floribus ad latera pilofis : the fourth is not mentionedby any before: the fiftis the eleventh {mall £ Clufius z the lattis called by Camerarius, Gentianellaclegantiffima Bavarica; Baubinys referreth it to tiana verna Alpina, : 1 to the Calathiana verna Dalechampy of Lagdunenfis ; but that Camerarius faith ig flowreth in Autumne. The Vertnes. The greater Gentians are more ufed in Phyficke with ps then the fmaller, althongh they be néare of one propertic, and almoft as effeCtuall both inwardly and outwardly, and inthe places, wherethe {maller are in plentie to be had, andthegreaternotfo readily to begotten, they doe yery well ferve intheir ftead. They are by their bitterneffe fo availeable againft putrefaction, venomne and. poyfon, the plague alfo or peftilence, being a molt certaine and {ure remedy,that the Germans accountit their Treakle, holding nothing tabe a more commodious counterpoifon, andfor this purpofe did formerly make a Treakle therewith and other things, at Tene which was treofpotted into our country, and we thereuponcalled it Jene Treakle, made of Gentian, Ari/folochia, Bayberies and otherthings, which were all good, wholefome, andeffetuall for griefes and paines in the,ftomacke, and an efpeciall medicine againft the infection ofthe plague, to expell the malignitie ofthat, and all other infections difeafes, and to preferve the heart,to trengthenit alfo againlt faintings and {wounings ; which Treakle was bitter, and therefore the morelikely to worke thefe, and other good effets ; but that Jeane Treakle, which hath Gnce crept into the place of it amongthe vulgar becaufeit is {weet andpleafant; is forthat caufe greedily fought after, and for the cheapeneffe, of moft forts ofpoore people defired, but thereis nothingin it, that candoe them good,nor hath beene found to helpe them ofany difeafe, being nothing but the droffe and wortt part of Sums : taken 407, |