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Ptarmica AnStriaca Clufij five major, Clufius his Sneefewort of Aufria. e Sneefewort of Axffria fendeth forth many leaves fro m the rootes lying ) i on the ground, being i ( foft and oe erae ieep aor ne upper eesachet on the oideadh alittle Ro rellith ; g th y aary italke, about two foote high or better, having divers {uch like leaves eercon, but leffer;.{preading into fome fewflender branches, with every one for the moft part, a {mall (i bs ite filver like head on them, from whence {pring forth a dozen or foureteene hard, and final long pened ee or ale, about a numberof {mall fhorethrummes inthe middle, almott like as if they were fairebt nye ment, W itifh atthefirft appearing, but afterwards being come totheir full macarity, of a moll — = ingA heoe anyeete SeSuDaNE pleafant onely by the profpectof f yrine t : c oofeth his perfection, being gathered ity ; fore y urs eo c —inae pk » itit wi withereth not, or loofeth colonr,but d n ther, being put into a paper booke, 1 = being = ftand abeeee they become fomewhat brownith, eta many ‘ial blsckislone — 4a mong adeale of white downe, the rooteis hard and blacke with fomefibres atit, but peritheth ‘; 2. Ptarmica Imperatifive ; minor, ‘ The 1{maller ¢ Sneefewort of Spai paine or Naples, ee nap hath fuch like long and narrow foft hoary leaves,but not fally b large as the former — _ not {fo high, but is divided into more and more flender hard branches ; at the toppes whereof at s ony pene ms a3 # white see like, from whencefhoot forth, {uchlike fliffe hard leaves C order, but neither fo large nor fo many, being feldome above eight or tenne, neither are , = — blewith purple colour; but of'a pale delayed colour, having many thrummes in aM nadie ape oe te Hie she he ste roote, but {maller both of them ; and perifhethin the fame man- une reyysi » this plantbeingalittle rubbed or handled, {endeth forth a reafonable {weetefent,or at lealt not ee 5 e ‘ The Place. fattbiolus faith 1 groweth in Italy, and ClufiusH faith he foundit in Aufria, , and gC and afterwards afi in Tries. which C/wfivs faith this doth not, and therefore cannot be Diofcorides his Ptarmica,althoughit doth agree there with in manyother things, neither doth Matthiolws acknowledgeit for the right Ptarmica, although he faith thar thole plants that grow in Italy doe provoke Snecfing. C lum calleth it Ptarmica Auftriaca, becaufe he firft found it in Auftria, Matthiolws Ptarmica altera; Lobel out of doubt méaneth this plant, which he calleth Latea incana alteraCyani, aut Iacee capitulis, asd therefore in my per{wafion,Bashinus hath not done well,tomakeit two difting plants, for ifhe ever {aw it, he mightfinde it to differ notably from the Tacea’s,for which canfe both Matthiolus and Clefius gave them rather the name of Prarmica, to {hew the variety thereof from Iacea. (as it worthily deferyeth) Theotheris called by Clufias inhis (ure pofferiores, Ptarmica Auftriace fpectes, and ig out ofdoubtalfo, that plant which Lobe/in his Obfervationscalleth, Lacea pufillaincana alterafolio Olee, which Baz~ hinws alfo maketh to be two diftiné plants; thus making foure forts ofthefe two plants,’ when:as Lobe/ in his quotation in the Margent ofthe faid Iacea faith, itis Pearmicaberbariorum, meaning the former Auftriaca, or this, for thereunto it doth moft properly appertaine. The Vertues, yet afluredly by thejudgement of many,it cannot be withont fome ofthe efpeciall properties of Seabions,or Larea at the leaft, it doth fo neerely approach thererinto,bothin forme and temperature, di ae They botheenn ower laté, that is not untill che beginning Fee ginning of 4Augu/ at the foonelt,and the: feedeis i not ripe i untili sia at : The Names. The name 7euIn in Greeke, fignifieth 4s much as Sternutamentorinmin Latine,that is, to provoke f{neefing x. Ptarmica Auftriaca Clufj. 7 Clafas his Sneelewrort of Auftria, 2, Ptarmical 5 i i five min re renee The (mallex Sncefewort of Spain, or Naples. at ‘ of fruites that breed fuch corruptions; Jand although we have notfoundthatit hath beene muchufed in Phificke, Cuap. VIII wits uimfelfealfo faying that {omedid fo callit, although hedefcribeth it to have rougherleaves. The fecond wehaving received the feede from Italy, under the name of Prarmica Imperati, have thought good to expreffe it, by the fametitle we received it. C/u/ius in his Cure pofteriores faith, the feede was brought out of 5 a a : Matthiolys faith that in Italy they afe it for no other purpofe, bitto make broomies thereof to fweepe their honfes, Clufite faith the women about Vienna, who gather herbes abroad, and bring them to the City to fell, doecall ita Scabious, and keeping it dry all the yeare,doefell it to the Apothecaries, and cthers when they need it, to ferve them for the purpofes whereiinto Scabious isappropriate ; atid further faith, that the people thereabouts doe confidently beleeve,that the decoétion thereof given to Children, doth very profitably helpe them, whenthey thinke they are bewitched ; (orrather as I doc take it, when fome gtievous paines or torments in their tomackés and bowels doe take them,from the crudity ofhumourstherein gathered, by their often feeding parts * Hungary, Lobelfaith it groweth about Mompelier, for I fuppofe his an oe lacea, to a this pal that grew with them, and Lobelfaith ofthe fameplant asI takeit, that it came out of Syria The Time 2 Cuand.) 48f? The TbeaterofPlants. 2 Cyanus. Blew Bottles, Would willingly. intérpof€this Chapter of the Cyani Blew Bottles, betweené the former plants, and the forts of Scabions that fhall follow in the next, both becaufe they have fcaly heads, which noné of the Scabion/es have, and becaufe that divers of the Jacea’s and Stebes have heads of fowers z : f much tefembling the€yani, : 1. Cyanus major vulgaris, The greater otdinary blew Bottle. by: becaufe thereis a Turky kinde; ordinary, thereforecall I (which Thegreater blew Bottleor Corneflower, whichis extraordinary) rifeth up witha crefted, orrather winged whitith greene ftalke, about two foote ora yard high, wherconare fet divers leaves fomewhatlong and broad, without'any divifion or dent on the edges, greene on the upperfide, and grayifh underneath, each ofthem compaffing the ftalkeabour, at the lower ends, fie gz whichis divided at the toppe into a few branches, bearing fomewhatlarge {aly greene heads, with white or filver like edges ; fromthe middle whereof commeth fortha larger flowerthen in the fmaller kinde, thinnely CoN VAAN) Va), OXwey [es ny axYG or {parfedly fet, and of adeeper violet blew colour, in which headsafter the flowersare paft,fome few white {eedes are found among the downe,like the lefferkinde, but fomewhar bigger and flatter : the roote creepeth under ground, and fpreadeth divers wayes,fo that the heads with greene leaves will abide all the winter, which in the otherforts doe not fo,but perifh whollyafter feede time,and dothrife ofit owne fowing before Winter,and fo abideth greeneall the winter,untill the next Spring and Sommer,thatit fowreth,feedeth,andperifheth againe. 2. Cyanus minor vulgarisdiverforumcoloram. The {mall ordinary Corne floweroffundfycolours. The final ordinary Cornefloweris wonderfnlly diverfified, as I have fhewed in my formet booke, in the colours of the flowers, but not variable im any thing elfe: for the leaves are long and narrower then the former, cutinon the edges fomewhat deepely, yet {ome more then others of'a whitifh-greene colour ; the ftalke rifeth to be three foore high or more,fet with thelike leaves, but {mallet and leffe cut in on the fides, branching forth onall fides, and bearing at their toppes many greenith {caly heads, ont of which rife flowers confilting of five or fixe or more long’ hollow leaves, {mall at the bottome and opening wide at the in brimmes, wheretheyare cut and notched fomewhatdeepely into divers parts, with many {mall fhort. threds or dee. the middle; the colours of thefe Aowers are divers, fome being ofa perfeé blew or purple colotr, paler per, fome white or ofabluth colour, otherwife of a fad or light red.or overwornepurple, wholly without mixture in the leaves or thrummes; but fome will be mixed of blew and white or ofthe other colours, either edged, ftriped, or potted, the threds in the middle varying likewife : after the flowers are patt, the heads grow full.of Cretieas {mall hard white fhining feede amongthe fhort downe, which eafily and quickly fallech away, leaving the head Lanugiflatand empty, the rootes are fomewhat long and hard perifheth every yeare, butufaally is renued by it owne fowing. The Candy kinde is like hereunto, but more hoary, and théflowers purple, not varying. 3+ Cyanus floridus odoratus Turcicus five Orientalis major & minor... The Sultans flowera greater and leffer. This rangerlately obtained from Conftantinople,where the Gran Signior ot'great Turke as wecall him, efpy; the leaves ing it growing abroad,liked itand woreit himfelfe, wherebyall his vaflals heldit imgreat cfteeme hereofare not muchgreener, but larger, and more gafhedinon the edges; theftalkes area yeard- high at the Jeaft in the greateft, and lowerin the other,befet withthe like leaves but fmaller, and branching into fundry parts, bearing each ofthem a largerfcaly head then the former,and biggerin the one thenin the other, with fuch in like Rowers but larger, con(ifting ofeight or nine hollow leaves with wider opembrimmes, and finall threds thicke thrums the middle: the circling leaves are ofa fine delayed purple or blufh cotourvery beautifull and; the pater or almoft white, of fo exceeding a {weetefent,thatit farpafferh the fineft Civer thatis the feede.is black{melih and enclofed in the like downy fabitance;the rooteperifheth every yeare,the gteaterof thefe twoforts i ling much bettethen the other. 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