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Show Theatrum Botanicum. The Time. They flower in June and July withthe reft, The £heater of Plants. Trip ES. Trips The Names; The firlt Clugius calleth Lyfimachia purpureafechndafive minor : and by Baubinus, Lyfimachia rubra non filiquo. ja: theother Clufins likewife calleth, Lyfimachia rubra minima: and Banbins Lyfimachia Livi folia purpurea cernlea. The Vertnes. Iris no doubt butthefe herbes,being folike in face and outward forme unto the Ly/imachia,are not onely to bé accounted as /pecies thereof, but of the {ame property in fome meafure with them, but thereof I know not any ' tryall made; and therefore can fay no more of them. 547 Cuar.36. toppes; but with three or foure ata joynt lower, fomewliat deepelyer {hipped or dented about the edges: the flowers grow inthe fame manneras the forme r doe, in long fpiked heads, fer round about with blue flowers, of foure leaves 4 peece, which turneinto {mall flat heads withbrownifh feede therein + the roote creepeth not as the firft doth, but fhooteth forth many fpronts round aboutit, whereby it doth much encteafe, { The Place, The former growethufually by rivers, and ditches fides, in’ wet grounds; as upon Lambeth fide about the ditches there, in many placesithe otheris feldome found in our Land,but in A#//tria,and otherplaces of Germany lentifully, : : The Time. Both thefe doe Aower.in the monthés of Zune and Iu/y, The Names, 5 The formoltis certainely the Lyfmachia that Plynie remembreth, and to take the name from Lyfimachus, as Cuars XXXY. Lyfimachia fpicata, Loofeltirfe with {piked heads of flowers? seyHere are likewife twoforts of this kinde of Lyfimachia, to bé entreated of inthis Chapter; which aré ay he as followeth. YER =e’ aN. 1. Lyfimachiaypicata purparea. Porple {piked headed Loofeftrife, This Willow herbe or Loofettrife, that carryeth afpiked head of flowers, groweth with many wooddy fquareftalkes, full of joynts, about three foote high at the leaft, atevery one whereof ftand two long leaves, not altogether fo great and large as thofe of the commonyellow, but fhorter, narrower, and of adeeper greene colour, and fome brownifh: the ftalkes are branched into many long {temmesof {piked flowers, halfe a foote long; growing in rondles one above another,outof {mall huskes, very like unto the fpiked heads of Lavander; each of which flowers have five round pointed leaves, ofa purple violet. colour, or fomewharenclining torednefle; in which huskes ftand fmallround heads, after the flowers are fallen, wherein is conteined {mall feede: the rogte creepeth under ground like unto the yellow, butis greater than it, and foare the heads of leaves, whentheyfirft appeare out of the ground, and are more brownethan thofe of the yellow. : Lyfimachia Virginianafiore carneo, Bluth Willow herbe of Virginia. This Willowherbe hath many faire long and large leaves,&c. expect the reft hereafter. iy 2. Lyfimiachia fpicatacerulea. Blew {piked Loofeftrife, F This blue flowred Loofeltrife, groweth {omewhatlower, with fome branchesin the like manner at the roppés of the {quare ftalkes, and withdarke greeneand narrower leaves, fet by couples atthe joynts towards the x. Upfimachispurpurea icata. 2; Lyfimachiaceru'ea fPicata. Purple {pike headed Loofeltrife, Blue fpiked Loofeftiife, in his isbefore fayd, and is the Lyfmachia altera of Matthiolus, the Lyfimachia Pliniana ox purpurea ot Lobel Adverfaria and Obfervations; the Lyfimachia purpurea communis major, of Clu; the Pfends Lyfimachium purpureum alterum of Dodoneus ; and the Solidaginis Sarafenice alia (pecies of Tragus : there have beene fome thathave taken it for Eupatorivm, and fomefor a kinde of Centaurium, butthey have erred both: the otheris taken by fome, to be Veronica retha major, but others and that more truely make ita Ly/imachia; as Clufim,who callethit Lyfimachia caruleo flore; Lobel Lyfimachiaceruleabhorten(is ; Lugdunenfis and Dodoneus, who calleth it Pfeudo lyfimachinm ceruleum, and faith that many Dutch did callit Partiicke, Bawbinws calleth it Lyfimachia " fpicatacer#kea, whom Ithinke tobe of asgoodand found jidgement, a3 any other, whom Idoefollow as youfee, { The Vertues, . 7 : Theproperties ofthefe hearbes, being cooling and drying,are to be referred to. the former , wherein they. fcarfe come behind the belt of them, and therefore itneedeth not, that I fhould make a repetition of the fame things againe, fecing‘any manmayfafely ufe the onein ftead of the other, when it is notneere at hand, or. to be gotten. And more byparticular experience this hereafter hath beene found ,and by a friend imparted,of whofe learning and judgement there needeth no queltion: The deftilled water isa prefent remedy for hurts and blowes on the eyes, and for blindneffe, foas the chriftaline humor, or fight it “felfe of them be not perifhed or hurt, or be not fpoyled; which experiments was found trues upon a boy, whofe eye by chance was pricked, and reltored hereby; asalfo by another who being hurtin the eye, athwart bya dart, was cured onely by applying this water outwardly ; he that performedthis cure, and the like upon divers, would not declare this fecret to any; and therefore the Phyfitions and Ghirurgions, that undertooke to cure another hurt in the fame manner, and refufing this water,failed of their cure, andleft him blind that they dealt with, Itisof asgood ufe to cleere the eyes of anydaft, or other thing gotten into the eyes, and keepeth the fight from much danger. Ir is alfo availeable ‘again{t woinds and thrufts;to bemade into an oyntment with A/ay butter, waxe, and fugar,in this manner. Take toevery ounce of the water, two drammes of Aaj butter without falt, and of {ugar and waxe, of eachas muchalfo, let them boyle gently altogether; let tents be dippedin theliquor that remainethafter it is cold, and put into the wounds, and the place covered witha linnen cloath, doubled and annointed with the oyntment s this was proved ona Captaine, who wasfhotin twoplaces with bullets, the one through his breaft, the other through his thigh, and was perfectly cured of both wotinds without any featre, onely by“applying them.as aforefayd, whenas he could not be holpen by other remedies applyed. It likewife clenfeth and he aleth allI foule ulcers fY WhaayVk WAS ae Pu ER VAN Rae and forés wherefoever, and ftayeth their inflammations, by wafhing them with the water, and laying on them a ereene leafe or two in fummer, or dry leaves in winter, This water gargled warme in the mouth, and fometimes drunke alfo, doth cure the Quinfie,and Kings Evill inthe throate : The fayd water applyed warme taketh away all {pots, or markesand {carresin theskinne, whichare canfed by the Meafells {mall Poxe or the like. And laftly, if one drinke of this water, when they are very thirfty, or in apy journey not having any drink, Wer i it will prefently flake their thirft. Cuap, XXXVI- WZ {yA Lyfimachia filiquofa. Codded Loofeftrife, YA SSS76. HE laltkinde of Loofeltrife to be fpoken off, is thofe that bearé their feedes in cods, whereof WANS P ie y : a BAK PSX there are divers, one kind hereof under the name of Chameneriumfire delphini, Willow flower; See and thé Virginian Loofettrite,belongeth tothis placé;whichalthough I have fet them forth in my la former Book,and wil not defcribe them againe,yet I wil here give os figure of theVirginian, WS PSS} o> Lyfimachiafiligho/a angustifolia ( hamenerium Gefnert aitta, 1, : wiped leafed codded Loofeftrife, oo oe This codded Loofeltrife (I place firft ofthis kinde, as moft worthy in my judgement, both for the rarity,beau IT tyand property) rifeth 1up wich divers hard {talkes, about two and fometimes three foote high, with many very harrowlone ereene leaves thereon, fomewhatlike unto Rofemary leaves in my opinion, fet very thicke with r n forth many a toppes of the ftalkes come mt, thofe below, being fhorter thentt 1ofe up higher, atthe twoata joynt, flowers, made offoure {mall round pointed leaves, ofa fine reddifh colour, and fome threds in the middle, Florealto everyone ftanding oh the toppe of a {mall long almoft fquare codde, whitifh on the outfide, and ftuffed with fine cotton or downe, wherein lye bright red feedes, which cods withfeedes therein appeare, before the flowers doe breake forth at the ends ofthem, whereupon fomehavecalled it Filiws ante patrem, the roote creepeth in the fame manner that the yellow and blew doe. Ofthiskindeboth Ge/nerus, Thalius, and Clafius fay, they ee found one with white fowers, not differing in any thing elfe from the other. oN If 2, Lyfimachia (hamencrinm dita Alpina. The mountaine codded Loofeftrife. This mountaine Loofeftrife hath very fhortftalkes, feldome more then a foote high, whereon grow very coppes; es narrow. |