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TheatrumBotanicum Trips 5. narrow leaves, likeuntothe former, yet fome longer then others fet without order:for fome- SSwt SS @ times fromthe middle of the longer, and faniideoes ftand at the joynts; at the sapoin riteelieTrondthe flowersupon flenderlong purplith ftalkes, and fometimes whitifh, of a purplifh or reddith blew colour, and in fome ofa whitifh blew colour; confifting of foure rea- 5, Lyfimachie fii ic . ac fonable great leaves,even as great as the former,which the The DaromleetetoddedLootiil cea i fomethreds with finallnes of the plant doth fcarfe admit, in the middle,every one of them ftandingin a {mall huske, compofedof foure fhort greene leaves, wherein after the flowersare falne,grow up {mall ong pods,with'{mal feed in them, enclofed in downelike the other, the roote hereof creepeth not,but is compofed of many fibres, which whececa This greater Loofeftrife fhooteth forth divers round greeneftalkes, three foote highat theleaft,bearing thereonat the feverall joynts, twe leaves a peece, which are fomewhat like the common yellowLoofeftrife, but {maller and {moother, greene on the upper fide, and ofa yellowifh greene undetneath, and dented about the edges, eo 3. Lyfimachia filiquofa major. The greater codded Loofeftrife. SON Ss therit be annuallor longer abiding,I have not yet learned. ing every yeare. ar 54 Lyfimachiafiliquofafylueftrishirfuta, Hairy wilde codded Loofeftrife. This other is in growing, and height in leaves and Howers, and yearely dying likeuntothelaft defcribed;the * onely difference betweenethem is, that the leaves are morehairy, andasit were woolly, and the flowersalfg {mall and paler. 6. Lyfimachiafiliquofa Virginians, Codded Loofeltrife ofVirginia. This is fet forth im my former Booke, and fois Chamenerinm Gefneri. The Place, The firt groweth more often in moift grotinds then in dry, yet Gefuer and others fay, it doth grow in thofe places that are open to the Sunneall day; it will hardly abide in our Gardens, unleffe irbe planted in fome fhiadowyplace, Thefecond growethuponthe Alpes; inthe Country ofthe Switzers, The third groweth in dii The Names, é They are all called Lyfizsachiafiliquofa from thie long cods they beate, which rione ofche others have, the formolt are alfo called Chameneriumby Gefner, butin my minde that name dothinote fitly ferve to the other fort hereof; which wecall the Willow flower, fet forth in my former Booke; by the name of Chamencrinm flore delphiny, for that hath long greene leaves, very like unto Peach leaves; or the leaves of Nerium, or Oleander the Rofebay, whereasthis as I faid, hath natrow leaves like Rofemary, and Gefner himfelfe doth not well like of the name Chamenerina, but rather calleth it mabey Epilobinm,a word made ofthree, that is sSvénAckk, quia viola,ideff flos, (sper filiquanafcitir, and reckonethupfixe forts. thereof, as he ferteth them.downt, at the end of Cordus his Hiftory of Plants, Dodoneus and Lobel havefet this forth asa {maller kinde of the greater wilde fort, which is the third here fet downe.. And-Bawhinze calleth it Lyfimachia latifolia, and this Anguftifolia, as they oughttobe. Lrgdwienfis exprefeth itumder the nameof Linaria rubra. Dodoneus calleth it Pfewdo. Lyf every way underground, and quickly pofleffing a good plat of ground, which abidein the winter, although the machinm purpurenm minus , for as faid before, he makerh thethird fort here to be the wajus. The reft neede no further amplification; being every oneis exprefiedintheir title anfwerable unto them, and nor much varying Flore alto. ftalkes dye downe every yeare. . perred colour, asthe former doth, and hath like feede indowneé but {maller : the rooteis {mall and fibrois,dy- They doe all flowerin Ize and 7vly,andare quite paft in Avgu/t for the molt part. afterthey havé appeareda good while ; come forth the flowers made of foure round pointed leaves peece, with fome threds inthe middle, ofa faint reddifh or purplith colour, the roote is fomewhat great and white, creeping 3- Lyfmachia filiquifa m ijor. bovea foote high, with {maller ftalkes and narrower leaves, not fo greene; butrather of a grayifh dufty greene colour, and hath many branches, bearinghis flowersof fonre leaves a peece, ar the endsoflong pods, ofa dee- The Time, feede lying indowneis contained, and at the end ofthem This leffer fort that groweth wilde in diversplaces, rifeth up {cai fe two foote high, and in fome places, not ae Cuar.37 dowing, the other forts grow wilde in dry grounds, as by the wayes,and lanes, and bordersoffields, the ftalkes fend out from the middle upwards many bran= The wilde lefler codded Loofettrife. The Theater of Plants. vers moilt places, and is often found of it felfe in Gardens,alwaies delighting whereit may be kept moift by fha= ches, atthe toppes whereof grow many {mall long pods, of awhitifh greene purple colour, wherein the reddifh Of this fort likewife there hath beene one found with white flowers, but very feldome andrare. 4, Lyfimachia filiquole miner vulgarisfylvestris. Tr Ppe sf <i aE ora 6 Lyjm cute joltquofaVireiniana, odded Loofcftrife of Virginiz, or tree Primcofe of Virginia. from whatothers call them ; onely Ca/alpinms calleththe third fort, Onagre genm alterum, for hee calleth the Chamenerium flore Delphinyy, Onagra, The Verties, ; Thefirlt whicli is more fed in phificke then any of the reft; is hot and dry in the fecond degree,as Ge/ner faith; and very aftringent withall, and fomewhat ablterfive; whereby it confifteth of divetsparts, but is effectuall both toftanch blood, reftraine fluxes, healethe fores ofthe mouth andfecret parts, clofe up quickly greene wounds and heale old ulcers; and briefely doe and performe almoft as much as the ordinary Ly/imachia can. The g:earer codded Loofeftrife, CuaP, XXXVITI. Veronicamas. The malé Speédewell. male there ate many SJ\E the Speedewels there are two kindes, the male and the female, of thé > forts, which fhall be fetforth in this Chapter, and the female in thenéxt. Baie i : 1. Veronica mas vulgaris (upina, The common Speedewell. vw \ aThe common Speedewell hath divers foft leaves; ofan hoary greene colour, 4 little dented J | ftalkes, bout che edges, and fomewhathairy alfo, {et by couples at the joyntsof che haity brownifh |"| which leane downeto the ground, never {tanding upright, but fhooting forth rootes as they lyeupon the ground fomeatdivers joynts, the flowers grow one above anotherat the toppes; being ofa blewifh purple ¢olour,and thie roote times it is found white,after which come {mall flat huskes, wherein is {mall blacki@a feede included; is made ofmanyfibres. 2. Veronica maseretla, Vpright Speedewell. but ftand This Speedewell differech from the former in this, tliat the ftalkes leane not downé to the ground, thicker tomore upright, having fomewhat narrower and greenerleaves then the other, andi the flowers ftand leffer forr eether, as it wereina fpike, ofa faintblew colour, and the roote creepeth under ground. Thereis a Minors hereof, differing onely in thelownefic, and in the {mallneffe both of leaves and flowers. 3. Veronica [picata latifolia major, The greater {pike flowred Spsedewell. This greater (pikedSpeedewell, rifech up with divers crefted ftalkes full of joynts, two foote high, whereon fland two large, fHining, thicke, and darke greene leaves, and in fome neither fhining nor fo darke, fomewhat dented about the edges, the ftalkes have véry feldome any branches, but have fometimes two or three ftalkes of fpiked flowers, fomewhatlarger then the laft, and of the fame pale blew colour, fowring by degrees the lowe’ firft, che feede that followeth is {mall, enclofed in {mall flat huskes as the other, the roote is fomewhat blackeland fibrous, encreafing bythe fides. . Veronicacretta anguftifolia, Spiked Speedwell with narrowleaves. i © ‘This upright Speedewell hath his {talkes about two foote high, fet at the Joynts with two léavesa peece,which are longer and narrower then the laft, and flightly dented about theedges, ofabitter and unpleafant talte, on the toppes of the ftalkes, which are as {eldomebranched as the laft, ftand che flowetsini long fpiked heads, many fet together, every one having foure pale blew leaves a peece, with fomethreds in the middle, which after theyare palt give {mall feedeveslels, whichare flat, buta little {welling in thé middle, and bicornered oc tad |