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Show CHar.ios, 3 o8 Theatrum Botanicum. Trips 5) esgives very{mallfeede, but of the fafhion of the reft ; yet Camerarins addeth to Dov Thalivs defcription that the {ede is yellowlike Chameline Englith Wormefcede, but withoutanytafte,wherein farely he is much miftaken, for howcould itbe Geraninm then, asboth hee and Thatius call it ; and moreover The Theater ofPlants. TRiBE.5- Cuar.ie3. 4. Geranium fetidam: Sttongfented Cranes bill, hatum igm. MaskeCac Columna in deferibing it fheweth what manner ofbills or beake headsit beareth : theroote is {mall and yellowifh, yet abideth and perifheth not,but encreafethplentifully enough of the feede in my Garden, . : The Place. The firt groweth as Camerarins faith out of mud walls in divers places of Germany, the fecond commonly in pafture grounds,and bythe path fides every where, and will be in many gardensalfo : thethird is found in fome pattures alfo, butnotfrequent : the fourthin the fields about Rhotomagum or Roan in Narbones the fift in woods about CMompelier the fixt on Mount Baldue about Mompelser alfo,& in otherplaces : the feventh in Spaine, from whence I had feedes brought me : the laft in ftony grounds in Harcynia{ylva, as Camerarius and Thaliws fay; and about Naples as Columna{aith, but found alfo in our owne countrey by Mr, Iohn Gordier, a great lover and curious fearcherof plants; who befides this hath found in our countrey many other plants, not imagined to grow in our Land. I with there were many more of Bisminde, that not hindering their affairesat {pare times, would be induftrious to {earch cut and know whatthe ground beinge forth,where their occafions are tobe. The Time, Theyall flowerin the Summer monethsof Inne, Ixly and Avguft fome moreearly then other,and their feede is ripe quicklyafter. / = The Names, The firft is called by Canicrarins Geranium tubcro{um minimum : the next two forts are-calléd generally Pes Co lembinus, and Geranitm Columbinum, and {ome Roftrum Gruis and Gruinum, and Roftram Ciconie, Storkesbill, yet fome as (zmerariws and others note it,call it Geraninm Malvaceum, and Balfimsinumn, and Momordicafrom thence as Camerarivs faith, efpecially the greater fort as AZatchiolus faith, from the Bal/amine or healing proper= 3: Geranium Apulum odorum, Italian Muske Cranes bill; ties as itis likely above the other forts, althouch Lode/raxeth him for fo faying, where himfelfe is more wor- The Italian Maske Cranesbill hath divers long leaves, and thyof re proofe, in miftaking the econd fort for the firft here exprefled. The common Doves foote is generally held tobe the fecond Geraninm of Diafcorides, although Bra/avolasas (Matrhiolus noveth it was miftaken there= fomewhathairy lying on the ground,cut in on the edges fome~ whatlike the divifions of the lower leaves of the Candy Cranes bill,ftanding uponreddith footeftalkes, the twolow- in : the Italians call it Roftro de cicongna, and Geranio : the Spaniards Pico di cignenba sthe French Bec de grnejand bec de cicogne ; the Germans Storken{chnabel and.Skarterkraut ; the Dutch Duyvenveet, and wee in Englifh Doves foote, Cranes bill;and Storkesbill : the fouth and fift are of Bashinus addition by the fametitlethey beare heres the fixtiscalled Geraninm Malatoides of Lobel,and Altheodes of Camerarivs, wherein as Laid before he was mi= Silken titaxing #stibioles <c Tabermontanys Geraninm (Monfpeliacum, and of Baabinus Geranium folijs Althee eft jagges being greater then the reft, but thofe thar rife up withthe {talke are more cut in, fomewhat like unto the lower leaves of Coriander, or Fetherfew, but with rounder dents, ofa fweetefent, asthe firft, whereofit is thought to bee a ’ fhecies of : the {talke is jointed and kneed, with two fuch Jike leaves at them, but morefinely jagged, and atthe toppedivers {mall flowers, of a pale blewith purple colour, cack and faith that ir may moftfitly agree w ith the fecond Geranium of Pliny (who followeth Diofcorides) which hath as hefaith more white or woolly leaves then a Mallowsthe feventh and eighthare ofmine owne nurfing tip from the Spanifh feede and being ofneareaffinitie receive alfo their namescorrefpondent : the laftis called by Camerarius Gerainum Saxatile, and not knowneashefaith before histime. Thatiw mentionethit in Hercynia (ylva by the name of Geranium yescxomasy and Columna Geraninm alterum montannm {axatile rotundifolivm, and Banbinns Geraniumlucidumfaxatile, The Vert#es. The ordinary Doves foote is found by good experience, and Lobeland others noteitalfo to bee fingular good for the winde Collicke and paines thereof in the lowerbelly; asalfo to expell the ftone and gravell in the Kids neies, the decofionthereoftobedrunke, or tofitasin’a baththerein, or to be fomented therewith : the de« cottion thereof in wine is an exceeding good wound drinke for any to take that have either inward woundshurts ot bruifes,bothto {tay the bleeding, te diffolve and expell the congealed blood, and to heale the parts, as alfo outward fores ulcers or fiftulaes perfectly to clenfe and heale them, and for greene wounds, many doe but bruife the herbe and applyit to the place wherefoever it bee, and it will quickly heale them :the fame decoétion in wine fomented to any place pained with the Goute giveth much eafe : it doth the fameaifotvall joynt aches or paines of the finewes. Gerardhis experienceto be fingular in ruptures or burftings (but not as of his owne invention) is knowne tobe moft certaine, whether you take the powder or the decottion of the herbe, for fometimes together, and helpeth as well young asold folkes, if they continueit the longer. ftanding in a greene hairy huske, wherein afterwards ftand the heads of {eedsverylike unto the Candy kinde, great 5 : 4. Geranium fetidum, Strong {ented Cranésbill. This Cranes bill hath divers hoary greeneleaves, finely cut in on the edges into many parts from among which rife two orthree flender hairy {talkes fet at the joynts with a few {mall leaves, and three or foure fomewhat large reddifh flowers above, like unto the other forts,fmelling fornewhat fweete in our Gardens by the tranfpofition, but ftrong in the naturall warmerplaces,’ after which comethe feede fomewhat long,ftrong and ftiffe : the roote groweth downe deepe, ofa reddifh colouronthe outfide and white within,which {melléth much ftronger then heaves or flowers, and fhooteth forth fundry headsof leaves at the toppe. 5: Geranium triffe five Indicum noélu olens, Sweete Indian Cranes bill. The rootes of this Cranes bill are tuberous or Afphodilllike, from whencerife foure or five long and large-fad gtcenc leaves, diverfly cat into many parts, each part jagged on both fides fomewhat refembling the leaves of Filipendulabutfofter, the middle ribbe being reddith and the reft fad greene : the ftalke is jointed or kneede with thelike leaves rifing with it and at the toppe a tuft of many flowers,like for forme unto thofe of other Cranes bills,but of a boxlike yellow colour, each leafe having two purple fpots.on them, whichbeing fallen there come pearance: it tafteth fomewhat fower, and both rootes and leavesare Lettice for the Indians lippes. : 6. Geranium Mon|peliacum laciniatum, French jagged Cranes bill, more jagged then the former, asthall be fhewed. Geranium mofchatum. : in the night onely,and not at all in the day rirne,as refufing the Sunnes influence, but delighteth in the Moones ap- Cranes bills with jagged leaves. S24 He third and laft kind of Cranesbills, isas Lordered it at thefirlt, of fach forts that have their leaves 1. : fuch like long beakes as ate inthe former with reddifhfeede ori them, the flowers fimell very{weete like Muske Cuarp. CVIIE Gerania laciniata, 2 below and finall above thé roote is finall and yellow, lifting the head a little above the ground, : The French jagged Cranesbill rifech up with fundry rough hairy (talkes, three or foure foote high, joynted and branchedin divers places, with divers leaves thereon cut on both fides, verylike unto thofe of the Muske Cranes bill: the flowersthat ftand atthe toppes ofthe ftalkes and branches are {mall, of a pale pur; le colour, after Muske Cranesbill, a The Muske or (weet fmelling Cranesbill hath divers long,winged darke greeneleavés lying upon the ground, yet {omewhat-whitifhbythe haires that are thereon cut into many parts or leaves, andeach of them cut in onthe edges, among which rife up weake tenderftalkes, fcarfe able ro ftandupright, ufually not a foore high, with fome {uch like leaves upon them as grow below, but {maller and finer cut in at the toppes,and among the upper leaves fometimesalfo grow divers very {mall red or crimfon flowers, after which come very {mall and long beakesor bills with feede at the bottome,as all the reft of the Cranesbills have, which twineth it felfe as moft of chem doe: the roote is fomewhat long with divers fibres thereat ; the whole plant and every part thereof above the ground,hatha pleafant fine weake fent, which fome refemble te Muske, whereof came the name,butthe fent of true and good Muske is much differing from it, 2. Geraninm mofchatum inodornm, VW nfavory Muske Cranesbill. Thereislittle difference to be difcerned betweene this and the former Cranes bill,eyther in growth or bignés,or forme of the leaves or flowers, but chiefly differing in this that it hath no fent at all wherein refteth the chiefelt,if Flore abe, not the onely difference : Ofthis fort alfo one hath beene found to beare white flowers,differing in nothing elfe, 3. Geraninn which come the feede, out ofthe fame huske wherein the flowers ftood before, as iscommon to-all the kinds whatfoever, but the béake heads hercofare very long and hairy, évenfive inches long, which twine themfelves when they grow ripe,and fo fall upon the ground 7+ Geranium Alpinum longius radicatum Pona. WMountaine Cranesbill with long roots, This Mountaine Cranes bill hath a very long downe right roote, parted upwards into two or three branched gteatheads, fending forth many leaves, dividedintofive or fix parts, each whereofis dented with three deepe gathesartheend, {oft alfoand woolly,{tanding on very long footeftalkes, covered with filver like’downe, the flowers ftandat the toppes of naked {talkes, twoof three together fomewhat large and round, yet a little round at theends, of a pale purplith colour with divers réddifh lines therein,and divers threds in the middle : the feede is {mall and ftanding on fhort beake heads. ah, 8, Geranium Robertianum vulgare, The common herbé Robert. The herbé Robert that is molt comirion withus, rifeth up with a reddifh ftalke, ufually two foot high, having divers leaves thereon, upon very long and reddith footftalkes, divided atthe endsinto three or five divifions,and each ofthem cut in on the edges, fome with deeper cuts then others, and all dented likewife about the edges’ Ppp which, |