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Show ra Cuar.14. Theatrum Botanicum. Triszé, Tarse 6; Cuan 14.2 755° The Fheater of Plantes what thicker al( than the Garden kinde ; in other things it differeth little from it nearé the feathishath a brack" ith tafte, but nothing fo much being tranfplanted. 3. Beta lutea Syriaca, The yellow Bette. — There is alfrom fome'partsof Syria, broughtunto us and nurtfed up inifome; curious gardens, a yellow Beeté whofe roote is ofpaler yellow colour than a Carrot,the leaves alfo being ofa yellower greene than thofe ofthe ordinary white Beete. : 4. Betaplaticaulos, Flat ftalked Beetes. Sometimes there hath beene feene a degenerated kinde of Beete, whofe ftalke was broad fromthe middle to the toppe brancing forth on all fides, and foure inches broad atthehigheft,all the leaves being fmaller than ordinaryand {o thicke fet thereon upwards,that the ftalke could {carce be feene, efpecially at the toppes where the The Place, feede'ftood. Theirplaces are {pecified in theirtitles or defcriptions, yet Gefner in hort#s faith, that hee had it from credible ins Fad are likeit alfo, andthe rogtebat fiitallet th every part. thegreaterfort ofthe garden :.the flowersand feedeminus, ; The {mall wilde ted'Blite, 3. Bhtum rubrum [ylveftre ing? fine aera ,andgiv other, in than red more s {omeplace in and fometimes are The leaves ofthis fort is in all other thingspike The Time, full of plainely declare themfelves Seer: kindes, and ofa {ad greenecolour, elfe fo like them, that they 1s finallblacke and (hininglike the reft, in finall {pikes,at the toppesof the ftalke and branches which being ripe The {inailer Virginian Blite, iF perfons, thatthe yellow kindis found aboutthe cities Durachium and Alexium in Macedonia, Theydoe all owerin the béginningof I#/y, and their feedeisripe in Anguf. The Names. Beetesarecalled in Greeke zw7Aand sev 7aov, Tentlonand Seutlon, abimpulfu quod facile excrefcat, in Latine Beta, quoniamfignram lteredim femine turget referre videtur, which Colemella in his tenthbooke remembreth . in thefe Verfes. Nomine cum Grajo, ceu litera proxima prime, Pangitur in cera dotti mitcrone magiffri, Sic & bumo pingni ferrate cufpidis itl’ Deprimitur folio viridis, pede candida Beta, Itis called by the Arabians Decks and Calb, by the Italians Bietola, by the Spaniards Afelaas, by the French Bete Iove, and Poeree, by the Germans Mangolt and Pieffen, by the Dutch Beete, and wee in English Bete: the white Beete was called in former times Sicw/a, and in the later Sic/a s there hath beene fome doubt among many what Beete the ancients meant bythe blackte Beete, fome thinking the greene beetebeing ofa darke greene colour fhould be it, bur others take the common red Beete tobeit, which by the darke red colour commeth neareft thereunto, which opinion I take to be the more certaine. Beetts were onely planted in Gardens, andne wilde kinde found with the ancients, as Galen faith, for although P/iny might thinke that Lieoninm was a kinde of the wilde Beeteé, yet Diofcorides did not fo account it, but made it another quitediffering kinde ofherbe, and gave thereto other mannerof properties : yet at this time, as you fee in this Chapterthere are thie¢ forts {et forth growing wilde of their owne nature. Divers doe call the firft Blitum pinofum, becaufe the leaves doe as neere refemble a Blite asthe Beete. Lebel maketh mention of the fea kinde, Camerarim:ixhorto of the yellow,and fo doth Gefner in hortis Germinie, whofaith thatin Syria itis called Skandar, and that Ebcabitar the Arabian numbreth it among the forts of Rapes or Tutneps; and that Bellanenfis likewife mentionethit upon his Gloffes or Comments on Avicen in the Chapter ofSicla nigra, Lugdunenfis calleth the laft as itis in the title. The Spinache which I have here joyned with the Beetes, is called by moft Spinachia, and by fome Spinacenm olus + {ome ofthe later Greekes doe callit cavarto. Spanachia a raritate in afmedico ; and fome Spanachia in Latine,as CMatthiolus, and thofe that follow him, who [ thinke firlt fo called ic, becaufe Tragus called it Olws Hi/pa= zicum, fappofing as many others doe tharit firft came from Spaine to us. The Vertues, Simeon Sethiand divers ofthe ancients have fet downein their writings that Beetes have an hurtfull qualitie in them for the ftomacke, andbreede manydifeafes: they have indeede a more nitrous qualitie whereby they provok more tothe{toole thai Arrache,Lettice or Mallowes doe, efpecially the white : for the red Beeteis held good to ftay the bloudy flixe, womens courfes, and the whites,andto helpe the yellow jaundife ;the white being moreclenfing, digelting, and provoking urine alfo, andthe red moreaftringent, efpecially the roote : the juyce or the roote putinto the noftrils purgeth the heade, and helpeth the noife in the eares, as alfo the tooth ach: the juyce of the white Beete openeth obftruétions, both of the liver and fpleene, and is good for thehead.ach, the fwimming therein, and the turnings ofthe braine; and is effe€tuall alfo againft all venemons creatures : the juyce of white Beetes applied upon the temples ftaieth the inflammation in the eyes, the fame alfo helpeth burnings being ufed without any oyle, and ifa little Allome be put untoit, itis good for Saint Anthonies fire): the fame alfo is good for all wheales, puthes, and other blifters and blanes in the skinne: the herbe being boyled and laid upon chilblanes on the hands, or kibes on the heeles helpeth them: it healeth the itch alfo if the places be bathed With the decoétion of the herbe in water and fome vinegar: the fame doth likewife clenfe the head of dandraffe, feurfe and drie {eabbes ; and doth much goodalfoforfretting and runing fores, ulcers and canckersin the head, legges or otherparts ; it is much commendedalfo againft baldneffe and fhedding ofthe haire. The wilde Beetes that are here fet downe have not beene applied to any ufe that I know asyet ; neither did 1 ever heare or reade of any Phyficall properties of the Spinage. made of Braffill, this fit to write with (being ordered accordingly ) as the red incke 3 inde. with much feede, — Blites Wilde og) i. Blitum Poly[permon. pica fomet The {mall wilde white Blite groweth {mall and low, with fmaller whitith greene leaves fet inthe ftalkes, than the os {quare tall {talke five orfixe Seikin 9 This Virginian Blice rifeth up with one great thicke round,yet almoft larger leaves than inany of the gar f {mall branchesonall fides from the bottome to the toppe, fet with . Blitum Virgintanuns minus Amaranthi [pecies. The {maller fort of Virginia is yery like the laft fort but much {maller arid lower,having ftalkes and leaves fome- tufts of reddifly fofe feales agit what reddith with the greene, branched alfo but leffe, and with fmalllong were, and {mall blackith fomewhat fhining feede aftetthe wards, but neither fo blacke nor fhining as the laft: roote is {mall and fibrous perifhing every yeare, yet oftenis . raifed againe from its owne fowing, ¥, Blitum minus album fylve Pre. The fmall wilde whice ” 6, Amaranthus coctinens elegans maximus. a The greateft fcarlet Flower gentle, This creat Flower-gentle rifeth up with very great thicke round tall (takes, rather higher and greater than the moft ordinarygreat red Flower-gentle, with as large great leaves onit, rather bigger, but boththe ftalkes and they are of a freth yellowith pale greene colour, with very little or no redneffe in them atall (andthis is one proper marke to knowthis fort from others before it come to flower ) the flowers ftand at the toppes of theftalke and branches more {pread at the bottome into fundry parts, the middle being longe(t, and nfaally whenit is in the perfection hanging downelike a taffell, the other partslike fhorter {pikescompaffing it round which even for the proportion is very beautifull, but much more for the colour whichis ofa more excellent bright fearlet red colour, which beinggathered in the prime will hold the colour a good while beforeit decay, elpeciallyif it be kept from the Sunne and windie aire : the nclofed in thefe tufts isalmoft as white and {mall as e great red fort, yet a little redder whereby it .may be knowne to differ, Thedefcriptions of the other forts of Amaranthus are extant in my former Booke. The Plueand Time, Some of thefe grow in our owne land in divers walt plad in gardens alloas a weede, namelythe three firlt the other forts are broughcus from fundry parts be~ or yond fvas,as thefift from Virginia, & the lait from Brafill, {omeother part of4 mericaand feede in Aaguft & September. The Names. ; Alone ters(for none cientshave made any mention of them) doe agree i g them Blita Blitum, Blites, forts, whereof I meane notfurtherto relate here, although Imay give youfome of their figures: but of fomeother forts nor there remembted. ; 1, Blitum album[ylueftrum minus, The {mall wilde white Blite. 5 long. and {omewhat yholl vie ite , are wholly the rootes loa Virginiannm majus. The greater Virginian Bhie. Cuar, XIV. SeelopgNto the Beetes doe the Blites requiré to be next joyned, of divers whereof I have {poken in myformer Be Booke,namely ofthe Garden forts white and red befides the Amaranthus, or Flower gentle of divers E Sot ; ; wilde fort, yeta lictletornder =~ fmaller The lower leaves hereof arevery like unto the leaves ofthe former grow loiig and {pikie greentth’ hea a er alfo on the ftalkes that are much branched, at the toppes whereof Paly/permon and is like untdthe others ¢ very thicke fet togetherfeemingto be fe feat , whereofcamethe name feverall forts of herbes, every country having their proper Sanguinaria,which are thiswilde red or blacke Blite, Tormentill, Shepherds ie aN oes 2) Blitum minus fylveftse rubrim, ‘Vheforall wilde red Blite. |