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Show Cu ar.i8, ; Theatrum Botanicum. hederacea maximas2 i, Alfine montana i . Great vie leafed Chickweede, i rip: 6, . ig ew r + Alfine hederule folio major. } = Thegreater ground Lvicleated Coden Trise 6. The Theater of Plants: Crar.18. 763 like pouches, wherein is conteined {mall round yelfive blew leaves,after which come frrtall flat {eede veffells (aS —_ and threddy, and perifheth notin Winter. lowith feede: the rooteis {mall de. 5. Alfine montana capillaceo folio. Small natrow leafed Chickwee long rifing alittle above the ground,with {mal foméwhat This {mall Chickweed hath divers fmal branches but fmaller branches, with fet by couples at the joynts,from betweene whichrife and narrow fmooth whitifh leaves, white flowers made of foure leaves a peece, the the likeleavesonthem, and at their ends two orthree {mallheads + thé roote is fmall and threddy, round in d conteine browne and {mall is {ede that followeth ente, MJ SZ A QA SIZ /) AAR x4 WV Se \y N NENG 6. Alfine repens angufiifolia flore fuave-rnb Blufhnarrowleafed Chickweede, me H le fi AI y Crea 7. Alfie petrea. Rockie Chickweede, This Chickweede creepeth with the branches upon the fet ground, bearing fuch like {mall long and whitith leaves, g ay et aS Tae 5 by conples asin the Jlaft,but both branchesandleaves are big- ger then they : the flowers grow at the ends of the: branches Sf a bluth colour, which givelong and pointed feede vef- fels, wherein is contained {mall feede like the common Chickweede. 7 Alfine Petrea. Rockie Chickweede. This is afmall Chickweede but groweth fo full of {mall upright branches thicke fet, and enterlaced one within ano~ ther, thatitfeemeth like unto a {mall bufb, the leaves are {mall and pointed,and the flowers {mall and white like other fmall Chickweedes, bearing round heads like unto Line or Flax, wherein the {mall {eedeis contained: the roote is {mall and threddy. 8. Alfine Alpinaglabra, Smooth leafed mountaine Chickweede, This Mountaine Chickweede is like unto the other {mall Chickweedes, rifing up with the branches {carfe halfe a foote high, fet with {mall long and {mooth leaves like 3. Alfint folio bederale minor. The leffer geound Ivic leafed Chickweedes ‘ a - ae eetrees ineC Speedevvell Chickwyeede. thofeofLine or Flax, ofa pale greenecolour, but fhorter and fharpe pointed, the flowers are white, Starre fafhion like others {tanding upon'{mall long footeftalkes : the heads and feede are like the reft and fois the {mall fibrous roote, 9. Alfine Alpina minima glabra, The {malleft mountaine Chickweede; This other mountaine Chickweede is {maller then the lalt, ‘7 but more beautifull in regard of the flowers whichare made offoure leaves a peece, either white or whitith, {potted with {mall. prickes or {pots ofa deeper red colour ftan= dingthree orfoure together,each feverally upona {mall footeftalke and theyall uponfmall branches{carfe fours inches long fet withthelike pale greene narrow leaves, yet bare toward the toppes neare unto the flowers, 10. Alfine Alpina Iunceofolio, Ruthleafed mountaine Chickweede. The Ruthleafed Chickweede growethlittle above an handbreadth high, fpreading fromthe ftalke a couplé of branches whichare divided againeinto fmaller, whereof fome onely and netall doe beare a flower or twoat the end, fomewhatlarge forthe proportion of the plant, made of five white leaves ftanding in {mall greene cups, the leaves on the branchesare very narrow, {mall, and very greene, hard alfoinhandling, and fet without order, f 11. AlfinenodofaGallica, French Chickweede with knotted heads of feede, This {mall Chickweede groweth fometimesa foote high, having many long and narrow leaves lying next thé ground, from whencerife divers upright ftalkes fet wich {maller leaves without order, from the middle up- wards one above another : at the joynts {tandeth one {mall white Hower a peece, compofedof five white leaves, after which come fall heads of feede ftanding one above another, as if they had beene ftrung upon firing, and fomewhat crefted or furrowed : the roote is {mall mee offibres ofa yellowifh colouron the ontfide, The Place, _/ All thefe forts of Chickweedes grow uponhills and mountaines in divers places, fomein Italy, Spaineand France,@c.and many of them in our owne Land; The Time, They doe allflowerin Iune and July except the fixt, which flowréth notuntill Astumne. as he Names. The firftis fo called by Columma asitisinthetitle, whofaith it was not mentioned by any before him : the fecond is the Alfine folie Hederute altera of Lobel, the third is called by Lugdunenfis and Thalivs Elatine prior, by odoneus Alfine |puriaprior, by Camerarius Alfine birfuta, by Lobel Mor[us gallinafolio hederule, thought to be 10 Pls by Angailara, and called Centunculus birfutior by Cefalpinus ; but generally Alfine bederacea, and folio, & minor Thave added to diftinguifhit from the greater : the relt have their denominations by Bav- as they are fet downe intheir titles. The Vertues; All thefe herbes being butlately fond out and to be referred to the family of Chickweeds,are not of fach exe perienced ufe,as thefe of an ancienter knowledge: but it is moft probable that being in tafte fomewhat agreeing unto the commonfort,their qualities are not muchdiffering and therefore untill wee have learned fome certaine heedwhereunto they are effectual, let this be fafficient at this time to have given yonthe knowledge of Cuare |