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Show Theatrum Botanicum, Trise8 Coriandrum, Coriander, i =B He ancients formerly knew and fet forth but one fort ofCoriander, and fayd t i i x avs aeaR, Ge Bea}but the later writers have added two moreunto itasfhall be themed. 1, Coriandrum vulgare, Ordinary Corianders. 1 When Coriander firft {pringeth up the leaves are fomewhatbroad very like unto Parfley, butafter it is growneup intoa {talke Which is three or foure foote high, being fullgrowne they are {mall and finer every one then other up tothe toppe, where ftand {mall loof¢ umbells of white flowers, turning into i * and cial the roote is {mall round ftriped hollow feede ofa whitith yellow colour when itis ‘ripe yar arr ints ee apreeres lant, Sate!ane all while it is greene and growing hath a {trong and i Soesevon ke to beendiired, but when the feede is fullripe p and dry 'y iti itisof areafonable good {ent and taftei ome favour {care ; aida, - Coriandrum minus odorum. "The lefle {weet Coriander. This Coriander hath the lower as well as the upper leavesalk finely-cnt in and +a ed, the ftalk ee ee the ground, with white owe almoft on high, and notheliee'e oes Mi lying oekinnes eee owers on them and round feede as theeves other not halfe a foote ; 3. Coriandrum alterumfatidifimum, The ftinking Coriander, This other Coriander hath fundryfiall ftalkes that are five {quare being Ae and not hollow, nor growi: high, all the leaves whereofare as fine as the uppermoft of thefirft : at the roppes ofthe ftalkes fland fichlike posmene of purplifh MeeEY, ie, come round feede like the other, but two alwayes somead together : the roote great dying yearely as the other, s rhe {mell SENet aidis ates: meli h hereof isi more ftrong and offenfive ther the sie cae a eee The Place and Time, he two firft aré onely fowenin Gardens as wellnow asin ancienttimes, for Pliny faith iti i their naturall places being not knowne : the laft was fent from Barcinona toLyons by eee hathfetit forthin 4éfforia Lugdunenft: they doeall flower in July and ripen in Anguft. ee _ gal we 919 death, and that it is very cold, all thefe Cuar. XXIIII- The Names, There hath beene formerly fome contro- yes betweene Avicen and Galen, and others alfoabout Coriander, fome condemning the ufé as hurtfull and dangerousby reafon of the grievous {mell, and that it maketh the voyce hoarfc, procuretha kind of frenfie x. Coriandtun vulgare. Ordinary Coriander, Cuar.24. propert refufethis preparation, faying to be fafely ufed : but Lobel feemeth to all night in Vinegar,and dryed up againe from it, but rather the dryfpirits {tinking and foule the of none that the coldneffe of the Vinegar can draw forth t any other preparation and withou , Comfits into made are they when ing ofit of it felfe or bythefire,asit is ued able to the ftomacke, &c. as alfo by the continnall ufe of it in meates then is not found hurtfull but rather comfort of it {elfe without preparation : and fome commending the ufe beand medicines among many countrey people ll or talte : the noyfome vapours fubwarming,fweete and no noyfome{me uits which being not ripe are fo caufe when the fede is dry ithath a manyfr in fee may the drying, aswee fitting onely inthe moyfture and notin both mellow and fweete, heate are ripe being but without harme, hard and harfh that {carfe one can eate them er and fweeter fruit: The firftt mellow the giving part moft the sfor figure withou onely working this effect ; the hotter countrie Lobel, and Dodonews giveth the by ned mentio is fecond the the Italians Co~ is called by all ‘writers Coriandram, Arabians callit Gafberra and Elcofbur, The laft, the reth rememb onely er, and we in Englifo Co defeription, Lugdunenfis Coriandre 3 the high andlow Dutch Coriand riandro, the Spaniards Culantro, the French : riander and Coliander. The Vertues. ing drunke killett qualitie thereof: the juiceas is before faidbe Firft for ereene Coriander and the cooling Wheate or Barley with mixed being s, kernell and knots eth and them thattake ir: outwardly applyed ir diflolv bread, andrunning and fretting fores, wheales, pufhes Flower, asalfo Saint Anthonies fire beingufed with ofthe cods, mation g inflam and earbuncles,and botches rifing in the skinne orflefh, and taketh awaythe {wellin with Cernffe, Litarge Vinethereof made into an ointment either the juice or greene herbe applyed : the juice roken feede of Coriander which is moft inufe, and beinig. is dryed the for Now like, the doth Rofes gar and Oyle of eth coiture: itis alfo good againft the Serpent that infweete wine killeth the Wormes in the body and encreaf ¢ heatin ke, by bitten place + it is very comfortable to the ftomac called Ampbifbena, eyther drunke or layd to the rife upwards, that therein s vapour the eth repreff and on digefti and drying, the cold and moifture thereofhelpeth and the ftopping of Vrine : and being a nourifhment of atemand refiftethforcible paines of the winde chollicke both blood and Sperme. perate qualitie ic hel peth to encreafe thes Ieis cal'ed in Greeke #627 and nogiavor, an in Latine alfo (orion and Corianon, but ufualty (oréand) derived from Agus, whichis that kinde of noyfome flie or wormethat is called Gabry in ee caeBee Punie in Englifh,whofe {tinking {mell Coriander doth much imitate, The Theater ofPlants. caufeth being thereof and thar the ion drunke therefore of the feede they appoint to bee by fleeping ir correct i Btiaeffe, it: the nehyfidions aiejuice like Cuar. XXIII : Trisz 8. alterum minus odorum. 2» Coriaudruin The lcflex fweete Coriander, Cancaly. Baftard Parfley: , fome whereof have a dozen forts to expréffe here in this Chapter == =F thefe Cancalides Vhave above g time to many, and others are larger and broad, fome well knowneofalon {mall fine cut leaves, others of later invention. #)\ | Parfley, 1. Cascalis vulgaris floribus albis, "The common Baftard high, fet at the joynts Yi notabove halfeayard This Baftard Parfley rifeth up with a fhort ftalke, i Lo) all {weete umbels of with{m toppes then Parfley, furnifhed at the with whitith roughdiverfly cut leaves {maller ,after which facceede divers tough prickly round feede, twoal« greateft the being lt outermo ,the white flowers when theyare parted. wayes joyned together ,which maketh them but halfe round Baftard Parfley, 2, Caucalis Hifpanica, Spanifo of and leaves very like unto the former, but the ambells This Spanifd kind hath divers crefted tough {talkes forme of around head, and the the into were it r as togethe und g morero growin and white flowers are fmaller but notprickly as this, it being broken in any feede which followethis greater very inuch ftriped and rough likewife but giveth no milke, feede after th perifhe roote the : milke part giveth a fweete aftardParfley. 2. Caucalis major flore faturo rubente. Deepe red flowredB divided andcut in afterthe manner of This red fowred kinde hathlarger winged leaves thenthe former,being ofa are larger thenof the firft andofan equall bignefle, but the leffer Burnet Saxifrage leaves the flowers hereof ; deepe red colour. 4. Cancalis maxima, The gréatelt Baftard Parfley. ng ftalkes three or foure foote high or more fometimés,bei This greatelt kinde bringing forth many upright tall nd the ftalkes of the long and large winged leaves comcrefted and hollow within withdivers joynts on them,a rib almoft like Angelica leaves, fet by couples on the middle paffing themat thebottome, whichleaves ate large toppes about the edges,and of a darke greene colour: at the and an odde oneat the end.all of them finely dented atrer ath, , fomewhat purplifh or of a blufh colour underne he roote of the ftalkes growlarge umbells of white flowers a double point at the head and prickley, round aboutst which comeverylarge andflat rough feede,with ’ is white and wooddy. reddith flowers, 5. Cancalis Anglicaflore rubente, Englifs Baltard Pafley with colour, with aftrong round crefted rough kinde groweth about two foore high,ofan Olive greene This Eg inches long, three inches infunder,with leaves three or foure and hairy ftalke,fer at the joynts which are twoor dented about the edges, the deepely hat fomew couples, by fer leaves hairy narrow nine confifting of feavenor forthlefler or filme, and from betweene it and the ftalke come foote of the ftalke being a broad thinne skinne doe each or foure branches, whichat three inches diftance flalkes of leaves, towards the toppe parted into three {tems about an inch and a halfe long apeece, having a of them from one center, fhoote forth f¢ ure, five orfix equall compofing two innermoft firings, being ofa darke red colour thinne skin running all the lengthof them,and the s crow long rough hairy {mall knaps or bottome a fpokie umbell : at the toppes of cach {kemme growfive or fixe a peece,the outermoft whereof fhewethlike two ned with flowersof a pinkie red colour, confifting of five leaves chives and a double pointell fhew not halfe fo big as ic bythe folding of it inward, and the inner foure with five fix or feven fuch like {mall flowers : the leaves give when they are full blowen: in the center of the flower lye comethe feede which are roughburres,fticking milke being broken of little orno talte: after the lowers are paft te |