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Show Theatram Botanicum.——Sss—§s Trp 8 14) CuHAP.10, * Lapatbon engl , Fo 9. Lapethum maritimun Fatidum, The heater of Planis, C wap. io, eee. 9. Lapathum maritimumfetidam, The ftrong fented Sea Docke Becaufle Banbinws putt th this herbe among the Dockes not knowing belike whereuntoeife to referre it, evem Bloodwort. The fleong fenred Sea Dotke. Tape 14 fo mutt I untill £ fee moreof it,and fay with him thatthe ftalke is reddifh,a foote high and bending divers waics: the leaves that ftand on long footeftalkes are fomewhatround,and of a darke red colour, fometimes waved about the edges, and winged ufually atthe bottomes, or with two fmall peeces like cares : the ftalke is parted into many branches, with the like but lefler leaves on them,and little dented abont the edges; at the toppe ofthe ftalfce (tandeth a {pike of howers,compofedof foure moffie leaves a peece,after whichtollow leafed round heads, contain ng the feede. e 10. Lapathemfanguinenm, Bloodwott. This Dacke, becaufe it is often ufed as a pot-herbe,is planted in Gardens, yet found wildalfo, haviig réddifh fone leaves, or greenith with red ftripes,the reft ofthe plant comming neereft unto the red Docke,but {maller as Lave the roote isalfo, yetnot foreddifh. Cefalpinus mentioneth another fort hereof, with broader and rounder Hee leaves. The Place and ‘Time, Allthefe Dockes except the fifthand the ninth, grow in moift and wet places on the Land, and thofeother in the like places neer the Sea,that of Africa necre Soptia, andthe other neere Mompelier : And beare feede inthe end of Auguft atthe furthelt, and fome carlier, The Names. It is called in Greeke.rdmeSey cm 78 namiZew quod valet exinanire, C pro ventrem levarenfurpatur, the word aimenisnfed by Ariffotle, hb.2, Plyficpiey 73 Gad\ious dauniee@ trexetsl, id off verbigratiaambalare, ficft alvi lea vande gratia, Lapatbumalfo,and Ramex in Latine. The firl isthe Oxylapathum ot Diofcorides, and fo called py Fachfins,arthiolus, and others, butit is not the Oxalis, for Diofcoridys doth diftinguith bet weene them, the one from the fower juice,the other from the fharpe leafe, for 92us is referred both tothe talte and forme, Cordws on Diofcorides calleth it Rumex acutus, Tragus, Lobel,and Dodonews, Lapathum acutum, The fecondis called by Banhinns,Lapathum acutumfolso cri[po, as Tabermontanus did, whofe figure Gerard ufedand called it Hydrolapa~ thum minus, Thethird is {0 called by Lobel,asit isin the title. - The fourthis called Rermex agre/tis by Cordus, and Lapashumfolio minus acuto,or retufoby Lobel, Hippolapathum(yluestre by Tabermontanus,whole fioure Gerard ufing,entituled ic Hydrolepathum magnum, Thefifth was brought us out of Africa by Boe/,whofor the likenefle ofthe leaves, and {ome other refpeds calledit as itis inthe title, which we have continued, not knowing where elfe to placeit, untill we have further knowledgeofir,then of the dtyed plant which hebronghe. The xt is u{ually called Bonts Henricw by OMatrhiolus Brunfelfim,Tragus and others, Rumex unttuofus allo by Tragus,and Rumicisgenus by Fuchfim,Tota bona by Dodoxewm and Lobel, and Lapathifylveftris (ecundum genus by Dalechams pivs,and by Bashinus Lapatham unttuo[um,by Gefner Atriplicis fpecies, and by Lonicerws Atuples: Canina [ylveftris,: The feventh Tragms calleth Rumex paluftris,Tabermontanus Lapathum palustre, Ge(ner, Matrhiolus, and Dedoneus, and brancheth forth into fundry fpriggés, bearing {mall reddith flowers, and browne triangular feede aftée them. 2. Lapathum acetum minum, Small {harpe pointed Docke. Therooté of this Docke is long and flender, parted diverfly with fmall fibres therear, and of ayellow colour ontheinfide, the leaves are narrow and long waved inon the edges, as ifthey were crumpled, the flalke and flowers,with feede following,is like unto the former, but that they ftand not on fuch long {prigges, bat clofer together, fome at the joynts,or compaffing the ftalkes, and others at the roppes,and ofa darker colour. Lapathum acutum minimum. The {maller pointed Docke. ’ . This {mall Docke differeth little from thefir, for forme and manner ofgrowing,butin the gréatneffe, this be- ing much imaller and lower,the roote is {mall and moreyellow. , 4. Lapathnmfylveftre vulgatiws, The Common wild Docke. : The common Docke that groweth every where,differeth little from the Garden Docke, or Patience, butthat the leaves hereof are fomewhat broader and rounder at the points, and therootes moreyellow, and of leffe ule then it. §. Hippolapathni rotundifolium Afficum, The round leafed Docke ofAfrica, thé fecond Claffis This round Docke ie very like im the leaves unto the other round leafed Docke, mentionedin before, in this worke, but fomewhatthicker, theftalkerifeth higher, the flower is greenifh, and the roote is part fomewhat round like untoa Turheppe, bur yellow both within and without, the whole plant and every threof is {weetith without any other manifeft rafte,and is therefore not cold as the other Dockesare, but hot in the firft degree. " 6. Lapathum vnt}uo[um five bonus Henricus. Englifs Mercury. Imef needes put this herbe among the Dockcs, according asthe beft Herbarifis doe, rather then with thé wild Arraches,as fome others have done, and fhew you that it hath divers broad and long thicke fat darke greene leaves, upon long {talkes,pointed at the ends,and double pointed at the bottomes, fomewhat like unto Sorrell,the and flat ee ftalkes are many, two foote high,full of leaves,andat the toppes many {pikes of greenifhflowers, afcer them,the rooteis thicke ereat and long,and yellow likeaDocke: the whole plantis often overfpread with amealy duft, like unto Arrache,which hath caufed divers to referre it to them. Jo Hydrolapathum mus, The greater Water Docke. highér, with largee This great Water Docke, groweth very like the common wilde Docke, but greater and d of a darke red coand longer leaves,anid not{0 round pointed, the rootesalfo are fhorter,andfuller of fibres, an jour. 8. Hydrolapathum minus. Théleffer water Docke. The ke Mer Water Docke Fath leffer leaves, long and narrow,and lower ftalkes, fuller of branches,with flowers and fcedes like unto the reft of the Dockes, and fo are the rootes likewife,but fmaller an d full of long ftringes and fibres, } 9, Lapathum Hippolapathum (ylveftre, Lobel and Lugdunenfis Hydrolapathum magnum aquaticum or majus. The cighth is called Hydrolapathum minus by Lobel and Lugdunenfis, and not (ativam as Bauhinus ferteth it downe in his Pixax, The ninth isby Bashinus his appellation focalled asitis inthe title The laft iscalled Lapathum nigrum by fome, and rubrumox rubens by others, Sanguis draconisherba by Gefner in hortis, and Lapathum fanguincum by Lobel. The Arabians callthe Docke Hamadh,and Hamad. The Italians Rombice and Lapacio, The Spaniards Labafa, and Paradella. The French Pareille, The Germanes Ampffer for the generall word as Sawr ampffer for Sorrell. The Dutch Patich and Peerdick. And'we generally Docke,and then adde the {everall denominations as fower Docke or Sorrell, wilde Docke,Garden Docke, &c. The Exglif Mercury is called by the Germanes Goster Henrick and Schmerdel, The Dutch Garden Henriikand Lammekens hore. The French Herbe de Charpentier. The Vertues, All the forts of Dockes havé a kind ofcooling butt notall alike drying quality, for the Sorrels are more cold then anyof the ret, andthe Bloodwort more drying,batthe feedes of molt of chembe drying and binding : fome of thembelides the Sorrell werenfedtoheeaten, Theophraftus therefore put them inter oleracea, and for the molt part the leaves were ftewed or boyled,and fo they did the more eafily paffe_ through the belly, without giving either any great or good nourifhment,faving a moifturetothe body, The feede of moft asI faid, either of the Garden or the fieldes, doth {tay laskesand fluxesofall fort:, and the fubverfions or loathings ofthe ftomacke through choller,andis as helpefullrothofe that fpicblood, Therootes likewife of the moft of them except the Rhaes or Rubarbes,and the red Dock are dryingand binding, conducing to the fame effects aforefaid, burall they have an opening quality in them, fic to loofen and makethe body foluble,and are therforeof greater ne thenall the otherparts befides, opening the obftructions of the blood,and cooling and clenfing the blood, and helping thofe that have the jaundice, and for that purpofe are our Exg/i/, and Munkes Rubarbe, the Garden and the wild red Dockesufed with other = tomake diet Ale or Beere: the feede being taken in wine helpeth thebitings of the Scorpion faith Diefcorides and Pliny. The rootes boyled in vinegar, helpeth theitch, {cabbes and other brea. kings out in the skinne,if they be bathed therewith,the diftilled waterof the herbe and rootes tendethto the fame effcét,and befides clenfeth the skinneof freckles,morphews,and all other {pots and di(colourings therein, The Englifs Mercury as itis called,or good Henry the rote is drying and clenfing” the herbe is mollitying and loofening, by reafon of the fatneffe or moift flipperineffe therein'taken inwardly, but applyed outwardly to woundes and fores,it clenfeth the fouleneffe and healeth and cloferh:them up afterwards wonderfully : The properties of the Rubarbessand the Sorrels are feverally declared before in cheir proper places. |