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Show 1464 ' Theatrum Botanicum, Cua P50, Triax 76, breake forth of the fame trunke fometimes : this hatha quickér ent thenthe other. Gelfeminnmfive lafminum, The Tafminé or Gelfemine; p Erapiohath exhibited unto us in his worke s three forts of Iafmines, with 2 white bl lew, and yell flowers, whom Tabermontanus a ; although without all know ledge of lee divers others much doubting the truth ofthe : cllo w, have thou ghtnone {uch to be in re. <q remnatara, buttime andi x a vex latel add carfe ey: enfecrets, have brought them tolich y sates wneto world,or therein but toa few J2s the true yellow I willnew youin this Chaprer, with divers otherrare ones,our fometru | u orhetoaad in the oa aa yellowIafiminewhich fonaettywascabenteWare i Peewith divers thar. ob F a iY ulferingthere- Soetetes lyfake . ‘ormeof tl ¢ flowers,and in the next Chapter unto as I verily fuppofe, yet becaufe the gtowingthercofis notanfwerable r. the I S lort of Serapio,his blew Pondent tothe Lilac, befides the 7 erfian name wherebyit came although a ee fate eee come a Ia{mine,I haveplacedit there, not without reafon as I take iS Shimany ofthe leaves thereof refemble The ordinary white Ia{mine, © ordinary white Taimine hath fundry very long fhoores Ra as ¢ twenty i high: divided . 7 Efuchencorcre! is naeesoa be c, yea bia? —_ re 7 - :s ee Elder, whercon are fet at feverail places, ieee wineeddate being greene a mchesBend ~ ee : een the largeft atthe end, and longe(t pointed:arthe to oe ears, ioweae anche ending together, each long greene ftalke, fattaineths fmall aie hollong ; fi andwhich very ftrong {melling andona pointed t ve . bin€ :leaves, pars in vis ae bearing any fruite in our Country, but in the h Or 8 : weete, whichfall away withici thet roote fpreadeth much and farcein che etitad and ivco if4penal it beareth flat feede likea Lupine s webermabevelgare,, fame manner,an : ddiffereth from itonely in the leaves,bej sbe: 7 flowers which are larger, andpurplith on the Plihdebeterdese ott thorter, and thicker, and in the they 1. Gelfeminum vei la/minum album vulgare, The ordinary white Iafmine, 44.65 The Theaterof Plants, Cuar,50> or five dayes, yet withering upon the ftalkes tall noc away, but after mar? dayes{o abiding, another Hower will Cuar. L; areblowen open, exceeding {weete of {mell Trise 16. mand white with Purplith edges, when + The donble Spanith Tafmine, the fingle kind thooting forth fach like leaves; &s, many together, but the Within which rife three 2, Gelfeminum vel 14/minura Catalonicum Gmaplex, The fingle Spanifh lafmine, 4. Gelfeminnmfive lafminam Indicumflavum odoratiffimum, The Indian molt fweeté yellowIalmine. This rare Tafminerifeth in the warme Countries to betwo or three cubits high, the barke whereofis {mcoth; and as red or purple as the Flower-gentle, {preading forth branches onall fides even from the lowelt almoft, and they againe divided into other leffer ones, bearing at fandry places, without’ ordet“in {ome places, three 495. Gelfeminum five 2a/minumIndicumfavom odoratiffinum, G* leaves, in fome fiveona ftalke, ofa very fad or deepe latcum Urginianum odcratum {candens femper virens. fhining greene colour,“ not3 dentedat all about the ed-z * : ‘The moft {were yellowIndian Iafmines And thefiveete yellow climing yellow Iafmineof Virginia, gesynorfalling away in Wintcr;, each. part whereof is fomewhatlike the leafe ofthe Pomgarnet tree, but arder and thicker,the flowers growin the fame manemer at the toppes ofthe branches, and in tufts, formed very like unto thofe of the Spanifh Ja{mine, but fomewhat lefler, yet abiding longer, and of a faire gold yellow colcur, andexceeding fweete, after which fucceed {mall round heads leffer then Ollives, greene at thefirft,and blackith blew being ripe,cleere, fhining alfolikea grape, {tanding fingly, and fomecimes donble upona ftalke including certaine blackifh long feed like Peare kernels, This plant is morc eafie tobe pros pagated, either byfuckers or layers, but is very tender to keepe,not abiding either the leaft of Winters breath nor yetthe cold Autumne dewes, but much delighteth in warmth and moifture, yet neither enduring muichraine or watering, to fall on his leavesor flows ers, which will change the flowers paler,and the green leaves yellower,and therefore mutt have the moifture diftilledarthe rootes. This holdeth the greene leaves inthe Winter, $. Gelfeminum five lafminum luteum odoratiim Virginianum (candens e& femper virens, The {weeteyellow climing Virgintan Tafmine. This Virginian Ia(mine hath. a pretty bigge wooddy ftocke nextto the ground, from whence rife fundry hard ftalkes, dividing it {elfe into many branches, {preading very farre npon thetrees, or anything ftandethnexttoit, whereonare fet at feverall {mall di- ftances, two pretty latge Mirtle-like {mooth leaves, bat placed on contraryfides, each above other, as they are difpofed inthe double Syringa Arabica, or Pipe- 2 tree: the flowers {land three or foure together, ac the <I © ; ends of the branches, fomewhat like unto the former Jafmines, with a long hollow trunké, endingin five points; bar not laid open into leaves like them,ofa yellowcolout,{melling very fweere, after which follow{mall, fome= what flat and long {mooth yellow pods, parted inthe middle all the length, full offmall flat brownifh Kedes, winged as it were or skinnyat the one end,andpiled clofe one uponanother in each fide of the pod. Tée Place and Time, : Thethree firft forts have beéne brought; as it is thought out of Syrieinto Spaineywhere they thrive pafling well. The firft fort,which they account tobe wilde, ferveth to graft the other two upon, that they may grow andthrive the better; wekeepe the fecond with much care and provifion.being more tender thenthe firit, which isgrow-= ing in many places of the Land, in private perfons gardens: but the third, Ihave nbt heard that it hath beene as yet brought unto us, it being as yet more rare,and as tenderto keepe, ifnot morethenthe fecond. Thefourth is held doubtfull whether it came from th Indies, China, or Iapan,or the Welt Indies, for divers doe tuppofe the one and cheother, The fifthgrowethin Uirgizia, as Matter Trade/cant, who fawit there doth affirme, and from himI havea plantrifen of the feede. Theyall flower late,and none of thembeare any feede with us. The Names. The Arabians call the lafmine Zambach,and Sambach,and Iafemin as it is thought, from the Greeke word Ia/ie, whichfignifieth Violacezm, ic hath no other Greeke name,unleffe as fome thinke itbe the Porhos albus ofTheophraJi. The firltis called a/minumor Gelfeminum vulgativs e& album, by all Authours, The fecond is called La/winum, or Gelfeminum grandius & Catalonicum, butby Lugdunenfis lafminum panicenm. The third is mentioned onely by Ferrarims, in bis Flora or deflorum cultura. The tourth by himalfo, yet mentionedin the Catalogue of the French Kings Garden at Pars. The fifth was never mentioned by anybefore, and but that Matter Trade/cant is confident to callitalaf{mine, and thereforé1am content to put it with the relt to give him ¢ontent, I wonld be furtherinformed ofit myfelfe,before I wouldcertainely give myconfent, The Vertues. Serapio delivereth it, that the white Yafmine is hotin the begianing of the fecond degree, thatit difcuffeth humours, is good againft {alt flegme,profitable to old cold men,and profitable for catarrhs,andthe priefes thar {pring fromtough flegme : the leaves cither greene or dry,doe clenfe freckles, {pots,and difcolouring in the face orelfewhere.and helpeth retters,or ring wormes, and the like:it is not fic that thofe that are of an hot conftitution fhould ufethis, for this breedeth thé headache, The flowersare very {weete, and therefore they ferve to ftrowin the houfe for an ornament and good fent,theyufé alfo in the warme Countries to lay the howersamong their gloves liiiii 3 or fine |