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Show eat a ee Of the HiftorieofPlants..> Tw 3 Lavendula minor,five Spica, Lauander Spike. ee L LBs 2) sands leveeee couered ouer with Lauander, In thefe col count ries they are plantedin gardens,” @ The Time, [eae 2s and oile oliue,in fuel the’ floures, made of “7 ,orannointed with the oile pz floures . : : {es is,whichfhall be expreffed in the treatife of Rofcs. They floure and flourith in Tunéand] uly, © TheNames, Lauander Spike is called in Latine Zag. dula and Spica: in S panith,Spieo,and Langudi The firft isthe male, and thefecond thefs male. Itis thought of fome tobethatfiret herbe Cafia, whereof Virgil makethimention in thefgcond Eclogofhis Bucblicks: TumCafia atque alijs intexensfuavibu babi, Mollia luteola pingit vacinia Caltha, (infold) And thenfhee’l Spike andfuck fiveetherbs Andpaint the Iacinth with the Marygolt, Andlikewife in the fourth ofsbiis Gem. gicks, where hee intreateth of choofing of fears andplaces for Bees,andfor the ordeting thereofjhe faith thus : Floreat ype, ———-— —— About themlet frefh Lauanderand ftore Of wild Time with ftrong Sauerie tofoure Yet there is. another Cafia calledin ‘ag Cafia Lignea,as alfo Cafianigrawhich ismame age ee. i oiejifiséa fmall fhrubbie plantinextant afhong the fhrubs or hedge bufhesynhich ome thinke,and to beanother the Cafia Poetica,mentioned the : precedent verfes. | The Temperature. degree, andis ofa thin fubftance, coniiing thatin the third andThereforeit ts mee oa2i ppand pricdrie, parts. is good to be giuen any wayagainft the cold difeales of the head,and e Pecially thofe which haue their originall or beginning not of abundance of mours, but chiefely ofa cold qualityonely . Taig gis: q The Vertues, ; ea water of Lauander {mele ynto,or the temples and forehead bathed therewith# wer ping : t 7 a haue the Caralepfie,a light Migram,& to themthathaue the fallig = Heap that yi to twoune much. But when there is abundance of humours,efpecially fie : itis not then. to be viedfafely,neither is the compofition to be taken whichis me made o'“ ne wine :in which fuch kinde ofherbes, floures,or feeds.and certaine {pices are infirfed orftee- Sy pis “mt eatal ore moft men do rafhly and at aduenture giue them without making any difrerencett?” ae Oa hot things that filland ftuffe the head, both the difeafe is made greater a bef =eal tought into danger, efpecially when letting of bloud, or purging haueter aad die a by way of admonition, becaufe that euery where fome vnlearned PhyatiO™ ae eee and ouerbold Apothecaries,and other foolith women,do by and by gine fachr fale oe ere ofthe like kinde,not only to thofe that haue the Apoplexy;but alt ig wwoelesferie AS a oFthe Catuche or Catalepfis with towhom they“cancan giue or haue : -a Feuer; : gine 10! not’ The foe ee Overy muchhurt,and oftentimes bring deathit felfe. be mised Cl from the Reknaps,I meane the :blew partandnotthe : : . he diftilled w2" * thereof,doth with Cinam on,Nutmess landeraad picked helpethe oo oues,made into pouder,and giuen todrinke in the a4" ing, xe ae ote ee se of the heart, preuaileth againft giddinefle,tu™ 18) Cc > Conferiefnade of andmembers fubieé to the nepalfi pa ie. etd ifaf the 1 aunteientt : fugar, profiteth much againft boasthe¢ floureswith : the difeafes ; fata, afore! : cane be taken thereof in the morning faftine tprofiteth them much th at haue tl fl ifth lat haue the palfie, if they we > bee wafhed with i the diftillec iftitled wate wa fubftance,but flenFrench Lauandet hatha bodie like Lauander,fhort, and of awooddie it derer,befet with long narrow Jeaues, ofawhitith colour,lefler than thofe of Lauanders w= hathin the top bufhyor fpikie heads,well compa orthruft together;out of the whichgro an {mall purple Houses, of a pleafant {mell. The feede is fmalland blackith: the roote is hard wooddie. s whereupon do 2 This tagged Sticadoue hath many finall ftiffe ftalks ofa wooddy fubftance see grow iaggedleaues in fhapelike ynto the leaues of Dill,but ofan hoarie colour: on the top Lanander Spike:t © italkes do growfpike floures ofa blewifh colous ; and like ynto the common Lobel , is called Laroot is likewife wooddie. + Thisby Clufizs who firft defcribed it,as alfoby refembling Lauander vendula multifido folio, or Lauander with the diuided leafe; the plant more é * than Sticadoue.t ichare 3 There is alfoacertaine kinde hereof, differing in fmalneffe of the leaues onely,wh Nes root ts likewife weoddie, from the firft or ordinarie kind, $ 4. Thereis alfo another kinde of Stachas which d in that the tops of the ftalkes are not fet with leaues almoft clofeto the head as inthe common kinde,but are naked and wholly without leaues: alfoat the tops of the {pike or floures(as it were Serpilla, & grauiterfpirantiscopia Thymire oo gq The Defcription. round about the edges nicked or toothed like faw, refembling thofe of Lauandercotton. The Hac circum Cafie virides,& olentialate ; Crap. 180. OfFrench Lauander,or Stickeadoue. I e of fe) ~ OFthe Hiftoryof Plants. to recompencetheir defe& below) there growe larger and fairer leaues than in the other forts, The other parts of the plant differ not from the common Stechas, = t1 Stachas five pica hortulana. Dp x Sticadoue andSticados. 2 Stachas multifida. : 1 lagged Sticados. |