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Show eee 3 Ofthe Hiftorieof Plants. b1B62- 4 This Dwarfe Germanderfends vp ftalkes fomehand ful high, round, not branched the Icaues. growvponthefe ftalkes by couples,thicke, fhin ing,a little hairy and greene ontheir ypper foure o; fides, and whitifh below:the tops ofthe ftalkes carry fpokytufts of floutes, confiftingof fueblewith leaues; whichfalling, there followes a feed-veflell, as in the Yerarica’s. The toot is knottyand fibrous, and growes fo fat amongft the rockes that it cannot eafily be got out, It fon. rethin Iuly. C-ufius deferibes this by the name of Teucrium 6, Pumilum: and Ponafersit forth by ; thename of Veronica petrafempervirens. $ 5 This Spanith Germander rifethvpoft times to thehei shtof a man, in manner ofa hedee buth, with one ftiffe ftalke of the bignefle of a mans little finger,couered ouer witha whitithbark diurded fometimes into other branches, which are alwayes placed bycouples one rightagainta. nother, ofan ouerwornehoarie colour; and vpon themare placed leaues not muchvnlike thecom. mon Germander ; the vpper parts whereofare ofa grayifh hoarie colour, andthe lowerofa deepe greene ; ofa bitter tafte, and fomewhat crooked, turning and winding themfelues after the manner ofawelt. The floures come forth from the bofome of the leaues, ftanding vpon {mall tender foot- rereLarne ed Nietford, by the relation of alearned Gentleman of S. Zohas in the medowby Abingtoncall diligent ¢@-rie, my very good friend, called M'. Richard Slater. AVfoit : {aid towne of Oxenford,a lie, and inamedow by Harwoodin Lancafhire, and diuers I E groweth in great plenty in the Ifle of other places. a The Time. A : Thefloures appeare in [une and Luly: it is beft to gather the herbe in Auguft: it peri- . dinmGermand x Scor er. Mater eee fheth not in. Winter, but onely lofeth the ftalkes,which comevp againe in Sommer: the root remaineth frefh all the yeares q The Names. ftalkes ofa white colour, without any helmet or hood on their tops, hauing in the middle many threddyfirings. The whole plant keepeth greeneall the Winter long. 6 Among the reft of the Free Germanders this is notof leatt béautyand account,hauing ma. ny weake and feeble branchestrailing vpon the ground, ofa darke reddifh colour,hard and wood. die ,at the bottome ofwhichftalks come forth many long broad iagged leaues notvalike the pre cedent, hoary vnderneath, and greene aboue, ofa binding and drying tafte. The floures growat the top ofthe ftalkes, norvnlike to thofe ofCi/tws femina, or Sage-rofe, and are white ofcolour, confifting ofeight ornine Ieaues, in the middle whereof do grow many threddy chiues without fmell or fauour: which being pat, there fucceedetha tuft of roughthreddy or flocky matter, not The Grecians call it s:0 : the Latines do keepe that name Scordium : the Apothecaries haue no other name: It is called offome T7#xago Paluftris, Quercula,and alfo Mithridatium, of Mithridates the finder of it out. Irtooke thenameScordinm fromthe {finel of Garlicke, which the Grecianscall aéers, and sina, Of the ranckneffe ofthe fmell :in high-Dutch, 12a {Rev battenig : in French, Scordion : in Italian, Chalamandrina paluftre - in Englifh, Scor- vnlike to thofe of the great Auens orPulfatilla : theroot is wooddy, and fet with fome few haite dium, Water Germander, and Garlicke Germander. ftrings faftned to the fame. Thefe plants do ioyin ftony and rough mountaines anddryplaces, and firchaslie open to the Sunneand aire, and profperwell in gardens : and ofthe fecondfort I haue receiued one plant for my garden of M*.Garret Apothecarie. @ The Time. gq Thtemperdture. Water Germanderis hotanddry: ithatha certaine bitter tafte, harfh and fharpe, as Galen witneffeth. They floure,flourifh, and feed when the other Germanders do. | The Names. q The Vertues. Tree Germanderis called in Greeke seausssprs, retaining the name of the former Chamedrys, and o . 1 1 so . : *y Great aionim, according totheauthoritie of Diofcorides and Pliay~ : in Latine Tewsrinm : in Englith, Germander, vpright Germander, and Tree Germander. @| The Temperature andVertues. Their setnperatinre and faculties arereferred vnto the garden Germander, but theyare 0 ot of fuch force and working, wherefore they be not muchvfed in phyficke. a4 ny, tne P| S Pak be sit snt : we which grow{mall purple floures like the floures of dead Nettle. foeOe ground very deepely. The whole plant being bruifed tm i in the ) Creeping ihe ae o aae vi So ittooke that name Scordium. + This by reafonof goodneffe of pene ew - argenefle thereof, whence Tabersamontanus and our Author made a bigget ane @ : S rove >) > ava ° ‘ s . and water. . _ Someaffirme, thatrawfleth being laid amongthe leaues of Scordium, maybepreferued along isamoftfingular cordiall to comfort and make merty the heart. q| The Defcription. Si Thedecoftion made inwiné and drunke,is good againft the bitings of Serpents, and deadly : : poyfons ; andis vfed in antidotes or counterpoyfons with good fuccefle. It is reported to mitigate the paine of the gout,being ftamped and applied with a little vineger matrix, prouokethvrine, helpeth the ftrangurie, that is,when a man cannot pifle but by drops,and j ae : a § : fet See orwater Germander hath fquare hairie alkes creeping by the ground ; oe a oft whitith crumpled leaues, nicktand fhipt round about the edges like ‘2 ig thereof, but [haueomitted the later as fuperfluous. + q| The Place. Water Germander crowe Water Germandercleanfeththe inttals, and likewife old vicers, being mixed with honey ac- out cordingto art : it prouokethvrine, and bringeth downe the monethly fickeneffe rit draweth of the cheft thicke flegme and rotten matter: it is good for an old cough, paine in the fides which commethof ftoppingand cold, andfor burftings and inward ruptures. time fromcorruption. 5 bs ; Being drunke with wine it openeth the ftoppings of the liuer, the milt, kidnies , bladder, and Cuap, 214. Of Water Germander, or Garlicke Germander. : 601 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. ‘i : The pouderof Scordion takenin the quantitie of two drams in meadeor honiedwater, cureth and floppeth the bloudy flix, and comforteth the ftomacke. Of this Scordiumis made a moft fingular medicine called Diafcordium, which ferueth very notably for all the purpofes aforefaid, The fame medicine made with Scordiumis giuen with very good fucceffe vnto children and aged people, that haue the {mall pockes, meafles, or the Purples, or any other peftilent fickneffe — even the plagueit felfe, giuen before the ficknes hauevniuerfally poffefled the whole Ody 2 CuHarP. and in she wate : mandergroweth neere to Oxenford, by Ruley, onbothfides ofthe watts medow anda |