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Show 97 Leip. eo Oe the Hiftoryof Plants. Theleaues ofthis are fomwhatlike,yet leffe than thofe ofour common Monks-hood,bl kith on the vpperfide andfhining- Theftalkeis fome cubitand halfehigh, firme, carry ingfew fic {mooth, and fhining ; diuided towards the top into fome branches fornre to thofe ofthe vulgar Mc onks-hood ofa moft elegant and deepe violet colour: t} like the former, and roots round,thicke, and fhort,with many fibres. It growes vpon thehii Saltsburg, whereit floures in Iuly :but brought into gardens itfloures foonerthantherch of this kinde, towit in May. Glufins calls this Acontium lycac tonum 4. Tauricum, 5 This hath leaues broader than thofe ofour ordinaric Monks hood,yet like them : the falke is round, ftraight, and firme,and of fome three cubits height, and oft times toward the top diuided into many branches, which carry their floures {pike-fafhion, of apurple colour , abfolutely like thofe ofthe common fort, but that the thrummie matter in the middeft of thefloures is ofa duskier colour. The root andreft of the parts are like thofeof the common kinde: it growes na. turally vpon the Styrian Alpes, whereas it floures fomewhat: afte r the commoa Kinde, towit, in hi fel Iuly. Clufixs hathit bythe name of Aconitumlycoconum 5. Neubergenfe. 8 Theleaues ofthis arealfodinided into fiue parts, and {nipt about theedges, and doc x 9 Aconitum maximumnutante coma. very much refemble thofe ofthe {mal Wolf. Monkes-hood with the bending, or banedefcribedin the fecond place, but that nodding head. the leaues ofthat fhine,whenas theledonot: the ftalke is twocubirs high, notverythicke, yet firme andftraight,ofa greenifh purplecofour; andat the topcarries fiue orfx Houres, the largeft ofall the Monks-hioods,confifting of foure leaues, asin the reft ofthis kindwith avery large helmet ouer them,being fometimes an inch long, ofan elegant blewifh purple color: the fecd-vellels, feedsand roots are like the reft ofthis kinde, Thisgrowes0n Iudenberg, the higheft hillofall Suria, and floures in Auguft ; in gardens about theei of uly. Clufins names it Aconitum Lyme 9ludenbergen{e. , 9 This rifes vp to theheight of three (5:1 Bia Of the Hiftory of Plants. eli: a FP? oraccidents caufed by Toxicum, together with the remedies, reckoneth vp almoftthe vérie fame that Asien doth concerning Napellws : notwithftanding Avicen writes of Napellus and Toxitum feuetally ; but not knowing what Toxicum is,as he himfelfe confefleth: fo that it is not tobe maruel- led,thathauing written ofNapellus, he (houldafterward entreat againe ofToxisum. The Nature and Vertues. Allthefe plants are hot and diy in the fourth degree, and ofa moft venomous qualitie. The force andfacultie of Wolfes-baneis deadly to mari and all kindes of beafts : the fame was triedoflate in Antwerpe, and is as yet frefh in memorie, by an euident experiment, but moft lamentable ; forwhen the lcaues hercof were by certaine ignorant‘perfons ferued vp in fallads , all that did eate thereofwereprefently taken with moft cruell fymptomes, and fo died. , «The fymptomes that followthofe that do eate of thefe deadly herbes are thefe ; their lips and tongues fivell forthwith, their eyes hang out,their thighesare ftiffe, and their wits are taken from them,as Avicea writeth in his fourth booke. The force of this poyfonis fich, that ifthe points of dartsor arrowes'be touched with the fame, it bringeth deadly hurtto thofe that are wounded therewith. Againft {odeadlya poyfon Axicen reekoneth vp certaine remedies, which helpe afterthe poy- C fonts vomited vp and among thefe he maketh mention of the Moufe (as the copies euery where haueit) ourifhed andfed vp with Napellus, which is altogether an enemie to the poyfonfome nature thereof, and deliucreth him that hath takenit fromall perifland danger. » Aatonins Graverius of Pauia,a famousphyfitionin his age, in his treaty ofpoyfonsis ofopini- on, that it is pOr'’a moufe that Anicen fpeakes of, buta fly: for he telleth ofaertaine Philofopher thatdid verycarefully end diligently make fearch after this Moufe, and neithercould find ar any timeeither Moufe, or the root of Wolfes-bane gnawneorbitten, as he had tread, but in-fearching he found manyflies feedingon the leaues, which the fame Philofophertooke , and made-of them an Antidote oreounterpoyfon, which he found tobe good and effeQuall again&t other. poyfons, butefpecially the poyfon of Wolfes-bane. ary This compofition confifteth oftwo ounces of Terra lemnia, as many’ Of the betries of the Bay tee, and the likeweightof Mithridate, 24 of the flies that haute taken théirrepaft vpon Wolfes- bane,of hofiey and oyle Olinea furfficient quantitic. ase _ The fame opinion that Gaanerius is of, Petrus Pena and Matthias de Lobel doe alfo hold ; who af- bits, with'a flender roundftalkew hicli oe fitme, that there was neuer feene at any time any. Moufe feeding thereon, but that there be Flies which refort vnto it byfivainies; and feed 'ndtonely vpon the floures,but on the herbéalfo; ‘ @ The Danger. 290 There hath beenelittle heretofore fet downe concerning the vertues of the Aconites,but much mightbefaid of the hurts tharhaue come hereby, as the wofull experience of the lamentable ex- r Aconitum lycoctonum 8. wma aupante, | ample at Antwerpe, yet fteth in meniorie, doth declare, as we hauefaid. uided into fundry branches, and commonly hangs downethehead , whence Clafins ¢ floures are like thofe of thecommon aes hood, but of fomewhat 4 lighter parp % 1 The figure that wasinthe fielt place formerly was of che dcanitin Léereitm Ponticiim; and that in the fecond place was ofa Napellas, Jour. The leaues are largerandlongan’ morecut in or diuided than any ot “9 Ze The roots, feeds, and other paruicis © vnlike thofe ofthe reft of thissinees + ey The Place. ad Diuers ofthefe Wolfs-banes “aan gardens, except Aconitu Pycoctanr » forthof the Emperors booke. Cuar. 377. Of blacke Hellebore. @ The Defeription. He firkinde of blacke Hellebor Dod fetteth forth vnderthis title Veratrum nierm sand it may properly be called in Englith,blacke Hellebor,which isaname mo i the true and vndoubted blacke Hellebor, for the kindes and otherforts hereof, @ The Time. and baftard kindes thereof. This plant hath thicke and farleaues sart whereof is fomewhat bluntly nicked or toothed, having i The Names. leauesmany,in others fewer, like vnto the female Peony, of ny Creticum. Ubeareth Rofe fathionad floures vponflenderftems, growing immediately *myraiim Thefe plants do floure from Mayvnto the end of Auguft. ofthe rel, a as any ofthbese! : The firlt is Lycoétoni fpecics, or akinde of Wolfes-bane, and isas burtfull ech ed ofLobel, Aconitumflore Delphing, ox Larke-{put Wolfes-bane, 4a? en his? Trearife , hauing fecond booke, and afterwards inhis fourth booke, Fen. 6. the firft Wolfes trang” the why and wherefore he hathfeparated this from Canach adip, that is to fay, ofthe hg the VVolfes bane. ne Napellsj nein Lativanitelyc The later and barbarous Herbarifts call the third Wolfes bane 3 1 2 7 f . ' ude as thape of the roots ofNapus, or Nawet, or Nauew gentle ; it is likewsfe [0 inde of Wolfes-bane : alfo it may be called Toxicwm ; for Toxtcurn 182 i Foth: th rhe Funters poyfon their fpeares, darts, and arrowes, that bring prei¢ downetbe sy arrowes which the Barbarianscall Toxenmata,and Toxa. Diofcorids fetting ¢ Sutofthe groundan handfull high, fomtimesvery white,and oftentimes mixed witha little thew * purple : which being vaded,there fiicceed {mall huskes full ofblacke feeds : the roots aremany, “ta long blackeftrings comming from onehead. ; ; 2 The fecond kinde of blacke Hellebor, called ofPena, Helleboraftrinn , and ofDodonausVera but narrower and wmfecundum (ish Englith, baftard Hellebor) hath leaues muh like the former, acker, cachlea fe being muchiaggcd or toothed about the edges like’a faw. The ftalkes grow , » te Height ofa faot or more, diuiding them(felues intoother branches coward the top ; whereon ~8'Owfloures not muchvnlike to theformerin fhew, faue that theyare of agreenifh herby co- “™. The roots are fmall and threddy, but not fo blacke as the former 3 The |
