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Show Ofthe Hiftory of Plants: 1330 Lis, 3. The Names. Goats-thorneis called in Greeke favo : ofmoft Herbarifts likewife Tragacantha : we may cal itin Latine Spina Hirci : in French, Barbe Renard : and in Englith for wantofa better name,Goats- Thorne : the liquor or gum that iffueth forth ofthe roots beareth the namealfo of rragacantha : it is called infhops Gummi, Tragacanthe ; and ina barbarous manner Gummi Tragacanthi : in Englith, GumDragagant. 6°6 q| The Temperature. This plant in each part thereofis ofa drying facultie without biting. Ic doth confolidateor glew togetiier finewes. that. be cut: but the roots haue that facultie efpecially, which are boyledin 5 o : i wine,and the decoction giuenvato thofe that haue any griefe or hurtin the finewes, c 3 ji . «es = . Gum Dragagant hath an emplatticke qualitie , by reafon whereof it dulleth or allayeth the fharpneffe of humors, and doth alfo fomthing dry. A Wik x @ The Vertues. The Gummieis fingular good to be licked in with honey againft the cough, roughneffe of the throat, hoarfeneffe,and all fharpe and thin rheumesor diftillations: beinglaid vnder the tongueit i. 2 ¥ taketh awaythe roughneffe thereof. B C : aoe? Being drunkewith Cute or the decoétion of Liquorice it taketh away andallayeth the heatof the vrine : it is alfo vfed in medicines for the eyes. _Thegreateft part of thofe artificial! beades, fweet chaines, bracelets, and fuchlike pretty fiveet things of pleafure are made hard and fit to be worne by mixing the gum hereof with other fwveets, being firft feeped in Rofewater till itbe foft. The figure which wasin thethird place was of the plant defcribedin the fecond which Aatthiolvs and Tabern. made their Porerium, but it agreed nor with the defeription which was taken out of the Aduer{ Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. ; q The Defiription, ty Lens maketh mention of Acacia, whereo f the firft is the true and right Acaciawhich isa (hrub ‘or hedgetree,but not growing right or flraigh t vp as other fmal] fmall trees dohis branches are wooddie,befet with many hard and long Thorns ;about which stowthe leaues. compaét of many{mall leaues cluftering about one fide,as in the Lentill : the floures are whitith, the husks or cods be plaine and flatyea very broad like vnto Lupines,efpeci ally on that fdewhere , the feed growes,which is contained fometimes in one part,and fomer >metim es in two parts of the husk, growing together in a narrow necke: the feed is fmooth and gliftering .There is a blacke iuice ta- kenout of thefe huskes,if they be dried in the thadow when they beripe ;but ifwhen rheyare not ripethen it is fomewhat red: fome do wring out a iuice out of the Jeauesand fruit: there flows sthalfo a gumout of this tree,which isthe gum.of Arabia,called Gum Arabickes 2 Diofiorides hauing defcribed Spina Acacia, fetteth downea fecond kinde thereof, callingit Acacia alteraswhich haththe three leates ofRue or Cytifusand coddes likeethofe of Geniftella, but fomewhat more blunt at the end,and thicke at the backe like a Rafor, and ftill groweth forward fattower and narrower,vneill it come to hauea fharpeedge: inthefe foureflat feeds like Genz/fellawhichbefore they wax ripe are yellow cods are contained three or , but afterwards blacke : the whole plant groweth to the height ofGeniftafpinofaor Gorfle, both in fhape, height, and refem. blanceand not tothe height ofatree, as AMaithiolus would perfuade vs, but full of fharpe Thornes likethe former. | The Place. The true Acacia groweth in Egypt, Paleftina, Lombardie, and Syria, as Diofcorideswriteth + among the fhrubs and trees that remaine alwaies gteene, Acacia is noted for one by Petrus Belloni- mus,in his firft booke of Singularities,chap.4.4. The other Acacia groweth in Cappadocia and Pontus,as Cuar.26. i ia Diofcovidis. Seee The Egyptian Thome. Of the £gyptian Thorne. 2 Acacia alteratrifolia, : Thorny Trefoile. Dio/corides writeth «it isalfo found in Corfica,and on diuers mountaines ofItaly,and likewife vpon batdie,and vpon the Narbone coaft ofthe Mediterranean fea, all the coaft of Liguriaand Lom. @ The Time, Thefe floure in May, and theirfruit is ripe in the end of A uguft, @ The Names, Thetree Acacia is named ofthe Graecians «ese, yea culen in our time,andlikewife ofthe Latins Mticia s. itis alfo called Aizyptia fpina : this ftrange thorne hath no Englifh name thar] can learn, ‘idtherefore it may keepftill the Latine name Acacia,yet I haue named (\) By ) Ja) oe ip 1) —_ \\ A SS \y) A SS it the Egyptian thorne: Meiuice is called alfo Acaciaafter the name ofthe plant: the Apothecarics of Germanie dovfe nfieed hereof, the iuice that is preffed forth of floes or fnags,which theytherefore call Acacia Ger. mince s Matt biolys piG-ureth for Acacia the tree which the later Herbarifts do call Arbor Inde, to Watch he hath vntruly added Thorns,that hemight belie Acacia, and yet he hath not made it agree With Droftorides his defeription. : _ Theycalf this ina dasiaa: in Latine Acacia aitera, or the other Acacia, and Pontica Acacia,or Pon- Uicke Acacia, : @ The Nature. j i Theiuice of Acacia,as Galen faith,confiftethnotof:one only fubftance,but is of fubftance borh and earthie,towhichalfois coupleda certaine wateric effence, andic likewife hath thin and a difperfed init felfe: thereforeitis dry inthe third degree, and cold in the fistifit benor 3 and in the fecond,if aid the hor parts, ic bewafhed : for by wafhing it lofeth his fharpeand biting qualiry me q) The Vertues. gepiuice of Acacia floppeth the laske,the inordinate courfe ofwomens Mlle called Gonorrhea, if itbe drunke in red eh faleth the blaftings and inflammations ofthe wine. cies, andmaketh termes,and mans inuo- A the skin and palmes of the B' sé eet after the healing of the Serpiga: ithealeth the blifters and extreme heatin the mouth, keth the haires blacke that arewathed therewith. aa §00d, faith Diofcorides,againkt S, Anthonies fire,the fhingles,Chimerla,Prerygia,andwhitC ’ jabs gum doth binde and fomewhat coole : it hath al{ ioined vntoitan emplaiftick quality,by D wii m tdulleth oralayeth the fharpnefle of the medicines wherewithit is mixed. Being applied The: white and yolk ofan egge,it fuffereth nor blifters to rife in burnedor {calded parts, Diof¢, tig medicines Of the other,faith Dio/torides,doth alfo binde,butic is not fo effe Qualnorfo good in B ~“dlcines, fay OAthos \ : oe Reynebu formerly ongfigurewhich was that in the fecond place,and he wouldhaue perfaaded vs,that ic tas ofthe right ¢cacig,yetin his deferipa GHAP, |
