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Show r Ras ; a. eae ge ee The C hina nowin vie is a rootofthe largenef fe of that of the ordinarie Flag,oriripalsies and not muchin {hape vnlike thereto, burthat itwants the rings or circles thatare i the other ts : the outer coat or skin ofthis root is thin, fometimes {moot h othenwhile uh 4 b rowni th red colour, and not to be feparated fiom thefub ftance ofthe root which Gers ; a ‘ tent firmeneffe,being not fo hard as wood, but morefollid than moft roots which are ee Or trees : the colour is fometimes white, with fomevery {mall mixture of redneffe . flee hie eS it hath a greater mixture of red, and fome are more red than white : itis it hath isdry, without any bitterneffe or acrimonieatall. The beftisalmoft withiGuther ‘ 1 that whichis indie male pondero us, new,firme, not worme-eaten, nor rotten, and which hath a good and freth Ed, al that eitherwhite, or muchinclining thereto. The plant whofe roor thisis (ifwe may beleeue eeue Chri. a fi opher A Cofta) hath many {mall pricklyand flexible branche s, not vnlike the Smile afpera, or the prickly Binde-weed : the biggeft of thefe exceedethnot the thickeneffe of ones little finger.. T} leaues are of the bigneffe of thofe of the broad leaued Plantaine : the roots are as tor i , gi hand 3 fome ime times c. follid, i le fle, h c au y > whi wh ite. 3 and alfo fometim ime es Tec 9 and many : growing 1 € y oft ft t imes i theHiftory ofPlants, 1619 and then drying. Now 1 iudge this the fame that the writerof the Virginian Hiftorie mentions in his chapterof roots,andfaith,it was broughtinto England for China,though the Natities knew novfe thereof: but they wf anotherroot very like China,which theycall T/imaw, of which beeing cut,beaten,andpreffed out with water,they draw a iuice wherewith they make their bread. Thus much Clufius,to whofe wordsI thinke it notamiffe to adde that which M'.Thomas Harfot (whowas thewriter ofthe Virginian hiftorie, here mentioned by Clufius) hath fet downe concerning this thing. take (faithhe) isa kinde ofroot much ike vntothat which in Englandis called the China root,broughtfrom the Eaft Indies. And we know not any thing to the contrarie but chat it may be ofthe fame kinde. Thefe roots grow manytogether in great clufters, and doc bring forth a Brier ftalkjbut the leafein fhapeis far valike:which being fupported by the trees it groweth necereft vie to;wil reachorclimeto the top of the higheft. From thefe roots whileft they be new orfreth,being choptinto fmall pieces.and ftampt,is {trained with water a iuice that maketh bread, and alfo bee. ing boiled,a very good {poonemeatin manner ofa gelly,and is muchbetterin tafte, ifit betempe- red with oyle. This T/izaw is not of that fort which by fome was caufed tobe brought into England 1 China vulzaris Officinarum, True China, was forthe China soot,for itwas difcoueredfince, andis in vfe as is aforefaid , but chat which brought hither is not yet knowne,neither by vs,nor by the inhabitants,to ferue for any vie or pur, pofe,although the rootsin fhapeare very like. Thus muchHariot, 2 Pfeudo.China Baftard China, @y! The Temperature and Vertues. China is thought to be moderately hot and dric: the decoétion thereofmade alone or with o- ther things,as the difeafeand Symptomes fhal require,is much commended by Garcias,for to cure the French pox,butchiefely that difeafe whichis of fomeftanding : yet by moft it is iadgedleffe ; Ae powerfull than Guajacum,or Sarfaparilla. Irattenuates,mouesfweat,and dries,and thereforerefifts putrifaction: it ftrengthens the liver, helpes the dropfie,cures maligne vicers, fcabbes, and lepry- It is alfocommended in ConfumpRe ; ; tions. The decoétion ofthis root,faith Garcias ,befides the difeafes which haue communitie with the {chirrous and cedematous tumours. It al. cure ofthe Palfie,Gout,aSciatica, conduces to the Poxe, Pee > ve -@ he inunere fo helps the Kings-euill. It cureth the weakenefle of the ftomacke, the inueterate head-ache, the ftone and viceration ofthe bladder; for many by the vfe of the decoction hereof hauebeene cured; which formerly receiued help by nomedicine. Cuar. 26. Of (oflus @ The Defiription. Dio/corides,who mentions three kindes thereat His fimple medicine wasbriefely defcribed by he hath not expreft: but one maypro’ ee fruit, ood,or TH sk: part ofa plant,whether root,w ofthe Chapter where he. treats thereof, end ly conie Que ‘t is aroor, for that hewrites toward the theFOGs ” genum i now8@ roots of Heleni:um comma ith1 therew g mixin L by rated ; adulte ‘ itis that on ib. 4p.15. Pliny, lib. t2scap.% 2.calls ita roe -* o toot saat well be adulterared but with another. Alfo It groweth aboundantly in the tetritorie of China, and is alfo found in Malabar, Cochin, Cranganor, Coulan, Tanor, andother places. : The Chinois call it Lampatan in Decan they call it Lampatos - in Canarin, Bonti : the Arabi- ans, Perfians, and Turks terme it Choph-China. * : This other root, whofe figure youfee hereexpreft,was fent from London to Clufus in the aye 19 I, oy bpaCE Gareth, being brought out of Wingandecaow, or Virginia, withthis infcripcae pee feeies A kinde of China, Clufius caufed this figure thereof to be drawne, and thus eeto contenss Rey Ot, and formed with out-growings, of b me elie oe . a Ms hal yet retained at the top fome part of the ftalke, eee of ee ieee Smilax afpera, ot common rough Binde-weed, hard,wooddy , and full ines, as the ftalks of Smilax afpera : the fubftance of the root was alforeddith, as the root of the fommon Flagge, at the firof a faleith tafte, it being old, (for fo it was when I receiued it) : an ated the plant, on is d A ty ther kecrast the antient or moderne Writers haue delini e white, was e » faid : the Arabian being the beft , which hauef 2¢ forts,a‘ s.I Coflus. *Diofcorides makes three Sytian;whic t kes : the light, and blacke e, light, was large, which waslarg san. ,which fmelli ng : the Indian ftrona ight. ftrong,and well {melli licht, ustih eaia Li te pira w ng.No washeauie,ot the colour ofBox,andftrong fmelli blacke to be the Indian o: Deena ta 9 ice his faith is thethe better; fo I iudg) ith is i the white, i whichhe whether the fame or Oe anie eaten “e pe white theArabian Muchagreeable tothefe(but 7 y 4 3 > by, } <~ view ,and they7 are called F your to t prefen P here I gures whofefi roots the rwo sccadi tfecet, use, ete re Coftus us)and odorat faid haue dulcis(I thinke they fhould e arge the {mall, than ta ¢; is as I ; e 1 The firft of thefewhichrather from al oes 4 30 oe a dns et soot,licht,white,andwell {melling,hauing oe ae at ! ae eee Old :it 1s am too not an frefh, i the2 rootbe2 fre i if cing,¢fpecially andprer pierci d Capeaecpeler eee ip two, aoe ane parts, from whence feuerall fralks ee : oe he th fome tw <s fome two ort hree inches 10: 8; 2 e ftalks iece ofthef ; fome of thempieces ypon > ; ay > c 1¢ aes Ee An Appendix to < |