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Show ———_—_—___= Theatrum Botanicum. BS Cuarid. Trise rt, a ing thereonat feyetall diftances, whichare like unto the ordinary wild Tyme, or mother of Tyme: the flowers Tanpe i CHar.8. 2a are purple, ftanding in rundles,at the toppes an peng This fmelleth fomewhatlike Pennyroyall, i+ Ocimum vulgare, Osdinary Bafill, | Place, 7¢ This firft growethin Candy and in Spaine alfo, as C/ufius faith, The fecondis not knowne(being notfet down by Cortifus, which fent itto Aatrhiolus) where it groweth, The third @/u/ius faith he foundin the Kingdome A of Palentia in Spaine. Thelalt, Adatehiolis faith arowethinthe Country ofForojulinm, The Time. Bafill. fe His tt; “Q iat a oe ii . the Joynts, bue much larger,and The Names, of a redai(h colour in the hotter Ccuntries, but not fo in the colder, a little dented aboutthe edges, ofa Ttis called in Greeke rey opiyavoe (and in Latine Tragoriganum) quafi hircum origanumdicas, quod pabsla gratin: Sighircis, ut Onitis afints, porins quam, quodhircumfeteat. ‘Thefirltis called by Pend andzabilin theit Adee(4. very fweetfcent, refembling a Citron pill, and therefore called Citratum , the flowers are white like the ordinary Tragoriganum Cretenfe apud Venetos, by Clafiss Tragoriganum 3 Hifpanicum s by Cafpar Banhinusin his Pina a Bafill, and the feed blacklike it, perifhing alfo after it hath Lragoriganum Creticum : and itis likely tobe the greater Tyme of Candy, that Propper Alpinas fetteth downe i his Booke of £gyptian plants. The fecond is called by Ge/ner,Tiragoriganum alterum, and {o doth Lobel, which ie that Adarum that { ortefus {ent unto ALatthiolas tor Thymum Creticumand by that name ofALarum,Durantes. Ly 5 ae roe . ; 3. Ocimum caryophyllatum maximum, The great Clove ¢ Balill, Rl dunenfit, and Tabermontanus doecall it,and Bauhinus, Tragori¢anum latifolium, ‘The thitdis the fecond Soaa Lragoriganum of Clufizs, bearing white flowers, whom Dodonaus and Camerarins inhis Epitome of (Matthia fas upon ‘Din{corides, Lugdunenfis and Tabermontanus doe follow. Thelait is the Tragoriganum of Maithiolus. ‘Thereis another alfo of thefe greateft Bafils that differeth not fromthe former, either in growing, or largeneffe of leaves,or colourofthe flowers,except that fometimes they whom Durantes, Lugdznenfis.and 7abermontanus doe follow, and Bakhinus calleth Tragoriganum SerpilifPoe are a little purplith, but in the {mell of the whole plant, To fhow youlikewife how aptly thefe plants are called Tragorigana, and how they difagree, it were not amiffe to give you the text ofDic/corides thereon. Tragoriganum ({aith he) is a {mall bnth orfhrnb, withleaves d ftalkes like unto Serpikvm,or Origanum, in {omeplaces it is found morefrefh and greene, with broaderleaves ~d < ek a ftronger and quicker {cent, more neerely re~ fembling Cloves, then the former, and is thereupon named Caryophyllatum. 54 fomewhat clammy. Another fortisfound with flender branches, and {mall leaves, which fome Lise Gitled Prafivm, Ali thee Authors have delivered us thefe hearbs here mentioned, under the name of Tragorigannm. 4 fuppofing themto come neereft unto one or other of thofe of Dio/corides, both for their forme. {weetnest . f fcent, and hotnefle in tafte : and Lobe/ faith that amongall the plants that are entituled 7;ragoriganum h ne d finde nonethat came neerer to thofe of Diafeorides, than thofe two forts heallowethof, and arethe twoFitePa saul . eerinilareeiced Ball ae ae au eo ey eee ae endsMaMa tc en Bat i te greater, nor fo {mall as the {mall kindes, but of a middle fize Sreydeaat itn Hear — the oes bo by the Venetians Creten/e, and that other {mall low plant AZarthiohes ferseth fuths a — 7 e* which he faith he hadfrom Cortufus. Butbecaufe they that are more hot and fharp than ppofe Dio/corides his tobe , for he faith the drinke made of them is both mild and pleafant,or dele@able to be takenofthofe that have loathing ftomacks ;and moreover, that Gefen faith that Tracorisenum belides: c quality ofOriganum, hath fome altri@tion or binding property init alfo, which in my jadscmentahe a les the heate ofthem, makingit the milder,but althoygh Icannot abfolutely fubfcribe unto them herein cit OF the 7 aoe due praifes, nor their firft founders their befittinghonours. Bellonivs at the latte: :a feat not A hes Se ac ey Best eines eek re danBafl thet ae; aed Pec iG mr hed One pi Hodes Hs THeeeONERE Teayaoe high, or better, from the joynts whereof {pread out many branches with broad fat leaves fer thereon, two alwayes at a joynt one againft another,as the Bafils have,bur fomewhat Fone. eycut in on the S edges,and Soare oftentimesa little crumpled, beriedqin,wie ronpace= thofe of (andy and Cythera, doe call our W.inter Savory by SPs The: Vertues? baloatfoeieadieee aesche dihaleeee in othersleffe : the flowers ftand at the tops of the falkes, Diofcorides faith they d ; 5 oe table . =a a is _ the ae Ww hereunto they are applyed, provoke urine, and are profi- {pike fafhio f'a white colour, with reddith ftripe d $- Ocimum Iadicum. vei ee nning hiKety iheet “fet ot ahead in date be Neested a decoction made thereof with potas, eewithpprcot be taken inwardly;asalfo, that gar, Palani:dancetroubled the {pleene ; andtaken in wine,helpeth thofe venemous Jxia Gpe ich 7os—be i re faith, f d stpa Thiftle, thechat taftehave and taken fmell the of Bafll) procureth i having as helpeth thofe that have a cough, and are fhort winded : the drinks theres Teas vie honeyin an EleQuary, huskes : the {eed is greater and rounder than any ofAke ete areofprocured by the toffings and aire fame Shae Sea, and alfo for the he tegat = aes vomiting beoke fimple medicines , tht it hath the ofthe oe ee Galen forthofe faith in his eighths that This curled ofthe kinde of the Indian having fachlike largeBaffill leavesiscut in fomewha on Baffill, t deepely the edges, and tion, P/iny ina mannerhaththe fame things, for he faith, it rovokeehBee diff nak lene hatha little aftri- curled or crumpled as they are fometimés, as alfo with {welling is efpecially good thofeofthat have takenthe poifon of Vifeum (for fo se ok i tamors or {wellings, and drinke, and for thefor biting a Viper : for fowre belchines of the Tomabte thehe the Ixia of Diofeorides) ir Plurifies, and thortneffe ofbreath, s » the heart-burning, and for conghes, without any {pot on them, as the ftalkes. are alfo : the Aowers hereofare likewife wholly white, without any {pot in them : the tothofe that loath their meate, and have weakeftomacks,or fach as have fo eb i ht eledtable, fit tobe given * Ocimum, Baill. : ons Ra Here are divers iLforts ofBafill, th ESA : ; E oe vesteliek by alew datare core. cokbap e_ very great ftrangers to our Nation, and batenTox é Ve -iniie Dilicere mains 66° vat ib s The greater ondindty Ballriferh . ae = great and imall common Baffill, all fides, whereon are fet twoleaves at every ‘ore wide i feb ftalke, diverfly branching forthon a pale greene colourbut frefh, alittle fnipt about ie oe eaeca at broad and round, yera little pointed, of citrion,as manyhave compared tind uerctece called che an of a trong heady fcent, fomewhatlike a Pomethe tops ofthe branches whh two fruition igi “stratum: the flowers are {mall and white, ftandine at after which come black heal sche “wigan ce in fome places greene, in others browne Minus, everyyeare, if you will have it. The lefler kinde called ets winter weather, andis to be new fowne but is thicker {pread with branches, and fmaller legces a mall , fine, or buth Bafill, gtoweth not fo high, fant fweet {cent bymuch: the $ thereon, cloferfet together, and of a more excellent plea which is more feldome, for ict feed black lik when it giveth feed with us __. {pringeth earl being Veeesich ete en Tipe feedin our Country often, becaufe it neither Dbdis. the meanenorfeedethfo beeweene them, forts I muft adde the third the meane be h >eing greater than the {mall one of Bafillss aS urd, whichis asit were ing fo high, in other things differing not, ) and leffer in leaves than the great, and not srow3. Ocimum 8 , and fomewhat long withall : the tootperifheth like the red ‘The whole plant {mellethftronglike unto the ordinary Balill and Camiire put together. 6. Ocimum Crifpum. Curld Bafill. bunches like bladders on them, but wholly of a greene colour, {mell hereofis fomewhat {trong, refembling the {potted Indian Cuar. VIII : The great Bafill; This kinde of Bafill differeth not in the manner ofgrowing from the greater ordinary garden Bafill : but brancheth ey all flower very late with us, and fomefo late, thatwe hardly fee any flowers untill October, if we fee any ; ‘The {mall Baill, 2. Ocimum maximum Citratum, The. greateft. Citron atall, is 7. Ocimum Minus. 2 OcimumMaximum Kinde, and is verylikely to be buta degenerate kinde, rifen from the feed thereof, being gathered in thefe colder Countries, ru Ocimumminus anguftifolium, Small dented Bafill. f3 : is {mall Bafill groweth not fo like any ofthe former Baffills, or es im: ee bu e Bai, athe Be beanie thereof, bue rather fomewhat refembling the wild Baffill,or C/imopadium, ha- ving fewer {talkes and branches, with {mall narrow tives 4 lice tle fnipt or indented about the edges, two alwayesfer together ata joynt, but more {parfedly on thebranches: the lowers grow at the tops ofthe branches, fomewhat like unto Baffil ofa white colour, but bendinga little more backward, the fmell hereof is {maller than anyofthe other Baffils, The Place. Thefe plants grow onely in Gardens with us; as alfo in Italy, and other places where they are cherifhed; their naturall being not knowneto us: onely the Indian and -curld Bafill are faid to i n the Welt-Indies into Spaine, and from thence in= RS Fe WAZ A . e : Sip DAR N\A Indian Basil); 19 |