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Show Tripest Theatrum Botanicum. . 23 CHAP. it. 3» P/eudoditlamnus alter Pona, Another Baftard Dittany. Baftard Dittany. 2. Pfeudodidiamaus, The Theater ‘Tribe tl C uar.1. Plantes. faith, caufeth fpee~ withthe fpleene,by lefning the fwelling thereof. Ithaftneth on the birth, and as THeophrajtus W ineis a prefent redy delivery,or at leaft eafeth much ofthe paines in travaile: andthe juyce thereof drunke in medy for thofe that are bitten by any venemous Serpent. The hearbis fo powerfull againft the poyfonof all beafts them if they touch it where itis that are venemous, as that it dothdrive them awayby the very {mell, and killeth ofit into the hung the juyce thereofis alfo a prefent remedy for all wounds made withIron, if after the putting wound, fomeof it alfo be taken in drinke, The Baftard Dittany is ufed for all the purpofes that the formeris, faid infeverall places of his books : but with muchleffe effect. Pliny ferteth downe ina maner all that is formerly SEAS Poa) that it procureth the monethly courfes ofwomen, and is foeffectuall to'expell the dead birth, thatit is dangerous tobring it into the chambers of womenthat are withchild. Cuap. XII, Pulegium. Penny-royall. Here are divers forts ofPenny-royall, fome that grow wildein manyplaces ofthis Land, yet are nur- are UI fed every where in Gardens; the other more rare, and therefore preferved onely by thofe that curious. I. Pulegium vulgare. 1. Pulegium vulgare, Common Penny-royall. This common Penny-royallis fo well knowneto all, chat I fhall not need to fpend much time inthe defcription of it, having many weake round ftalkes divided into fundrybranches, rather leaning or lying onthe ground, than ftanding up= right,whereonare fet at {everall joynts!{mall roundifh darke greene leaves : the flowers are purplifh thatgrowin Gardensfor the moft part, yet fome that grow wilde are white, of more white than purple,fet in rundles about the toppes of the branches: the ftalkes fhootforth fmall fibres or rootesat WY\F the joyntsasitlyeth upon the ground, faltning itfelfe there- ey in quickly,and overfpreading any ground, efpecially growing in the fhadeor any moift place + and is increafed by breaking ofthe fproutedftalkes and thrutt into the earth, Common Penny-royall. x SS NN 2. Pulegiumregium vulgare mays. Great Penny-royall. withall.The firft Baftatd Dittany groweth ivmanyplaces,as D iofcorides {aith,and as Lobelfaith he underftood by fomeItalians on Adonte negra ncere Pifa and Ligorne in the Florentine Dominions. It is fufficient frequent in manyplaces of Jtaly in their Gardens, for we have had the {eed thereof among others very often from thence, and abideth well in our Gardens alfo : thelaft, as Poa in his Italian Baldus faith, groweth in the Iland Cerigo ® and broughtfrom thence to Signor Contareno to Padoato farnifh his Garden. geaven 8 é i x 4 The Time, ‘ aoe as I faid)hardly flowreth with usatall, and when it doth, it is verylate, not bringing any ind it 8h ] aya es (asit istonne in the old Copies extant) writeththatit beareth neither flower nor feed, even ashe had {aid before of Nardis montana, but Matrhiolws defendethhim, {aying, that it was moft likely to be the flippe or errors of the Writers that ferdowne %éee for cpeéce: that is fert or profert, for confert, as thus necflores SEE UHM else ‘fert, or p7 Ohta for neeflores, necfruttum, velJ femenconfert, for Theopbraftus faith 2hb 47.9 9 cap.° 31 360 J ‘ 16. i ateore nonramorunnec fructus ef, and Virgil and others (although P“iny following the corrupted tri they 2), ‘r oitpes, ter t i ny vote e 2 ¥ 5 A " text of Diofcorides, faithit beareth no flowers, nor feed, nor ftalke, whereofit is a wonder, ha: ine b muchoutof Theophra/tus, acknowledgethit) j ond fo Me st emotion pe)which a pees t) d doe remember¢ the flowersof Dittany,and doth Galen alo 4 : " Pe 7 ae ittamno, W se Damocrates,as he {aith. gave himthe receit. The firft Baftard Dittang owreth with nsall the latter part of the Summer, but feldo me giveth good feed. any iv us es F beene feene in Exg/and, Re ahah eee tis called in LE eile , YAtixcoy fy pla The Names. vi ly Sint Fai Zoe a Pa ha oe gif by ‘Disfcorides Ainreuses, by Theophraftus atureuvor, fome ine ste alfo Fae Ain a i Alas, alfotbeid in 1Latine Ditiamus and Dittamnum, dmté tire Corvario dici videtur, quod tints sd aeeen CELI: promittat,aut dolores penitusfedat Diafcoride ce Theophrajto : the firft is r minus Creticus, Creti t : . Wileis called ritersate A mus ov c sthamnus or Di Dittamum, or Dittamnums Creticum: the fecond likes called by all Writers P/eudod:ftamnus,or Pfewdoditta dod; ; fith it j the now a dayes Calind mathia seas OF F, ee sitamun : Anguilara faith it is called by lyfeGreekes ee ee athia : P ef : Pona would make itto be the Gnaphaliumof Diofcorides :thelaft i ar 28ONE ane 5 e y tec out by Pona, whotaketh irto bee the Diflamuum alrerum, of Theophra call itAL [Catramfr Anegen Araba or Buri, the Italians Dist TEP d panlrrastes and Diofcorides, The Arabians There is a greater kinde than the ordinary fort, found wild withus, which fo abideth bei | brought into Gardens, and differeth not fromit, bur ithe largenefle of the leaves and ftalkes, in rifing higher, andnot creeping upon the ground fo much ; the flowers whereof are purple,and growing in run- dies aboutthe ftalkes like the other. 3. Puleginm denfis(urculis, Thick or double Penny-royall, This fort differethlittle from the former, the leaves are fomewhat {maller and thicker fet on the ftalkes, and the branches growclofer together. 4. Puleginm mas flore albo, White flowred Penny-royall. ¢ This Penny-royal! groweth more upright withhis {talkes thanthe former, and fometimes a foot higher alfo, having leaves thereon fetby coupleslike it, and in {omeplaces other {maller leaves likewife growing with them, the fowers alfo gtow in rundles or wharles round ‘about the ftalkes at feverall joynts, but are wholly white, and fo abide being planted in gardens,the {mell whereof, the tafte and ufeis altogether like the other: the rootes likewife creepe under ground, as the former. . Pulecium anguftifolinm five Cervinum, French ot Harts Penny-royall. ae m This fine Penny-royall bath creeping rootes under ground, but fhoot forth longer {prouts than the former,fro g and narwhence {pring forth manytall upright hard ftalkés, whereonare fet at equall diftances many {malllonjoynts with atthe rowleaves,all along the branches up tothe toppes : the flowers grow round about the ftalkes more pleathe leaves,at many{paces upto the toppes,ofa pale purplifh colour; the fmell and tafte hereof is much fing andftronger alfo. 6. Puleginmfolis Nummularie. Roundleafed Pénny-royall, This round leated Penny-royall. growethalmoft as upright asthelaft, with flender ftalkes, having the leaves fet : the flowers bycouples at each joynt, and are fmall and round like unto thofe of Hearb two pence, but farreleffe totheir Dialect, and wein Englith Dittany,Ys butn ee eo nyhake Pat Diert fomeputes too foolifhly wouldpbea makeit. ftand in rowes compaffing the ftalkes as the other doe, ofa pale bluifh colour: the {mell hereof is. much more farre moreefficacy, for itnot onely or bur sf : k ee sranke, but being applyed unto the place (as in a Veflaryjor the fumesthereof sabenbee or burnt,and taken underneath: the juyce hath a purging quality applyed with Barley meale : reth f, fecond _ The firft is commonin many moift and watryplaces of the Land, and for the ufekeptin Gardens. Themore a- Te tsavaileable fai expelleth nileideac3 epee: as Diofeorides rides faith, for all thei purpofe ; i but with d Re et the planted or garden Penny-royall isufed, the f place:for asiris Be a eae ot af feete, or anyother part ofthe body being applyed to eee repe themforth,and 1¢ Wildite thereby Goates inai eating this hearbe drive "being : me ise byJ the Surat by (xndy wo pters Wiith arrowes,doe owes,doe by 2and are ther red. is to be veryprofitabe for thofe that are trou pleafant than the commen fort. The Place. is found wildin F Sondantlythan in in divers places of the highway betweene London and Colchefter, and thereabouts, Effex. The 1 from thence brought andplanted in many Gardensof D3 third hath |
