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Show Cu ap. 14. ([ ripe i. Theatrum Botanicum. ~ Lhe Theater ofPlantes. 2: Calamintha montana prefiantior. ‘The greateft Calamint, or Mountaine Mint, Cuar, ~ Cu APsIfe 77 4. Calamintha rainor incana, Small Calamint, XIII, Calamivtha, Calamint, or Mountaine Mint. Lthough divers Authors doe confound Calamint(calling it Catmint) with Nep, which is more Pr operly in one $2 called Catmint, yet I thinke it better tointrear of them a part, then to joyne them bot . Calamintba vulgaris. Common Calamint, 1, Calamintha vulgaris, Common Calamint: The ordinary Calamint that groweth ufwally abroad in the dry grounds withus, is a {mall hearbe feldome rifing above a foothigh, with fquare hoary, and wooddy ftalkes,and two {mall hoaryleaves fet at a joynt, about the bignefle of Marjerome, or not much bigger, a littledented about the edges, and ofa very A yen ps ‘ps. SKwR montana preftantior, ox A aD (ESS o VAG (e i We - L ZAINS WieeS ( AY) Pep TMC Ni & Wp Altera minor, fierce and quick {cent,as the whole hearbis: the flowers fland at feverall {paces ofthe ftalkes, fromthe middle almoft upwards, whichare {mall and gaping like unto thofe of Mints, and ofa pale bluthcolour, after whichfollow {mall roundblackith feed: the root is {mall and wooddy, withdivers {mall {prigs {preading withinthe ground,and dyeth not, but abideth manyyeares, Thereis anotherof this fort whichis like unto it in all things, but fomewhat leffer, differing chieflyin the flowers which are notfo large by the halfe, which noteth it tobea differing fpecies, 2. Calamintha The greateft Calamint, or Mountaine Mint, This{weet Calamint rifeth up tobe afoot anda halfe high; withhis {quare hard,and hoaryftalkes,which are many,and flen- i derer than thofe of the wild Mints, whercon are fer joynt two fmall and fomewhat roundleaves deepely at every dented a\\ boutthe edges,yet larger than thofe ofthe former wilde being fomewhat hairy, and not fo hoary , but rather Kinde, of greenecolour, of a very {weet {cent, not firong or heady asa fad other: the flowersare gaping,andlike the other, but larger, the and ofa GNAPS? 5) Calamintha arvenfis verticillara five aquatica Bel. purple colour, after which commeth the feed whichi s black, {mall, and round, fomewhat like unto Purflan feed, the root is Field Calamint with whorled coronets. wooddy , but abideth and fhooteth forth new branches every yeare. = 3. Calamintha altera odore P wlegyfolis macnlofis, Spotted Calaminr. Nepotella. Cords upon Diofeorides calleth it Nepeta agréfis, and Banhinus alfo calleth it Calamintha Pulegi adore five Nepeta 5 ve :This {potted t Calamintt differeth not mu chfrom our ordinar y wild Calamint, but that it growethnotfo great and high,having 4 . {quare hard hoaryftalkes, and hoary leaves thereon. like it, but fpotted here and there, and of a ftrong {centlike unto Penny-royall ; the Howers growin wellin moilt medowes,as plowed grounds, They doeall flower in Tuly, and theirf nay, ¢ sroweth in diversfields of our owne Land, as in Englith Spotted Calamint,,for a diltin¢tion from the q ers;Soo though it hath but fometimes {mall thew of{pots we ei 1¢ fourth is called by Lobel Calaminthafecnnda incana, a by Caen Ry SZ Ea varius Calamintha Cretica, but by Bawhinus Calamintha incana oci~ SSS the fame manner, but Sedalie, and ofa pale purplifh colour. 4. Calamintha minor incana, Small Calamint. This hoary {mall Calamint hath {mall low and flender leavesiat a joynt; asin the other forts, but {mallerand hoary ftalkes not above a foot high, whereon are fet two more flowers are very {mall, but like the laft, and of a leffe heady hoary, even {maller than the leatt bufh Bafill : the {cent, 5. Calaminthaarvenfis verticillata five aquatica Belgarum Lobely, Field Calamint with whorled coronets, This fmall Field Calamint fendech forth divers {quare hoary round hoaryleaves {et thereat up to the toppes, fomewhat ftalkes full of joynts, and two {mall.and almoft fharpe, yet fweerfcent like thereunto alfo : tawards the like unto the leaves of Penny-royall; of'a quicke and toppes ofthe ftalkes and branches ftand with the leaves many-purplifh flowers divers fet rogether in a Whorle or coronet: the rootis finalland abideth lone, rifhing after feed time, not pe5 The Place, ‘Thefirt Th ¢ groweth-on heaths :arid upland dry grounds in many places of the Land and : the fecond hillstiecre Padod; and on the hills neere Vicenza in Italy, and on the Rocky thadowie cliffes ofon the Euga: nzan = . ee asa in Germany,and other Sevena in Pros poe and in England alfo, as Lobel faith cea ait he found oneertaine hee obferved, The third Thabiaidsfleunee at d neice Hills in Lombardy, te, J2and and in infand fundry places3 of ofour, owne Land,yer feldome {potted, ; af im Candy. The lat hin di ; rard giveth the figure of, Calaminsha montana palenie t - Kx : (FZ / agreftis, for hereunto that figure is nothing like. 2aubinws calleth ctiption o ofAouns Bal~ i the defcription magno fore. Powa in 7 it Calamintha dus in many aos ta take it tobe the A4ehi notes ra8 thirdis called by Lobelasitiginthe.title. Marehiolus — a rarius call it Calamintha altera, and {ay thatthe Italians dog‘call it mifolijs, in Englith Small Calamint, becanfeit is the ipaof all me re{t, The laftis called by Lodel ens”Ee arn 3: ; olycnemon quali multitibia. Calamintya \Ay Padleere Calamintha avzenjis by Gefner i hortis,& ea lveftre, an Pulegium[p c exigua tanus: by fome Mentha aquatica by Banhinus Calamintha arvenfis verticillatas int iscufed, thé ohely is-ufed, reth -fharpe, ‘heatbe onely the heatbe is very hot and eeTyee. The decgitian oapectenmnssistesth ee womenscourfes, and provoketh urines, “It is profitable a thofe that are butiten, and thefe tat are trotibled with convatlfions or crampes,with fhortnefle of breath ; and with cholerick nes and pairies in their bellyes andftomacks, it helpetti-the yel i jaundife alfo, and ftayeth’yomiting being taken tn-wine,. 2 a with falt and honeyit Killethall manter of wormes-in - . r It helpeth ftrch as have the lepry, eithertaken inwardly +5 ing Wheyafterit, or the greene hearbe applyed outwardly : if ic The Time, applyedin woollas a peflary to the privie parts ore ere draweth downe the cotittess and eaferh paihes af-the mother, a eed is quickly ripe afterwards. called in1 In Greek : Itis called Greekee weaautrevon rcuti®n gyafiguaf bona velurna ilss ‘Men e tha, a good or profitable Mint, ; The oe= Thefen Ba pynat firlt is j called Calaoo and the lefler ofthis fort Bawhi nus calleth Calamintha vulloc fe vlecscond §Falleneet usinIs called o obel, Camerarins and j others Calamintha i montana prefta 7 ntior, q as the beft Englith asitisin the title, Gerar d giveth the figure ofthis for Scorodoniaor Salvia agre/tts, killeth the birth, and /thérefore to bee refufed.of women x* child. It driveth away venemousSerpents, being pr oe ae Grewed inthe pee Irtaketh away black and blue atons |