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Show : 40 CHarw. = TheatrBotanicun\ Trases i over the hot fumes thereof,for it not onely w armhethiand comforteth the c Idnefle,but dryeth the ov erm h moj. fture of the mother,which maybe one caufe of Retility or barrenneffe and bythe frequent ufe of it,tocaufe them Lhe Theater ofPlantes. 2.3 ,Meliffa Turciea fore e.cp albo; Turky Baul:ne with blue and with white flowers, C xHap.i6. 4 MeélifophyMam Fachsip, Vopleafant Baulme. to be more fruitfull that were hindred, and alfo torthe windandpaines of the mother, or rifling of ic, Te is alf ufled in paines of the head that come from any cold caufe, as catarrhes and thin theumes, and for {wimming . and gid- dineffe thereof. Itis alfo ofefpeciall ufe for the windineffe of the ftomackorbelly, Itis effectuall for any cramps or cold aches to diffolve the cold and wind that affeéteth the place, and tobring warmth and comfort thereunto afterwards, Itis ufed for colds or coughes, and fhortneffe ofbreathing, The juyce thereof drunke in wine is pro- fitable for chofe that have caught fome bruife by anyaccident. The greene hearbe bruifed and apply edto thefundament,there abiding for twoorthree houres eafeth the fharpe paines of thepiles, the juycealfo ts ane for the fame purpofe, being made upinto an oyntment and applyed. A Decottion thereof alfo is commended to wath the head, to take awaythe {cabs thereof,and maybe effectual for other parts of the bodyalfo, Lobe! faiththe two W) Uy 4 creater forts of ftrange Neppe are more effectuall to all the purpofes than the ordinat yk indei ufed for. The ver- tues of the former two leffer forts are not certainely knowne,but are thought to conduce to the like effects. Uff Bp Crap, XVI. , Ze NATE VY h i} Uypr, De Melia. Balme. 4, ~—— Efides the ordinary whichufually growethinall our gardens, there are fome other forts of Baulme, as theyare entituled by divers Authors forthe fweet {cent of them comming neereft, is that of ourordi) dinary Banlme,ofall which I meanetoentreatein this place, WD) L@)| 3, Meliffa vulgaris, Thecommon garden Baulme. 1, Aeliffavulgaris, The common Garden Baulme. The commongardenBalme hath divers {quare greene ftalkes, with round hard darke greene leaves pointed atthecnds, anda little dented abont the edges, fet by couples at the joynts, ofa {weet {mell, comming neereft to a Citron or Leminon. the flowers are finall and gaping; growing at the toppes of the {talkes, ofa pale Carnation colour, almolt white : the rootes faften themfelves {trongly in the ground, and endureth long, the leaves and ftalkes dying downe yeerely. ¢ Meliffa urcicaflore caruleo. = Turky Baulme witha blue flower. This Baulme rifeth up with one {quare brownith greené fialke,two foot high at the leaft in any good ground and higher ~fometimes , fpreading with two branches ftom every joynt where the leavesate fer, up almoft to the toppe: the Jéaves are narrowerand longer than thofe of the ordinary Baulme, and more dented’in about the edges, of as fweet a Lemon {cent, rather more thanit, rough alfo, and of as fad a greene colouror : the fowers‘are gapingor hooded, crowing at the toppes ofthe branches,at certaine diftances, ofablue or purplifh blue’col our, ftanding in rough fharpepointed huskes, after which commeth the feed which is black and toundith, with a’ white fpot ry of them, plainelyto be feene while they are frefh, but ineveeafily difcerned when they’are dry. The root perifhet not fo h every yeare, and muft be fowne a freth inthe Spring time, ifany bee defirous to have it, z ; ‘ 3. Melia é Turcica florealbo, Turky Baulme witha white flower. This other Baulme differeth' not from the former, either in £fowing,or height, or forme of leaves and flowers ; of inthe good fmell thereof; or in the'durability, for it is equall thereunto in all thefe properties + ‘the onely differenceis, in that the leaves hereofareof a frefher greene colour, ‘and that the Aowa are ofa perfect ae ; the feed whereof doth hot canensisbied: ‘ €generate as in many other hearbesit hapneth, onftantly his Kinde, for any thing T could but keepeth obferve in it thee twenty yeeres and upwards fowedit. ,fince I firtt had stand i 4. Meliffophylinm Fuchsy. Vnpleafant Baulme: oe Fuenern :me gpd toadJoye this cere for the formes fake K of the leaves from wchfies fart tth ©, pees.oe iotoi .haththentor any other correfpondence it hath therewith. b it is i aver hairy fquare browne ftalkes rifing from the aie halfes yard gh, c § at leverall {paces; at the contrary fides of th ftalkes, s which are broader 5 A and fomewhat lo nger than ' the ordinary inary, Baulme,sind and OFof Gl fad guene oohee whichleaves ‘ at everyjoynt with t them, 5 from t upward Momiueee on each fide thereof coi we nee in Baulme, the mjiddle of the {talke < more like urito thofe ofaie vane Lamium, p or dead » or unto thofe ofmountaine Calamint,as others doe; ofa pale purplith colour on Newer one the lower part ¢ % and and whitifh above, this hath no fuch good {cent therein as thé Baulme hath, but israther ofa ftronger unpleafant {cent, for which canfe I have fo entituledir. : 5- Ueliffa Molucca lavis five Syriaca levis, Great Affirian Baulme, 4 ‘ This hearbé A¢atehiolus and others makea kinde of Baulmefrom the formeof the leaves chiefly: it rifeth from feed with a round hollow ftalke out of the ground,to bee two foote high or thereabonts, branching forth diverily onall fides up to the toppe, whereonarefet fhorter and rounder leaves, at the eid of long foore ftalkes, fomewhatleffe dented about the edges then in the commonBanlme, and not at all fharpe on the edges, as in the next: at the joynts ofthe ftalke from the middle thereof upwards, comeforth roundaboutit,certaine hard whi- tifh skins {mall and round at the bottome, and wide, openatthe brimslike unto a bell, having five corners for the moft part : from the bottome ofeach of thefe commethforth one flower fomewhatfmall,andlike unto the flower of common Baulme,almoft white, or witha {mall (hew of blufh therein, and after they are paft, in the bottome of the fame skinny bells grow the feed (but feldome one of ten commethto be ripe with us) which is whitifh and cornered: the {mell hereof is nothing like Baulme, but rather fulfome,the talte thereof is bitter: the roote peri- theth every yeare. 6. ALeli[a Molucca afperiorfive Syriaca afperior. Prickly Affirian Baulme.This other Affirian Baulme rifetha little higher, and groweth fomewhat greater thanthe former, bute after the fame fafhion; the leaves hereof are fomewhat longerand {harperon the edges,the huskes likewife in which ftand thefe skinnybells, at the corners of them are fharpe pointed , and-of a paler white colour : the flowers and feed are all alike, and perithethlikewife at the firlt approaclvof anycold night : this hath a little better {cent to commendit than the former, 7. Cardiaca.. Motherwort. As thefe three laft had little likeneffe with Baulme, more thanin the forme of the leayes, and the properties as youfhall heare anon; fo this,befides the properties anfwerable to thereft in comforting the heart, hath no fhew of affinity, no not in the leaves : but becanfe fomehaveput it to the kindred ofthe Baulmes, and others to Nettles, and others to Horehound, Ihave thought it beft for the vertues fake ( whereunto none of the Nettles or Horehoundsare anfwerable) to fet inthe end ofthe Batlmes, and tobe as it were’a bridge to pafle from them to the Horehounds, whereuntoinface it hath the morerefemblance. It hatha hard {quare brownith rough ftrong ftalke, rifing to bee three or foure foote high at the leaft, {preading into many branches, whereon grow leaves on each fide with long footeftalkes, two at every joynt, which are fomewhat broad and long, as it were rough or crumpled,with many great veines that fhew themfelvestherein, of a fad greene colour, and deepely dented inabout the edges, and almoft totne or divided : from the middle ofthe branches up to the toppes of them, which are very long and {mall, grow the flowers round about them at diftances, in fharpe pointed rongh hard huskes, which are more purple or red thanin any ofthe former Baulmes, or in any Horehound, but in the fame mannerand ferme, and roughneffe as the Horchounds: after which come{mall round blackith feed in great plenty + the sities B. 3 fenderk At |