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Show 104. Casares. bjinchines Theatrum Botanicum. Trispe t Sévipbiem of Gefnerin hortis : the fourth is called | y Lobel, T abermentanus, and Gira, Artemifia LheTheater ofPlantes. ‘[Trise [. jc t otok 4s SNiemke folio Lavendule, by Dodonans Abfinthium angnftifolium, but Camerarins w ondring aoe Avanifo doe, calleth it Abfinthium latifolisem marinnm, and byothers aa fom kin marin em, but furely his "wae serous oe pate Camerarizs thinkethit is AZatthiolus his Abjiath fifth isealled by AZarthiolws and Lugdunenfis, Abjinthinws Seriphi UM « Eig yptinm, by ee others Ab - m” eLgyptivm, by Lobel eAbfinthinm alind five pereg inum eA cyptinm,and by Baul er OP 1 aa fetaniso I. tiachm: the laltis called by Aguilera Abrotanum mas,not knowing that W ae wee gatrs otY “ thiolas Sementina, (as the Italianscall it, and the French Barbotim) and fo doe 0 — - a, : ney a Semen Santtum by him, Lobel, Lugdunenfis,and others, Scheha Arabsms by Ranwolfius 2 Santonicrm by Lonicerus, Semen Zedoaria by Lobeland Abjin eee in oo ts nem Seriphium Alexana oe oon cmen by os dis upon Dio(corides, and inhis Hiftory ofplants alfo, by Baubinus Abjinthinm Santonicum Alexan _ In jn cam, for they are bothbut one plant,althoughhe fetteth them downefortwo: by divers others Semen Lum ricersm ad Lumbricos, whole {eed is generally called Wormefeed, and therefore, [ ‘havecalled the plant rather W orme- feed Wormewood; than Holy Wormewood,not thinking any more holineffe in this thaninothers. : 5 The Vertues. The Sea Wormewoodsare ofnothing that goodneffe in quality,as the common and aromaticall bitter forts are : they areas Dio/corides and Galen fay, adverfe and hurtfull to the ftomack :,yet it hath not that bitterneffe therein asthe commonfort , itis more accepted and ufed by many, that rather becaufe defire be cured of their difeafes by bitter medicines,our Phyfitians and Apothecaries feeding to pleafe theirpalate, thanto this homour for their owne profit, and to pleafe their patients. The Worinefeed is chiefly,andas I may almoft fay, onely fpent forthe wormes in children, and fo fmaller efie@ if elder perfons take it, Cuarp. XXXVIII, Peres Might have joyned both Chamedrys and Tewcrium in one Chapter , becaufe divers Authors both ancient ss 56 and moderne have not diftinguifhed them, fome naming that Chamedrys which others call Texcrin m, and § z, My contrarily fomecall that Texcrinm that others call Chamadrys : yer \thinke it fit:to fever theminto two Chapters, and {peake ofthem bothtrue and falfe, as they are nowgenerally received. the flowers ftand at the toppes ofa deepe r purple colour than thenext, the roote is compofed of diver thoote fortha great wayround about, quicks {prigges , which ly overfpreading aground, 2. Chamedrys major, Great Germander. The great Germander rifeth up with bigeer and harder {quareftalkes, halfe ayard high, {prea ding into divers branchesfrom the very bottome,whereon are fet two leaves at a joynt, fomewhat larger than in the ordinary, and more dented abont the edges, sreene above, fomewhatgrayith une derneath: the flowers doe flandinaand longer {piky head,and are larger, but of a paler purple, and gaping like the other : the roote is more bufhing with threa and creepeth leffe than the other. Profper Alpinus faith ds, in his Booke of Egyptian plants, that in Corcyca, hee a 0, Sesi oO Gh ial } CN the upper, which feeme to. ke without any denting at all : ateach joynt with the leaves ftand forth mof ufually two thornes , and fometimes more, which are in {ome {mall and hort > in others bigger and larger , and fometimes fhooting forth from thofe AN" joynts finall branches, which end alfoina thorne : fromth dle ofthe ftalkes upwards, come forth the fowers at the e mid- RNY ‘ among the leaves, {tanding in {mall hairy and hoary buskes,joynts-2 WBE WE yer WS fs (pe like for forme unto the Howers ofGermander,but of ayellowith SAMsYJ ber= redor brownith colour+ after the flowers are paft the feed srow- Br Zon WA OTN ethin thofe huskes, which is blacke and round, 6. Chamedrysfhuria montana Cifti flore. Mountaine eG ah ae Hy j yy The Mourftaine Germanderrifeth up swith many weake and flender brownith wooddy ftalkes, about a foote high are fet without any order as inthe former, many {mall ; whereon , ted about the edges, verylike the leaves ofthe commo leaves den- ¢ n German- der, but fomewhat {maller, greene on the upperfi de, and gray or hoary underneath ; at the end of every ftalke of leaves, there thereon : on the toppe whercofftandeth one large 1, Chamedrys vulgaris, The common Germande ZN \ ASX whereat growforth divers fomewhat round and long leaves, dented about the edges; in the lower much more than in white flower, confifting for the molt part of fixe leaves, yet fometimesit r; Common Germander fhooteth forth fundry flalkes with {mall and fomewhat round leaves, enden ted about the edges, Nex 5. Chamadrys fpinofa Cretica. Thorney Germander of Candy. This Thorney Germander isa {mall low plant; having {quare hairy and hoary ftalkes, not above a cubite high, many full of joynts, fhootethforth a long flender and hairy foote-f talke, without any leafe I, Chamadrys vulgaris The common G UF the former, after whichfollowfimall blackifh feed : the roote is {mall and fibrous, and dyeth every yeare afterit hath given but will come oftentimes ofit owne fowing and fhedding. feed, Germander, Chamsdrys. Germander, f one heédit very well : from the middle to the tops of the flalkes, atthe joynts with the leaves, come forth purplifh flowers like Gu AP. 38. 4, Chaimadrys laciniatis folijs, Tagged Getmander, or with fine Gut leaves, faw a Germander almoft two cubits high, withleaves twice or thrice as bigge as any that srew in Italy, 3. Chamadrys Apula unicanlis. Germander of Naples. The Germander Pe Naples never rifeth up with fies Sr one whitithfquare ftalke, about a foote high, at each joynt whereof grow two long and narrow ted about the edges, round at the ends,hairy thicke leaves, denand ofa whitith greene colour: the fowers gtow atthe {maller and rounderleaves fet withtoppein a long {pike with them, and are hooded as the former are, with whitifh beard Point in the middle, but ftanding in s, and a long yellowifh prickly huskes: the feed is fmall, long, and round heade d, yer greater than the propo rtionofthe plant would feeme to give. 4. Chameadrys laciniatis folys. Tagged Germander, or with fine cut ; 4 eet Srailet rifeth up leaves, nfually but with one weake ende ivided g notabovea foote high, where i 1 on doe grow divers feave i a tet ake kes,which are very much cut in en Honerane dcof both fides, making ne thew ofthe forme ofa ny Germander leafe; unleffe one will have eight or ten, accordingas naturelifteth ofthe foyle is readyto produce, with many finall,and the fertility threads in the middle : after the fowers are fhed, there come up in their places large tufts or bufhes, oflong hairy feed, like unto thofe ofmountaine Avens, but greater : the roote is hard and wooddy, fhooting long {tringsandfibres under ground, and divers ftrings likewale aboye 5. Chamedrys fbinofa reticd. Thorny Germander of Candy. the ground, which take roote as they that bore feed dying downeto the ground every lye, the ftalkes yeare Foote renewing theyagaine in the Spring : it hathlit , and the tle {cent to be perceivedtherein, but ef an aftringentor drying tafte. 7. Chamedrys Alpina faxatilis. Rocke German der, From a hard knobbed roote fhooting many blackith fbres 5 {pring up divers round ftalkes, forth branching forth at all; whereon grow about a foote high, not ther, in order up tothe toppe, thelowertwothicke leaves togebeing than thofe above, fomewhat dented about the edges,butnotlarger fo muchas thofe ofGermander, ofa fhining greene colour on the upperfide , and yet covered as it were witha little hoarine ffe ordown gtayith, almoft white underneath : the toppesofthee, bat very in along {piky tiead offowers, with leaves among ftalkes end them, every one confifting offoureor five,and fometimesof fixe or feven {mall pointed leaves, of a pale blue colour, with fome threads in the middle : after which come finall round blackith feed in {mall huskes : this lofeth not his greene leaves or ftalkes in Winter, but being of {mall or no {cent at all, but of an auftere and harfh tafte, 8. Chamadrys fpuria majorfrute(ceds. The greater baftard German This Baftard Germander (for der. fo Tefteeme all of them, rather than true German dets,which have not hooded and gaping flow- €rs, as the true Germander hath, but confifting of foure orfive, or more leaves as thefe doe, however their leaves bee like to make them beare the names of Germander hath What hairy ftalkes rifing from the roote, many fquare and fomebefet with two large leaves at 4 joynt, fomewharlike unto Germander S&T, and deeperdented in at the edges ; toward leaves, but lar= s the toppes ching forth into{piky heads of blue Aowers » confifting of branfa¥€s apeece, whereof the uppermoft is the largeft, with foure fome Sty—J kz Sere th £5 165. |