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Show |oa TFheatrum Botanicum, Trips, des. The fifth Banbhinus hath onelyfet forth and given it the name in thetitle. The fixth is called by Otn Chamedrys moxtana, and {o doc Lugdunenfis and Tabermo ntanus ,who faith itis alfo called Argentina «Mar Ir by Camerarits, who faith fomecalled it rtz, and thereupon Ge/ner called it (er vi quibe « Lobel calleth it Chamedrys.m e/cens durior, Lug faith, fome call it Lewcas of Dioftorides, Bi ws calleth it Chamadrys Alpina Cifti The feventh is called by Powa in the (MonsBaldus Veronica petrea fempervirens s Banhinus faithflore. it is Clufixs his Gxth Tener ium pumilum. defcription of in his Hiltory of plants, and calleth it himfelfe Chamadrys Al axatils, Theeighth is called by Ci ifius Teucrium majus Panno wicwm, in his Pannonick obfervations, and maketh a itthe fourth Tescri 7inhis Hiltory; Bawhinu s calleth it Chas h ia majoraltera frute/cens.The ninth is Clufushis filth Teucrium in his Hiftoty of plants,or Teucrium Pana #s, Which Bauhinus calleth Chamedrys (puria minorlatifolia. The tenth Céefins: calleth Tencrium Minin ubinus Chamedrys Alpina mis irfuta. The eleventh iscalled Cha» drys vulgaris femina; by Fuchs 8, Turner, Lonicerus,and Lucdunenfis, Plendoch: by Thalius, Tencrinm pratenfe by Lobel. and by Cle fim} y ‘and commonly with us Chamedrys (ylveft ris : the twelft is called by Bauhinus Ch, medrys (puria minor anguftifolia whotakethittobe the thirdfort of the fourth bred onely by Bauhinus. There is fome controkinde of Clu/fus his Zeacrinm, The thirteenth and the laft are rememverfie among our latter writers what hearbe fhould be the true Chas madrys and Tencrium ofDioftorides, Galen and other ancient writers : for Dodoneus by comparing botht faith that our common Ch j2drys doth more he Tex properly belong tothe defcriptions of Diofeo rides and Plinies Tene ris wm, and focontrarily Te zunto Chamedrys, for Dio/co rides them downe inthis r Manner, Xepea':Spue i guns efffrutex dodrancalis, fetteth top thatis, Germander isa {mall fhrubb e of vxotov oxesk pabderdiic. Tencrium herba eft virgata, five virgulas plures a {pan excrizmis an hearb beating manyftalkes ferens; ,and herebyhefaithit is evedent,our common Germanderis nota fhrub which doth raife it felfenp as Teacrium doth ;and befides that, Plinyin defcribing branches like rufhes, which doth more fitly agree um faith, it {preadeth to our common Germander, thereby Tencri transferring the Chamadrys tobe the taller thrub, and Tescrinmthe lefler and lower : yet as hefaith, feeing Diofcorides himfelfe faith, that in his time they were transferred, for the likeneffe of their leaves,one unto another are ufually entituled : but as I fhall fhew , itis not abfard to call them asthe youin the next Chapte r, the Teucrium of D tofcorides is better to bee ma planed than Dax sdoth. It feemethalfo that Dodoneus having 3 Hicrab beene in an errour inhis > femina, giving thefigures ofthe Chamedrys (ylveffris thereunto, former workes concer’ later Hi@ory or Pemptades, and left reclaimed himfelfe. in his them both out, snot allowing of his former opinions The Arabia D $ Chamedriusand Kemadriut : the ns call ig Italians Chamedrioand Quercivola, and fome Calamandrin } AMyearsos : the French Germandree 4: the Spani: the Germanes Gamanderle and Bathengel : the Dutch Gamandree, wein Englifh Germander, and ¥ m The Vertues. Germander ishotand dryinthe third degree, and is more \ fharpe D and bitter than Teucrium, and as Diofc faith, is a remedy for coughes taken with orides honey maketheir water, and helpeth thofe that are cYs for mole fe pL pee become hard, for thofe that can fa igInto a dropfie, inthe beginn hardly ine decoétion be madethereof, when it e difeafe, efpeci i e and drunke. It doth likewife ee the deadchild, and taken with vinegisergreen ear mee Bcc ral doth of all Serpents, both drunke in wine andla wafte.or confume the {pleene : it is moft effe@uall Bia ft . ee,were id to the place : ufed with honey it tlean takethaway the dimneffe and moift feth old and Finle lee iss ad nes the painesin the fides, and for cramp ofthe eyes, being made into an oyleand annoynted, It is tikewile-go. rdfo es, The deco@ionthereof taken for fome da ordi cureth both quart ane and tertian agues, The Tafcansyas driveth re ap a Matthiolus faith, doe hich cize experience have found it, as effeQuall e « e > £: mie hei ‘ again{t the lence she eonsli ttns on vate: ae a m 7 T its as he faith good againft all the difeafes of th ; he te if ieee lancholicke fullenneffe, the drowf i hatar e fottit h throu sh the convulfions, and palfies : a drammeof duineffe aha the {eed taken in powde r, doth purge choller for the yellowjaundife : the Juyce of the leaves dropped into the eares to kill the wormesin the belly: killech the w: few toppes of them when ina dran,ght ofwhite wine,and which theyare in flower,laid to fteep drunke in the mornin ea day anda night g will ofGermander faith, that € th one part of the roote purgethdoealfo, Theophraftusin {ettin ig downe the properties there is more won upwards, and the other part wonder than for Tha dow new pfiaand Ichi, 4that is blifterin Fenn ards - whereof fo : Andreas p falius, pag. 4.9, ell, and tu {peaking of the China roote faith i ; Tealas ie 1a , Hae ifad €cocti ‘ on i hereof beema eeeo. - is eepnally ome Poates n dein i i kwa before meate, it is a certaine remedy for Pine. 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Waene n: nad ey ‘i eer inee paar. ies ae - sietmanses 6hame pisys or Ground Smallage, Elecampane, Orris or Elagoe and barke of Tamarishe ae of Cro Flower-de-lac ms “Peli ice, of each bathea n wee = an iquorice, of each cc tbet® the rootes of halfe an ounce, Of the leaves ofeach one dramme, of Raifins lomal oan i. om ate lrammes, of the {eed of Anife,Fennel l and Smallage, ofPoff ounceset, equall parts. of (thati Suear,s ofvineger part. ) Vnto pyye g and water €quall boyled according toart, ina fufficient quantity eachke pound of this deco@ion every i rhrer Cimam rain ixe on ‘water, which being made into aclear withing and Hhewiteane sera e Syrupe afitefences Rayeth sate e one ercof is good to ftay the whites in women, if they , he on pat ions ofthe mother ; being boyled fit therein whileitis in vineger and applyed to the gella quilted in a Cap. fa iy s, that rife nor from cholle ftomacke with ricke or hot caufes: the leaves hereof and thefeedof fome Lupines or fit tee .pore Nis ordiftillation ofrawcold and thinne theume s; being boyled in lye with taine Germanderj ait. “and head wafhed therewith taketh away 1s uled by thofethe dandraffe ly, or ofthe blood,the feminine ofthe Alpes, where it groweth ; to ftaythe unall manner or {curfether f.Th courfes, and the bloodyflixe, as alfo to flay oa panopie eels Trips tL Lhe Theater ofPlantes. 169 Cuar. XXXIX! Teucrium, Tree Germander, T remaineth that I fhéw you in this Chapter thereft ofhe Germanders cdlled Teberda Treé Germandér3 to diftinguifh them from the formerforts, whether they be trueor falfe, 1. Toucrinm majus vulgare. The mere common Tree Germarider: 1, Lencrium majus valgare. The more common Tree Germander, Tree Germander growethlikea little fbrubbe,with hard awooddy , but brittle ftalkes, a foote or two, and fometimes a yard high,ifit be well preferved and. defended fromthe in- juries ofthe Winters, branching forth on all fides from the very bottome,bearing alwayes leaves by couples, fmaller, {moother,and thicker than thofe ofGermander, of a darke fhining greéne colour on the upperfide, and. grayifh under neath; and dented alfo about the edges like them ; the gaping flowers {tand about the toppes ofthe branches {pike fafhion, one above another, of a pale: whitifh colour faith Clufxs, ofa purplith faith Lobel, of both which I have had plants, fomewhatlarger than thofe of Germander, and without any hood above; having a few threads ftanding forth : the feed is fimall .blackifh and round, contained in {mall round, but pointed huskes ; the rooteis fomewhat wooddy, with many blackifh fibres : the whole plantis of a fine weake fcent, but fomewhat ftronger,ifit bea little bruifed; holding the ftalkes and greene leaves continually, ifit be not expofed to the tharpnefle ofthe Winter feafon, 2. Leucrium Creticum, Tree Germander of Candy, This farubby Germander of Candy,rifeth up with fuch like Wooddybrittle ftalkes'as the former, but fomewhat {maller and whiter, whercon doe grow {uchlike leaves, and in the fame manner, but fomewhat leffer, lefle greene, and {hining abové, and more hoary underneath, two alwayesfer ata joynt, bur onthe contraryfide: with the leaves towards the toppes comeforth five or fixe flowers ftanding in a huske, like unto the former, butalittle leffe, and ofa purple colour, after which come {mall round feed like the other ¢ the whole plant is fomewhat fweeter than the former, 3. Lencrium Baticum, Tree Germander ofSpaine. ‘This Spanith fhrabby Germander groweth in fomeplacés of Spaine, tothe height of a man, but ufually much lower with one wooddy grayith ftemmeor ftalke, dividingit felfe co o into fome branches, but fewer than the former, two alwayesfet at a joynt : the leaves ftand likewife twotogether, fomewhat greater, and Waved littleat the edges, of a fad grééne colour above,butnot fhining, and more hoary undemmieath, the flowers ftand at the joynts with the leaves towards the toppes of the ftalkes, of a white colour, without any hood above, arid with fuindry'threads in the middle,the lower leaves hanging downewards : the fmell ercofis leffe feet and morebitter than the former, but abideth with ftalkes and leavés thereon, gréené like the reft, But will require a little more care for the Winters provifion ; 4. Teutrinm Alpinum inodorum, Vnfavory in our Country, 2 This {malt low fhrub hathdivers haityand wooddy {talkes, Tree Germanderofthe Alpes. not above an hand breadth high bending downeWards, and dividing it felfe into many {maller branches, whereon are fet very {mall hoary or wrinckiéd and dénted alittle about the edges, like unto the uppetmoft {mall leaves leaves,foméwhat rugged of wood Sage, the fowers are verylatge for the proportion of the plant, being like unto Germiander and hooded, of a puplifh’ blue colour, ne {pike fafhion at the toppes ofthe ftalkes, the toot is ftringy ‘and white: the whole plant hath litele or no icent, i Place, ; The firft groweth in the rocky places offiindryThe hills in raly, and other Countries : the fecond came from Candy 0 lafius , the third Clufusifaich he found neare the Seacoalts in Spaine, not farre from Hercules pillars, as alfoin the Iand ‘Of Cales the laft as Bawhinus faith, was found on the greater hill ofSaint Bernardin Switzerland. - The Time, Thefe forts ofGermahdet doe flower fomewhat later than the former. The Names, The Greekes call it rev yp40) sand the Latinés Teucrium allo, a Teucro inventore tefte Plivio, fomé alfo call ic QuerInthelaht Chapter the opinion Teucriam C waP.39, ofDodomens is fet downe concerning Texcrium iniondeclare the whole truth, which fromthe rett ofDiofcorides text may and Chamadrys, but he. bee gathered : for of "78hefaith folia haber effigie &divifiera quercus, it hath leaves like thé Oake, bork for fhape. and divifion z |