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Show ree a uo Ca ar.40o, niin SE Theatrum Botanicum. — Lhe Theater ofPlants. Tris, t 3. Teucrium Beticun,, Tree Germanderof Spaine 3, Scordium legitimum, Watet Germander, 4, Scordonia five Scordium alterum quibe /dam . : Cukr.4o. Wood Sage, which arstieth them to bee greater thanof Tencrium , whereof hee faith ; Triffaginss oft & Salvia agresh fimilitudine, tenuifclio, non multuma Cicere alieno fo that Ten. crium hathlefler leaves than Chame irys, yet like the leffer ones thereof, and not muchdiffering ftomthofe ufCiche peafe, and with {uch leavesis the Te. crium farnifbed, “Pliny inhis 25. Booke, and 5+ Chapter, hath fouly erred inthe defcription of Tecrinm, wherehe faithit is called Hemionitie, or Hep. mion (as Matthiolus hathit ) having neither flower nor feed, which fome would call A/plenion or Splenion, ashe hathir, and then telleth fables how the vertue thereof was knowne tobe good againft the {pleene, in that the Swine that eate thereof were found to have no milt. And againe, that the intrailes of beafts being caftupon the hearbe, the milt or {pleene of them onely lying neareft was confumed/cilicer, ofthe dead beaft, and then addeth by and bythe true defcription (although fomewhat varyingfrom that of Diofcorides ) of Texcrium, fo that he confoundeth bothHemionitis and Tewcrinm together in onedefcription, AZarthiol/us faith that {ome did take Teucringm tobe Graffuls major, ot Fabainverfa, called by others Telephium, The firkt is fimply called Leucriumby Matthiolus, Lobel, and manyother Authors, and by Clafins Tens crivm vulgare fruticaes, but by Dodonens Chamadrys altera Sen alfurgens : the % > ie SENIE/ ang RIS fe B a ee a0 pel fecond (“fins calleth Tencrinm Creticum, faying it was fent by the nameof Chamedrys major,and Bauhinus Teucrium Creticum incdnum : the third C.lufins calleth Texcriumfruticans Beticum, and {o doe Lugdunenfis, Tabermontanus, and others, that have taken it from him, Bawhins calleth it Teucrium peregrin numfolio finuofo, and maketh a quere, which Clufins had made before 3 an Pes derota Pas/anie : the laft Baxhinus inhis Pinax and Prodromus calleth Tencris um Alpinum inodorum magno-flre, and yet is the fame withhis Teucrinm folys Scoredonie, as any may wellfee that will compare them together, for Camere vius whohad his from (‘andy, by the nameof Scordium verura, fheweththat it hath the leavesof Scoredonia,but lefle, The Vertues) Gale maketh Teucrinm tobe hot in the fecon and ofthinneparts,and cutting alfo, wherebyitd degreé, anddryin the third; is helpefull forthe {pleene: itis faith Diofcorides ufed either greene or dry, and is fpleéne, being inwardly or outwardly applye d : itisalfo ufed againtt the {ting ofvenemous good to confume the creatures, Seanares ; 3. Scordotis Pliaij primum. CHap. XI. Scordium, Water Germander: SBGES Sordinm being akindé ofGermander muftbe next entrea ted of, yet be feparated from them, and with it the other ofhis kinde, areinotunfit to be joyned togetherinthis Chapter. for thatic fmelleth ofGarlick,it mull and {ome alfo for the affinity inname orfell 1, Scordium Legitimum, Wate r Germander, ‘Water Gerinander (froma {mall roote fall of whit e {trings fpreading in the ground, and creeping about alfo, fhooteth forth divers weake {qua or running re hairy branches, which take roote in dive rs places, as they lye and {pread, wherebyit encreafe much , whereon doe grow manyleaves, two alwayes at a joyn what larger and longer thanth t, which are fome« gatden Germander leav ofhairineffe and hoaryneffe, {omewhatfoftin handl es,ofa {ad or darke greenecolour , whereon yet there isa fhew ing,ful ofvei l nes, and dent ed abou t the edges,ofa {cent femewhat flrong, refembling Garlicke : the flow ers are {mall, red, and gaping, ftanding at the towardsthe toppesofthe branches : we have Joynts, with the leaves not obferved what feed it beareth, 2. Scorodonia five Scordinm alte rum quibufdam, ec» Salvia agreftts, Woo Wood Sagerifethup with {quare hoary {tal d Sage. kes,two foote highat the lea(t, having two thereon, which are fomewhatlike leaves ferat every joynt unto Sageleaves; but {maller, fofte r, whiter and rounder, little dent the edges, and {melling fomewhat ed about ftrongly : at the tops ofthe ftalk es and branches ftand the flowers oma long {pike, turning themfelves all one flender way when they blow,and are of a pale or but hooded, and Sapinglike unto them whit ith colour fmaller than Sages : the feedis blac kifh and round, Foote is long and itringy, with dive rs bres thereat, and endureth man foure ufually fetin ahuske together : the y yeares. 3+ Scordoris Pliniy primum, The firkt Garlicke Germanderof Pliny; Becaufe Dodonens, Lobel, Pena ,and D alechampins fome Scorodonia or Salvia agref tis, {ome have fet forth divers hearbes for the true Sc ordotis ofPliny,as orthe vertues that P/in giveth to his Stachys, and others Gallitricumnone ofthem havingthe {mel l ofScordinm, Scord and of great knowledge and judgementin otis therefore Honoriss Bellws a PhyGtian in Cand 3% diligent fear cher, hearbes, fent to his friends in divers Pliny, with the leafeof Wild Mint place s , the true Scordotis of and fibrous roote, abiding long, ands,or water Mints 3 whofe defcription isas followeth : Ithath out it on the ground : whereon not perifhing every yeare, many {quare hairy white branchesfrom along great are {et twoleaves ata joynt, broa , lying round aall hoary white, being fomewhat der and rounder than the former like unto the leaves ofHorcha Scordinm, and und, or water Mints : at the topes ofthe bran ches come comeforth thé flowers, ftanding as it wérein a long {piky head, with leaves among thém, which ate ofa very pale Purplith colour, almoft white like unto Horeh plant fmelleth ofGarlicke, as much as Scord ound, after which commeth fmall round blacke feed : the whole ium, and thereby to be knowne2s well as by the leaves,’ to differ from thofe baftard kindes that other Authors havefet forth. ; . 4- Scordotisalterum Plini Pone, The other Scordotis rifeth up with his ftalke more Another Garlicke Germander ofPhiny, " upright, and more branched than the former, béaring the like L z leaves ¢ ey 11 |