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Show 428 Cuar.45s Tris, t Theatrum Botanicum. is “LheTheater ofPlantes. : noeota is, The feventh and fade, which I am fitrethis Amieltws doth not, and is not wholly yellow; as that ofDodonens minor vera,both by Pena,Clufin5, oteeeee ubinus calleth Conyxacarulea Alpina major & minor,The9.is called Conyxa Canyna minor common fort.The laft Raumolfins referreth to the ore othets, becaufe 2 differeth from the more of his greater kinde, yet Banhinus calleth it (onyza major =i ofDio/corides, which Clujixs racher thinketh is a/pecies major Dioftoridis, TheItalians call it ve : the aliera, and quoteth both Rawolfins and Clifins to call it Conyza and Durwurtz : the Dutch Donderwortel, Hundfang Germanes the : Conyza French the Spaniards Attadegua The Vertues. ds the leaves of Fleabane as Dio/corides faith, are fitly applyed to the bytingsor hurts ofall venemonscreatures, to drunke, is good and wine in boyled flowers and leaves the wounds: for and alfo for pufhes and fmallfwellings, in the fame manner,it is good to bring downe womens courfes, and to helpe to expell the dead child: takenalfo the yellow jaundife, and the gri« procure urine, ot when one makethit by drops: it helpethalfo thofe thathave decottion isgood to helpe the vineger: in taken fickneffe, falling goodforthe itisalfo ping paines ofthe belly : juyce bee put into the Matrixit many griefes of the mother, if womenbebathed therewith, orfit therein: ifthe very caufeth aborcement,that is to be delivered before thetime: the oyle made of the hearbe, and annioynted,is effectuall to take awayall fhaking fits of agues, and thofe tremblings that come of cold, The {mall kinde helpeth the painesin the head. Galen faith that both the greater and the leffer are hot and dry inthe thitd degree, and therefore powerfully warmeth any place whereunto they are applyed, whether ufed of themfelves, or boyled in oyle, and anoynted; the leaves bruifed and bound toany greene woundorcut, beingfirtt well wafhed or cleanfed, hea~ lethin a {hort fpace : applyed alfo to the foles ofthe fecte,it ftayeth anylaske or fluxe, and bound tothe forehead is a great helpe to cure one of the frenfie : it openeth the obftruétions of the liver, if the decoction thereof made in wine be drunke: If either Goats or Sheepe eate hereof it will killthem by any extremity ofthirft, The leffer is effectuall to all the purpofes aforefaid, but is more powerfull tohelpe any fluxe, or the bloody fluxe. Thefixth as is faid before, helpeth the toothach. Cuar, XLV. After, Starrewort. © 3 unto long and natrow leaves, alittle round atthe toppe, verylike theformer, but fmaller and greener up to the toppe ; every flalke fower beareth one flower whichis yellowand large, like anto the of {mall of acorne Marigold, contained in a vety hard huske,made hard greeneleaves, which after the ower is _paft, becommeth fo and wooddy that one can fcarce open or breake it, to take out the flen{eed which lyeth clofe flicking therein ; the rooteis long and if der, having a few fibres fet thereat, and abideth divers yeares, i it be alittle defended from the extremity of Winter. 4. After lurens major Aufiriacus. Great yellow Startewort of ,. az Anftria. pee GR NYE STi, This Statwort hath many long and narrowleaves, of a pale NOT q greene colour at the ground,fomewhat like unto the leaves of that not jag-\ kind of Seabious thatis called Divels bit;whofe leaves are ged at all, but are fometimes covered with a little downe, the} Balke is about two foote high, brownifh and round , whereon are fet {parfedly long narrow pointed leaves, a litele dented about the oS % edges, at the toppe whereof it is divided intoa few {mall and {hort branches, every one bearing a large yellow flower, compofed of many {mall flowers, confilting of five leaves apeece, fet to- gether ina round head, compafied about with many long, fomewhat broad and flat leaves, ofa moft excellent yellow colour, ofa weake {cent or none'at all ; after the fower is palt, the feedis conrained in the heads, cornered as if it were three fquare, lying di{perfed ina downy fubftance : the roote is fomewhat thicke and. <SS-——Z blackifh, gtowing aflope in the ground, fending forth many {trings,$¢ fhooting forth many heads, wherbyit may be encrealed, He likeneffe in manythings thatthe Starreworts have with the Fleabanes, enforceth meto place them next thereunto, whereof we have {uch a number, as well of thofe that were formerly knowne to ma- ny, as thofe whichourlater times have made knowneto us, and from Virginia,New-England,&c. have come nottheleaft {tore untons. Andalthough Dio/corides hathfer forth but one kind, which hecalleth After Atticus ofthe place no doubt, where it grew moft plentifully, or was of greater force, which wasthe Country of Athens, yet later Writers having foundout divers other hearbes, fomewhatlike unto it, have referred themthereunto; all which 1 meane in this Chapter to declare unto you. . 1. After Atticus luteus verus.The truc After Actick,or yellow Starwort, 1, After Atticus luteus verus. The true After Attick, } oryellow Starrewort. This Starrewort rifeth up with two or three rough hairy ftalkes, a foote and a halfe high, with long roughor hairy brownifhdarke greene leaves onthem, divided into twoor three branches : ar the top ofevery one whereof ftandeth a flat fealy head, compaffed underneath with five or fixe long browne rough greene leaves, ftandin: like a Stare, the flowerit felfe ftanding in the middle thereof, is made as a border ofnarrow long pale yellow leaves,fet with brownithyellowthrums, the root dyeth every yeare after {eed time, 2. After cernuns Columne. The oft Starrewort of Naples, Thefoft Starrewort is verylike unto the former yel- low Starwort, but that the leaves hereof are fomewhat broader, larger, and not fo rough or hairy, the flalke isin like manner branched toward the toppe, which is not flenderer there than below, but groweth thicker where the flower ftandeth, and bendetk’downeward : on the toppe of every branch ftandeth one Hower, fomewhat like the other confiting of many yellow leaves with brownifh threads orthrumsin the middle, and compat fed about with many more greene leaves, which are foft and gentle in handling, and notprickly or rough as the other : the {eed is hitter in tafte, long and norrow, fomewhat flat withall, yellowith, clammy, crefted and fweet m {mell : the rootis compofed ofdivers bigge yellow ith ftrings,ofa n aromaticall tafte. js ca be en eo creeping Starwort, salen eae vort rifeth ap with many flender weake reed, omewhat hairy ftalkes, leanine downeWaryls, and not ftanding upright, whereon arefet many long 5. After montanns folijs Salices, Starwort with Willowleaves. This Starwort froma long creeping roote, wonderfully{preading under ground, and encreafing : fhooteth up divers crelted ftrong greene {talkes, twofoothigh, plentiful’yftored with leaves thereon,being longer, harder, and greensr thanthe laft, without any downe or woollineffe on them,anda little dented about the 9 : edges, fomewhat fharpe and hotintafte : the toppes of the ftalkes are divided intotwo or three fmall-branches, each {uttaining divers {mall greene heads, compofed of many finall leaves fet together, one about another, which in time open themfelves into flowers, ofas large a 'fize as the laft, but with a fmaller thrum inthe middle, and nare rower leaves compaffing them, parted or divided at the end. 6. After luteus lanuginofits,: Starwort; with woolly leaves, This woolly Starwort hathdivers {mall and {trong greene or browne ftalkes, fomewhat woolly, rifing from the roote (whichis fpead under ground, and faftned with many long andftrong fibres; {hooting yearely new {prouts for encreafe, butnothing fo muchasthe laft) befet without order, ‘with many long and narrow greene leaves, bowing tothe ground, and covered over with a foft woolly downe, compaffing the ftalkes at the bottome of them ; ofa tharpe hor tafte, and fomewhat bitters at the toppe of theftalke ftandeth a large head, made as it were ofmany fcaly leaves, which fuftaineth a large round flower,confifting of many long;narrow,and pale yellowleaves, asaborder to the middle) whichare a number of {mall mofly flowers fet together, of'a deeper yellow than the bor- commend it : the {talke brander ; the whole flower doth refemble that of Elecampane, and without any {cent to cheth forth from the joynts below, into three or foure branches, rifing higher than the middlemoft, every of them bearing fucha flower : which whenthey are paft, the feed contained inthofe heads, with the woolly or downy fubftance therein is carryed awaywith the 'Winter. 4 7. eAfter luteus anguftifolias. Narrow lea fed Starwort. This narrowleafed Starwort hatha: great a creeping running roote as the fourth, and giveth as plentifull en- creafe;from whence fpring up many {mall hard. greeneftalkes, not much above a foote high, whereon grow manylong and narrowleaves, without any order one above another, not dented at all about the edges, but elie very like unto the leaves ofthe wildPellitory or Ptarmica, ip toward the toppes, where theyare divided fometimes into ftarrelike flower, as cwoor three {mall branches, every one bearing a ereenefcalyhead, and out thereof a yellow the others have,but leffer than any ofthe former: thefé branches doe feldome over-toppe their middle or mafter branch, as the laft recited'doth ; the feed that’ followetl is very ‘like unto the other + and carried away with the wind in the fame manner. Pena and Lobel in their Adver[uria have fet forthtwoforts of 4/fér, which they call After montanus, and hirfuigs Bauhinus maketh them both ofthe number of his yellow Afters,’ bur becaufe that, as Clefims feemeth to ‘fay they are comprehended under the others here fet’downe, I make'no'farther mention of them. 3 8. After Virgincus latifolius lurenrepens. Yellow creeping Starwort of Virginia, This Starwortrifeth up witha {tronground ftalke, two or three foore high, bearing at the joynts two faire broad leaves like the leaves ofa fmall Flos SdH+jbut more pointed at the ends,and being harderin feeling, full of veines: atthe toppe oftheftalke (which feldome’ brancheth) ‘ftandeth’ one large flower (rifing out of a greene huske made of nine orten greene leaves) compofed ofmanylong and narrow yellow leaves, with a brownth thramme middle : which being paft,there'followeth feed like unto4 {mall Flos folis 4s it is {aid,for I never fawit beare in theroote ethan creeping under ground, and fpreading much; it lofeth both {talk and leafe every yeare. m theroote, |