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Show Cusanae Theatrum Botanicum. me in their T Rese 2s Adver/aria,that ont age knowethho herb,that may fo wel whereupon, Lobe/ and Penaare bold to pe ates a ee Diofcorides his Alypum, (except the Fer#las) or moretruely, both in the formean pats at ointy Whichashe (ith may bea fault (fich as is common in hen this Bese rere ape ke Saat: and hereuponasit is probable AZe/wes grounded. his opini- manyotherplaces ore gag 7ealos planet, C/ufivs faith that diverfe profeflorsin the Vniverfitie at Vitw onpagan Heard: Shih hetherefound Hippoglo[JemSuppofing it to be de true aeppeglelians ofaeon s here itcan as he faith be nothing like,the properties beingfo differing,except ina little appearanceof likeiekas 1fo dothnot acknowledgeit tobe «4/ypam but mifliketh oftheir judgement, that Peeta re t ihe leaves are fo dry, that they feemeto be without any juyce in them; wheregreene oeae: ionigle enx#ta, and from the round head of flowers; whichis paler in the middle than nata “ACate ck Rt Corolle defiayles,Coronnla Sratrumthe Friers Crowne, and of fome as he, faith Segul. bua baraeeoe good judgementdoe hold them,to be both buroneplant,the diverfity, if any be; to confift in the climate Dalechampins as Lugdanenfis fertethit forth, was of opinion; that itmight be: Empetron of Diofcovibe which others as he faith called Phacoides, onely led thereunto, by the purging quality eid growingneere the Sea,as Empetron doth; and becaufe that the Crithmum or Faniculum marinum, is difproove i by mott not to be Enspetrom hich many heretofore thought to be fo, (andamong thereft Pazdulphus Collinutives) inhis defenfe of Plinge agatntt Leonicerus, foritiscertainely feene, that Plinye hath confounded that Empetrum, Which is a Saxifrage, with the other whichisa purger ) becanfe ithath no purging qualityin itat all : ‘but {eeing we hold this A/ypum, to be the right or neereft it of Dio/torides, I cannot fee what reafon can move any, to thinke it to be Empetrum alfo,fecing Dioftorides maketh them twodiftin& herbes in feverall chapters; and placed the onethe verynext untothe other : fome alfo as Lugdunenfis faith, takeit for Prarmica,or forthe thirdfort of Conyza. Bauhinus inhis Pinax, callethit Thymelea foliis acetss, capitulo Succife, five Alypum Monfpelienfium, Theotheris called Tartouraire by Lugdunenfis, and Lobel, and isfo called asheefaith, in the Ifles of (orfica and Sardinia, and all along the Sea coalts of Liguria and Mar{eilles, Dalechampins faith that many doe referre this to the Sé/amoides magnum of Diofcorides, which he hath mentioned in his fourth booke, and 147 chapter, with leaves ofGroundfell or Rue : and therefore Dalechampius in the defcription hereoffaith, the leaves are like Rue, whichi my judgement doth very hardl y agree thereunto, but muchlefle unto Groundfell, whereunto alfo compared. Furthermorehefaith alfo,that peradventure this may be that He -vOrs ofTheophrastu they are s, whofe feedeis like Se/amum, and wherewith in pebed as he faith they ufed tomake purgations: but the extreame purging quality herein, fhewing it as Penafaith, to bea new plant of our ages finding, and not Well knowne to be mentioned by any ofthe ancient writers, Greekes, Arabians or Latines, hath caufed diverfe to referre it, as I fay, fometo Sefamoides, and others to Theophraftus his Helleborus, withthe fruite of Se(amum, and yet whofoeverwill advifedly confider,the feede ofall the forts of He//ebores, both white and the backe, fhall not finde them much unlike the {eedes of Sefamumit felte. Alphon(us Pontins of the Ferraratooke it to be Cneorum ofTheophraffus : the roote hereofas Penafaith, islike unto the Turbith of Alexandria, and hath not fo much heate or bittemeffe therein, nor other evill rafteas othershave, Raxhiaus callethit Thymelea foliis candicunribns Serici ine flar mollibus, ' a The Vertues. The feede of Alypum (faith Diofcorides ox herbe terrible, purgeth downeward blacke choller or melancholy, ifit be takenin the like quantity, with Epithymum and alitéle falt.and V inegar put toit inthe taking, but he faith itdotha little exulcerate the bowells: the common people in Merbozne,. but efpecially the. Quackfalvers and womenleeches, as Pena faith, notwith{tanding theyfind the effe& to purge with {uch violence,yet doe often giveit, making a decoCtion withthe Icaves flowers or fede, or otherwife make them into powder, and give it them with Wineor broth; the {malleft quantity thereof, Prise. Lhe Theater ofPlants, Cuap.21. falling off, as theChuma/ea doth; at the toppesof the branches , grow many {mall flarlike flowers, confifting of foure white leaves 4 peece; after which come {mall berries greene at the firft , and of a vety red colour,li ke unto Corall whenthey areripe, being a little more long than round, of the bigneffe ofa Mirtle berrie, with a pulpe or fubftancelike unto a Cherry, wherein is one kernell covered with a blacke foft and brittle thell ; the roote is {oft and tender while it is young; very like unto a Raddith roote as Clufius {aith,buit wooddy whenitis growne elder, coverd withatough thicke barke, 2, Thymelaa minor Sie Cneorum tMatthioli, Smiall Rocke Rofes: This plant hath diverfe long weake and flender but tough branches lying upon the grotind divided nfually into other {maller ones whereon grow many fmall, long and fomewhatthicke leaves neere unto thofe of Milfern, fer withoutorder to the tops whereit fhooteth forth a tuft of manyflowers together ,confifting offoure leaves 4 peece,of a bright red or carnation colour, and in fome plants white, whitith berries,conteining {mall rourid feéde,of a grayifh colour: very fweete, which turne into {mall found the rooteis long and yellowith, fjpreading divers wayes under ground, and abideth manyyeares {hooting forth new branches; 3. Chamelaa Germsanicafive Mefereon vulgo;Dwarfe Bay or flowring Spurge; There aré two forts hereof, the one havinga pale, and the other a deeper red colonred flower, they both rife up witha thicke wooddyftemme, fiveorfixe foote high or more,an d ofthe thickneffe (ifthey be very old) of a mans wrelt at the ground, {preading into many flexible long branches, covered with a tough grayifh barke,be fer with many {malllong leaves fomewha tlike unto Privet leaves but {maller and paler and ina mannerroundpoin ted,falling away every yearesthe Sowersare {mall confifting of foure ata place, and ufually before the leaves appeare, after which come{ma leaves,many growing fometimes together ll berries, greene at the firft and very red afterwards, but blackifhred being {uffered to abide long onthe bufh, the roote {preadeth into many long and totigh branches covered witha yellow barke, 4. Chamelea blpina incana, Mountainefjpurge Olive, This mountaine Laurell hath a {mall wooddy ftemmethree wards the upperparts, into many {lender and tough branches,or foure foote high or more, branchirig forth tocovered with a rough hoary greene barke, befet at the ends thereof with flatterfirller and {maller round pointed Jour on the upperfide and hoary uriderneath, whichfall awaybefleaves than the former, of a grayith gteene coore winteras the laft doth : the flowers are many, fet together at the ends of the-branches, greater than the lalt, confifting likewife of foure leavesa peece of a light bluth colour, ftandingin {mall grayifh huskes, ofas little graines of anexcellentred colour, which afterwards tarnebl fent as the other : the berries are {mall lon acke ; the rooteis long and {preadeth about under the upperpart ofthe earth, -§+ Chamaleatricoccos, Widdo =m This tripleberryed Spurge Olive hath no great ftemmeatall, w waile, but {preadeth fromthe gtound into many flexi« ble cough greene branches,whereon are fet diverfe narrow , long, darke-greene leaves all along them, which 1, Thymelaa. Spurge Olive; 2s Thymeleg minor five Cneorum Matthioi. Small Rocke Rofes or Spurge Olive, to be taken in chicken broth,faith Plinye istwo drammes, a meane quantitie is foure drammes, andthe greateft portion tobe given atonceis fixe drammes : Clufins faith that the Landlopersin Spaine, doe ufuallygive the decoction hereof unto thofe, that are troubled withthe French difeafe, and that with good fuccefle as icisreported : the other Gutworte or Trouble belly is.as violent in worKingas the former, or rather muchmore,for the violence thereof is founlimited, that it oftentimes caufeth immoderate fluxes, even to blood and excoriations ; efpecially ifthe dryedleaves be given unadvifedly in powder, and mixed with fomepotable liquor, and driveth forth cholericke, flegmaticke, and watery humors in aboun. dance;the rootelikewife worketh powerfully for the famedifeafes,whic hifit were Theophraftus hisHelleborn55 or Diofcorides Se(amum, were unprofitable or of no ufe ; the feede onely with them and not the roote; having the propertie and power of purging, Advice therefore before taken, and preparation bothiof the phyficke and body, the quantity alfo, the difeafe and ftrengthof the patient confidered, it may be admitted to begiven better and fafer things cannot onthe fuddainebe where had, doe continually abide on’ the branches without falling ] $a °C ¥ Ry T™ e m7 Thymelea, S purge Olive. 3 a Here Temainé yet fome otherviolent worker s, which fhall bedeclared inthis and the next ters following, and firt ofthe Thymeleas, Chapand then allthe forts of Chamelea and Sananmunda of : Clufius, becaufe theyarefo like bothi n Se moides of Datlechampins, for the neere forme and nature andletmealfo adjoyne the {mall S¢/zaffinitie with them. ge . 1, This Spurge Olive hath diverfe tough ftalkes Thymelea, Spurge Olive. , rifing to the height of two or three foote, fométimes in the naturall places, and much lowerin fome other, of the thicknefle alfo of ones thumbe, covered with anafh’coToured barke, and{pread into many branches; whereon grow many {mall, clammie,flat,pointed leaves, fomew like unto Mirtle leaves, or rather unto hat the narrow leaves of the Olive tree,f or they are larger and brodder than the leaves ofFlaxe, whereunto many doc compa re them, and ae Cuar, XXI. a 201 |
