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Show « Cuar.27. Theatrum Botanicum, Tris Ba, Cuar, XXVII, Gratiola, Hedge Hyflope. easF¥ the true Gratiola or Hedge Hyflope, I doe know but one kindeasall the beft authors dot agree, but yetunto it there are added twoorthree other hearbes, asneereft thereunto, either in face or 4 qualitie, fome reckoning the one and fome the other; and I in this place bringing them allas fit to y er this title. : ee 1, Gratiola vulgaris. True hedge Hyffope. This hearbe is but a {mall low plant, feldome growing with his flender bending foure {quare branches, above a foote high; having diverfe {mall leaves fet thereon, very like unto thofe of the ordinary garden Hyflope, buta little fhorter and broader, and ofa pale greene colour, ofa very bitter unpleafanttalte : from about the middle ofthefe branches,at the joynts ofthe leavesup to the toppes ofthem,comeforth the flowers,every one at a place, ftanding upoa very hort footeftalkes, which are fomewhat long and hollow, ending in fonre leaves, two of the loweft ftanding out asit were lippes, and the other twoabove,fhorter by the halfe, of a whitith yellow colour, tending toa blacke blew, and fometimes more blewith or purple : after which come {mall whereinis conteined {mall feede : the roote fhooteth forth tooand fro under ground very mych,round heads, with many joyntsand {mall fibres at them, thereby encreafing and quickly fpreading largely, efpecially if it and in any moyt place, becanfe it will hardly hold long in any dry ground. : Camerarins faith he found bya brookefide, not farre from Geneva one of this kind witha yellow flower,not differing in any thing elfe. 2. Gratiola minorfive Ay[fopoides, Small hedge Hyflopé. This {mall hedge Hyffope, fhooteth forth fometimes many,and fometimesbut one or two round reddifh ftalkes halfe a yard high, branched toward the toppes; whereonarefet one above another, and fometimes one againtt another; diverfe {mall and fomewhat long leaves, fomewhat fmaller than the former, Hyfope leaves, of a pale greene colour, joyning clofe untothe ftalkes and branches, and neere refembling and without any foote ftalke at all: at the joyntes wich the leaves comeforth flowers, every one byit felfe, ftanding inalone huske Confiftingof foure leaves of an excellent blew colour : after which fucceede {mall browne feede, conteinedin long round pods: the roote is white and fhooteth forth many fibres, whereby it comprehendeth well in the ground : the hearbe and everypart hereof is utterly without any {mell, and almoft without any tafte, yet fome hold it to have a nitrous orlittle fat; and fomealittle {weetifh tafte : Sometimes andin the moyfter grounds, this is found with larger leaves,and growing‘higher; fometimes with fmaller and longer leaves, which {carfe rifeth an handbreadthhigh,andthatin the dry grounds. I. Gratiola Vulgaris. Thetrue hedge Hyffope, 2. 4. Gratiola angu/tifolia minor $ Et latifolia nop, e Small hedge Hyflope, Theleffer broad leafed ‘ei Hylege Tripe 2. Lhe TheaterofPlantes. There is alfo another {mall hearbe growing in our Land onely, for ought Ican either heare or learne which Gerard firlt found and called Gratiola latifolia, asreferring it thereunto, and fo doe Ialfo, yet more for the re- femblanceofthe flower untothelaft (which was not knowne tohim,or at leaft not mentioned by him) and bits terneffe, than any thing elfe : Out of the wet boggie ground from among the grafle 8c. that groweth aboutir, fpringethup one or morefinall ftalkes, fcarfe halfea foote high, round butcrefted asit wereall thelength, whichfpreadforth other fmaller branches; whereon doe grow many {mall leaves,fet by couples one againft ano- ther, being fomewhat broade, but very {hort withall, feeming almoft round, and ending in a point,a little dens ted about the edges : atthe joynts with the leaves comeforth the flowers, every one byitfelfe, ona {mall foote flalke, being in forme fomewhat like thelaft, a gaping flowerbut fhorter, ofa pale reddifh colour,{potted in the middle of the lower leafe, with many {mall white fpots: after the flowersare fallen comein their places {mall icede veffels, in fhape fomewhatlike unto the nut ofa croflebow; wherein is conteined {mall yellowith {eedez the rooteis {mall long and white, {preading it felfe under ground diverfe wayes; which perifheth not in thé winter, neither runneth like the laft, but {preadeth new branches every yeare: the tafte hereofis as extreame bitteras the laft. , ‘ 3: Gratio'a cerulea five latifolia major. The Place. They doe all naturally grow in moyft and marrifh grounds, wherein they will joy beft, if you will have them to live, The firft natirally groweth in manyplaces in Italy and withoutSaint 7x/fines gate at Padoa plentifitlly and isonely cherifhed in gardens with us. The fecond hath beene found naturally growing in fome places of our owne Land; but the third in manyand findry places of this Country, in wet low grounds and by watersfides “ and the laft upon Hampfteede heath inthe wet boggie places, and in fundry otherpartes of the heath, The T ime, Theyall flower in Tune andIuly, thefirft eldome giveth good {eede in our land; all the other doeripen their feede quicklyafter their flowersare patft, The Names. Noneof thefe hearbesare mentioned by any of the an cient Greeke or Latine writers, nor of Phinye, The firlt is generally now adayes, as it was formerly called Gratiolz by Marthiolus, Gefner, Dodonaus, Lobel, Lugdunenfis,and others ; itis alfo called by fome Gratia Dei, after the high Detch name Gotts gad, which fignifieth fo much; yer fomecallit Gratia Dei alrera, becaufe there is aioched herbeamong the Gerania fo called: Anguillara thought it might be the Papaver (pumeum ofDiofcorides: the feedé hereofis called ashee faith Gilbenech. Cordus calleth it Limnefium five Centauroides, becaule diverfe for the bit- terneffe fake thereof, did thinke it a (pecies of Centaurium minus: healfo calleth it Enpatorinm Mefues, for fo it was Senerally thought to be, in all the upper and lower Germanie tor along time, and among fomeof our Apotheca- res alfo in times paft: which opinion I thinke is worne out, umebringing the truth to light, Ge/ner calleth it Gratiola jive Centaurium Aquaticum, and thinketh it may be the Polemonium paluftre amarum of Hippocrates (the horfé= 3.Gratiela Cuar.27. 3. Gratiolacarulea, five latifolia major. The greater broade leafed or blew flowred hedge Hyflope. ‘This hearbe alfois referred unto Gratiola, for fome refemblanceit hath, both forplace,and manner ofgrowing; and efpecially for the bicterneffe thereof, fo like it, which by Lobel and Pena their judgements was cee at thefirlt likelieft to be a kinde ofLy/imachia, and fo entituled it galericulata for diftinétion falké,but others of good judgement fince, have otherwile thcught as you fhall heare anon: Ihave placedit, with the Gratiola, partly led by the authority ofothers,and partly by the common vote of thefe times, whoas frequently callit Gratiola latifolia, as Lyfimachia galericulata: takethe defcription thereof, therefore inthis manner. It is a fmooth low plant not rifing abovea foote high, with many {quare ftalkes diverfly branched fromthe bottome tothe toppe, fet with diverfe joynts and two {mall leavesat every one, which ftand upon fhort foote ftalkes, being broad at the bottome and fmaller tothe end, a little dented about theedges, (which is not remembred in Lobeland Pena their defcription) and full of veines, ofa fadder greene colour than the former, Jongeralfo and broader : the flowers are gaping, fomeWhatlike untothofe of Dead Nettles,ofa faire blewifh purple colour,with fome white fpots the ein, every one ftanding at the joynts with the leaves up to the toppes :_ after which come forth {mall feede veffels, formed fomewhatlike unto the toppe of the thigh bone of amanorbeaft, wherein the {mall nae or hucklebone is fet ; the upper part whereof doth firlt open, whenthe feedeis ripe, and falleth away whenir is touched, fhewing withinit {mall yeliow feede: the roote {preadeth much, and with many branghes under grouud, quickely thereby poffefling a large circuite or compafle, ; : There is a lefler fort hereof found in the like places as the former, differing onely in the {mallneffe of the lant. t mee 4. Gratiola latifoliafive noftras minor, Theletter broad leafed hedge Hylope. . ‘Thegreater broade leafed or blew flowred hedge H7fope: ; |
