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Theatrum Botanicum, Trise 2 Tripe 2. ~ Lhe Theater of Plants. 1, Anagyris ferida: firong, and not eafie ro bend or to breake, whereof {trong bowes may be made, and hath beene in times palt » the {maller branches are furnifhed Stinking Seerete: with manyleaves like unto thofe ofthe crab tree,but {maller,with {mall lon ftraight thornes in manyplaces fet with the leaves, the ends of the branches ending in a thorne alfo; among the leaves comeforth manyflowers, every one upona feverall footeftalke, confifting of foure leaves peece, ofa whitifh greencolour; after which come{mall roundberries, greene at the firft, and blacke when they are ripe Fillopulpe or juyce that is greene, with one or two finall graines within them of an unpleafanttal te. ’ .2, Rhamsnus folutivus minor Pannonicus, Theleffer Purging thorne of Hungary, ‘This lefler Rhamaus groweth much lower than the former, with fmaller branches, not above a yatd and a halfe high, having many leaves thereon, fmaller and narrowerthan the formers almoft as {mall as thofe of the blacke Cuar.4d, it Laburnum majis., ; Thegreaterleffe ftinking Beane Trefoile, thorne or {lowe tree, witha few thornes ferhere and there upon the branches, but ending alWayesina thorne: theflowersare like unto the other but {maller, and ofan herby, or whitifh greene colour, with {mallee Desries alfo fucceeding them, The Place, Thefirft groweth in many places of this land, but efpecially in Kent, as at the hither end of Dart ford next unz to London, Farningham uponthe Connie burrowes,and ina narrow Lane neere South Fleete, andin many other places, The other Cévfiws found in Pannonia, andin Germany neere the bathes at Baden, The Time, They flowerin Aprill and May, their frnite is ripe in September and O@ober, kainieaet 16 called hi The Names, Ahamuns although it can be referred to none, either of Diofcorides or Theophy.a it is afpecies or kind of Rhanburand foeven the thornes declare,and sia the word Ue 1 S} ‘aad 4uae unto, to denominate the difference. Afatrhiolus I thinke firkt called it Spina iofettoria, and isby et ee it on aEs yet pe = of:apy purging quality in SF iaitens man fallow od ited Blea: nuns ana LMgaunenfis ieabplcund Rhansnus ees Catharticus & 10 dothBau psetod i theirs binus ;Cordns «Cord; calleth it i Cervii [pina,Ge{ner /bi ‘ Cera = Spina they eall ic,as alfo Nerprws. The otheris ca led it in Englift Laxative Ramand Bucke ‘tec lemitalieediGeaina va The Vertues, erries hereok dryed and a drame ofthe powder, given in wine or flegmeand groffe thicke humors alf, yet yom faith eae draweth foth fee mater joints and Arteries, and therefore is fingular good foritdropfies; se fome doe make an Eleuar , dc ae ofthe juyce of the berries clarified, and Sugar or Honey put ‘thereto, bur becaufe it sacieh: diate fomnely, fome {pices are tobe added thereto to aromatife it, as Cinamon Ginger and Clove 3 df aoa Matticke and rofes alfo, which doth correé the evil! rus or moreofeither Electuary or Syrupe maybe given quality therein, and canfe it Worke with eat a, a ata time, diffolved either in wineor i he en which will draw forth raw whayifh humors,and choller feih aboundantly, asalfo thicke Giviints fi Ss ef. “of a keth not with anytroublefome heating of the parts, but doth Arenethen them after puroj paeor te Wore flux to follow : Of thefe berries are made three feverall forts ofcolours, as they hall be pie oo ne any gathered while they are gteene and kept dry, are called Sappe berries, which being f go ter, or freth brnifed into Allome water, they give a reafonable de faire yellow Choseoktainbfome Allome Wa- workes, and Bookebinders to colour the edges of bookes, and leather dreffers to colour} etas aeeee to make a greene colour called Sappé greene, taken from the berries whenthey are bla ke, b a ie they ufealfo into brafle or copperkettle, or pans and there ieee ee fire, and fome beaten Allome put into them, andfunffered to abide three or feted 7 after preffed juyc €.opoor i nbsp great bladders, tyed with ftrong thred at the head, and hung up forth, uponinto Anti itthe betes isufnally patup tle wine,but facke is the belt to preferve the colour from ftarving as they call it, are Rodee aise ithold freth the longer : the third colour (whereof, none that T can finde hath made mention, bx Prcly is a purplifh colour which is made of Tragus) the berries fuffered t November,that theyare réady to dropp i i e from the Ses, ERDF Veveee wnleesy eit et eee lenis Crap, ' diverfe femmes fromthe roote, the wood whereof is very firme.and hard, yellow toward the barke; and blackith at cheheart,( whereofthe {trongeft bowes are made,and ftakes that will abide hard in the ground longer than others) with leaves larger than cither the formeror the {maller fort, of a darkith greene above, and filver colour underneath like them:the flowers are more in number, and {maller thanin the former, the ftalkes of flowers, hanging downeandnotftanding up,being fometimes almoft a faote long,and notfo long as inthe former,and are for the moft part all of onepaleyellowcolour, the.cods lileewife are blacker, fhorter and fmaller, and fo are the {eedes within themalfo, yet gréarer thanin the leffer fort,. elf muchalike, being blackifh and veryhard, {carce yeelding to be mollified in water: the leaves and flowershave burlittle fentat allto difcommend them, in any that I have féene and f{melt. 3. Laburnum minus. The lefler Beane Trefoile. ? ; are the leaves fo large by the halfe,noryereither flowersor feede, Anagyris Laburnum, Beane Trefoilés, The Place, y He e Ana ne oyris ar di 4 ARTY bura um: are fuch , conven U y e: re es; : {0 like the one ie unto0 the th o ther. doe call that Anagyris, r > that div Iver fe WwW Titers which others call Labu raum, and indeed I knaw no i 1. Anagyrisfetida. Stinking Bean e Trefoil ~ The ftinkingig beane Trefo bina Phd: ile inin bihis 2. Anacyris non fetida five Laburnum majus. The greater leffe ftinking Beane Tréfoile. This Beane Trefoile growethlarger in body and branches, than the former, and fometimes. fhooteth forth This lefler Beane Trefoile is in molt things like untothe laft defcribed but thatit groweth not fo great, nor XI, yj FWeenethem,than offietens ononfotens, major e& miner, were thoroughripe : the roote thrufteth not deepeinto the ground, butis well faftened with branches and fibres, within the ground, Of this kind thereis one growing in Cazdy, whereof Honorins Bellus gave knowledge to ‘Clufins, that hath rounderleaves, whichas yet I never faw. ; ie pa oh other diftinétion bes natural plac Whichake “osvi hecee grow hor C mnt eth tobe higher thana man, es, which ate thehae : 2 but tranfplanted into ask cold ae aaa e barke =the body, and elder boug en hes, of a dark e crayi ene, th petscolt, cone eae SPRY long foote whence fhooteforth ardiverk 7h : ltalke, ofa greene co s j ty The firft as is before faid growethin hot Countries: the fecond,and {© doth the leaft alfo,in manyof the woods of Italy, and the higher parts of France, and other places, and upon the Alpes, The Time, i : The firft {eldomé abideth with us to fhewhis flower:but in his natural! places, it flowrethearly even in [anuary and February, in Spaine as Culfius {aith, batin Aprilland (May, inother places; and the feedes are ripe in the, Summer time after in Spaine, but not untill Septemberin other places : the other lowreth in May and June, and oe foe a .:heresp havingtt the {eede fometimes ripeneth well, but notuntill Seprember, but theleatt ripeneth well. tiri oe panel pare 33Sieae ce Ses e eo like unto ftinking Gladnn efpecially in the ne concedes bidet ec é ung fo mich, and very lictlein ours, as Thave tryed, who growing with me: arthe Joynts hav ‘ eae another, whichare larger thand with the ; leaves come farth many flowers, anding ie ecne any Cyrifies tby fg (all <e,/o § yellow colour, and the uppermMin ; oft whic is, alemolt-at great asthe Colstea, the lower leaves being ofa n ; : ee paler covérthe Acopon: vera & fatida,is ufually added to itto diftingnifh it from the other, which isalfo called Anagyris_ot m, ofa deeper gold yellow, whi Ss toesomee lye foure or five feedes, twifeas bigas in fi other, en aeee :oe and m than the other, thatis ofa darke purple {potted, which wereofa : : fairer purple » befbeforesete th were ‘ The Names. ; The firltis called of Diofcordes dyéwers ( dudyyG Anagyris & Anagyros, which Pliny faith fome. called fome, but z/tera or non fetida which fecond or nonfetida, Matthiolus calleth Anagyris prima & major, as he calleth theleatt Anagyris altera,out he contendeth againtt Ge/ner who did in following other mens opinié, make the great Laburnum or 7 is alterato be Laburnumof Pliny,which is the leaft andcalled Eghelo ofthofe that dwell about, Trent.Camerariys in horto calleth it Laburni,whenas he calleth the lealt, Anagyris altera ofMatthiolys; Anguilara faith it is called by che inhabitants Egano,8 thinkethit maybe Ebeni fecunda [pecies Theophrafti; Lugdunenjis alfa, calleth it Labarnum primom,andthe lealt Laburnum alterum,and faith it mightbe called Axagyris Alpina: i ¥e3 calleth . |