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Show iw 254 CuHar.46, Tbeatrum ; Botanicum. cma Nec non isAlpiis Rufe‘ lvam, & ripis. Trips 2, TRIBE.2. Ced. ' finvialis arundo, rrr eaatur; ae dito preferve eo peel from fei from whence came the Jtalian namé ofPongitopi,and for to make iio to fweepethe houfe, from whence came the name of Scoparegia, burthe Kings chamber 1s by reyo= lution oftime turned L tothe Butchers ftall, for that a bundleofthe ftalkes tied together, ferveth them to clenfe The Theater of‘Plants. ; Plan i unétuousor i quality; i an d therefore the oyleisis Syoften of Festa ufed (éd OPA forfor uaplien che fameil purpofes heRea ichi kethee by his andl doe: Galen {ay thatitoylie ohee SSeee y. and fleshic up! wohfar Bel 0! OF ; it, yeeldeth a grofie nou 1 1¢ >: Soe iohen. hardly digeft mee sititreatbeclif ee hed Gig eth in the teeth whenit i cifein- ot ie amg) 3 it — he the Egyptians ufe che decoGh of the feede, to ple ie eePhe cen ive: Alpinus ~ ath, the pleurefie or hard fcirrhous {wellings of the sir Se their ftalles,3 and from thence have weour Englifh name of Butchers Broome, dc iteche the hone Roawfene fhe of the throat,and voyce,paris it —= sh. f a8 i ee ee roughne St d eafeth the paines ofthe head, proceeding _] Sefamum, Theas oyly purging Pulfe Se/amum. Ya) His plant upon thefirft {pringing thereoffrom the feede,rifeth up with fonre {mall long and broad leaves, betweene which come forth other, that when they are full growne,are as largefornewhar and lon ‘ 1 fs asthe great Nightfhade leaves, but fome deepelier dented than others,and even almoft torne; e{pecial.. ly atthelowerend ofthe leafe next the ftalke, each ftanding ona ea long footeftalke : the ftalke rifech fromamong the lowerleaves, being {traight, thicke, fat, Whence fhooteforth onall fides(if it obtainea ae {trong and round, two or three foote high ; from ca, and a warme place) diverfe ftalkes of leaves, likeuntothe other, or el{e-abideth bate or without ranches) seal twofor the moft Bite at a joint, and at each joynt ofthe Safanum, The oyly purging pulfe Sefamum, ftalke up to the toppe, commeth forthone flower, ofa whitif h colour, whichis fomewhat long like vntoa Bell flower, made of one leafe without divifion at the edges, having few long threds at the bottome, not rifing fo high, rhat they maybe feene Without opening the flower : after the fowers arepaft, there come up in their fteede, {mall long hard cods, havingt hree or foureor five five ribbes ri BS or creftes, which i doe open themfelves e i Ay 4 into i DX tes . , fo manyparts, having in each part {mall whitith os yellow fat qa ANAS feedes lyii 12 the rein: : the th roote ‘ 7 Dh > oote 1s fomew hat great and lo 1g, ) Pf < With many fttings andfibres at it, taknig as faft hold , Li ai a in the , ‘A 9 ound, d as as a Sowthiftle So vthiftle g Found, i oO doth : both leaves, ftalkes, and 0 gs h f hae . , ss : i] meds are very bitter Sah ay Not touch them, but aibecom oii Sea being sntwal dried they e morep Wis leafa for l them toeate: and the feede becommeth more IV (] oyly than Linmn feede, from whenceis preffed forth a whiti Wa th oyle, very fweete Kt while it is frefh, and will not in \ WW A: along time decay or gtow SMR. VN {tronger. eZ The Place, Po Tt growethnaturally in the Jndies and othe r Eafterly coun-/ tries, but is onely fowenin the field s, of Syri a, Egyp t, Siti ly, “—A\_\ Candy, Greece,and other places ther e abouts,it is to be had but In GA N. 3 the gardensof lovers of rare plants inal Re tranfalpine countries : the Apothecaries inl Jta/y, neither in the \ our land doe feldome ufe either feed or oyle,fewor none ofthemever faw the feede, much leffe the plant. | Tr SS SSS Yi The Time, It Aoweth notuntill July, and ripen eth not the feede untill September, The Names, Tis called ofexuovand oun in Sefama in Latine ofall Writers Greeke, and Sefamum and thereof. Alpinys faith it is calledin Egypr Sempfem, the oyle thereofSyris,and the footand grounds of the oyleThaine, All Authours almoft doe number it among the graines and cornes, cods, yet of diverfe fafhions. butas akinde thereof,» and not of the pulfe, which doe all for the moft part bearé why the yfhould doe fo, I cann put into bread as Poppy feede was, the {eede being fomewhat likot conceiy Canyother reafons, than that it was fields e nnto M illet, and that it was fowen in the reth { areth gthe kinds of graine, 46, 8 .cap.1.ma- speafe &c. the 3, Millet, Panicke and Se/amnmwherei : »Panicke, &c. doe beare 1 y feather like toppe ajuba d which the Millet and f g Panicke doe + now Se/f amum hath no {uch Millet, or asthe like bufh hay feath er topp e as Panicke or ll codsas the pulfe, allthough in Alimentorié doth number ; 1 are uimber differj ng Se : manner ; bat ong the pulfes,and fai G, n in primo but Gale the 29. Chapter ofhis thiritam th it was in hise time eaten of m er d booke of Obfervations,fet teth downethe mannerof; Which if any be defirons tok now,I refe er e tie tors { OF maine, b rre him to the Author, The Vertues. Thefeede and oyle ofSefa mum are all of} one qualitie and and moifture, both mollifyi 1 temperat being necre the feco ng and diffoly vin g : but the leaves efpecialure, fit to repreffe the infamm ly while theyare greene,ndaredeoreé ofheate ations and Stiefes ofthe more cooling; eyes, by way of fomentin in deco¢tionsor other Wayes, or g them, the nfedin gliltets to loofen the belly, whenit isbound or feede is taken inwardly pained by the chollicke, which je Cuar.47. heat ae unc ( wombes hoveis es very profitable for to fir in whofe \ - are ‘ihar ‘ of both herbe and feedesPoh 4 I honve. is enthey are ftayed, aswomen alfo to th ey eee ee 3 Ifo waththeir heads, that are much trou the beck or feede ftayeth os a e ahepge eee teorioe fea: bled with dandraffe, feu neieion: f . ae faith alfo that the treesarn h the ee is oh ete i body, and encreafeth {perme fj . The oyle of great eee ule and efe& f the body, to clenfe the skinne,’ and a1 to take away fs{tnburning,; , he skinne,’ pokeHycaren her deformities the skinne, pr oceeding 2 of melancholy ; itato ie morphew, ee ts Deanesvainote rres or any other Widke itie of is gooc wich fire : it helpeth thofe¢ ski a a eae alfo to anoint ayae atan e damtch eee ie ee veines that are too great. * cakes with ; honey, as alfo in as Popp: ie feed was. CuaP, XLVIL Iris, The Flowetdeluee, i (having i ae {cribed € fo many forts ofFlowerdeluces,that to fhew youthem all here againe ne all . aay:in my former booke) would make this elstoo roytae Bal seferse you here fome defcriptions and figures w . he Peaesiaiia The/ greater broade leafed Flowerdeluce. : Fey & This Flowerdeluce hath many heads of very broad an dflat ggreene leaves enclofing or foul. Deas h ne ding o one another at the > bottome. 3 and after di Vv. ided in funder with t thinne edges on both i like a fword and thickelt in ; the middle: i : from the middle of thefeC heads of leaves ‘ dle o of fome ( yes ririfeth fides oote bearing f= flowers Vi toppe o n one two or three large outo . iffe ftalke x twoor’ three foote t high 1 hich rh 5 a tt he e€ t toppe up a roundftiffe 5 beari ; : : i g a freeze ree neere the ; g of nine leaves, three whereo f fall downe, havin Si cs, eachio feverall We Sechereintiey bowed . three-othe or arched cover ieee bottomae faite but k : Cheradieided at the ends and turnin: gupa little argell 0 bow 25 : them “i alittle that they mayall for , and three ia wis ee toppes or ends. infome white the moft part meéte tog e , themfelyes 5 haa aio x. Seda tajordatifoli e. “The greaternarrow leafed Floveetdeluces The greater broad leafed Flovwerdeluce. ; ‘ 255 |