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Show or" Cuap, $2. Theatrum Botanicum. T r1BE 22 Trive 2. The Theater of Plants. Cua Pe G20 254 but three divia alittle pointed at'the end,fome alfo will be {potted or ftraked 2 the flowers have ifually{preading in the and fuller/of flibftance fsntorpalate oft paler greene colours the rootes are fomewhat greater fame tnanfier and imelling fomewhat more fragrant,and alittle hot in'talte biting a little the tongues yea Sits sitoui fon bag 3. Afariia Matthioli, Baltard Afarusti of-A4atthialas, Cuap. LI, Afarum, Afarabacca, like unto’ A/mnin, having fick likes Ballard A/arum isa low herbe'alfo; creeping upon the giound, fomewhat * Have in myformer Booke given you the knowledge of this Afarabacca, but becaufe I have not ACY there exprefiedit fo fufficiently, as it ought to.be, I have here amplified myfelfe in fome particulars, S$ Now although there was butone fort of 4/ar#m, with all Writers now adayes, yet wee havere- 8} G8" ceived annotherfort ont ofVirginia fomewhatdiffering from the other; and although the name a*o— hath beene formerly mifapplied to many other herbes, as is in part fhewed inthe 38. Chapter of the former tribe, and fhall be further declared in this ; yet now I hopethat itis {o fufficiently knowne, there is no caufe of errour,but Matthiolus doth adde another herbe fomewhatlike untoit in leaves, whereof I meane to {peake alfo here. : 1, Afarum vulgare, Common Afarabacca. Afarabacca hath many heads rifing from the rootes, from whence come many {mooth leavés, every on€ upon his ownefooteftalke, whichare rounder and bigger than Violet leaves; thicker alfo, and of adarker greene fhi- ning colour on the upperfide, and ofa paller yellow greene underneathe,little or nothing dented about the 1. 4farum va'gare. CommonAfarabacca, 2. Afarum Americanum. Virginia Afarabacca leaves upon longhairy footeftalkes, biit'rounder and rougher than they, and fomewhat dented aboutthe ed, ex? the flowers ate like unto Camomill fowers, bat tharthey are fmaller by mach, ‘and wholly yellow,as Wellthé border of leaves as middle thrume, and ate fot nnpleafant'in fimell; the rootes are flender {mall and long,cteeping under the upper craft of the earth, and not thooting downie deepefornewhatof a fharpe tafte, and a lictle bitter withall. d The Place} mee gt ® The firft groweth undertrees and upori thadie hills; in Pontus and Phrygia, as Dio[coridesfaith, and in Italy al= fo, and in findry othet places, and is frequent in gardens, The fecorid came from. theparts incor about Virginia, The third a8 AZatthiolus faith isfound pon fome motintaines oF Bohemia and likewife in Somer/etfhire in Gur, owne Land,found by Dt. Lobel, The Time, ee Rss . The firft and fecond keepe their greene leaves all’the winter, but fhoote forthnew in the {pring : and with them comeforth thofe heads or flowers, which give ripe feede about Midfommer, or fomewhatafters the other doth follow much the famecourfe. . : _ . The Names, Itiscalledin Greeke A’ougov GUAdouseron i” oFnatum non veniens , as Plinye faith becaufe i coronis non addatur; but the text of Diofcorides is flat againft him, forhefaith icis ma ddJus sp2roucénun, a {weete herbe tied in garlands: ic is alfo called Nepdbe a’yeia, in Latine Afarum & Nardus{ylveftris or Nardus ruftica,and as Ata A\ cer faith Vuelgago,as by hisverfe appeareth; Ej? Afaron Grace Vulgago ditta Latins; The forther times a3 Wfayd before,thought 4/arvm and Baccharis to be one herbe, and therefore not knowing what Baccharis was, they, called this Afarim Afarabaccara, which name is continued bothin Spaine and other places, and with usalfo to Nel this day : but the defcriptions of them being fo diverfe (if they had beene regarded or lookt into, which was utterly neglected, and thofe times led onely by tradition, ‘witliout fearching out the veritie of .things) any A MT \3 ROK Ol ey j Ny Wu Y Up \ ARy | WE would make one mervaile how they could be fo muchi miftaken, as from the ignorance of foine that called A/t= uth Bacchar,to make one name of both : but the errour being fo old even before Plinye his time, may feeme to \ ii Y triake it the more excufable, bit we fhould not contintie inthe fame courfe, they formerly did; feeihg Péinye fheweththe errour, and findethfarilt with them that were fo led, asis fhewed in the chapter. of Baccharis. wy fy | | | i The firftis called Afarum byall ourlater writers, except Lobe/ that calleth it A/arum Baccharis five Bacchatys)' The fecond we have impofed the name according to the formeit catriethas it is in the title. The third AZatthiolus f f (( | A(AR ) i Mi W ie SNESpie W S A a wy RQ )) he yj yypiih VaR firlt called farina, and fo dot dthers thatfet it forth after him, onely C/efizs doth much fafpectit, to be his fes cond Txffilago Alpina, andthathisfigure was taken froma dry plant, and beforeit had brought forththe flowers to perfection : but by the fharpetalte and creeping roote, it may more probably be taken to be the Catyledonpaluftris acrisor wrens, The Arabians callit Afaron, thé Italians Afaro and Bacchara, the Spaniards Afarabaccara, and we in Exglifo Afarabacca or Afarobacca. The Vertues. Diofcorides faith ic hath an heating quality, where or howfoever applyed,and that itprovoketh urine,&eafeth the paines ofthe ftone; is profitable for dropfies, and for the old paines of the Sciatica: andthat fixe drammes of the rootes being drtinike in honeyed water procuirech womenscourfes, and purgethlie unto blacke Hellebor: AMe(uesplacethit among other purging hearbes and fo doe I, for being drunkeit not onely provoketh vomiting, but worketh downewards, and by urinealfo, purging both choller andflegme: itis made the moreftrong if. » fome Spiknard be added, with the whey of goates milke or honyed water; bur it purgeth fegme more manifeltlythan choller, and thérefore doth muchhelpe thofe that are troubled with the paines.in-the hippes, and the parts thereabout, efpecially if itbe either fteeped or boyledin whey : it doth wonderfully helpe the obftructions oftheliver and {pleene, and therefore profitable for thofe that are troubled with the dropfie, and rhe overflowing of the gall, whichis the Iaundife, being {teeped in wine anddrunke; ithelpeth thofe continuall. agues, that, the brimmesinto five divifions, very like unto tke cuppes comebythe plenty of ftubborne humors: An oyle made thereofbyfetting it in the funne,and whereunto fome Ladanumis added, provoketh {weating,if theridge ofthe backe be anointed therewith, and. thereby driveth a= waythe fhakingfits of agues, It will not abide any long boyling,the chiefeft ftrength thereofvanifhing thereby; nor muchbeating, forthe finer powder doth provoke vomits and urine, and the courfer purging downewards, being {melled unto, and wherein when they are ripe is contai- and quartaine agues, by drinking a dranghtof the decoction thereofmade with wine, wherein. little Mace or Cinamon or honeyis put, either every dayor every other day, which purgéth the body and often procureth vo~ ee a ek edges: from among whichrife {mall round hollow browné5 greene huskes upon fhort ftalkes about aninch long, divided at or heads of the Henbane. feede, but that theyare fmaller, and thefe be all the fowers it carrieth : which are fomewhat {weete ned {mall cornered roughfeede, very like unto the ternells or ftones of Grapes or Raifins : the rootes are {mall and whitith {preading diverfe wayes in the ground, and increafing into di. verfe heads, but not running, or creeping under ground, as diverfe othercreeping herbes doe, whichare fomewhat {mell, refembling Nardus, but more being drie, than {weete in whenthey are greene, and ofa fharpe but not unpleafant talte, Cameraring faith that Ge/ner found a greater kinde hereof, and more {weete upon che Alpes in Switzerland, which Baubinus as it fhould feeme never faw, and therefore doubted of the truth 2. Afarum Americanum, Virginia Afarabacca. - ae Afarum of Virginia groweth very like the former, :ofs epee are a good deale larger, ftife alfo and — omewhat crumpled about the edges, of a darke Brsene colour, bur nor fo much thining as it, and not fo . Afarina Matthioli, Baftard Afarum of Mattbiolus, thus faith ALe/ues hereby as AZatthiolws faith, the Germaine Country people were taught to cure, both -tertian mitings: as alfo they anoint the ridge of the backe, and the foles oftheir feete with the warme oyle made there. of bylong fiinning, uponthe acceffe or comming of thefit, being in their warme bed, whereby they prevent t ts,and provoke much{weate, andare thereby cured, that have long lingred underthe difeafe:, It is profitable for thofe that have convulfion of the finewes, and an old cough. The commonufe heréofis to,take the juyce of 5 or 7 leavesin alittle drinke to canfe vomitings : the rootes alfo workein the fame manner, but not reibly; but an extract made thereofaccordingto art with wine, might be more fafeand effetuall, and may tall the yeare, tobe at hand ready to be given, when thereis occafion, the quantity onely is to be propor= ding to the conftitution ofthe patient, as the learnedPhifition can belt appoint: Itis alfo effectual ie bitings offerpents, (theroote efpecially ) and therefore is pat among other fimples, both into 14eand Andromachus Treakle, which is ufually called Venice Treakle : Galen faith that the rootes of A/a ave the fame propertythat e4corus hath but more ftrong, and Pawlus «£gineta-agreeth. with him; but Lugdunenfis findethfault with them both, becaufe they have a purging quality, whereofthey make no mention; Adramme of the roote in powder given in white wine,alittle before the fit of an ague, taketh away the.fhae kingfit,and thereby caufeth the hotfit tobe the more remifle, and in twife taking expelleth it qité:Ir is faid ones Kee , the |