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Theatrum Botanicum. allformesare to be feene,as alfo plaine {moothand pointed,& fometimes little hollowedin the waved, > for : ; fomewhat brownith fometimes,every one ftanding by it felfe middle,and round sores Sekeee alfo, from among whichrife fivall {lender flalkes, bea- upona long foote ; . bike the other, butlonger andleffer for the molt part ; atthe tops whereof graw maane aa yaaa cr thredsin the middle ; {tanding abouta greene head,which becommeth the feed Teffell.which will ce fomewhat flat whenit is ripe,very likeunto fomeof the are of Thlappi or Treakle Mu- ftard,wherei nis contained reddithfeede, taiting fomewhat hot + theroote is ma i € of hed white ftrings, which fticke deepelyinth e mudde, wherein it chiefly delighteth + yet will ic well abide in the more upland and dryer grounds, arid taftetha little brackith orfaltifh eventhere, but nothing fo much as whereit hath the fale water to : ieand flegmaticke humors, both from the liver the feate of blood, and the beets scape8:Goxrthe trrelline and hardneffe thereof, and thereby bringing to ae + Penic ion : the juyce alfo helpeth all foule ulcers and fores in the mouth, if itbe often gargle and almoft roundleaves rifing from the robte, nothing fothickeas withanyfenfible hollowneffe, perceivedin the middle, everyone alfo ftanding upona long footeftalke ; from among thefe rifeup divers long flender weake ftalkes, higher then the former, and with more ftore of finall white flowers, at the tops of them ,whichturneinto fmaller pods, and {maller brownith feeds then the former: therooteis white, {mall and threddy : the taft of this is nothing fale at all, but hathan hot aromaticall tafte almoft ah ee feta . Cochlearia minorrotundifolia, Small Dutch Scurvigrafle. This {mall Scurvigrafle growethlike the laft,with many {mall roundifh leaves, fometimes a little ctumpledat the edges not bigger thenthe nayle ofoneslitter finger,every one upon his owne foote ftalke, which abideall the winterif itbefowed before winter, or thatit rife from itowne {owing ; otherwifeif it bee fowen in the {pring,it fhooteth forth diverslong flender ftalkes lying on the ground a foote long orbetter, whereongrow fachlike {mall round leaves,verythinly fetup to the tops,whereon doe {tand manyfmall white flowers, like the laft, but much fmaller, according ‘to the proportionof the plant, with {mall feede anfwerable thereunto : the rooteis very {mall confifting ofa few Fibres, which perifhas as it hath perfe@ted the feede ; and will fpring up againe in the fame place owhere it doth (hedit felfefoone ; for doe what you can almoft,ifyou will gather any ripe feede,there will be fome fhed before you can gather it, Sia 4. Cochlearia minimarotundifolia, The lealt Scurvigraffe, Theleaft Scurvigraffeis in all things like the laft, but tharit ismuch leffer, not growing above three or foure inches long, bat lying upon the ground like Herniaria or Ruptirewort ; Baubinus in his Prodromys ferteth forth another {mall one, asthoughit differed from this laft,which therefore hecalleth ereupright,wherein is fhews ed no other difference,and therefore I thinke may be the very fatne growingin anotherplace. The Place, The firft growethall along the Thamesfide, on both the Effex and Kentif£ fhore, trom Woolwich where thé brackifh Sea water is felt, round about the Seacoalts even to Dover,as alfo from Dover, round about the coats to Port/mouth,and even to Briftow wheteitis had in plenty: but I have not heard by any that it groweth onthe Northerncoafts at all:But the other with round leaves growethin the marfhes in Holland in Lincolnefbire,as well as inthe Low Countries Ho//and,as alfo in the other places of Lincolepbire,by the Sea fide and thereabouts; It hath been alfo found growing upon Pugleboroughhill in Lancafbire,attared me by a worthy Gentlewoman Mrs,Thoma2in Tynfiall, remembred in my former booke for many things,found growing in thofe parts by her meanes, whichwere not knowne to be growingin England, and thereof fhee fent me up fome for a manifeftatio n of the truth ; I heare alfo that it growethnigh untoa Caftle in the Peake of Darbifsire, whichis 30. miles diftant at the lealt from the Sea,andthat the late Earle of Rutland,and divers other perfonages of good note, had fome brouglit from thence for their owne ufe ; it profpereth well in Gardens being fowenin fome moift and cold fhadowedplaces, and yetit will endure the Sunnealfo : manyin many upland countries of this land, doe now ufe to fow.good quantitiesthereof, for their owne {pending, or to make profit thereof to fell unto others : The {maller forts have beene brought untous from Denmarke, where they grow in an Iland called Almacria. The Time, = They all lowerbetimeseven in April/ oftentimes and in Muy, and give their ripe feede quickly after. The Names, Tris thought that noneofthefe were knowneunto anyofthe ancient Greeke or Latiné wr iters, for although fome doe imagine it to be the Britannica that Pliny maketh mentionof inhis 2 5. and 3. Chapter, wherewith Cefar Germanicys his Souldiers were cured ofthe difeafe that raigned among{t them, called by the Phyfitions Stomacceand Sceleterbe, in plaine Englifh the Scurvey ; (which is a difeafe. incident and more frequent to thofe that are at Sea,then that live upon the land, but yet many haveit that never went thither, or ever fawthé fea.) which Pliny deferibeth to have a blackith leafe {omewhat long and a blacke roote, &c. whichit is very likely he taketh from Dio/corides his Britannica, whom Galen alfo followeth, faying it hath leavesli ke a wild Docke,but hairy,and a {mall roote ¢ Gefueralfo taketh itto be Britannica, yet affuredly this our Cochleariay as youmay well perceive by comparing themcannot be Britannica sit is fo called from the forme of a {poone, being round as wellas hollow ;wecall themmoft commonlyScurvi graffe,and not fpoonewortafter the Latin name.an to diftinguifh them,call the one Engli(h,the other Dutch Scurvigraffe : Lacuna tooke the round leafed kind tobe Te— + the Germans eall-it euiihiers, Leffelkraut, the Low countreymen Lepelcruit, andthe French FE herbe an% The Vertues, The Englift Scurvigraffe is more ufed for the falt tafte it beareth which doth fo mewhat openand clenfe,butthe DutchScurvigrafle isof better effect, and chiefely ufed, if it may be had by thofe that have the Scurvie, efpeciallyalfo to purge andclenfe the blood, the liver and the {pleene; for all whichdifeates c itis of fingular good effect, by taking the juyce inthe {pring, every morning fafting ina capo f drinke; the decoétion is good forthe fame vofe, and the herbe tunned upin new drinke, citherbyit felfe2 OF with other things, forit openethobftruétions ere-~ Oeanda outwardly dothclenfe the skinnefrom {pots, markes or fearres that happen a ; i < a8 of the leaves thereof I meane the roundleafedkind,isa fine delicate medecine for weake and tender ae er {tomackes, and worketh to the fame effect, althougha little flowly. Cua«r. LXIL feedupon, 2. Cochleariamajorrotundifoliafive Batavoram. ‘The great Dutch or Garden Scurvigrafle. This Du da or Garden Scurvigraffe (which is moft knowne and frequentin gardens) hathdivers freth gteene former, yet infome places, as inarich ftrong dunged ground, verylarge, even twice fo bigge as inothers, the nothing at all dented about the edges, nor Cua P.62. The Theater of Plants. TRipe 2 Fumaria. Fumiterric. i verf ert are accounted D declaredd by and by ;; but there iterri as theyfhall be of Fumiterrie, i kinds in my i viteanes the Fumaria bulbofa, or Radix Cava, whereotIhave fet forth all the forts ipvitier booke: Iwill therefore here only give you fomefigures of them without farther defcriptionss fer forth accor2 i of eachofthefe kindes we have received from Canada, one which fhall-bee ™ dingly. fo t. Fumaria vulgaris. Common Eumiterric, a ftalke, ke, andleaof & from one jaftraddieates fc ing Spas ash dudweake tetsh{quareflender Icha 1 tender fappy hearbe, fendingforth i isa Our common Fumiterry y dsonall fides, many branches two orthree foote long, ing ve spppes 2 acer whi ue blewith fea greene colour, fomewhatlike unto Coriander leaves; at little birdes, of a reddifh pu pierpare {mall flowers, asit were ina long f{pike, one above another, madelike ; bellies: i ; conteining {mall blackith feede: theeas Corsbenfs ith whitith after which come {mall round huskes,3, conteining !mai be : eemoe finall andnotvery long, full ofjayce whileit is greene,but quickely perifhing with the ripe feeds this beareth white tenuifolia, flowers. =e In the cornefields of (% rawall "te Blears minorfive Fine leafed Fumiterrie. + iia Teae tae eShg This {mall Fumiterrie groweth not fo high but more upright than ee Ww Bekele: whofe lower leavesare very like untothofe of the en oe t ry Pe rctier eh heat that grow above upontheftalke, are {maller andfiner cut in, and the higher : € te fag eee don even asfinall as Fennell leaves + the flowers gtow in the fame manner pay ae od ag « ha, Gewinrion : together, ofa deeper reddifh purple mixed with white and yellow, the fee 4 and ro like the former z this is not altogetherfo bitter, but more fharpe thanthe other. yy 3. Fumaria major Cretica, Candie Fumiterry. aed indeee This Candy Fumiterry groweth with crooked bowing fquare ftalkes, like the common, 1, 2, Fumatia vulgaris & tenuifolia, Common and fine leafed Fumuterrie. 4. Fumaria lutea montana, Yellovy Fumiterrie. 1 |