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Show 290 CHar.63. Theatrum Botanicum. TRIBE 2 lowflower, asit isreported : the feaventh is found likewife in the woods of Germany: andthe laft in America the Weft Padies, oer The Time. Theyall flower early even in Mayfor the moft part yet the yellow flowreth muchlater, as many times not un= Cuar. 63: The Theater of Plants. Tripe2. ig i tané downe to the ground, with few or no branches iffuing from an bettersittlee YLtens tae full ofveines,tanding at diftances wallonscederaae be- : sal tt e aaa ever ya upon afhort foot{talksat every joynt with the leaves,from the middle ofthefe ftalks up= It is called in Greeke w7v0s and xav10r, Capnos and Caphion, quafi fumus, eo quod fuccus , occulis inditug ind "5 the top eomichea forth one long hollow flower apeece,fmaller at the bottome, broader at thetop,with alongpeéck or flippet ag it-were,at onefide ofthe rop,bending downe;bothof them ofadeadith yellow or fomewhat brownifh colour,and fomewhatblackifh purple on the infide:(this lower Dio/corides compareth to 4 cap or hood, whichas it (honld feeme was their fafhion in his time)after the flowersarepalt comein their places,fmall kachrimationem mover ficut fumus, & claritatem eornm efficit, in Latine Fumaria & Fumus Terre; of the Arabians Scheiteresi ; of the Italians Fumoterre and Fumoftomo, of the Spaniards, Palonima, of the French Fumoterre, of the Germans, Erdranchand. Danber Kropf as Tragus faith, and of the Dstch Grifeiomand Duive Kernel, Thefirltis of all Authors called Famaria or Capnos Fumaria of Lobel,The fecondis called - as it is with the otitward greene hell, and fomeleffer than both, which whenitis ripe openet oe parts, fhewing the feede lying inorder withinit, feparated by certaine skinnes fomewhatflat and acre : the roote is tuberous, bunched out diverfly, ofa darke or {wart colour on the outfide, and more yellow within. il] Auguit, fhortlyafter. Sey and their feede ripenéth Pp Thi eae. tu 1 Fumaria minor, ox tennifolia,to diftinguith it from the other. The third is remembred by Cluftucby the name in the title, and it may be alfo the Syriaca of Camerarius, The fourth is called Fumaria Coridalis of Matthiolys, and of fomeashe faith Split ; of Ge/ner and Tabermontanus Fumaria montana of Lobel Fumaria lutea montana, whotakethit alfoto be Chelidominm capnitis of ~Ztius, of (amerarinsand Anguillara Corydalis, of Cefalm pinus Split vulgo, and Split Illirica or Sclavonica herba of others. The fifth hath its name in the title, and reckoned akind ofthe fourth. Thefixt is called Capnos of Lobel, whofaith it isalfo called of fome Split al. round and fomewhat long fruite of diverfefifes, fome as biggeas a Wallnut without the ee — as bigge vera. ‘The 3.tkAriffolochia larg rootedlonga Gesttine 1, Ariftolochia rotunda vulgatior, Round roored Birchworts bg W © LD & He) buni; of Dodoneus it is thought to be the firft Capyos Plinij, which hee faith was called in his time Peder gallinaci, and faith alfo that fome called it Corydalis, and Splith ; and the common fort Corydalion, hee calleth “Italfo Fumaria altera, and Capris phragmites as Gefner dothalfo: but divers of the beft moderne Herbarifts, doe rather thinke that the Radix Cava,is the Capzos prior Plinij then'this; Camerarius Funaria Clematites, and , j SY LY B f Cs Bauhinus Fumaria claviculis donata, and ishis {ixt Famaria, and yet is the fame with his fecond, ifthere be nota greater anda leffer as fome doefet it downe. The feventh is theRadix Cava viridi flore of Lobel, which although Bawhinws thoughtit to be referred to the Radix Cava asa fort thereof, yet the roote fheweth itto belong unto the Capnas fabacea radice, and {o both his defcription and the title which afterward he amended do.declare, The Arabians calk it Schehiterig, and Sabeteregi, The Italians Fumoterra ; the Spaniards Palamitha ; the French Fumes terre ; the Germanes Erdtrauch and Katxenkernel ; the Dutch Erdtrook and Duynekervel. The Vertues, By the bitterneffe of common Fumsterry, (itis by diverfe of the beft modetné Writers held tobe hot,and not cold, as diverfe others from the Arabians have {et downe ) and {harpenefie joyned therewith, itdoth open and G j A il TT Ny SN AN clenfé, and bythe drieneffe doth ftrengthen and binde after the clenfing. The juyce or fyrupe made thereof, or the decoftion made in wheye byit felfe, with fome other purging or opening herbes androotes, to caufe it worke the better, it felfe being but weake, is very effectuall for the liver and {pleene, opening the obftru@ions and clarifying the bloud fromfaltith cholericke andaduft humois, whichis the canfe of the lepry, feabbes, tet ters, anditches, and other firchlike breaktings outin the skinne, andafter the purging doth ftrengthenall the inwardparts, not leaving anyevill qualitie behindit, and therefore is reckoned a moft fafe remedy againft all the difeafes that rife from thofe hamors, or from obftruétions that are the canfe of cholericke and putride feayers: the fame is goodalfo for the jaundife, and {pendeth it bytheurine, which it procureth in’ abundance as e£cinera 7 RS Rene iieis i qu faith. The juyce thereof faith 7ragus and the pouderofthe roote of E/ula prepared in equall proportion, that isa dramme, provoketh vomiting wherethereis caufe, being taken in warme water and cureth the dropfie: becanfe it is fomewhat windie it is good to ufe anifeede and fennellfeede withit : the pouder of the dried herbe given for fometimeyrogether; hath cured a melancholy perfon as Brafavola faith, but the feede js ftrongeft in operation for all the purpofes aforefaid, The diftilled water ofthe herbe is much nfed alfo, and thoughtto caufe goodeffect in all the former difeafes ; and befide,as Tragus faith, conduceth much againft the Plague or Peltilence, being caken with good Treakle, whichit driveth forth by fweate : the fame wateralfo witha little water and hony ofRofes, helpethall the fores in the mouth and throate, being gargled’ often’ therewith: the juyce dropped into the eyes cleareth the fight ; and taketh away the rednes and other defeéts in them, althoughit pro« cure fomepainefor the prefent, and bringeth forth wateror teares : Diofcorides faith that it hindereth any frefh 5. Arifolochia Clematitis, fpringing of the haites ontheeye liddes, ifafter they be pulled away the eye browes be anointed with the juyce The runningrooted Bixthwort that hath'Gun Arabeck diffolvedinit ; the jayce of Fumiterry and of Docks mingled with vinegar, and the pla- ces gently wafhed or wet. therewith,cureth all fores of{cabbes, itchés, wheales, pimplesor pufhes thatrife in the faceot hands, or in anyotherpart of che skinne ofthe body, The lefferor fine leafed Fumitterry, asalfo the climing Fsmiterry worke to the fame purpofes but more weakély : the ycllow Fumiterry is alfo effeCuall in moft of the difeafes aforefaid, and befidesthatit provoketh urine abundantly ; it is very effe@uall for the cholicke taken greene or dry in wine for'many dayes. Thole Fumiteries withhollow and firmerootes are cach of themeffectual, both againft poifon and thepeftilence being made into pouder and dronke, andtafterward the partylaidjto {weate : the famealfo provoketh urine and helpeth the jaundife: the feede being bruifed and drunke helpeth fluxes and laskes : the rootes are alfo fingular oanto heale and drie up putrid and runningulcers, Cuap -LXIITI. Ariffolochia: Birthwort. f Lthoughdivérs doe thinke that noneofthe Ariffolochia’s or Birthwort s, do€ purge or open the belly atall, yetbecaufe ; Afe/wes the great Arabian Phy fitian, numbreth among his is purging,plants, an gj Dodoneus dothin the fame manner : I thinkeit not amiffe to doe foitlikewife. Of thefe Birthwortss S Dio(corides and Galen have onely madethree forts, which are the round, thélong, and the running Birthworts. Péiny hath added a fourth, which hecalleth Piftolochia, or Polyrrbizes , of all which there arc fome differences obfervedin thefe latter dayes, which fhall be declaredin this Chapter, ‘ 1. Ariffolochia rotundavulgatior, The more ordinary round rooted Birthwort. This round rgoted Birthwort, {endeth forth diverfe long trayling {quaré ftalkes, fometimes halfe a yeard long prawn’ comwewencs HAL or Wr) MOOKR Br — eee See ANG wre wal Qas KARR al ROO are 2, Ariffee 294 |