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Show * 292 Tbeatrum Botanicum. Cuar. 63. Trisz 2. 2, Ariftolochiarotundaaltera, Another round tooted Birthwort, This other Birthwort islike the former for the manner of growing, but the ftalkes are more and fhorter, the leaves are fomewhatgreater, and have each alonger foote ftalkes. the flowers are ofa pale or whitith purple on the outfide, and browne on theinfide, witha few haires {et therein, fearfe tobe difcerned as is ufuall to all the forts? the fruite is fomewhatlonger and peare fafhion, more pointed at the end: the feedeis flat, fomewhat lefle and red: the rooteis like the other,but a little yellower. 3. Aviftolochia longavera. The ttue long rooted Birthwort! The long rooted Birthwortis fo like unto theround, that icis very hard for onenot throughly -€xércifed in ofboth:todiftinguith them: the chiefe differences be thefe, the ftalke is fhorter, the leaves are knowledge the {maller;harde r andpaler, the flowers are more whitifh and greenifh, burlike in forme, the fruite isfomewhat longlikea peare, fomewhaclike the other,or laft round rooted Birthwort, ‘but not fo much pointed = the feede differeth not, but the roote hereofis long and not round ortuberous like the other, as bigge as a mans wreft fometimes or bigger, but moft a foote or a foote in length fométimes, : 4. ufuallyleffe, Ariffolochia ofhalfe longa Hilpanica, The Spanith long Birthwort, This Spanjfh kindediffereth very little from the laft recited long rooted Birthwort,for in the fowér and rooté is the onelydifference to be obferved; the flowerinthis is fomewhat morepurple, both the flippet or eare, and the innerlide ofthe toppe ofthe flower : theroote likewifeis fhorter for the moft part,andblun ter atthe lower end, or nothing fo much pointed. §- Ariftolochia (lematitis. Thé running rooted Birthwort. Thefunning rooted Birthwort, groweth withlonger,{tronger and rounderft alkes than the former,even three or foure foore long, branched oftentimes like the long rooted kind, whereon grow much larger and broader leaves, and ofa paler greene colour, thenany ofthe other : atthe joynts with the leaves comeforth the howers asthe other forts doe, but whereas none ofthembring above one flowerata joynt, this bringeth three or foure like unto the reft for forme, but of a pale greene colourlike thelong : the fruite hereof likewile is greater than any of the other, asthe feede is likewife : the roote hereof hatha ftronger fweete mer, and is {maller, of the bigneffe of the bigger rootes of Afparagus, many fent than any of the forandrunning very farreunder gtound, and f{pringing up againe in many places, growing from one head Of as induring a nature as th : Couchgraffe almoft, for ifnever fo little a peece, be left in the ground asbroken off from the re thatis tak : up, it will fhoote forth leaves, and there grow againe, fo thar oftentimes’ it becommethnoleffe a pl ground, than a couch, or any other fuch like running or cteeping herbe, ~ ; 6. Arifpolochia Clematitis Betica. Spanifh Climins Bi : The Spanith climing Birthwort, hath diverfe {mall long ain branches, frees 4 ia" into many other {mall ones, running upon {mall trees and hedge bufhes, winding themfelves very much about them,like ah the elie ter Bindweedes, orlike unto Hoppes,and often everip- 7. Piftalochia walgatior. The buthic rooted Birthwort. ping them, whereon doe gtow {everall leaves, upon long footeltalkes, being round and broad , fomewhat like unto the Scammony of Afompelier, or unto the other Birthworts, but fharper pointed, {mooth and greene on the upperfide, and ofa whitifh purple underneath; the flowersftand finglyat the joynt, asthe former fortsdoe and not as the lat, having the longeft footeftalke of any; Pe Piftolochia vulgatior, The bufhy rooted Bitthworte. ; The bufhy rooted Birthwort hath many flendérlong branched ftalkes, a foote long or more, ftraked and erea {ted as is both the long and the round, whereon grow at diftancesas in the former, diverfe roundleaves,fmallery rougher, and blacker thanthe long, whereanto itismoft like, buta little wavedasit were about the edges : the flowers alfo are verylike them, but in fore very darke, and.in others of agreenith yellow colour: the fruite is round and fomewhatlong, and round at the end of point, like unto the fruite of the fir round kinde but fmal- ler, which openethitfelfe alfo as the laft before doth at the bottome next untothe ftalte, and fhewing fach like feede withinbut fmaller . the rootes are many, and{mall, bigger than bullrnfhes for the moftpart, fhooting from one head with many {mallfibres thereto, of a yellowifh colouras allthereft are: thisloofeth theleaves in winteras all the former doe; : i ; ; 8. Piftolochia Cretica(emper virens, Ever greene bnfhie rooetd Birthwort of Canaye, Thé ever greene bufhie rooted Birthwort of Candye, fendeth forth many very flender flexible and trayling cornered ftalkes, branching into diverfe other {maller, about a foote long or better, and of afad greene colonr, whereonare fet round leaves long pointed ;full of veines, but lefler than the former, and ofa fad greene colour; fo abidingall the winter: the flowers are like unto thofe of thelong kinde, ftanding uponlong footeftalkes, of a yery fadred colour onthe outfide and yellowifh within’: the fruite and feede is {maller than in any other ; thé rootes likewife are like the laft but fmaller, and fmelling fomewhat {weet. The Place. The three firft more ordinary kindés grow as well in Narbone and Provence in F:rance, about Afompelier in thé fields and vineyards, efpecially the running kinde, that it maketh their wine, where it is frequent, to tafte there» diverfe of, as alfo in Spaine and Italy: the other three that are like unto them, C/#fing faith he foundin Spaine in places; and Hovorins Bellus faith in Candye alfo, inhis firlt Epiftle to Clufins, and Petrus Bellonius in his firlt book ofobfervations and 17 chap, dothalfo, The feaventh geoweth in the {tony Ollive yards of Provence and Spaines andthelaft in Candye, The Time. Thefe doe not lower with us untill the middle or end of I#/y, and theirfruit doth hardly ripen before thé winter, yet in the warmercountries they flower and feede early : {ome ofthefe doe flower muchlater with uss if withall the care we can ufe unto them, we canpreferve them in the winter, as boththe forts of long rooted and bulty rooted kinds, for the other are more hardy. The Names, 2 Itiscalled in Greek cerscroy2. guafiacese nits A0eintsyé.e optima puerperis, but not pregaantibus as Pliny hath ity itis good to helpe womenthatare ready to be delivered, and that are delivered, and not thofe that are with child, notready tobe delivered, for in {uch it may canfe abortment, ordelivery before the time :.In formet times, whenignorance hadhid ina cloud allforts of learning and knowledge, fromall our Chriftian world, -manyfalfe herbes were obtruded for the right, and in thofe errours manylived and dyed : butthe induftry of this later age,hathfearched out, found and deteéted many, and amongothers this of Ariftolochia; many taking the Radix Cava majorto beit, and the mizor to be the Piffolochia of Pliny, but allnowbythefightand knowledge of the true,are afhamed that any facherrour fhould at any time.creepe in among wife men + Thereis alfo fome controverfie among thelater authors,which fhould bathe Ariftolochia Clematitis. of Diofcorides ; the Apotheca+ ries of Italy inand before AZatthiohis his time, ufedthis roote of Ariftolochia Clematitysin {ead of the true long Birthwort, not knowing either the true long or that this their./onga was ‘Diofcorides his Clematits ; Lonicerus andothers found out chis errour,wrote again{t it,and fhewed that 1s:was not the long one of Diofcoridesy but his fo isthe feede, but openethit felfe, atthe bottome, contraryto all the formerforts: the roote rumneth into Clematitis ; but Marthiolys contefteth againft them with many words, both for it,and becaufe they foundfault with the text in Diofcorides, who faith that eAriffolochia Clematitis hath flender brariches, fomewhat round. leaves likeunto Houfeleeke, andthe flowérs of Rue: The Greeke wordis dels win; aixoon or fempervivum the ground like the rough Bindweede, whereuntoit is very like, of a pale whitith colour on the outfide, the bigneffe of thelaft, of nothing fo {trong a fentand of as it, spree no unpleafant, but of a fharpe and an aftringent ec. Dafalo Cua. 63. of the fame forine, but of a fad or darke purple colour, and hairy on the infide; the fruite is as great as thelaft, and ck Cretici i , Piflelochia a femper virens The Theater of Plants. Tribe 2. parvumandthey thought it fhouldbe rather acelex yusxpot afarumparvum, becaufe the Ariftolochia Clematiris hath round leaves like Afarum : but A4atthiolvs in fhewing that the words are the fame: that Oribafius hath -alfo who wrote the fame that Diofcorides did, asalfo that Serapioand Avice have the fame words, and that there~ fore the text is uncorrupted, would thereuponconcltide, that the Avi/Polochia lonca, then ufed in ‘the Apotheca~ ries fhops, could not bee Diofcorides his Clematits, and the rather,becanfe the flowersof his Céematitis are like Ever greenc bubhie rooted Birthygort Rue, which thofe of their Ariftolochia longa\are nothing like, againe he faith the rootes are {mall, longer then the other ; and have athicke : coveréth them, but the longe 47iftolochia of the fhops hath a thinne rinde as all know, that have feene it: yet AZatthio/w is forced to grant, that the» Ariftolochia longa, that was ufed inthe Apothecaries fhops, wasnot the fame Ariftolochia longa, that Diofcorides maketh mention of, howthen couldhe not perceive it to be his C/ematitgs, whenhe hadfet forth boththe long and the round,andknewthat the Foloch 2 of the fhops, was like unto the other two forts,but differing in rootes onely from ther ;’ bur i itbe the Piffolochia of Pliay, ora fpecies of that kind of long, whereofno mention was 1¢ antient writers;yet howfar from likelihoodthefe words of A@atthio/us are,let others judgesbr orides, and fo likewife of thofe that have followed him, cannot be exempt fromblemifh,or AN) 9 n S A AGNcsees CT AI (WFD? oe s pals Y/Y/Y JE \\ Np J Ss 1y before us, have or know Diofcorides his Ariftolochia Clematitis : for he in‘ defcribing ia, maketh the two.formertoagree in leafe,flower and fruit, and: to differ onelyin butin declaring the Céemartit#, he fetteth downe the leafe and flower, to : hat fruit icbeareth, yet maketh it agree with the other twoin properti tfeeing there is another herbe knownetobe folike: the other twor Ariflolochia's ich as in the roore, which is {weete, {mall andlonger thenany ofthe other, SP NIZA yy 7 is to. bee, and the very name Clematiti anfwerable to the plant, what 1 indeede it Nai ‘FA is fo accounted of all nowa dayes without doubt or queftion,notwith~ eit Ariftolochia longa offormer times, according to Lonicerus -d upon ALefnes is Diofcorides his Clematitis: Another doubt t tolochia was ment by Andramachus fenior, that he appointeth to be verfes maketh no diftinétion : and becaufe Galen doth fhew if fecundo, 7: Pi fFalte Cc 3 alimentorum |