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Show 380 Cari. Fiera Botanicum. Tripeg 3° Tripe 3. ee The Names. Tt hathno Greeke,or fcarfe any good Latin name, although commonly with moft,it be called Chriftophoriang or herba fantti Chriftopbori,but tor what canfe and re{pe& I cannot learne,and manydo doubt of the Saints name thinkingit but compofed as relative, bearing Chrift according to the morall of the ftory,and not effentiall and in. deede: Some callitas Lugdunenfis faith Napellus leucanthemos, and fome Aconitum bac iferum, Lugdunenfis faith, it is called with them Nepel/us racemofin, and fo with Afarantha as Camerarins faith, fome againecall It LheTheaterofPlantes. Cis sy) Coftus niger, Pena and Lobel make a doubt whetherit be nor Aéea of Pliny, in his 27, Booke and 7,Chapter, be. caufe hisAéea bearethblacke berrieslike Ivie : but diverfe good and judicious Herbarilts, doe rather take Adheg j to be Eéulus, for this hath no roughftalke as Actea hath, but a {mooth ; and Paslus eAgineta interpreteth the roote of Aiea, to be the roote of Sambucus 3, Banhinus calleth it Aconitum racemofum, and feemethto leane to ee Cematiz Daphnoides latifolia fou Vinca per vines Major. The pteater Petivinckle. Vinca pervinca vulgaris, Common Pertwinckle, . i Vs IRAE, \ j Lobel his opinion, whetherit be not Pliny his Adeor no. Somealfo doecall Screphularia bythis nameof herbe Chriftopher. Camerarivt faithit is called in highDstch Wolfs worts, whenas Tragus and others fay, the Aconin 5 | hiae We el SS Lf 0G Df yi Kee S zum Lycoftonum, that is Leparia or Lupicidais fo called alfo with them. Camerarins faith alfo it is called with them Chriffoffels kraut, But Traces faith that a kind of Vetch or Pulfe, whichhe thinketh is the Aracus of Dio/con rides, is called with them SantCbriffoffels kraut : The otheris called by Tacobys Coruntus in his Canadenfinm plana tarum biftoria Panaces wempav five racemofum Canadenfe : but why Panaxbeing no wound herbe, I fee no canfe unleffe it were for want ofa betrername: but] thinke I have entituled it more truely, I am {ure more nearely refembling this herbe, than any Pavaxthat I know. 5 The Vertues, The Inhabitans ofall the mountaines and places, wherefoeverthe firft groweth as fome W riters fay, doe ge. nerally hold itto be a moft dangerous and deadlypoifon, both to menand beaft, and that theyufe to kill Wolves herewith very{peedily;it muft therefore be cauteloufly ufed,or rather utterly refufedsbut I much doubt whether thofe Mountainers meane not rather that Aconitum Lcottomumcalled Lupici da ;and although many good Au. thours hold ir dangerous, yet cannotI in my judgement fo thinke, notfinding herein bythe tafte anypernitious qualitie ; but I cannot learne what helpe this hath procuredto any : Coramtus faith ofhis Panuces Carpimon, that iris eaten familiarly both with thenaturalls, and French inhabitants with them asa fallet herbe, Crap, XTX. Clematites, Climers or Clamberers. sai Hereare diverfeforts ofClimers or Clamberers, moft of whichare fharpe hot andcanftick e, or x= ulcerating the skinne, iftheylie anylittle time thereon, and thereby dangerous, 8] ly ; diveric of them have beene declared in my former Booke, whereunto although not deadI # would be enforthed of them,yetI thinke it not amiffe to let you {ee fomeof their referre themthat figures,the defcriptionsofthe reft fhall follow. 1. Clematis fylvefiris latifoliafive Viorna, The great wild Climer or Gerards Travellers Joy. This wild Climer or Travellers joy,as {omecall it,hath in {ome places(efpec a thicke and {trong ragged wooddie ftemmeor trunke, with diverfe chops iallyif it have ftoodlongina place) or grayith colour, from whence fhoote forth many longpliant grayifh greene riftes in thebarke, whichis of a die, than any ofthe other Climers, (fo that their branches doein manyplacebranches, more {trong and woodgardenand field gates, or to bindeany.bundle together, ) thefe branches {preads ferveas withes, to winde about upon the hedgesortrees, whatfoeverit ftandeth next unto, dividing it felfe into many other twigges, twolongftalkes of winged leaves, confilting offive leaves, two and whereonare fetat the feverall joynts, dented on the fides, with {mall notches, of a pale greene colour, and two together, and oneat the end, each tafting fharpeand hot, biting upon the tongue, but not fo much asthe burning Climeror Virgins bower; thefebranc hes windethemfelyes about any thing; ftandeth neare unto them fora great way, but have no cla{pingte Windeit felfe thereby, as Gerard faithit hath, {0 farre as ever I could ndrells, likethe Vine, totake hold and ftand, comeforth likewife towards the toppes ofthe branches, diverfe obferve - at the joynts where the leaves gether uponfiall longfoote falkes, with diyerfe yellow thredsin the bunchesor tufts of white flowers, fet totheyare paft, there arife in their places feverall heads of manylong middle, {melling very fweete ; and after hoary filver-like plumes, asifthey were feathersfet together, with a brownith flat fede at the bottome of every ofthem,which abide a great while,even to the Winter, before theyfall off, or are blowen away withthe winde: The rooteir great thicke, and fomewhat woddy, difperfing it felfe into diverfe long branches under ground : the leaves fall away in the Winter, andrécoveragaiue in the Spring. : 2. Clamatissfylueftris altera Betica. The great Spanifh wild Climer. This other wilde Climer hath fuch like running or climing branches, but {preading farther with many joynts all the length thereof, whereat ftand round about it diverfe a {mall footeftalke, and dented round aboutthe edges, Clematis uvens flore albe. The buning Clumer orVirgins Bowes. A > CN WE +— WY ; a Na Vi? Pr hard and fomewhat broad leave, each byit felfe upon ofas fharpe andhottafte as the c oneach fide, whereby itcatcheth faft hold ofany thing {tandeth former, where alfo come in the from the joynts likewife where theleaves ftand, come i forth (the flowers were not obferved) longtufts or heads,in the fame manner that the former hath, with thelike plumed feathers, of a hoary white colour, with {maller feede below them,then the other, j _ 3+ Clematis Cruciate Alpina, The croffe Climer of the Alpes, This Croflewort Climer hathmany flenderand what hard and wooddy, rifing to be foureor fivemore {quare branches, than any of thé other Climers, fomé: foote high, {tanding for the moft part upright, or alittle downewards, from whence fhoote forth but leaning {mall twigges, not paft foure inches long, fet at equall diftances, two {mall fakes ofleaves,many all the length of the twigges, three joyned alwayeswhereonare together at the ends ofthem, each whereofis hard rough andfull Mirtle leafe, orbigger, dented thigke round about ofvaines, ofa fad greene colour, of the bigneffe ofa large the edges ; the flowets comeforth fingle, every one upon aflender f ediD i Clematis peregrina flore rabro vel purpureo fir plex. 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