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Show OO CuHap.26. Theatrum Botanicum. Trine 3 1. Gentiana major flore purpureo, Great purple Gentian. C wa P. 26. 403 the Germanes Gentian, Enzian,and Bitterwurtz;but the Gentiana Conciata, they call VModelgheer . we call ie thicke browgreat purple Gentian, isvery like the great yellow Gentian in moft things, having a great He fit yellow roote, parted into two or three great branches; with great fibres at them, buta little more hard and woodyofas bitter a tafte as the other, which fendeth forth at the feverall heads thereof, manyfaire broad thteéribbed darke greene fhining leaves, fo likeunto the other, that it is fomewhat. hard to diftinguith them, | and ftrong ftalkes, three or foure foote high, mati? oFthefe headsi from amongthe leaves, fhoote forth:thicke inft another : towards the toppes whereof come oneaga with divers joynts on them, and twoleavesat them, with two leaves apeece under forth the flowers compaffing the ftalkes, at two or three of the uppermoft joints, and hollow, the them, like asin the other, which are not laid open, ftarre fafhion, like the other, but abide clofe btimmesionelydivided into fixer more round parts, of apurple colotir, but paler at the bottomeof them, where theyare {potted with purple {pots on the infide, having fo many yellowith threds in the middle, asthe flower hath corners; ftanding abouta long greene byforked he ad, which growing ripe is the feede veffell, and containeth D in fuch like facbrowntith feedes as the other, but fomewhatlefle. realbo, Great Gentian with white flowers, 2. Gentiana majorfo in This white fowred Gentian is verylike the former, and the great yellow kiade, not much lefler.and lower any part than the former, . whofe flowersfsare not purple bat The Theater of Plants. foorides & Pliny {er it down: Serapio faith it was called Bafilica: of{ome it was called as fome copies of Diofcorides hathit Centauria radix, of {ome Aloes Gallica NarcesChiranion, and as PLny faith, fome Romanes called it Cuen= dia, and fome Ciminala, The Italians and Spaniards followthe Latine name Gentiana, the French alfo Gent ane Gentianemajores. "The greater Gentians. there Tripe 3. white, and hollow like the other, withour any 4 fpots in! them, this making the whole difference betweene them. <> Gentiana major flore pallido pnnttato, Greavpaleyellow {potted Gentian. This potted great Gentian, is in all things alfo like the firft, but in the flowers, which are ofa duskifhpale yellow colonr, fpotted both within and without with very many blacke fpots. 4. Gentiana major flore caruleos Great Gentian with blewflowers. Andthis alfo differech neitherin greatnefle of Ralkes, leaves and flowers; nor in the manner of growing, but in the colour ofthe flower, whichis of a blew colour, 5. Gentiana Afclepiadisfolia, Swallowort Gentian. This is difcribed inmy former Booke. in Engleither Gentian or Fellworte, mixed as Itake of Latine and Englifh together, or Bitterwort, and of foe Baldmony: all Authors doe generallycall themall Gentians, and diftinguithed according to the colour of the flowers,’ as they ate in theirtitles, Gentiane minores'oernales perennes, The lefler Gentians ofthe fpring,abiding. 1. Gentianella majorfive Gentianella Alpina latifolia magnoflore. The greateft {mall Gentian of the Spring? His greatelt of the {mall Gentiansis very likennto the Gentian ofthe Spring, that Ihave already fet forth Aya it isnot the fame, having larger greeneleaves, of two inches long and one broad, fomewhat round pointed, with three ribbes or veines running through them,as the others have ,the ftalke rifing from the middle of thefe leaves, groweth aboutfoureinches high, witha {mall leafe or two thereon, bearing at the end thereof alarge huske, fuftained bytwo{mall and long leaves, fromthe middle whereoffhooteth forth a very large and great hollow blew flower, endingin five {mall points : theroote is {mall yellowifh andfibrons. 2. Gentianella anguftifolia verna. Small narrow leafed Gentian of the Spring. This fmall Gentian ofthe Spring, fhooteth from the roote, which is long flender much fpread undér the ground and yellowifh, many heads of divers {mall long and narrow leaves fet together, fomewhat longer then the next that followeth; from fomeof thefe heads,(for all flower notin one and the fameyeare, thofe Howring the yeare following, which fowred not the yearebefore, and thofe that did flower, not flowring againe the next yeare after, ) rifeth up a fmall flender ftalke, fomewhat higher then the former, bearing thereon, two fach like fmall leaves at ajoynt, and at the toppe one flower for the moft part,( feldome moreorthe {talke branched) much {maller then thelaft, narrow long and hollow like hofe or huske ofoneentire leafe at the lowerpart, but ending aboveinto five cornersor{mall pointed leaves, laid openlikea ftarre, having {mall peecesof leaves like as it were eares, fer atthe bottomé ofthe divifions of thent, both ofthem of a perfect blew colour, but not fo deepeas the former, having a whiteline in the middle of each of them,and the ground or bottomeof the flower The Place. whitifhalfo, witha few chreds ftanding about fmallhead, not to be feene untill the flower be almoft or fully paft, unleffe one open it; which after itis ripe is {malland long, containing very {mall brownith feede. The Time. Thefe doe all Aower in Iune or there abeuts. The Names. This lite¥e Gentian growethinall thingslike the laft, faving that the leaves are not fo long and narrow,butaré fmall, and ofthe breadth of the nae of oneslittle finger, fomewhat pointed at the end: the ftalke is much a- All thefe forts grow in many places onthe Mountaines of Germany, and in other places,but are not to be found fo ufnally as the great yellow. Tt is called in Greek TevIedvy in Latine,and {0 likewife Geatiana,a Gentiolllyriorum rege primiz inventore,as Di= 1. Gent aaa major cujufqde goe. eoloris. 6 Thegrearer Gentian of any of the colours, 3, Gentianella minor Verna. The {maller Vernall Gentian, bout the fame height, and beareth fucha like {mall blew flower, fometimes having thofe {mall peeces or eares atthem, and fometimes without them: and thefe be the chiefelt differences betweene them. 4. Gentianella omnium minima, The leat Gentian ofall. This leat Gentian (fo called becaufe ofthe bitterneffe init, elf it might very well be accounted rather a kind Gentiana Cruciata. Cruciata, Csoffeworte Gentian, of moffe) fpreadeth, and as it were matteth upon the ground,’ with many {mall and long leaves, among which 1, Gentianella Alpina verna major. y te:Ze.x The greateft of the fmall Gentians ofthe Spring. ATTaT TIN HTN te L202 I = efcorides, < if, i [i G if LAIR Ff YGQik 3 Gentianella verna minor. The fmaller Vernall Gentian, |
