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Show 462 Cuap.22. Theatrum Botanicum, Trine 4. ot foure, not keeping alwayes proportioninthe number, efpecially below,butt rather upward ; q é ftand at the toppes ofthe branches, are in forme like the other, and fomewhat great, bn ftand aeonthicke on ftering together,being of a daintie purple blew colour, witha yellow {pot inthe mouth; the heads for fe de , that follow, are fomewhat great, having blackith flat feede within them : the rooteis {mall:and white, {pr di ¥ divers wayes under ground, and perifheth not in the Winter, eat . : 6. Linaria lutea Moravica , Clufij. The {mall yellow Aforavia Fla: xeweede, This {mall kinde of Todeflaxe,is fomewhat like unto the laft kinde precedent ranke, but that it h | leaves, ‘fet upon them cehich coloured moreftore of {talkes, that doe not ftand upright, having many: {mall afhinthe =pe aod as ppp _ _: phy atthe toppes ofthem many yellow flowers, with yellower fpioes hem,but oe > ¢ eleaft of all thefe in chis third ranke : the feede isi {mall and blacke, and the roote perifheth i every Wek _ ; ine iti tainelyknowne where ; the fourth on thehills in (Moravia, as the laft REE emir, * ‘alin Sti ria as Clufivs faith, as among the Switaers and thehills in Rhetia. y : ie a leic The Time. ria —ai by oa - vet oe and inhis Epiftles Linaria Alpina G Helvetica : by Fabrics ea naria Alpina pumila, pinmighe quadrifoli fupinas titoan y Bauhinus, » Linaria ina: the lat is i called by Clufius Linaria quadrifolia ] jai 2 Linaria Moravica 7 purple colour ; faving fometimes that pare that hath the Sanne beames moft nponit will be of a,darke greenith : the whole'iplant is without tafte,’ yet yeelding forth at the i Haligacabum oulgare & Virginenfe. joints a certaine glutinous matter or jayce ofa ftrong fent, like: 2, Alkekengs five unto that of the Pomd amoris, or Love apples ¢ this perifheth The ordinary and Cargint:e Winser Cherry, every yeare in thefe colder climates, at the firft approach ‘of Winter + and whetherit abideth in the naturall places, wee knownot, nor to whatphyficall ufe it is applied, or whetherit be ufed to be eaten. The Vertues, thefe forts are in fome degree, more orlefle effetuall, but the moft The firlt groweth by the hedge fides in moift and fhadowie place, but is with usonély as I thinke cherifhed in gardens : the fecond came tous from Virginia, and grew with Mr. Tradefcant ; the lat groweth inthe Welt Indies, and wasfirft firt to C2zerarivs aS I thinke, (forhe firlt fet it forth) and af- Hirlt is the Spani/ kinde kinde of of Clufive, which chBao the fiftfift Spani/h Thehe firis Bawhinus calleth O/pris’ flava [yl is Ofyris minor i the fecond is the fourth Spanifh kinde of Clufius, as the staodtake Get is Clufins his fecond Linaria of Moravia, asthe latt is his firlt Aforavian kinde : the Ate pga b CLa an, : at sm but oftenrie, but that the berricheréof is largerthan the other, not onely filling’ the whole skinne or bladder, times breakingit, and openinginto foure parts, which whenitis ripe, will be: greene as wellas the bladder ; broughtinto Spaine, and Italy, and from thence communicated They doeall flower in Sommer,and givetheir {cede quickly after, see 463 The Place. Tie Place; The firit groweth about Salamanca in Spaine : the fecond and third in fome , Curiam The Theater ofPlantes. indei voke urine,b oth whenit is topped,as alfoin rhofe that are esdwh he ech Aas pieaie thofe by urine , and by the drawing downéoof much v i j pend the abundance of ; : : watery humours reines and uritory parts fromgravell or ftones bthered herein: fear: mwa: 7 Ves an 2 flowersin wine, taken and drunke doth fomewhat movethebelly d ves ee yellow, jaundife, expelleth poifon, cuibieh wales eege oe - e de -. d:the diftitled water of the herbe and flowers is effe@uallfor all the fame - : fe : a ae eing : runke with adramme of the powder of the feedes, or barke namon for eee dayes together; is held to be a fingular remedyfortheofthe roote of Wally Aean dropfie,Scie! to {pend bs coe the pe; oe erbe or the diftilled watér droppedinto the eyes isa certaine forthallns coe and a ae re = the eyes : the juice or Waterput into foule ulcers, whether they ae cate,in_ ce ‘ :ol x =a the parts wafhed or injected therewith, clenfeth them throu: hly fret a cdceekepeesien deer ater allo cenit thesinnewonderofafore appliedof it felfe, orufed with fome powder okbepied. “Pimples; oF any other {pots and markes in the skinne, Cuar. 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Halicacahumfive Alkakengi, Winter Cherries. u rata ee Claffis commeth the W inter Cherrieto bé declar ed, whereof th rts nome ao more than in former times, é asordina I fhallryprefen tly er ye Ma vs“Sonue Lie erie vulgare, he Winte e iu.~~ r Cheny A\ rdinar t \etry1s defcribed unto you in my y f former Booke : Pennyaie pr e of it that you maytake knowledge, the next is a Sak Lieve i.04 duet oe foes Virginen{e, VirginianW inter Cherries, ae irginian§ branc hes with leaves on the 1¢ i i ( mer, but the brancaes are greater, and fo are the leaves ae eae ‘aoefe e e or fullen greene joi d more unevenly dented a bocce are my < i tae come forth the flowers fingly, that is a ata aa et ated p othe height ofthe branches, which are rather {maller than . the former 2 Pree : {mall whit leave: wi Fauite eae folgyvel with circle ofred, or every leafe fjpotted circlewife towards the Capean, em: : : fo ik t ist of ae red when it or bladder as the former, but greene doa me i ; fo much vor, ving Serente ie {cede Deefet yet hathit {mall whitith adder as theae eeeaoe penne other: the : , Wi perifheth in arre and ene?oo¢ 8; leavesand aflowet with thev figure eee Winter. I have here onely given you three or foure rerwards to others. The Time. They flowernot untill the middlé or later end of Iu/y, and thie fruitis ripe about the end of Anguft, or Leginning of Sep- The Names. feet (yy «(| WS i; p) bus de Cafa bona, fent the laft fort from Florence to N A viws, andcalled it Halicacabum, five Solanum Indicum ; fome others have called it Arborefcens, and Solanum veficarium Indicum: have added thereunto reé# to diftinguith it from the Virginian Winter Cherrie: but the ordinary kind, is one ofthe foure forts of Solana or Nightfhades, fet forth and {poken of by Diofcorides and Galen,and one of the two of Theophraftus called Solanum Halicacabum ; andby Pliny Veficarium ; either ofthe bladder whereinthe berrie groweth,or of the vertues, againft the difeafes of the bladder and ftone, Of the Arabians Alka- kengi, which name the Apothecaries doe retaine tothis day in their hops, Brunfelfus callethithis Saxifraga quartaterming it rubra, The Vertues, =m ag LT Neither the Virginian nor Indian kindé are knowne tobe nfed to helpe anygriefe or difeafe, But our ordinary Winter Cherriesare of greatule,the leaves being cooling and may be ufedin all inflammations but not opening, as the berries or fruit are, which by openingthe uritorie parts, and drawing downe the urine, provokeit to be avoided plentifully whenitis topped, or whenit growethhot, fharpe and. painefull in the paffage : andis goodalfo ro expel! the {tone and gravell out ofthereines,kidnies, and bladder,helpingto diffolve the ftone, and avoidingit by greete or gravell, fent forthin theurine : ithelpeth muchalfo to clenfe inward impoftumesor ulcets in the reines or bladder, or inthofe that avoid a blondieorfoule urine. It helpeth the jaundife alfo, by opening the paflages ofthe gall and liver, and expelling it by urine, The diftilled water of the fruit, or the leaves together with them, or the berries greene or drie, diftilled witha little milke, is effectual to all the purpofes before fpecified, ifit be drunke morning and evening witha little Sugar, andin fpeciall againft the heate and fharpeneffe of the urine, Plizy recordeth, that the roote hereof is fo powerfull to ftupifie the venomeof the Scorpion, that if it be but put unto them, they will utterly lofe all their flrength ;. and being boiled in oyleand applied is powerfull againft their ting. But becaufe divers have appointed feverall wayes, for the preparing and orderingof the berries hereof, to be helpefull for urine and the ftone, I thinke it not amifle to remember fome ofthemuntoyou, And firftthey appoint the berries to be put into new wine whenit is new made and put up, that the wine working with theberries therein, may have their vertue therein, and ferve them to drinke that are troubledin the manneraforefaid : but becaufe our Land affordeth not wine to be made therein, I donbe not but our Beereor Ale will be as effe@uall,having the fame proportionofberries, that is three or foure good handfills, cither greene and freth‘or dried, bruifed and put thereinto,that isinto three or foure gallons whenit is newtunned up,andafter drunke in the fame manner, and this drinke taken daily, hath beene found to doe muchgood to many,both toeafe the paines and expell urine,and the {tone in whomit is confirmed,andto canfe it not to engene der. Another way A¢atthiolus much commendeth, having nfedit manytimes himfelfe, which is,to take fome of the jayce ofthe berries in Prifeve drink madeinto a creame with Poppie feede, & the kernells of 47c/oz or Pom- is inthe ord k out the edges : atthe joints with the leaves come forth a Cherie, colourasit tifh corners, fomewhat crumplelY ats every one byit felfe, which are compofed but of ie “iy ers, ofa whi- pion feede : alfo a decostion of Mallowes with fome of the berries therein, or fome of the juyce drunke in it: alfo fixe or nine drammes ofthe inward pulpe of Caffia fist/2, drawne forth with the water or decoétion of the berries, and given inacupfull of the broth of fat flefth, wherein alfo fome of the berries have beene boiléd, is accounted an excellent remedieto clenfe the backe andreines,in thofe griefes of the {tone and urine: the decoction of the berriesin wine or water, is the moft ufuall way to be taken,‘and the powder of them taken in drinke or broth, I hold to be more effectuall. tome of them there doth apefe neces, and although they be not dividedinto five i ge having five Thas This Indian kinde ri oo Indicum reflam, Vpright Indian Winter Cherries fhooting out many bran aL be about foure foote high, with ftrong upright ftalkes, kn d but fomewhatlarger, and? a grow faire greeneleaves,like unto thofe ofthe ordin Eee purplifh threds in the middle, t. ‘th eb purple {pots in the bottome of every flower,Ww; ha Te sherec ith divers other fruit which are bladdt’* dine ithblew chives : after the flowers arepaft, /places the ne skinnes, with berries in them like unto the ondaryWineapea rie, |