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Show 464 Cwar.22. i Theatrum Botanicum. Trips 4, Cuar.t? 465 Thas have I {hewed youall the forts of Saxiftages or Breakeftones, thatare properly fo called, for iofdivers herbes and plants “that conduce to the fame purpofe, I haveifpoken in my. former Booke,as you fhall finde parti- cularly quoted ‘in the Table of ‘remedies, under the nameof For theftone in thereines andkidnies, There are divers other herbesalfo, availeable for the fame purpofe, but could notfitly be placed in this C/afs, in that many j ofthem are umbelliferous plants, fome Thiftles and fome of other Tribes : (all which could, not without much : confufion be brought out of their owne tations, ro fillup another, Take-the ref therefore of thofe Breake- ftones, as youfhall find them difperfed throughout this whole Worke. Nowit behoveth me to intreate of otherherbes, whofe vertues are to heale wounds,) and therefore called Uslnerary inthe next Claffis. , ‘ ie q aS - PL A N = \) Se ‘b = | Ee, ET FERRVMINANTES, -¢D EST, CONSOLIDANTES, VVLNERARY OR VVOVND fee HERBES: . CLASSIS QVINTA, THE FIFTH TRIBE. CHAP. I; Centaurium majus, The greater Centory. Darenotincline to thé opinion of fome of thé Arabian Phifitionsand Writers that have {aid the roote hereof is bitter, and thereby have added {trong purging qualities unto this kinde of Centory, which properly belong unto theleffer kindé, thereby con- founding them both together; for if ] did, I muft haveplaced it in the fecond Claffis amongthe purging plants, Neither dare I hold with the moderne errowg of many; that hold the roote of this great Centory, tobe the Rhaponticum ofDiofcorides, Galen, andothers, they being fo muchdiffering onefrom another, asI fhall thewyou by and by. Butas the qualities therein are moft certaine to be Vulnerary,I have placedit here. Ofthis kinde there are three other forts knowne in thefedayes, which were not for: merly,which together therewith,fhall be entreated ofin this Chapter;andfirlt ofthat which wasfirft and commonly knowne. 1. Centaurium majus vulgare, Thé commongreat Céntory, The common great Centory, hath manylarge and long foft leaves, deepely cut in on the edges into many parts, notched or dented about the edges,of a pale greene colour on the upperfide, and whitifh underneath: the ftalke is {trong and round, three or foure foote high, divided at the toppe into many branches, whereonftand large roundfealy greene heads; fhooting forthat their toppes, many fmall chreds or thtummes, ofpale blewifh afhcolour ; wherein after they are fallen doe grow large whitifh {mooth fhining feedes, fomewhatlike unto the feedes of Thiftles, but larger, and lying among a great deale ofdowny matter : the roote groweth to be more than two foote long, and as great, as a reafonable great Raddith or Parfneppe rote, blackifh on the ontfide, and fomewhatréddith yellow within, abiding manyyeares, fending forth frefh leaves every Spring; thofe dying for the moft part, that were greeneall the Sommer, 2. Centauriummajus Pyreneum. The Pyresean great Centory- This Pyrenean kinde hathlarger leaves thanithe former, and more jagged or cutin deepely on the edges, fome= what refembling an Artichoke leafe in the divifions,greene above and gray or as it were hoary underneath ; the ftalke rifech to be about three foatehigh,. cornered and hoary, having fundry {maller leaves andlefle jagged fet thereon, and parted at the toppe into fome btanches, each bearing {ome {mall leaves; under the heads which are much greater and more fealyalfo, with (harpe prickes at theirends, likéa little wilde Artichoke head : the tafts of threds whichare the flowers, as in the other, are morepurple: the feedes are white wrapped in downs like ir, and the roore great and blacke on the outfide, but longer and ofthe bigneffle ofones wreft. 3. Centanrium majus alterumfive Lufitanicum, The great Centory of Portugal. This other great Centory hath many leaves, rifing from the head ofthe roote,. lying almoft upon the ground, which are as long and as large almoft asthe former, but without any jagge or divifion at all inthem, yet fome~ what deepely dented aboutthe edges, and ofa deeper greene colour # the ftalke is round and great,but rifech not up fo high, nor dividedit felfe at the toppe into fo many branches, butbearing onely two or three heads on a ftalke,which are {caly inthe fame mriner, & in it fuch like thrums, ofa pale whitith colour or threddy flowers; which being paft, there groweth fuchlike feede alfo in thofe heads, lying ina flockie or downie fabftance, but a little blacker, every one bearded in the fame manner: the roote groweth tobe as great, of greater than the for- mer, blacke alfo on the outfide ; and yellowifh within, yeelding forth a yellowith redjuice like the other,which is fomewhat bitter, bug a little more aromaticall than it, 4. Centanrinm gy |