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Show 588 Cu AP.5O, Theatrum Botanicum, E.5) ~The Theater ofPlants. long point : the flowers {tand towards the tops, compaffing the ftalkes at the joynts with the leaves, andend likewite ma {piked top, having long and much-open gaping hoods, of a purplifh red colour with whitifh fpots inthem, ftanding in fomewhat rough huskes, wherein afterwards ftand blackifh round feede ; the roote is compofed of many long ftrings, and {maller fibres, with fome tuberous long Knobbes gtowing antong them, ofa pale yellowith or whitith colour 3 yetat fome times.of the yeare thefe knobbie Footes in many places ate not feenein the plant ; the whole plant {melleth fomewhatftrungly, The Place, Manyof thefe are {trangers in England, growing fome in Medowes, others on Mountaines ; yet fome are na- iris foone taken Cuap. London, by the path fides in thefields going to Chelfey aad Kenfangton, by Hackneyin the ditchfides of a field called the fhoulder of muttonfield, ‘and in Swrry in S, Georges fields, and in the Medowes by Lamécth, and un= 5 The Time, They all flower in Jee and fuly, and their feede is tipe fooneafter. The Names. Eidteins in Greeke, Sideritis fic di&ks a ferro, quafi Ferruminatrix quodvilueribus ferro fattis fait medela, for that it did heale wounds made bythe fword, whereof there was great nfe inthe warres, and therefore many herbes that were conducing to thi: purpofe, althoughof different formes were called Sideritid s, as allo Stratiotes,as Diofcorides Pliny and others doe declare (becaufe milites Souldiers had moft {peciall ufe of them) in Latinealfo Siderits and Militaris, who have mentioned divers forts, The'firft fort here expreffed is thought by moft Her- barills, to be the right Siderités prima, ar Herculea Diofcoridis, fic dita propter vires plané Herculeas (and in Ger~ many the French fort is fo accounted and’called alfo:) the reft fet forth in this place are referred thereunto, as fpectes of the famegenus and moft neare, and like thereunto, bothin forme’and qualities; (otherwife all the berbes fet downe in this Claflis,andmany other mightbe called Sideritides, being they are Uz/neraria, Wound= herbes for that purpofe :) It is alfocalled Tetrahil, Tetrabie,and Herba Indaica by divers, becaufe the Iewes that exercifed Phyficke and Chirurgerie,. like the Charlerones and Mountebankesin Z¢: 4y, and the Quackfalvers in Germany had this herbe in much ufewith them; the fecond andthird of mine here, are the fourth and fift of (lufius : the fourthis the fir of Céufins, which he calleth vedgaris, becanfe it was belt knowne and moft familiar to the’ Ge manes growing amongtt them. The fift is.called by Lobel and Pena in their Adverfaria, Sideriti, nfpeliaca Scordioides, and in his Icones plastaram, is fer floribus luteis, Tragoriganum praffioides Francifei Pena nini: it isalfo the fift Sideritis herbariorum of Tabermontanus, which Bauhinus calleth Siderits ‘fol S hirfutis pros Sunde crenatis s the fixtis called by Lobel and Pena Siderits montana, andis the feventh fort of Clufizs, and the fixt of Tabermont anus, which Banhings calleth Sideritis Alpir Hy{fopifolia s the feventh is by Columuacalled Sideritis montana parvo flore nigro purpureo : the cightis the fixt Siderits of Clufius, which hee {aithis familiar at Vienna, as bis firft and my fourth is alfo,,, Theninth is by Baxhinus fo calledasit is in the title: the tenthis by Lugdunenfis fo called,-and Bauhinus folfoweth him, and withall faith, that ficha like Plant he gathered in Pa= doa garden, by the name of Brittavitd|: the eleventhis of mine owne endeavours finding itwilde, and planting itin my garden, whereit hath continued everfince : the twelfthis by Bashinws onely fet forth in Ais Piatx and Prodromus which he had from Sprengerus of, Peidelberg : the thirteenth is called Ladavum Jegetum by Lugdu. ie eee as itisthought, and Matthiolw hatha kinde of Thluspi, for the ehtae ied: les, a ned of wilde be ante be padatnere as Lobel taith,the Bugtlaor Confolida media, Ruellius alent, SS C2fulpinys taketh that kind that iscalled Cardiaca Motherwott, ort, tobe Aly/ Ler A i | i of Horehound, : 5 EeFs dF, Diana nr ordinary Clary, Ge/ner andothers take Asperula,or aca menue : ‘ e applyed, meane not ahe improperly applyed,I but be-caufefe they are all ll improperly Jpinws Cruciata: 4 ae pieeas that this later age hath found ont, moft neerely to’ repretent the two ce3 bar ofotherplants, ofAPOe themir . oe jofcorides and Galen, their Aly{fum, r ‘at sia = * Aly {ise Diafcoridis. The Madwort of Disfcorides, y eee The Madwort of Dio/corides, - ,and and roughleaves, roug Ee eae diebr aon the ground, fomewhat lying on ha many ae hard, jofcorides, hath gshoes : Mach Pstke ipbbety ftalke beginnet n thi y whenthe t yeere {pringing,but the nexnext of their sir fpringing,but ye round,for the firlt arft yeare and anes ee tta 1 ¢dges, in fome places, which he edges, Yj torne in on the er, and fome what eater an ea I very and yellow. pale 5 Ey : \ eth into twoorthree branches,at ¢ h le toppes:whereof come divers Sh ead ire hie intoke turnean which a ee ee Z fomewh ftalkes, the ee arber fides ; of of ce the ftalkes, ee one above Aowers f ano! ther feverally, &on both h fides Te ftandi es OEftanding fowers l] cubits a inainall are fmaller; Sattin, butthat thefe : withfeede, it oo 2 gtdese. unaria major, 2or one Boloonacn, : ees hi peeling opaiaes 1I 1 pa of _ the nae huskes ane oee le ot ; ye {mall fr at r réddifh feedes, ordernedeal i 2edes, inadouble flat lye ndharder, and wherein kinne, whichinthis is not white, like that of the fattin, but elfe very like t tere aaamederts yeare, after ithath given feede, andfeldome perifheth the firft yeere, veryFag lyfum irgee moutanum Colamua. 3: Alyfim idis 1, Abffum Dsoftorida. Madwott of Discorides. Madwort-o' : KS tic <u =o i KG TN perpureo, and Baxhinys Sideritis arvenfis angaStifolia rubra, The foureteenth is the Sideritis fecunda Matthiol, as Baubinus faith, although Lobe! thinketh it tobe kind of C is (pursayand others take it tobe Clafius his AMarrubinm Pannonicum + iis the Sideritis Heraclea altera of Cafalpinus, the Sideritis arven fis flore pallido of Camerariys, the Sideritis arvenfis (pectes altera ofThalivs fet downe by Gerard, 8 Tabermontanvs under the name of Alum Germanicum; and called by Bauhinws Sideritis arvenfis latifolia glabra: The latt is called by Gerard PanaxColoni, froma country husbaridmans cure of his owne Leg therewith, whichhe had cut in mowing downe a field of Peafe ; but whyhe fhould callir\Pxn4xin Latine, being not an herbe for all difeafes.nor like unto any knowre Pazaxin forme,I know not, inlet Quicquidin buccam venerit,he tooke that which as I heare, L’herbe Carpentaire, the Germans Glidkraut, the Dutch Glidersijt, Englifh after the Dutch name, Glidewort of fome, and Ironwort of moft, ee . and wee in for Woundwort d is-too genes rall a name, unlefle you will the clowne toit as Gerard doth. The Vertues. Moft of thefe herbes are very powerfull to ftayall Fluxes of blood, in man or woman, inwatdly of outwardly, as alfo toffy rhcumes and defluxions from the head, but ef C and the * Z : me pecially the firft, the fourth, and the laf: the firft fourth beingnearg{t in forme andalfo in qualities, being of {peciall ufe for the foure'and chol- lericke belchings ofthe ftomacke, and to heale barftings or ruptures, and the whites in w omenas well as the reds ; for being exceeding drying and binding, and moderately hot, as weetakeit, (yet Galen (ith of halfe cold and \. ¥)) &Z IAN nenfis, who. faith fomealfo called it 7 etrabit anguftifolium: Camerarius calleth it Sideritis arvenfis flore rubro, knobbes at them. except Thais. The Arabians call the Sideritides in genetall Sidrachi, the Tealians Sideri te,the Frenchin fome places LVIL to beingg referred S Bi; a et ae diverfly confounded, both by the ancient andd momoderne writers, ) ter i lum js s Ai ie 8 Cee hath one fort, and Galen another,and Péiny a third, each ane and 7 hadiws, another congener td his firlt 5 \Cefalpiaus Sider itis alia in vincis s Tabermontanus Alyffiom Galeri flore came next to hand, for in my jndgementit is a diff_ting Sidériris from any before,and therefore Thave given itthe title Sideritis Ane ghia ftrumofaradice, for the catifes fet downe in the defcription. Tt may feeme probable to many thar this herbe wasnotonely knownéto diverts of onr moderné writers, but calied alfo Siderits by fandry of them, for itis fuppofed tobe 7heligs his fitlt Sideritzs, which hetermethgratis admodum odoris, Camerarius bis Stachys pals tris Gefneri, Gefnerhimfelte calling it Betonicafetida ce Herba [ud. ta, underltanding thereby the Sideritis or Tetrahil that was moft common amongft them, and with Lug ifs Chymenum minus; but 1 ftandin fome doubt thereof ; firft in that the leaves of theirsare fhorter then ofth s, then thar the fowersare fayd to bee pale purple,and oursate veryred, fpotted with white : their rootes likewife are not deferibed to haveany tuberous humors eAfom, Madwort. der that tree byStangate, over againit Weftminjter bridge, which ftandeth alone upon the banke and none elfe : the middle of the next field tothe Lime Kilne, atthe foote of fhooters bill. In #i/ton townein the very{treete, neare a place called the Mandlinesin Effex by the ditch fidesyand on the ditchesfides on the left hand of the high waybeyond Stratford Bow, In Suffolke alfo,Cambridge and Huntington fhires more plentifully. ae ae and can be no leffe availeable in the flaying of bload and turall to‘our Country,” befides the laft which groweth in {undry countries of this Land, as in Middlefex neare in Kent by Southfleet, and on the backfide of the Church yard of DNettlefteede, hard by Sir Iohn Scots honfe, and in Cuar. 57. SeSa 1 hy . 7 Eee ind moylt, and bur alittle bending) itnot onely preferveth thofe parts, but aie good a afo ine aa tah od aa i quickely lippes uptheir andclofe heale the bleeding peacrtiay we eae ha mi syfture andfluxe,andto of humors inoldfretting ulcers, and cancres, that ms wet their ior Se of excellency, as a ) sp : or m Pet by priviledge Heraclee, his name ithath re Aie feemeth, andif there rele be anyinflammation . . abouc > theparts, by the application : tl oe ae; heh os ae: | j fingular effe-tuall in fr thereof obi teeis teftimony off the tufciikal Gerard vay. Thelattby sere coe his louderd it awaye Foe ace ees es 0 im Z ge. iE Se < LES LF ioe aS Wty * ; C= eT SS ie & SS A Ulin = See aia SQUGE SOO Mie GA As N Fx YAW) ay gs Oz; |