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Show 5So0 Cua P57) Theatrum Botanicum. 2, Alylfum alterum Diofcoridis minus. The lefler Madworttof Diofcorides, “fhis leffer Madwort hath divers long leaves, lying onthe ground, a little waved on the edges, ofa pale or blewith Tribes. septa 4. Alylum Galeni Clufio, his Alyf[um inall things thenthis firft doth, «tim in his firlt bookefaith, that Alyfum vn called Sideritis He. moft likely Galens Alyffum) {ome doe accountit a kindeof Lewcoinm, and: fo go = Oey and Basbinus ; raclea by fomein his time, that it grew by che way fides, and bore a penneoviets x t ae ore is the ont callech it Lencoinm montannin linatum, for he faith that the Lezcoia. an ThlasBispe pee ‘ which Tgranr, but yet I thinke, that the Lychwides be nearer congeners to the Lescota, ie ~ Aepie : 3 the other that is; Barbinus-calleth ic Leacoinm Aly(foides clypeatum mayus. The fecond is oe ee Co rm: y tatum Romanum minus, who faithicis.a congener tothe Aly/fum of Dodonew, whic iy 1Gy ue €fir foure white leaves, notched in the middle, which maketh eve- ere exprefied; and therefore Bavhinys-calleth it, Lescoinm Alyffoides clypeatum mini. T a Coa ca leth Alyffum Diofcoridis montanum : bit Banhinws fetteth ic among the Chamedries, calling it Chame ney “ifn ry leafe feemelike a hurt, with divers yellowifh threds in the middle of them,and cach {tanding ina greene huske, the ontfide whereof have longer foote {talkes than thofe more in- rotundifolia fcutellata, which in my judgement is very improper, and oe be 2 ie anes t fe 4 his ¢, i yi. improper titles ; for unleffe it bee’the leavesin this plant that hath fomelikeneffe, i , eh ward, and each flower larger thanthe inner ones, which being we isno part therein elfe that can agree. with any Chamadrys, eyther vera or (puria: et ee = a Germander with broad buckleérlike huskes of feede : the one is onEy oe aa ¥. . ateie:oe paft; there fucceede round feede veffels like bucklers, finaller thanthe former, hard and roughon the outfide, in which are conteinedflat feede, in foure round reddifh cells or partitions, divided bya certaine fhining skinne, two feede lying in each cell or partition : the roote is {mall andlong, with diversfibres thereat, and abideth, fhooting forthanew, more fharpe in tafte than the leaves, whichare drying and aftringent. Fe areancoleokebedsoribetthercofmbis ermtsiurG calling i Plenra Hipanita,darrabiefibnor ifcriptic alens ut en , Vf thinking ittobe A/y|[vm Galeni, yer ie was {til of the fame minde: and I finde ae oe > RongLobel, Fabermontanus and Bawhinus, doe all follow eets eeSSebaiiontae ome y sin faying thatit feemedto him, that he did expreflethe. a. Spino/a int Aly [umm Galeni : STicneee forth in his Phytoba/anos, callingit Sideritis Alyfon, 8:ae aelea ns: Alife 3: Alum montanuim Columne. Mountaine Madwort of Columua, This other Madwortof the Mountaines, hatha {mall threddyroote, from whence {pring up {mall and weake round reddifh ftalkes, lying upon the ground, fhooting forth rootes at the joynts, and rayfing themfelves up againe, the lowelt leaves whereof are fmall and roundifh, not muchbigger than ones naile, bat thofe that grow up afterwards upon the ftalkes are greater, being two inches long, deepely dented about the edges, and very rough,covered with along hairineffe, two for the moft part, fet at every joynt, with long foote ftalkes under ‘them: at thefe joynts likewife on both fides come forth three or foure blewifh flowers, each ftanding upona very {mall hayrie footeftalke, having foure fmall greene leaves under them asa huske wherein they ftand, and wherein afterwards sroweth'the feede veflels, which are two,flat, ovall or round huskes like Buck lers, joynedat thefides : the roote dyeth Antoni} Coi ex Galeno ;, whereby hee {eemeth to judge the Siderits Heracles o} ig 9 £,t0 oe “ seb the Alyffum Galeni,and herein asitis likely confirmed, becaufe he found eee 4 ina Gs ay be ore) to fay thatfomeimhis timecalled the Sideritis Heraclea, Alyffum ; yét the figure ‘ ae = ee ee out S it, is fo like (for I havenotfeene his plant ifie differ from)the Herba ludaica; a t ne it e ibe a whereas Diofcorndes maketh his| Sideritisito have longer leaves then Horehound, —: as isge as Pion ans ois nothis: but the fame Colunain another place maketh the A//ine Veronice folijs tobe Alyfioll es folijs ieTobesce it, folijs profunde incifis, Aly{fum verticillatum folijs crenatisgwwhen as he we si of Clufius AlyJum verticillatum he Vertues, Aer i and Galengalthough 4 ifferi forme one from) another, her, yyet they do€ agree as they differin Thefe Alyf[a of Dio/eorides they fay ou that being ve in os orin oe or 2 os peanae econsaneaf the iti e,and thorou: erforme the cure, W : mp med: tO pgania likeneffe a thewhole fubftance, and’was found foto = by peees eh outany other method, and tharit os ee ot pena eeay.asia R “- vert ¢ 3 s her dige(tingand moderately clenfing, which ar: drying, raculti oo ahdalesis Ge ofeachoftheir plants, that they clenfe the bate fonmiesoepimples, , from {pots and otherdifcolourings, as the morphew, fanburning, &c. Diofcori es fait! ms - +e ‘ ? ; ss Bt en in drinke ftayeth the hickocke if there be noague, and thatit will doe fo alfo, i ay - ‘ ia eden re 4. Ahffem Galeni Clufio. Galen his Madwort according to Clufim. Clufushis Madwort of Galen is accounted a kinde of Horehound, and rifett ‘up witha fquare whitifh woolly ftalke; divided into branches from the very bottome, having two leaves atevery joynt, f{omewhatlike unto Horehound; bucleffer, rounder, and more hoary, {maller at the bottome, broade at the ends, and fomewhatdividedat the edges, without fent, but bitter in tafte: ar the joynts with the leaves come forth the flowers, round about theftalkes like unto Horehound, but of a purplifh colour,{tanding in hoary huskes, with points very fharpe andprickly, wherein after theyare paft, lyered feede, like unto thofe of Horehound : the roote is {malfand firingie, and.abideth in the warme Countries, as it is probable after it hath perfected the feede; for Clufins faith he found it in Spaine in Afarch, having both flowersand ripe feede thereon, bat colder Countries, it every yeere perifheth,and by the feede whichit fheddethis being fowneas hefaith, in thefe renewed againe, 5: Alyfum verticiliatum foliis crenatis, Madwort with dented leaves, This hatha {mall Wooddy roote with fibres fet thereat, from whence rife fundry {quare ftalkes of a foote or more high,leaning downto the ground, handorfmell unto it : They are alfo effectuall for wounds, either inward or eae : to : igs if infert them here: for from the formeof the feede ve xprefie Daeaie wt fayd divers called it Lunaria, Moonewort, and went beyond oeons in exprefling the propetties; and therefore I thinke had neede themfelvesto be cured of their madneffe herewith. CHAP, bi bya mad dog, yet Plutarch in Sympofta hb-3 7-1. by faying it the hickock, would derive the namé avCey fingultire, There is {ome donbt among many, whetherhelpeth thefe fhould be the right or true Albjyfa of Diofcorides CVE. Ulmariafive Regina pratt, Médow{weete ot Medefweete, The Place, Greeke A’acsooy Alyifum, and Aly{fumin Latine,fo called becanfe it curéth thofe that are ice have ecked this tale with the reports o he —ipiectehaerevats eeiadoreitawe aPepsne fomewhat like Betony : at the joynts of the ftalkes where the leaves grow leffer upwards, rife {undry whitith purple flowersfet in wharles or roundles as Horehound hath, out of prickly huskes which conteine in them brownith feede : the whole herbe is in tafte altringent, yer not unpleafant to the ta{te, and having withall alittle bitternefle, and fweeteneffe withall in fent. The firt groweth in gardens both with us, and in Italy, France, and the Low Countries; the originall place being not well knowne: the fecond groweth about Rome, and the upon one of thehilsin Naples,as Columne faith: the fourth C/ufins faith he foundin one place in Spaine andthird no where elfe: the lat Columna {aith groweth by the pathesfides of the dry tockie hills in Naples, where there is fmall ftore of earth for it to grow in : : The Time, Théfe doe all flower about Tulyand Anguft, and the {cede is ripe quickely after? Ieitealledin Grd The Names. = ae y bist ore i ng a that is gathered by any fall, blow, or bruife,andto clenfe and heale old rotten an cers. And becaufe Diofcorides faith it isan Amulet to expell charmes, that fha ‘ e : = ! it o : “3 is 5 and that tyed with a fcarlet cloth to cattell that are difeafed, it helpeth them ; therefore di a : € ages : ce, fet withleaves at fundry diftances,the loweft being largeft, fomewhat like unto Horehound but longer, comming neere unto thofe of Germander, buthoary,witha rough hayrineffe, and dented riot deepely about the edges, tit calledin 59 call it AAfim and, Aly(fos, & Lobel faith farther,there is no herbe to be found that better agreeth with Diss Corides and hayrie, but fofter than the former; from among whichrife flender weake roughftalkes, {carfe able to ftand upright, parted into fundry branches, whereon grow the leaves by couples, one oppofite to another, finaller but notleffe hayrie, and rough than the former, the flowersfirft beginne to breake forth at the toppes, and afterwards on thefides or winges, which are many fet together in tufts, confilting of ' CHhr.58. i riaGrace tertia, and Ge/ner Lunaria aspera ; but Dodonaus, Clafins, Camerarius, Lugdunenfs and Lobel doe all greene colour, about three inches long and one broad, rough together;Hayric at the brimmes, and conteining five orfixe yellowflat feedes in each partition The Theater of Plants, Palins e firft, they affirme, that it may mioré fitly be referred unto the forts of Thla~w i rsMorente Sele ne tave called it Lunaria major, and Lunaria lutea, (efalpinus Lana. Galen his Madwort accordingto Clnfius. every yeere, and mult be new fowen, whenany will have it, TRiBE 5. fid iF this herbe there are twoforts, thé one familiar to out poet the other a flrarigér to ns,and i : rare Plants, onely entertained of a few anéthofethe loversof ‘ 1, Ulmaria vulgaris, Common Mede or Meddow{weete. j The(talkes of this Medefweete are reddifh andeafie to breake, rifing to be three foote high, # and fometimesto be foure ot five, having at the joynts thereof large winged leaves, ftanding one above anotherat diltances, which are made of many fomewhatbroad leaves, fet oneach a iad : hard rough or rugged, crumpled muchlike i to Elme leaves, 3 whereof: it tooke the i ibe, being neces b Bonea cannaep ees write Oies, even as Agrimony hath, fomewhat ay ee about the edges, of a fad gtéene colour on the upperfide,and gray ee ofa rose asanaloe rylike unto Burnet, and will no leffe give a finerellifhto a cup of Claret wineif a lea : Burnet Sar theroi eek the (talkes of" branches ftand manytufts of{mall white flowers thrult thicke eo which{mell much fweeter then theleaves ; and in their places being fallen, come croked and cornere 7 2 the roore is fomewhat wooddy and blackifh on the outfide, and brownifh within, with paigpoaey0 a and leffer fibres fer thereat, ofa {trong fent, but nothing fo pleafant as the flowers or leaves, and but abid 1 ing forth new every {pring- perifbeth nog reer! picksseitaevien jie The gtéater Medefweete. 7 , 3 longer a 3 — leavesfet one aboveé another uponthe This Medefweete groweth higher then the former, with \ |
