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Show Crar.65, Theatrum ‘Botanicum. Trisis Trix 5. The Theater of Plants, CuAr.65. neers The Names. There is not any Greekename knowne to be given untoit. P/imy maketh mention of it in his 33 booke, and s.chap.and calleth it Latea, yet Bawhinus referrethit to the Genifta tintlorum Greeneweede, Fitruvins alfo in his 7. booke of Architecture, and 14. chap. calleth it Latewm, and Virgil calleth it Lutum,in the 4, Eclog of his Bucolickes in thefe verfes, Ipfe[edin pratis, aries jam(uave rubenti (Maurice, jam creceo, mutabit vellere Luto. . H: i * spanithAen 1 8 1. Lamiam vulgareflore rubra; Red dead Nettle or Archangell, ; Teis called alfo by fome Lwreo/a; and by fome alfo thoughtto be the Re/eda of Pliny, becaufe they agree fo well in divers parts, Ce/alpinws in his ninth booke, and 35, chap. maketh it tobe the AZyagrum or Melampyrum of Diofcorides and callethit according to the peoples terme in his time, Guadarella: It tooke thename of Lutea, not onely of the yellow colour of the herbe and flowers, when it is dry, but chiefely 4rom the yellow colourin the dye. Tragus tooke itto be Antirrhinum, becaufe the feede veffels thereof haveas it were holestherein. Some have takenit alfo to be Phyteume of Diofcorides, and {ome tobe his Struthinm, among whom are Lacuna, and Gefner ix hortis Germanie : but Matthiolws calleth it Pfeudoftruthium ; Dodonews calleth it Herba Lutea, Lobel SN hy paps ~y Ap NN Mp Gor oe} iy ooKoc Ui} AN Y Wi, Luteola, Lonicerus and Tabermontanus Catanance, The Second isthought by Honoriua Bella, inhis fecond E piftle to Clufius, to be the true Struthium of Dijofcorides, and faiththat it is called Cxmene throughoutall Greece : but Camerarius in horto, feemeth to make irand the commonfortall one, the third and fourthare remembred by Pena, the onein his Latine, and both inhis /talian Edition more exactly. The Vertues. ‘Meatthiolus {aith, that the roote hereof, is hot and dryin the third degree,and that it cu tteth tough fegme,it maketh groffe humoursthine,it doth refolve hard tumours,it digefteth raw flegme, and openethobftru@tions. Some doe notonely commendit, againft the bitings of any venemous creatures, tobe applyed as well outwardly to the wound orhurtplace,as to be taken inwardly, to expell the poyfon therhence : but alfo much commen= ded it to beufed againft the Plague or Peftilence: the people in fome Countries of this Land,doeufe to bruife the herbe, and lay ittothe cuts or wounds, they chance to makein their hasids, or legges, &c, the chiefeft ufe otherwife they have thereof, isto dye cloth, either wollen or linnen, orfilke,raw or woven into a yellow colour, and alfo to give a greene colour to thofe clothes orfilkes, have firft beene dyedavith Woade,into a blue colour, which Vstravins it feemeth was not ignorant of in his time, for he {peaketh thereofin the aforefayd place, both booke and chapter, that a yellow colour upona blue, ischanged into greene, and for thefenfes, there is great {tore of this herbe {pentin all Countries, and thereof manyfields {owen for the purpofe, Cuap, Da OS LXV. Lamium, The Dead Nettle or Archangel], e word Lamium which wecall dead Nettle or blind Nettle, is diverfly taken by divers, for fome 3 doe makeit a Nettle, and numberit amongtheir kinds;others make it a kinde of Galeopfis, as befides others Bashinus who confoundeth them together, maketh thofe herbes tobe Lamia that Clufive, f] and others make to be Galeopfis, cH e converfo; fomealfo make them to bekinds of Scrophular ia, and fome thofe to be Lamia, which others call Chickeweedes and Balme,whi feverall herbes; and to be handled feverally : for which purpofe I will endeavour chareall in my judgement what inme lyeth, foto diftinguifh them, that eachfhall have their owne due: andif I fhall not herein perhaps fatisfie every one, for quot homines, tot fententie, yet fhall fatisfie my felfe, who lam perfwaded thall not want many partakers; and yet! cannot, nor doe challenge any prerogative of not erring in fo intricate abufinefle , where fo many learned writers have failed before me: take therefore in good part whatI here fet downe,andif any finde faule with anyof them to be mifplaced, let them amend ir, by true judgemen t not worthyof fault finding, andI fhall foone fubfcribe unto them. : flare albos 3. Lawiuns = White Archangell, . 1, Laminmvulgarefolio (ubrotundo flore rubro, Red dead Nettle or red Archangel . This Dead Nettle, or Archangel, hath divers {quare ftalkes fomewhat hayrie, at the joynts whereof ftanding a gooddiftance one from another, grow two fad greene leaves, dented about the edges, oppofire the one to the other, the lowermoft uponlongfooteftalkes, but without any towards the toppes, which are fomewhat round, vet pointed at theends, and little crumpled as it were and hayries round about the upper joynts,- withthe eaves which there growclofe together, grow fundry gaping flowers, of a pale reddifh colour, fomewhatlike unto Betony flowers, after which come the feedes, three or fourefet togetheri threddy perifhingevery yeere: the whole plant, hatha {trong fent, but not n ahuske: the reote is {mall and ftincking. 2, Lamium Hispanicnm, Spanifh Archangell. This Spanife kinde hath darke brownefquare ftalkes, rifing halfe a foote high, bearing two fimall and almoft round leaves at each joynt,refembling the former red common Archangell :the tops of the ftalks and branches are thicke fet with flowers; {pike fafhion,withoutany leaves among them, which before they open are fhort and clofe, helmet like, but afterwards growing longand flender toward the bottome, the toppe or end becommin hooded and gaping ofa purplith red colour 3 Inthe bottomehu skes afterwards ftand foure white feedes: the roote isthicke at the head with fundry {mall fibres, but creepeth not as others doe, abiding manyyeares: the whole plant {melleth like the ordinary Archangell. 3. Lamism vulgare album five Archangelica flore albo. White Archangel , The white Archa ngeil hathdiverfe {quare ftalkes,not (tanding {traight upright, bur leaning downéwards to the ground, whereon {land two leaves ata joynt, larger and morepointed than the other, dented about the edges. and greener alfo, morelike unto Nettle leaves alfo than the former, but not ftinging although fomewhat hayrie: atthe joynts withthe leaves ftand larger, and more open gaping white flowers, in huskes round about the ftalkes, but not having fuch a buth of leaves and flowers, fo clofely fer at the toppes, asinthe former, wherein ftand {mall roundih blackefeede, after theyare fallen : the rooteis white with many fibres thereat,not growing downe= SRE BOYN Viz. ON NN e n o S LEK Eh, tes WO NWS = bi 6. Lamii montani columna dug fpecies. aes az 3) e t ao The ttwo forts of Mouataine dead Nettles of Colemna: |