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Show 6i8 Cuar. 70, Theatrum Botanicum. Tripe 5. Triss5- 4. Chelidonia rotundifolia major, A greater {mall Celandine, This greater fort of the {mall Celandine,hatha fibrous toote, whereunto grow fimall rotihd knobs : the leaves are round thicke and {moth, growing almoftaslarge as Afarum, or Afarabacca, fometimesa little waved about the edges, each {tanding upon a longerfoote ftalke than the former, yet lying upon the grotind : the flowers that ftand feverally as the others doe,upon longer foote ftalkes, are of a pale yellow colour, and larger than they,confi- {ting but of five or fixe leaves, cut in at the ends, unto the middle of them, and having fome reddith thredsin the middle of the flowets, Lhe Theater of Plants. Cuar.7i, 619 taken from the rooces,and put up into the nofe purgeth the head, anda decoétion thereof with little honey put toit and gargled in the mouth, doth the fame effectually, and doth purge’and clenfe the breft of flegme or any other cough humors that doeoffend ir alfo helpeth 4 running itch, and thofe nailesof the fingers and rdes that growdeformed, and fcabbed : thus farre Dio/corides and Gaten,but it isicertaine by good experience, that the decottion of the leaves and rootes doth-wonderfully helpe the piles or hemorrhoides, as alfo kernels by the eares and throate,called the Kings Evill,or any other hard wennes or tumors, The Place; Thefirft groweth in manyplaces byold wall fides, and by the hedges and way fides in untilled places, and be. ing onceplantedin a garden,efpecially in fomefhadyplace,it will {till be found therein,the fecond is not knowne whereit isnaturall, but is receivedinto gardens for the varietie + the fmall fort eroweth for the mott part in the moy{t corners of fields, and placesthatareneere waterfides, yet will abide in dryer groundes, fo as they bea little fhadowed;the third in Cavada as the title fhewech: the laft growethin the wet grounds abour C7 lomipelier s The Time, sees and Hirundinaria mejor: thelefler is called carSéviev 2 uluecr, andin Latine Chelidoninm minut, and Hirwadinaria minor « fo call them Chelidonia major G minor, and tooke the name as Diofcorides faith, becaufe it {pringeth when Sirah. lowes come in; and withereth at their going away (which is trae inneither, the greater whereof Disfeiriios chiefelyfpeaketh, being greene both winter and fommer, and the leffer {pringing before Swallow e€s come in,; and is gone and withered long before their departure,) Dio/corides likewife and Pliny alfo, fay i t tooke thae name from: Swallowesthat cured i c 3 = their young ee ones eyes, that were hurt, withbringing ging this Hethtc, and putting ittothem : but 4rifforle, andCel/us from him, doe fhewthat the young ones of Partridges, Doves, Swallowes. &c, will recover their fight (being burt) of themfelves in time, without anything applyed unto them, ie therefore Ce//us accounteth this faying but fable, The Chimifts in former times,in miftaking the Greeke : i calledthe greater kinde Ce/i.donuim; and thereupondid highly extoll the Quinteflence drawne from it plea lyto expell manydifeafes, but for manytheir idle and fantafticke tran{mutations : the lefler fort befide the fore mer names,is called Ficaria & Scrophularia minor of Brunfelfius, of Fufchius Malacociffos minor, whor pe thiolus taxeth therefore, Guilandinus and Cordus tooke it tobe «mellus Virgilii, as we fhewed vouinthett ol ter ofAmellus or After, Sylvaticus calleth it 7 efticulus facerdétis,and is likely to be the Ranunculus latifolion ok Lugdunenfis, Bauhinus calleth it Chelidonia rotundifolia: it isthought alfo to be the Strwmea of Pliny, theeor he fpeaketh among the Raauncli: many doe make doubt whether this herbe be the Chelidoninm minus of Dio. {corides and Galen, becaufeit hath not any acrimonie or fharpeneffe therein, as they fay is in theirs : but yer all writers doe agree, that howfoever it hath not any acrimony, itis informe andall other properties the fa isas I fayd called Ficaria and Serophularia minor, a fignatura, from the likenefle of the rootes untothofe Sirs e called Scrophule,whichappeare in ano, cad tonfillas, and therefore as in tany other the like, held cwerfalto cure them; the greater is called ofthe Ztalians Celidonia maggiore,of the Spaniards yerva de fet eloechieh Poe Celidrenha + of the French Chelidoine Felongue and Efclaire on the Germanes Grofs Moline Goldw, 28 and Schwaibenkrant + of the Dutch Gonte wortel en grootgeuive; and we in Englifp great Celendine,and ffeg Swallow-wort, and Tetiérwort, Thelefferis called by the Arabians Memicen, by the Italians Fanart aa Favofcelio Zh the Poa Coullionsde presire, or petite Efelaire: by the Germanes Meinkrant and Kloss oe :PAPEREN cow the Dutch Cleyne ne Goswe Gostwe or [pene [peene cruiit crui t :: and wein in Englifo Exolifp {mall Celandine, : a Pilewort, and of fome Ms Sater 43 The Vertues. The greater Celandine is hot and dry in the third degree,and ofa clenfing facisltie; Tt open Dentaria, Toothed Violets,or Coralworts, ; The two firlt forts flower all the Sommet long, and the féede ripeneth in the meane timé: the other flower betimes about Afarch; or e4prill, and is quite gone in May, fo at it cannot be found untill it {prin g gaines that of (zvadaflowred late but gave no feede, E The Names, The firft and greateris called in Greeke yeaiSéisonct zeyd, In Latine Chelidonium majws, Chap. LKXI of the Liverand Gall, and thereby helpeth the sellowlaundise the nabeug the ies a i oo wine witha few Annefeedes and drunke: Matthiolvs faith that if the greene hérbe be warhe in their fho sathet have the yellowTandies, fo as their bare feete maytread thereon, it will helpe themofir ; the fame alfet k in the fame manner; helpeth thofe that are inclining to the dropfie, or have it confirmed in themb ; often ‘ifine it, as alfo for thofe that are troubled with the itch, or have old fores in their Legs, ot other parts of thet be di ce the juice thereof takenfafting, isheld to bee of fingular good ufe againftthe Plagneor Peftilence bad a : diltiled water allo witha little Sugar, but efpecially ifa little good Treackleb ee mixed therewith afi they uponthe taking layd dowhe to {weate alittle : the juice dropped into the eyes doth clenfe the eves from fil x and clouds that darken them : but becaufe it is (omewhat fharpe, the hardned Juice relented with a little breatt milke will well allayit # it is to good purpofeufedin old filthy or corroding and creeping Vicers wherefoever an ftay their malignitie of fretting andrunning, and to caufe them to heale the more {peedily :the juice often 2 plyed rotetters,ring wormes or other fuchlike {preading Cancers, will quickly. themalfo : thefame rubbed often upon warts will take them away: the herbe kill their tharpenefle and belle with the rootes bruifed rand * : ted withoyle of Camomill, and applyed to the Navill, taketh away both the griping paine in the bell and bowells, asall the paines of the mother, and applyed to womens breafts that have theit courfes in ia aboundance ftayeth them ;- the juice or the deco@tion of the herbe gargled betweene the teeth thar ake. z th awaythe paine, andthe powder of the dryedroote,layd upon an aking, hollow, or locfe tooth, will as es i caufe it quickly to fall out : the juice mixed with fome powderof brimftone is not onely good to annoi: ; ih e places tharare troubled with the itch, bur taketh awayall the difcolourings of the skinne whatfoever. nb : he : {pots or markesof bruifes, {tripes or wounds, the Morphewa lfo, funbuming or anythe like: and if; a4 as thatina tender body itcaufe anyitching or inflammation, by bathing the place witha little Vineoa Nit i Sree helped : theleffer Celandine, becaufe it hath not that acrimony withus, tha: it feemeth it hath inGr ce there Diofcorides \ived cannot have thofe properties, theyafcribe unto their Chelidoninm TINUE5 which i85Meaee taken Here be divers forts of thefe toothed Violets, differing one fromanother, eyther in roote or leafe? j or both, as you flall prefently underftand, 1, Dentariabulbifera,. Bulbe bearing toothed Violets. This toothed Violet fhooteth forth one or two winged leaves, uponlong brownith footeftalkes, whichin their rifing up ont of the ground, are as itwere doubled or foulded downewards, and then open themfelves into feaven leaves moft ufually, and fometimes but five, each whereof isfomewhat long, dented about the edges,and pointed, ofa fad greene colour, and fer on bothfides of the middle ribbe one againft another : the ftalke that beareth flowersrifeth up in the fame manner with the leaves, and is bare or naked of eaves unto the middle thereof, where it fhooteth forth a leafe, and fo one or two more up ‘higher, each con- fifting but of five leaves, and fometimes but of three, having alfo theuppermoft fingle, at each whereof com= methforth a {mall round Bulbe, cloven,oras it were divided into fome parts or cloves, of a fad purplith greene colour, which being ripe and putinto the ground, will grow tobearoote, and beare leaves like as the Bulbes ofated bulbed Lillie; about which at the very toppefland foureorfive flowers inlonghuskes upon fhore footeflalkes, opening into foure leaves, of a purplithcolour, very likeunto the fowers of Stocke Gilloflowers, or DamesViolets ; after which come fmall long hornesor cods pointed at the ends, wherein lye fuch like feede, as are inthe cods of Dames Violets, which will as fooneasitisripe, breakethe podde and fall our; the rooteis verywhite {moothand fhining, made of divers fmall round knobbes fer togethernot growing downewards; but lying along, and encteafing under the upper crult of theground, haying very: few fibres thereat ; the tafte both ofleafe and roote is fomewhatbitter, hot and fharpe like Raddith, as all the reft of thefe forts are. 2. Dentaria Pentaphyllos, Cinquefoile Corrallwort. J The firft fort of Cinquefoile Corrallwort or toothed Violet, hath likewife one or two leaves rifing from the roote, upon long footeltalkes;, confifting of five parts or leaves, each of them fomewhat like the former, and dented about the edges, but they are longer,tougher and harder infeeling, and more clofely fet together, rifing for the molt part from one joynt, like’as the Cinquefoiles doe: upon the ftalkes alfo are fome fuchlikeleaves, fet one above another, atthe toppe foureorfive {uchlike flowers, but fomewhatlarger, of a purplith colour, fomewhat deeper then the former which turneinto {uch like pods, withthe like feedes in them, and hath no bulbes onthe ftalke : the roote hereof is greater, madeas it were into joynts not fo white as the former, and with a 4 longerfibres iffuing from betweene the joynts. * 3». Dentaria pentaphyllos altera, Another Cinquefoile Corallwort. The rooteof this Corallwortis very likethe firft, confifting of many round clearé white knobs but morein number, fet together by peeces, with divers long fibres growing out ofit, whichfhooteth. forth a fmaller and lower ftalke then the former, being not above a foote high, with fome leaves ferthereon, as alfo there is fome of thofe very like thelaft, bur narrower;more {mooth and gentle, ofa paler greene colour alfo : the flowers thar fand at the toppelike uncothe others,are of a purplifh colour,after which come the like pods with feede in them, asthe reft, , 4. Dentaria triphyllos.. Trefoile Corallwort, This Corrallwort fendethforth two or-three leaves confifting of three parts onely, each whereof are rounder and fomewhat larger then the other forts, dented about the edges, and of a darke greene colour : abour the middle ofthe ftalke that bearethflowers, the lower partbeing bare or naked of leaves, ftand three leaves each of themftanding@ byit felfeupona ftalke, confifting of three leaves peece, nine in all, which are nat*ower and longer then thofe below, and longer pointed : the flowers are of a pale greenilh colour, hanging downe their heads, after which comefuch like feede, in fomewhat thicker pods: the roote is compofed of fomewhat longerpeeces, fet rogether fomewhat likeunto the leffer Lungewort, which will tune blackifh whenit is a little dry, ; : 5. Dentaria Heptaphyllos, Setfoile Corallwort, The Setfoile Corallwortrifeth likewife with twoorthree leaves from the roote, fet upon long footeftalkes like unto the firlt fort, confifting of feven-leayes fet al! alonga middle ribbe in the fame manner, and fome- time butof five leaves, ofa paler.greene colour on the upper fide, and more grayith underneath ; the ftalke hathfome fuch like leavesthereon, but no bulbes, and the flowers at the tops are in forme like ‘the other, but larger,and in fome white, andin others purplifh : the codsand féedesare like thereft, bur the raote hereof is not fo muchparted as the former,but more thicke and tuberous. i 6. Dentaria anguftifolia bulbifera, Bulbed narrowleafed Corallwort, This Corallwort rifechup witha ftalke or two, bearing long and narrow leaves dented about the edges, of Pelletory fad greene colour,and pointed at the ends fomewhat like the leaves of Prarmica (jlueftrit, called wilde every one ftanding fingly byitfelfe, and.at the joynts therewith, comeforth fuch like fedly balebs as are in the firlt fore, but thicker and of a darke purplith colour, butnone among the flowers which grow manytogether, of me |
