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Show Cuar.81. TRise 5. Theatrum Botanicum. ‘Lhe Theater of Plants. Semel hanging downetheir head,likein forme and bignefle untothefe laft Bell- flowers, butof a reddith purple colour; the whole Plant doth fo refemble wild Time,that but the flowers onely can or doediftinguifh them. Cuar. 16. CampanulaCymbalarie folijs, Ivie leafed Bell-flower. Digital, The ftalkes of this Bell-Aowerrife up to be {carfe halfe a foote high, yet leane downewards upon what ftandeth nextit, and brancheth forth from the bottome almoft, fet very {paringly and without order, withround and cor- nered eaves, unevenly dented abontthe edges,like unto thofe of ground Ivie, or the Cymbalaria, whichleafe is fomewhatlikeit, every one upon a {mall long footeftalke ; atthe toppes of the ftalkes, and fometimes alfo from the fides of them, ftand fomewhat long blue flowers, like unto the other Bell-fowers, upon long foore ftalkes, 17. Rapuncslys petrem, Rocke Rampions. The toote of this Rampionis long white and of a fingers thickenefle, growing fo faft into the Rockes that with much labourit can be drawne out whole, being of afweetifh and fharpe tafte, often taken as a fallet: it hath divers thicke, and fomewhat broadeleaves, ending ina point, from whencerife two orthreeflenderftalkes {catfe a foote high, having narrower andlongerleaves on them fet oppofite, atthe toppes whereof flandround heads, of many blewith flowers fet together without {mell, after which follow very {mall yellowith feede, as bigge as Poppie feede. Thereis another with thinnerleaves and {maller flowers. eleventh, and twelfth. The Time. They flowerall the Sommerlong, fome abiding long,andlafting untill the Autumne cold dewes doé take them away, others fooner fpent. The Names." Somecall thefe Rapwnculs, and Rapuntia, Ge/uer, Dodonevs and others call them Rapa Sylueftria, having ‘littlé likeneffeat all with Aapum, che Turnep,but in the ediblenefic of theroote, although the name be a diminitive thereof, Orhers.call them Campanula of the forme of the flowers, being like little Bells, Codwmna taketh che Rapsnculus minor, tobe Erinus of Nicander and Diofcorides, and the other Rapunculi tobe kindes thereof t Matthiolus taketh the Campanula perfici folia, to be Phytenma of Diofcorides; and Cafalpinus calleth the Rapune cult Spicarusfive Alopecuroides, Phytenma foliis Rapunculi, chiefelybecaufe the heads withf{eede have holes in them, as Déo/corides faith the feede of his Phyteumahath. The firltis called Rapunculus and Reapuncules minor by A©atthiolis, (amerarius, Dodoneus,and others; Tragus calleth it Rapanculum vulgare, and Lobel Rapuntinm parunio five Pes locufte Avicenne, The fecond is called Rapunculum fylveftre by Tragus, and by Dodonens Rapum Sylocftre majus, and Rapunculum Alopecuron, by Lobel Rapuntium majus Alopecuroides comafo flore, by Clufias Rapuxculns Alopecurosdes longa fpica, by Thalsus Rapunculusylueftris Spicatus, and by Tabermontanus Rapunculus wemorofis primus: the third is called by Clufius Rapunculus Alopecuroides orbiculari pene (pica, by Columna Rapun- tinm corniculatum montanum : the firt of the fourth kinde Ybalins calleth Rapunculus /ylueftris caruleus umbellatus minor, and is the fecond Rapunculus umbellatus in Camerarins his figures,atthe end of his hortes medicus, which Bauhinnscalleth: Rapunctlus wmbellatus latifolits : the fecond of the fourth kinde, is the fitt xmbellarus of thofe three figures of Camerarius, and is the Rapunculus [ylveftris ceruleus umbellatus major of Thalius, which Banhinus calleth ambellatus anguftifolivs ; and the third ofthe fayd fourth kinde, is the feventh #mbellatus with Thalins, andthe third of Camerarinshistigures, which Columaacalleth Rapwntinm alterum anguftifolium Alpiwum,and Bauhinus Rapunculus umbellatus folio gramineo ; the fift is Petromarula, (ex Labtuca petrea Cretica, both by Honoris Bellus, in his firlt Epittle to ( /ufius, and by Pona in his Mons Baldu, and by Ferrantes Jmperatus im his genetall Hiftory, which thereupon Bawhinus calleth Rapunculus Cretitus, feu Pyramidalis altera: the fixtis called by Bavhinus Rapunculus Alpinusfew Pyramidalis minor,and thinketh it tobe the Campantlafolits[erratis cx rulea of Beflerus in horto Eystetenf. The feventhis called by Thalins Rapunceelus(ampanulatus Nerifolits tertius and by Tabermontanus Rapunculus nemorofus. The cighth ts called by Colamna Rapuntinmfive Erinus magiio flore, and by Ba#hinus Rapunculys nemerofus magno flore minor. The ninth and tenth are io, called by Baubinues as they are in theirtitles: Anguillara taketh the eleventh to be Cantabrica Plinis, and Cefalpinus P hytenma unico plore, in (ammis cauliculis, andis alfo the Campanula minor rotundifolia of “Lobel, or Alpina rotundiorie busimis foliir of Clufias, which Bauhinus would dittinguifh, and thereupon hath given as he faith, a truer figure of that Alpina rotundifolia minor, bucafiuredly they cannot differ, otherwife than the place may give it, forthat Thave feene and gathered boththefe forts; withthe differences fpecified, in one and the {ame “ground almoft, The twelfth is called by 7abermontantss Repunculus (ylveftrisflore expurpureo candicante, and by Gerard Canspa~ nula minoralba & purpurea for that they grow utually onthebarren dry Heath of Hampfted,and other grounds underthe bufhes. The thirteenth isealled by Banhinus Campanula Alpina linifolia cerulea: the fourtéenth by Ta= bermontanus Rapunculus nemoro/us tertius and by Bashinus Rapunculus nemorofus anguftifolins parvo floresand faith itisthefame with Gerards Campanula luteaknifolia, The fifteenth and fixteenth are {o namedas their titles de- montftrate them by Bashinus, who onely oe ao : the laflis remembred by Alpinesin lib,de exoticis. he Vertues, The roo:es of oa ie a of ee folikewife fome of the Bell-flowers, efpecially if they have any greater rootes, than the ordinary ftringie ones, are ufed for fallets either cold with vi royl e boyledand ftewed withbutter be opine fome blacke or long peppercaft on them ; eiihesoray osritaBed they are familiar to the {tomacke,ftirringupthe appetite, and by reafon of their temperate quality, caufetha gooddigeftion, and engendreth {tore of ‘milke in nurfes breaftts; the rootes beaten fmall, and mixed With fome meale of Lupives, clenfeththe skinne from {pots, markes, or other difcolourines,. The diftilled waterof the wholeplants, reotesand-all, performech the fame, and maketh the face very fplendent and Ccleare, Caap. 65 __—___~ LXXXTI, Foxglove. 4 Lthough I have fet forthin my former booke manyforts of Poxgloves, being all of them prétey 5) ornamentstoa Garden that is kept for delight, yet there is one remaining to bee {poken of, Ya) being commonly knowne to growwilde in our lgnd, in every countrey almoft, fo that it is not thought worthya place in our Gardens (although in other countries beyond the Seas, where itis not fo familiar, it is as greatly defired as any other withus, that 1s common with them) but I thinke not amiffe to expreffe the names of them I have formerlyfer forch, that fo you mayfee al] the fortsin one place : Digitalis maximaferruginea, Dun coloured Foxgloves, Digita's major florecarneo, Bluth coloured Foxgloves. Digitalis media flore tuteo rubente, Orenge tauny Foxgloves. Digitalis major alba, The oreater white Foxglove. Digitalss alba altera,fer minor, The leffer white Foxglove. Digita {is major luteaflore amplo, The greater yellow Foxglove, whofe figure I give you here with the common : and Digitalis minor lutea, five pallida, The {mall pale yellow Foxglove, ? Digitale purpurea vulgaris. The Place, Many ofthefearé ftrangers tousnot growing wilde in our Land thatT can heare of, but fore in Candy, others in /ta/y,and fome in Germany,8cc, yet fome of themin diversplaces of this Land,as the firft,fecond,feventh, Cu aP.82, $$ Common purple Foxglove. This common Foxglove hath manylong and broad leaves lying upon the ground, dented about theedges, a little foft or woolly, and of akind of hoary greene colour, among which rife up {undryftalkes fometimes, and butone very often, bearing fuch leaves thereon, fromthe botrometo the middle ; from whence to the top it is ftored with large and long hollow reddifhpulple flowers, a little more long and eminent atthe lower edge, with fome white {pots within them one above another with {mall greene leaves at every one, but allof them turning their heads one way,and hanging downewatds, having fome threds alfo in the middle, from whence rife round heads, pointed fharpe at the ends, wherin{mall browne feede lyeth ; the rootes are many {mall huskie fibres,and {omegreater ftrings amtong them ; the flower hathnofent, but the leaves have a bitter hottafte. The Place, Tt growethin dry fandy grounds for the moft part,andas well on the higher as lower places under hedge fides, in every country almoft of this Land,’ : The Time, Itflowreth feldome before Iu/y,and the feede isripe in Auguft, The Names. Te was not knowneunto any ofthe ancient Greek or Latin writers,for it hathfcarfe attained a Latin namé other then Digitalis from the hollow forme of the flowers,whicharelike fingerftalles : Some have taken it to, bee a Kinde of Verbafcnm, Cafalpinus calleth it Virga vegia major flore parpureo, Alifmaal{o and Damafoninm, and Fiftslapaftoris. Tragus callethit Campanula (ylveftris .flore purpureo, andflore luteo : Columma takethit to bee the Ephenserum of Diofcorides, and Dalechampivs upon Pliny taketh it to bee Calatbiana Viola Plinij, as I fayd beDigitalis purpurea vulgaris, Commonpurple Foxglove. Digitalis lutea flore amplo. Foxglove withlarge yellow flowers. |