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Show “666 Cu av.89. Trias Theatrum Botanicum, fparfedly. fet onthe dryfapleffe branches,whichare lowerthen it and moreGummy whereon the flowers ftood; 1X. Ciftus Ledumfolin Thimi, Timeleafed fweete Ciftus, This Ciftus beareth fmall leaves not much unlike Time leaves on the clammy blackith{mall branches, ofabour a foote high ; the flowers hereof were not feene no more then inthelaft, buethe heads ot this were manyftan= ding together uponlongfooteftalkes, without anyfeede in them. 12, AMjrto Ciftus Pennei. : 3 : Trips. The Theater of Plants. | colottr'and evill fight thereof, “and-maketh thein to be well colonred againe’s eyther the gutnine orthe leavesand branches boyled in lye,and the head wathed therewith doth clenfeit from feabbes cure; ‘or dandtaffe growing thereon, and cureth alfo old running and watering fores and Vlcerein the Legges or other parts of the bodys _ theoyle madethereof worketh to thelike effects. Dt, Penny his Mirtle like Ciftus, ‘The Mirtle like Ciflus of Dr‘. Pessy his finding, is a thrubbe of foure or five foote high, whofe ftalkes and CuaP, LXXKVIIL branchesarecovered with aruggedbarke, fet as it were with knobbes or bunches, which quickly fall away from theelder branches ; the leaves are very like Mirtle leaves, and are no leffe rugged then the barke, yer grow f{moothintime,\'and are fer one againft another at every joynt, bedewed with that {weete clammy moifture as in others, the flowers are {mall and yellow,confifting of five long leaves, with many yellow thredsin the middle, after the flowersare pat, come fomewhatlong five {quare heads with {mall feed: therein. 13. Ciltus Ladanifera(retica vera, Hypociftis, The Vndergrowth or Excrefcence of the Ciftus, Thinke it fittelt toentreate of this Excrefcence proper onely tothe forts of Ciftus by it felfe, ahd noe ermix it with the hiftory and defcriptions of them, or among the other Rapes or excreflences of Thetrue fweete Gam Ciftus ofCandy, Although f fayd in the beginning of the Chapterof male Ciftus that the male kind onely boare red lowers,and the female white, including the Ledum under them, whichasI fayd alwayes bore white. flowers, yet this generall rule admigreth fome exception, as in this plant I here doe fhew you, which growethin Candy moft aboun- other Plants 3 it isof divers colours according to, the kinds of Ciltus, under whichiand from whofe rootesit groweth and fpringeth as the Broome.Rape, and other excrefcences doe from the. aboun= =A danceof {uperfluitie of moifture,canfing putrefaction ; but thisis.ofa peculiar fathion : Icrifeth up dantly ; and from whencealfo onely the Candiots gather Ladanum as Bellonivs being there truly obférved, and (as well from the rootes ofthe:male Ciftus as female; as alfofrom manyforts. of the Ledam or fweete Ciftus ) with divers upright ftalkes,covered with {mall leaves thicke fer thereon (eyther neare or under the emme of the not trom the other forts of Ledon; and Alpinws faith the fame by the relation ofothers,who hath thitsdefcribedit’ It growethto cubits height ormore, with fundry long wooddy branches, with two and fometimes more leaves Pfeuds- Cuap,. 88. fet thereon togetherat feverall {paces one again{t another, being greater then thofe of the male Ciftus, fomewhat like nto Sage leaves, and bedewed very much with that {weete clammy humonr or Gum,-called Lada« ciffi alij num efpeciallyin the Summertime, the flowers that growat the toppes ofthe branchesarelike the-male Ciftus. auo and ofa purplifh colour, but greater then they, after which come{mall long and round, hard, blackifh feuds containing {mall feede withinthem. !pinus joyneth hereunto two otherforts of baftard Citus Ledum, the bhe whereof isnnat as he conceiveth fit robee called Ciftus, having littleor no refemblance to any, having flender ftalkes and branches with a few finall long leaves like unto Privet, fet at certaine long diftances one from ano- ther, with whiteflowersat their toppes, muchleffer then thofe of Ciftus, without any Yent, and {mall feede inblacke podsatterwards. The otherba(tard fort hath manyfoft ftalkes with foft Woolly leaves thereon, in forme like Mirtle leaves of lefler, two or foure ftanding ata place by diftances, the fowers are white and {mall « the feede veffels be ofthe bigneffe of Ciche peafe,and the {mall {eede yellow within. . The Place,. Allthefe forts of Ciftus grow onely in the warmer countries of France, Spaine, Portugal, Italy, Candy and the other Eafterne parts, and not in any of thefecolder countries thatever I could learne: the tvelfth Mirtle like Ciftus Dr, Penay a famous Phyfition of London in his time, found in the land AZajorca, and fhewéd.to Clufius the dryed plant, whichhe kept by him,and gave him the defcription of it, which he publifhed with the otherin prints the laf and the two baftard forts growin Candy, from whence wehad the knowledge of them. a The Time. All thefe forts of fweete Ciftus doe flowérearlier by much in their naturall countries then they doe in ours;? for they never are in flower in our countries untill yy ikRane feldomedoegive any ripe feede, aM AMES. It is called in Greeke iSov Ledon, and adfov Ladon, quia (for(an) folia non levia aut nitida [unt. [ed port ; &pannofa, the Latins keepe the Greeke name, and Ripped they all rn ee humour on them moreor lefle, and Ladum, from whence commeth the name ofLadanum,which is ae ieee gumme is gathered from the leaves and branches of but one fort as Matthiolys and Cefalpinus {eeme toa : ca, and Beltonius averrethinhis firft booke of obfervations and feyenth Chap, but others fay from many is moft ufed now adayesin perfumes to {mell unto,and to butne, yet fometimes Phyfically alfo: Oe thietn, a1 4 the manne gathering whereofin thefe dayesis fomewhat like one of thofe wayes was ufed in Diofcerides and Plinies ina~ £ whichwas that they nfedto faften long Ropes,but wee now long Thongs of raw or untanned Leather toa fore. poale or ftickemadelike a Rake, without teeth, which by drawing them over the buthes gather that d a Ciftus, or fomewhatfurcher off,in'divers places as the rootes doe fpread) fcarfe a foote high, having many fow€rs growingat the toppes full of juice, the wholeplant rifing fromthe male Ciftns at the firlt {pringing up, being ofan orient bright crimfon coloar,but much paler afterwards, and the flowers whitifhat the lait, which Rand manytogether at the toppes ofthe ftalks,are every one fafhioned fomewhatlike unto the buds and fowers of the Pomgarnat tree, ot rather likeunto the woodden noffell of a Candlefticke, which paffe away, leaving feede as {mall as daftinthe hard heads or {cede veflells, which are un- profitable to produce thelikeplant, asthe berries of the Mifletoc are, being as it is but an excrefcence, grewing as I fayd from fiperfluitie of moifture and putrefaction, That which rifech from the rootes of the female Ciftus, efpecially chat with Sea Purflane leaves, is of a yellow colonr, And that which {pring eth from the Ledum or fweete gum Ciftus, is of divers colours, being intermixt with purplith and greene ftalkes or veines;in the pale coloured {talkes of leavesand flowers, as Clufius hath obfetved and fet itdowne, but fuch as Dio/corides relateth to bee fom white or greene, efpecially greene hee obferved not in any. The Place. Tt alwayes growethfrom the rootes of the Ciftus in the natu- . rall places, and not in any Gardens whereunto they are tran{planted. 4 The Time. Teabideth freth many Winters afterit is tifen, butis in its chicfelt beauty ar the Spring, andinhis firll ftrengthin the beginning of Summer, when is the fitteft time to gatherthejuice. The Names. Tis ufually called in Greeketxoxcs HypecifPie, but Diofcorides faith thac fome called it in his time Reabethrum and Cytiaus Clas ius callech that kind which growethon the Ledam aiusSosor, five Cynomory genus, and Dodoneus Limsodori quoddam genw + the La- gum that isttpon them,and in the heate ofthe day, and Sun, they ferape it from thofe Thong s, and mak ey te into balls or lumpes : the other was to combe of that {weete gum from the beards and Degen of th e cae that browfed and rubbed themfelves on thofe bufhes that grew inthe Ifle of Cyprus :the Arabians all oy tines keepe the Greeke name, and eall both the plant and the juice drawne from it Aypociftis: buc ax Aatthiolus faith the Arabians were the catfe ofthe errour of the Apothecarics ers in formeét times ; who calling Ciftus by the name of Xara cfepayas Clufius faith : bue the fourth kind of Clufivs which is the fift ene he Gich they oF eG ane of the juice of therootes of Tragopogon called Barba Hirci, or Chsfus,and the gumme Ledex and Laden, the Spaniards callthe*firtt fort Xara Xarguna,and Xa es aaa other Chriftian nations I thinke follow the Greeke and Latine name, withfuchdiverfitie as their deth ; wee as I fayd may call it Ledvmasothers doe, orthe {weere Ciftus, or {weete Gum Dialeaaffo : Ciftus vk : her you will: itneedeth not to make any long repetition of references ofevery one ofthefe feeing the he fth ie are Clafivs his relations, and may eafily bee found byany whichis which, The Vertues, f a Becaufeall or moft of thefe {weete Ciftus aré more hot then the formerforts, y etnotleffe drying and binding then any ofthem, they are ufedto warme.and dry upall cold defluxions of theb gam Ladangms hot in the endof thefir degree, raine, and Gaé/en faith that the almoftentring into the fecond init: peat itis of athinne fubftance, whereby itis mollifying and mode and hath fome aftriction alfo rately digefting, and thereby eee ee ae eae of the mother, to eafe the paines thereof, andto heale thofe happ 3 by the taking of the fume thereofunderneath, or applying it in the fubftance:beinc made up with Storax and honey, ina Leboch or Ele@tuary, itis very profitable for the Con hifitb a eing Longs :being taken inwardly it provoketh Vrine, and ftayeth the laske or flux of the belly “and cal o oe ing paines paines the pins thereofproceeding from n chollerick fharpe humours & is very goodforal eet l{ i iftings: cing ied in an oyntment with Mirrhe,oyle of Mirtles and Wine, it flaveth the flingOf etene ecs ? aS neffe thereupon it helpethalfo the paines a int theeares, ares, being bein ufed with i fome oyle of Rofes: fe being diffolvedi wine, and the places wathed therewith that have any {carre or deformitic chereonjit ine ee colour Hypociffes. The undergroweh or Excreffence of the Ciftus. soatesbeard, induced them ro beleeve thar Hypsci/ts was made Goatesbeard, fo that fuchcounterfeit Aypoci/tiz was ufuallyfold for true, untill chey came to underftand the true Hypoci/ts,and to gather the juice from it, which is performed two manner of wayes, The belt way isto expreffe the juice from the freth herbe whenic is in full ftrength ; tht otheris to {teepe the dryedftalks and boyle them, whichafter they are prefled is tobe condenfate (eyther juice or decoftion) by evaporation in the Sunne,or by the fire, in the fame fort that Lyci#m was wont tobe made, as Piofcorides faith. Fachfius tooke thé Hypociftis tobe a Fesgus or Mufbrome,but Mattbiolus taxeth him for it,and fhewethhowit {priageth, The Vertues, The hardned juice called Hypociftis is much more binding then. any other part of any Ciftas :it is a moft cer= taine, fure,and fafe medecine toftay all fluxes of blood or humours, that is to fay the fpittitig of blood, womens extraordinary courfes,the laske and blooddy flux: itis mixed with thofe things that are applyed to the ftomackée ay vomitings, and to ftrengthen it when it is growen weake, as.alfo with thofé things that {trengthen the iver, to be ufed eyther inwardly or outwardly it is alfo availeable for clammy moift himours that fall upon the foynes or finewes, therebycaufing a weakeneffeofnerves, and a folution of them ; to ufe this therefore in pilles inwardly doth wonderfully helpeto dry, and binde, and correborate the parts ; itis put into great Antidotes againft poyfon,and the peftilence, not for any fpeciall properti¢ it hath to refiftthe vénome,” but to contemperate |