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Show Cuar.go Tbeatrum Botanicum. 3. Senetiofelio non lacimiate Myconi, Tripeis, Se “Semathe fatidea. Miconws Spanifé Groundfell. TR1B8.5. The F heater of Plants. tum, andnot Cardus Benediétya, as itis appointed in the Pharmacopeia Londinenfis the fecond is the Sen*ci? 2, vel montanm of Tabermontanus and the firlt Erigeram in theold Gerard very well cxprefling it: the thirdis fer Stinking Ground(ell. downe by Lugdunenfis under Mivonws name tthe fourth isthe fecond Senecio with Traguss Lobel his figtire of foures of this plant, as Dodenans Erigerum tomentofsm, as alfo the. Erigerwm tertinm of Dodonads as not thé true himfelfe acknowledgeth, butrather as otherscalled it Cichoriums dumand L eafis hath obferved it like= wile ; for this differesh chieflyfrom the common fort but inthe hoarineffe and ? genefle as well of the whole feu plantas of the‘leaves = the fift is called by Lebel Erigerum tomentofim a ram, by 7 hal 1 Erigerumsfctidum majus, by .Gefaer in hortis and by Lugdunenfis Senecio feridus, by Clufivs 1a vinonica prima as Baubinus thinketh,& by him Senecio incanas pingarssthe lalt is mentioned onely by ris i borto,who faithhe received Herbarift it by che name of Senecioflore odorara trom Iofeph? ae Cafa bona,the great Duke of Tu/canc,or Florence his The Vertues , Ground{ell is cold and moilt as T7agus faith, and therefare feldome ufed inwardly, Galen faith in 6 Simpl. it hath a mixt quality both cooling and a little digcfting « the decoction of the herbe faith ‘Déo/corides, made with wineand drunke helpeth the paines inthe ftomacke proceeding ofcholler (whichit may well doe by a vomit, whichour daily experience fheweth, the juice hereof taken In drinke, or the dec tion ofthe herbe in Ale gently performech) Pliny addeth from others report that itis good againft the laundies and falling ficknefle, bes ing taken in Wine,.as alfo,to helpe thepaine of the bladder, that is in making water whenit isftopped, which it provoketh, as alfotoexpell gravell in the reines or kidneyes, a dram thereof given in Oxymel,. after fome walkingorftitring the body :.ic helpeth the Sciatica alfo and the griping paines in the belly, or the Collicke = fomealto eate it with Vinegaras a Sallat, accounting it good for the fadneffeof the heart, and tohelpe the dea feds ofthie Liver: it is faid alfo to provoke womenscourfes, and fome fayalfo thatic ftayeth the whites, which as Matrbiols faith cannot be beleeved to be fo, in that the one quality is contraryto the other: The freth herbe boyled and made into a Poultis,and applyed to the breafts of women that are {wollen with paine and heate; ag alfo to the privy parts of man or.woman, the Seate orI undament, or the Arteries, Toynis and Sinewes, when they are inflamed and {wollen doth mucheafe them; andufed with fomefalt helpeth to diffolve the knots ot kerniells thac happenin any part of the body+ the juice of the herbe or as Dio/corides faith, the leaves and flowers with fomefine Frankinfence in powder, ufedin wounds, wheeherof the bodyor of the nerves andfinewes dothfingularly helpeto healethem. The downe of the heads faith hee ufed with Vinegar doth the like, but if the fame downe be taken in drinke it will choake any : the diftilled water of the herbe performeth well all. the aforefayd properties, bat efpecially for the inflammations of the eyes, and wateringof them, by reafon of the defluxion oftherheumeintothent. faith C/ajius, but as othersfay like Serophularia or Ebulu;from among which rife up hairy crefted falkes; abone afoote andahalfe high, divided into fundry branches, bearing at the toppes fewer flowers, leffer and of a paler yellow colour then the commonfort,and uponlonger footeftalkes, which quickly fade and turne into downelike the other : the roote is very fibrous yet lafteth not after feede time, but periheth as the firft doe, and {pringeth . againe ofthe fhed orfallen feede. ig Cuap, XCE Tripolium. Sea Starrewort. 6, Senetioodoratus. Swect {melling Groundiell. This Groundfell is fomewhat hike thelaft fort in the foft and woolly leaves,but not fo much torne on the edges asit, whofe {mell is fomewhat fweete like unto Amsbrofia, or Oake ofCappadecia, ox the middle Coniza or Eleabane, the flowers are likethe reft,and as foone growing old and hoary as downe. : The Place, Thefirlt is found every where almoft,as well on the toppes ofwallsasat the footé among rubbifh, andinuntilled grounds but efpecially in Gardens ; the fecond is founduponhills and mountaines the third was found by Myconus in Spaine and {ent to Lyons : the fourth groweth by woodfides , the borders of fields, and uponold wallsin many places : the fife groweth in lopped woods of Hongariaand Auffria, as Cetus faith, and in barren and untilled places :'the lat was fent to Camerarins outof Italy. The Time, The time of the firft to be in floweris already fet downein the defcription, is almoft every Moneth: the fecond and fourth doe both come fomewhat neare unto the other,but are not which fo quickein their decaying : the fift and fixt doe loweronely in Summer, The Names, leis called'in Greekeiielyscar Erigerum quiavere fene(cit : the Latins callit Senetio, quia cito fenefcit, Tragus tooke ittobethe Aphaca ofTheopbraftus, in his feventh booke and féventh and eighth Chapters, efpecially the cottony kind, which is more bitter and called Petrella by 'Alawardus Ferrarienfis, ashe faith,numbring it among the Intubacea or Cichoreaces, the Succorylike herbes , which it doth in fome fort well refemble for the manner of flowring and perifhing : but I findein the fevemth and eighth Chapters ofhis {aid feventh booke,Senecio named as well as Aphaca,which plainely convinceth Tragus,that Senecio for twoherbes : and befides Dalschampins in Lugdunenfis hath cannot be Aphaca,for there they are fet downe given ua an Aphaca among the other Cichoreacea, eventhe Hedipnogsfive Cichorium flore luteo Dedonei : Simon Tanvenfis tooke itto be Cardays benediftus, and Brun felfies to be Verbena, but Tragus refuteth the one and CMatthiolys the other: the Italians call it Cardoncello Senem sione,and Speticciofa minore : fomealfo for the often flowringofit Fier di ogne mefe : the Spaniards call ityervacan, Cardo monto, and Bervaron : the French Seneffon :the Germans Creatzwurtz : the Datch Gruizcruit, and wee in Exglifi Groundfell and Grunfell : The firkt is called by all Authors Senetio,and Sesecio(and minor with fome, becanfe as I faid they call the Jacobea Senecio major)& Erigeri;{o me alfo after the italian name Carduncellus,which I verily beleeve, fhould be that herbe was appointed to be pur into the compofition of the Vsguentum Marcia- thm, P/izy reporteth a ridiculous fable to helpe the toothach, to digge up the plant without nnyIron toole, andthen totouch the aking toothfive times therewith, and rofpic three times after every fuch touch, and afterwards to fer the herbe againe inthefameplace, fo that it may grow. will eafe the paines : another as fabulonsand ridiculous as that, isthis, which fome havefet downe, that glaffe being boyled in the juice of Groundfell, and the bloodof a Ramme or Goate,will become as foftas wax, fit ro bee madeinto any forme,which being put into cold water will come tobe hard againe, Huy) Lthough Dioftorides and Galen knew but of one Tripolivm,yet becaufe Lobefhath fet forth another thatisleffe, and Camerarius accounteth another herbe alfo to bea little forethereof, I thinke it not & amifle to make mention of themalfo in this place,and fome othersof later knowledge. I, Tripolinm majus five vulgare, The greater Sea Sratrewort, S Our ordinary Sea Starrewort hath many long and fomewhat, broad leaves,rifing from thé roote next the ground,fmooth, fat and thicke, and of a blewith greene colour, fomewhatlike unto the leaves of Dorias Wougdwort;but muchlefler, from among whichrifeth up fmooth herby or flefhy greene ftalke, two ot three foote high, branched towards the coppés into divers {maller branches, with fuch like leaves on them as gtow belowbut leffer : the flowers rhat ftand at the toppes of themare fomewhat larger and greater theniof the other Italian Statrewort,here before fet forth among the Afters and almoft of the fame colour, having a blewith purple border of leaves ftanding abour a yellow middle thrum, whichafteric hathdone flowring, turneth into downe, and the {mall feede there is blowne away at the will of the winde: the roote hath diversgreater {teings; and many{maller fibres thereat, which grow deepé and fticke falt in the mudde of the marfhie ditches-where ir groweth, 2. Tripelium minus, The leffer Sea Starrewort, The {mall Sea Statre is in all things like the greater, but leffer and lower, bothin roote,leafe ftalke and flower, and in the naturall places obfervednot to exccede the greatnefle of the {mall Conyxa or Fléabane, 3- Tripolinm minus Germanicum, Small Sea Starrewort of Germany. This alfo is very like unto the la{t, burleffe then it, haying a fhorter ftalke and narrower leaves, the flower lour, alfo is {mall and of a more purp! Lobel maketh mention that Afoutonus had in his Garden one hereof with yellow flowers, brit. rather thinke it was another kinde of | nd therefore I make no further mention of ir heres 4. §:. Tripolinm Lyi loronaris folio &alterum Ferule folio, Starrewort with Rofé Campion like leaves, and another with Fennell like leaves. _The {eede of both thefe forts of Starreworts I received trom Signor Boe? from: Lijbone, bur they fprang ‘not with me : butit maybe that with Fennell like leaves was the Ageratumferulacenm ofLugdanenfis. The Place, . The firlt groweth as I faydbefore in the ditches of the fale Marfhessnearé thé Seacoafts in many places of this Land, fo that you fhall hardly miffe itin any falt Marfh in fome place or otherif you looke well for it : the oe ¢cn Mmm |