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Show Geranivn Cretcum. Geraniumtrifte five Indien wn notte olens. Swecte Zidiaz Cranes bill, Candy Cranes bill. TRiBe.5. The Theater of Plants, acento 3 l which oftentimes turne reddith : at the toppesof the {talke come forth divers flowerssmadeoffive leaves, mach largerthen the Muske Cranes bill or Doves foote( Lobe/ maketha differencein the flowers fome tobe larger thea others) and of a more reddifh colour : after which come beake heads. as in. others, which are not {mall nor very great : theroote is {mall and threddy, and {melleth asthe whole plant elfe doth, very ftrong almoft tekite, 9. Geraninm Robertianum majws, The greater herbe Robert, This kierbe Robert rifeth up with divers flender hairy reddifh{talkes three foote high, ar the joynts whereof ftand leavesuponfhiorter yet reddith footftalkes, divided at the ends moft ufually buc into three parts, as large or rather more then the former, and turning red likewife : the flowersare pnrplith red, and ofthe fame bigneffe and fo are the feede and beake héads, the rooté is wholly red both within and withont, not fmelling fo {trong as the former. The Place, Thé two firlt grow wilde in many placés of this Land,as well in medowesas walt grounds,thefirft is cherithed for the fent in Gardens,more then the other, which is found fometimes upon Heaths,and dry gravelly places,but much fmaller then in the better grounds ; the third was foundby Colwmnain Naples upon thehills there : the fourth atthe Northfide of A4ons /wpus by Afompelier : the fift in the Indies :the fixt by ~Mompelier alfo: the {eventh on mount Ba/dus : the eighthis frequent every where by wayfides, upon ditch banks and wafte grounds wherefoever one goeth, bucthe laft is not fo cn sabe other, yet often feene and found, x « e Ime, Theyflowerin Z#ne and Iuly chiefely,and their feedeis foone ripe after. The Names, Thisis called Geraninm Mofchatum,Acus mofchata, and Acus paftoris of fome,although the Scandix or PeéFen Ves nerisris fo called alfo, offome alfo Roftrum Ciconie,and taken to be the Adyrrbida Pliny ; AMatthiolw maketh it hig third Geranism in his la{t Edition,butthefirft inhis former by the nameof Cicurefolio. Dodoneus Geraniz fupinum; and Bauhinus Geranisim Cicutefolio Mdofchatum:the fecondisjcalled Geranium gruinum by Dodoneus, and mints by Tragus and Tabermontanns, and byothers vuigatum inodorum,and Mofchatum inodorum : the third is called by Columna Geranium Apulum Coriandrifolio alterum odorum the fourth is called by thofe of Aompelier as itisinthe title : the fift Cornatus calleth Geraninm triste : the fixt is called by Bauhinon, Geranium @icutefolio acn longiffima: the feventhis called by Pona Geranium Alpinum,longius radicatum:the eighth is generally called Geranium Robers tianum and Repertianitand herba Roberti or Ruperti, Angnillara calleth it Panax Heraclenm: itis certdinely taken of many the beft of our moderne writers to be the Sideritis tertia Diofcorids, which Cratevashefaith called Hea raclea,whofe leavesare like thofe of Coriander,yet Columna taketh the Diapenfia Sanicle tobeit’s the laft is cal* led by Lobel Gerani Robertiani altera fpecies, by Dodoneus Geranium gruinale, and isthe Geranium Violacenm of Gerard,and Taberimontanut whom hefolloweth, the Germanes call this Blndwurtz,id eff, Sanguinaria radix. The Vertues, . Geranium Robertianum vulgare. The common Herbe Robert, Thefe kinds of €ranesbills are neare the temnprature of the former, and may performeall the propertiés found in them, bnt the twofirlt forts here expreffed are held moré availeable for the mother to fettlé it in the place whenit is fallen downe, Herbe Robert isnot onely commended againft the ftone, buttoftay blood, where ot howfoever flowing, and fo is the laft alfo, asalfo {peedily toheale all greene wounds, andiscffeGtuall alfo in old ulcets,in the fecrét as well as in the otherparts, Guar Tabacco Anglicum, CIX; Englifo Tabacco? Have in my former book given you thé knowledgéof divers forts of Tabacco, fuch as for their lows ers fake mightbe fit to be nourfed up in gardens ; there remaineth one fort more, which is planted more for the ufe of Phificke and Chirurgery then for any other refpe& whereof f meane to fpeake ed VE \. HY) thicke, fat and flefhy greeneleaves, nothing fo large as the other Indian kinds, neither for breadth orlength, fomewhat round pointed alfo and nothing dented about the edges: thé ftalke brancheth forth, and beareth at the toppes divers flowers,let in greene huskeslike the other, but they-are nothing folatge, fcarfe ftan= ding above the brims ofthe huskes, round pointed alfo,and ofa greenith yellow colour: the feede that followeth isnot fobright but larger thenit, conteined in the like, and as great-heads : the rootes are neither fo great or Wwooddy,and perifh every yeare; with the deepefrofts in winter, butrifeth generally of the {ede that is fuffred’ to thed it felfe. The Place; ‘ This cameas it is thought from fomepart of Bra/file,and.is more farhiliar to our countréy then the other Indian forts,early giving ripe feede when as the others feldome doe. \ SS DPWe E{ X in this Chapter. Jt rifeth up witha thicke roundftalkejabout twofoote high, whereon doe grow z 7. Geranium Alpinumlengius radicatum Pond. Mouwntaine Cranes bill with long rootes. Z 5. E Trips. 5, Theatrum Botanicum. \ ee CHar.tod. \ ‘\ 916 ; The Time, . It flowreth from June fometimesunto the end of «xguft or later, and the féede ripéneth in’ the meand time, e The Names; The name Pets wherebyit iscalled,is propérly ftom Bra/fll,as 1am given to underftand, and yet fome have afiirmedthat this herbeis nor the right herbe, the Indians there fo called, wee receivedit by that name whichis focontinued. Ic is thoughtalfo by fome that John Nicot the French man, being agentin Portugal for the French King, fentthis fort of Tabacco and not any othér to the French Queene,andis called thereupon herba Regina, and from himifelfe Nicotiana,whichis probable becaufe che Portugals and not the Spaniards were mafters of Tete : Ppp 2 = |