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Show Theatrum Botanicum, Cuar.11. T Rrispe6, Crap, XL Oxys, Alleluja five Trifolium aceto[um, Wood Sorrell: Sis Here aretwo forts of WoodSorrell, the one familiar enongh in manyplaces ofthis Land,the other a {trangeras farreas I. canJearnc, and onely cherifhed in the Gardensof thofe that are curious,] have as I faid brought thele twoforts from their family, wherethey might otherwifebe renkedthat is among the Trefoilesfor their propertie and namealfo in part. af 1. Trifelinm acetofum Paar. Somme WoodSorrell. The common, WoodSorrell groweth low uponthe ground withoutany ftalke rifing fromit havin of leaves comming from the roote madeofthree leaveslike a Trefoile or Three [eafedpra eeeiy ends, and cutin the middle, of a faintyellowith greene colour, every one {tanding ona long footeftalke, which ar their firft comming up are clofe folded togetherto the ftalke, but opening themfelves afterwards, and areofa fine foure relifh, more pleafing than many ofthe former Sorrells, and yeelding a juyce, which will turne red whenitis clarified,and maketh a moft dainti¢ cleare Syrup:amongthefe leaves rife up diversflender weake foote ftalkés not growing above them,with every oneof them a flowerat the top,confiftingoffive {mall and pointed P leaves {tarre fafhion, ofa white colour in moft places, or in fome dafht over witha {mall fhew of bluth, andin fome x. Trifolium Acetofam Volgare, iscalled 7 vifolivm acetefum of divers, Gxeeke word doth fignifie both fharpeneffe in forme and in tafte, It fome Panis Cuculi, Cickowbreade, eywhichis the famein fignification as I {hid with Oxytriphyllum, and of to bloffome when the Cuckowbegin. beginneth ther becaufe the Cuckowes delight to feede thereon,or thatit one becaule sin theirs fhoppes eAlleluja and Lujula, the neth toutter her voyce; itiscalled by the Apothecarie the other Churches, the in fithg bee to wont was times antient in about that timeit is in flower when Alleluja as Scaliger upon Theophraftes de caKfis plana came corruptly from Iuliolaas they.of Calabria in Naples doe callit,' OAs tarum faith, yer itis there fer downe Alleluja, but { thinke it rather {ould be Liyplae T he otheris ‘called Trifolium aceto{um cornicul atum. Clufius, and Oxys lutea corniculatarepens of Lobel,and of Banbinus ore Inteoof the The Italians call it Frifelio acetofo Pan crtnliand Alleluja, the French Pain de coqu, the Germans Sawerklee, wort,atid Sorrell dubois, Datch Cocckcoexbroct, and wein Englifa Wood Sorrell, W ood fower, Stabbe ry ’ The Uertues, purpofes that they doe, being a3 Wood Sorrell is cold and dry as the orher Sorrells are, and feryeth toallthe in and ulcers inthe month and body, and effe&tuall ifnot more, efpecially in hindring the putrefaction of blood n weake ftos ons, to quench thirlt, ro (trengthe cooling and tempering diftempered heats and inflammati or peand moft fingularly excellent in any, contagious ficknelle macke, to procure an appetite, to flay vomiting, the catrfes aforefaid, and fois the diftiiléd.waftilentiall Feaver, the Syrupe made of the juice is effectual in all otitw:rdly to any hor tutors and ter ofthe herbe alfo: Spunges or linenclothes wetin the juice and applyed juice taken into the mouthand there gargled inflammations doth exceedingly coole and helpe them : the fame ly helpe a ftinking foule Canker or Vieer therefor fome time,and after {pit forth and freth taken, will wonderful Exar. XII, Atriplexfylueftru. Wilde Atrache. 2, Oxys luteo flore. there remaine divers He two forts of garden Artache are already fet forth in my former booke, Gardens,as other forts to be declared, as well {uchas for their raritie and beauty wee nurfeup inour grow wilde,whereunto! would alfo joyne the Sea plantto fet them all together. Wood Sorrell with yellow flowers. This Wood Sorrell fhooteth forth divers flender weake reddith ftalkestrailing upon the ground, and taking roote at the joynts as they lie, fpread inte many branches with many leaves on them, {tanding fingly one above another, and made of 3. leaves cut in at the ends like the former, but are much {maller;and of paler greene colour-at the joynts with the leaves come forth three or foure fmall‘flowers 1. Atriplex baccifera rnbra, Thered berried Arrache. the broad leahigh,or more orleffe asthe place where it groweth will produce; witha {mall cornered leafe like from the fed wilde Arrache, {erat the joynts one above another,and at every of the faid joynts with the leafe a Mulberry, lowelt almoft (andeth a {mallred berry,clufter fafhion, that is many {mall graynes fet together like being bruifed cleare and almoft tran{parant, full ofan excellent juice, as red as blood or Claret wine, which together, at the end of along footeftalke, yet each feparate berry upon the backe of the hand while itis. frefh will feeme as if youhad drawnebloodont thereof 5. which being dry groweth blackifh, and coxtaineth withinit {mall blackifh feede, and will {till {pring up every yeare, i ifir be fuffered to fhed : the rooteis {mall andfibrous perifhing after feede time. 2. Atriplex [yloeftris lappulas babens. Wilde Arrache with {mall berries, ah hand breadth exceede not doe whofebranches This Arrache likewife is {mall even {maller then the other, orhatfea foote at the moft, fet withfuch like {mall cornered and pointed leaves as in the other, every one ftan- 2. Oxys luteo lore. Wood Sorxell with yellow flowe's. forth two 2 upon a {hort footeftalke, at every joynt with the ieafe even almoft from the bottome coummeth ched when theyare ripe, and {pring upagaine allabout where it grew; it abideth the Winter wichou perifhing, if ic be not too violent, elf¢ chey will rot and perifh,& mutt be new fowneagaine. The Place, The firft, as I faid, stoweth plentifully very {mall berries or burres, of the bigneffe ofa Coriander feede, containing therein {mall blacke-feede like the laft : the rooteis {mall and wooddyperifhing every yeare after feedetime. Of this kicd there is another chat ; : beareth greater burres,leaves,and {talkes,notdiffering in any thing elfe. 3. Atriplexfylueftris fru btu compreffo rofeo, Wilde Arrache with fiat Rofelike berries... This other wilde Arrache hath a whitith hard round falke, about a foote anda halfe high ; {preading forth into manythe like branches, and they againe footing forth other fmaller ones, which bow themfelves downe alittle, whereonare placed {mall hoary or mealy leaves,no bigger thenthe nayle of ones finger, wavedand cut on the edges, like the wilde Arrache called. Goofefoote, every one clofing the ftalke and. branches yet fo fet in aRofe ng of th that the brims or edges are betweene them fomewhat like unto the d, in every one of which foure aforefaid eminencés is contained one flat feede of a reafona- broad and flat coloryed fruite, ences at the brit 3 or edges, ble bignefl : 4. Atriplex marinarepens. Creeping Sea Arrache. This Sea Arrache creepeth upon the ground with manyhoary white branches and mealy white leaves fer on them without order, cut in on the edges or nere at thebottome, and pointed arthe ends, fomewhat like unto ; at the toppes ofthe branches growdivers flender hoaryyellowith {pikes of feedefee ote leafe a fmall G the roote is great with many ftringsandperifhech not,and is o¥a faltith tafte although ike ch clofe tog Wood fides’ where they may -be moilt and thadowed, andin Time bredupina Garden, fometimes it will turne reddifh like the Garden red Arsache and fometimes nothing fo r The firkt Aowreth early in Aprill and Cte ie ; ; E : . the Astume colds pegs an the feede ietibe filthseasgeOe” Sie Sa eioeree se, fonyet aaa It is generally takentobe the Oxys of Phix bani Anes ma sDal the Oxyzriphyllum, alchough rane Ba . Sod tie in his 37 Booke, and rz. Chaprér, but not iat that i¢ is an other herbe whole fh cuna di fo callit, becaufe the name did fomewhat agrée thereto, Whole tharpe pointed leaves, andnot the fharpe tafte caufed this name, for é&:' the z= Grecke mealy but rather greene, 5. “Atriplex maritima angufifolia. Narrowleafed Sea Arrache. _ It groweth up withan hoary and wooddy ftalke a foote high, {pread at the toppe into many finalf brariches {potted with blacke fpots,which end inlong yellow fpikes of clultering {cede like the former, the leaves that growbeloware fomewhatlong and narrow about two inches long, of adarke greene colour with fom¢ corners 4 about the edges bu fmaller as they grow higher. 6, Atriplex [ylueftria velgatiorfinuata. The gteater common wild ArracheThe greater common wild Arrache hath (trong round hard ftalkes and branches, with large leaves on oe thofe ; S{fa 7 aA se sere other places that are not too much open to the Sun : the other groweth in divers Portaoe abont Sevillin Spaine, and in Gardensat Mompelier } into cor without anyfooteftaike ; at every of the(¢leaves commethforth a moft dairy, made as it were of leaves, rayfed upa little in the middle, having foure ott in many places of our Land; in Woods, and pate = This béaurifall {mall plant fendech forth divers flender branches fomewliat wooddy, about a foore “from other, confifting of fmall and pointed leaves like the other, but of a yellowcolour : the fecde that followeth is brownifh like the other, but contained in fmaller and longer headslike cods or hornes, yet not crooked but’ pointed {mall which quickly fall away being tou- Cuar. 12) 747 TheT heater of Plants. bleeding andtg in : itis alfo fingular good in wounds, punétures, thrufts and ftabbes into the body, to ftay the the clenfe and heale the woundsfpeedily , and helpeth well alfo to ftay any hot defluxions or eatarrhes upon Throat and Lungs. Commena WoodSorrell. but onthe backe fide onely : ofany other colour (although fome have fecdownethat it beareth deepe coloured flowers ) I havenotfeene: after the flowers are paft, follow {mall round heads, with{mall yellowith feede in them : the rootesare nothing but threads or {mall {trings faftened tothe end ofa {mall long peece, all of them being ofa yellowifh colour not perifhing every yeate, but abiding with fome leaves thereon in the Winter. Trripe 6, ae 746 |