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Show 978 Cu ar.25, Fheatrum Botanicum, FeipeS ae 2. Cichorium pratenfelutenm levius, Smooth yellow Succory, This other yellow Succoryhath long andlarge leaves, as {mooth asSuccory, but of a whiter gréene colour. a in on the edges,but not fo muchnorfo deepe as the former: the ftalkes rife not up fo high nor are fo much Ch ched, the leaves thereon areleffe cut in, and up higherlittle of nothing at all the greene heads: that fand at the toppes of the branches are greater,and the flowersthat {pring ont of them are larger and more donble;fomewhat like thofe of Dandelion of a yellow colour, which turne into downe,and the feedetherewith blowne awa with the winde = the rooteis full ofa bitter milke. uN 3. Cichorinm[ylueftre Hifpanicum pumilum, Dwarfe Spanifs yellow Succory, Of this lat kinde Guillaine Boel found a dwarfe plant neare the Sea in the Ifle of Cales in Spainewhich by mine ownhefight and C/ufies judgement,as herecordeth ic in his C#re Pofteriores diftereth not in any thing fie the laft- batin growingleffe in every part. Why Bashinss fhould make this a\‘Dens Leonisrather then the former. (which for their feedes fake may be fo accountéd) as he ferteth it downein his Piva, I cannot {ee any jutt caule for fure I am he never fawthe plant, & anus oculatus teftis, He. 4. Cichorium veficarium pratenfe, Bliftered yellow Succory, This kinde of Succory is in forme of leaves,bigneffe,and colourfo like unto the ordinary Garden Succory that it is often taken for the fame, efpecially in the W inter and the beginning of the Spring time, before it be ees to fhoote upftalkes, for during that time it {preadeth his many leaves round upon the ground, ‘Geib esbead and whole, almoft without or with very few devifions or jaggés, and fometimesalfo fomewhat hairy or rough. in others {mooth and more divided, of a fhining greenecolour: from the middle of them groweth a A : bladder, out of which in the Spring rifeth up around Haity ftalke parted into many branches, fomewhat rou h andcrefted, fet with leffer divided but fhorter and broaderleaves then thofe below, at the toppe whereof os of the skinny bladder doe the flowers breake forth many {tanding together, ‘each upon a footeltalke, each rifin out ofa long greene huskelike unto thofe of Hawkeweede and confilt of many yellowifh leaves, fomewhat plith underneath with fundry threds asa thrumme in the middle, which tutne into downe, and with the feede is carryed awayat the will of the winde : therooteis fomewhat long and: flender, blackifh on the outfide, and white within, yeelding a bitter milke as the ret of the plant doth, 5. Cichoritm dulce Neapolitanam. Sweete yellow Succory of Naples. - The fweete Succory isin the forme'and divifions of the leaves very like unto the uftiall wilde Suecory,yet not fo deepely gafhed,but thicker in feeling, covered with a fine foft hairineffe not rough atall,and of a darke greene colonr:the {talkerifeth to be two foote high or more,round, firme and whitith becaufe of the hoarineffe thereon fometimes breaking ont into branches toward the toppe,fet with fhorter fomewhat broader and more divided leaves then below,clofing theftalkes at the bottomes, having at their toppes greene hairy heads or huskes and gold yellow flowers in long hairy huskeslike unto the Hawkeweedes,;which growing greater when they are ripe within them is contained very {mall long brownith {eede,. with a:fine white downe on them,and both carried away withthe winde,the rooteis long and blackifh on the outfideand white within, fo full éf afweet 5. Cichsrium du‘ce N, eapolitanum, Sweete yellow Succory of Naples: 8. Zacyuthafive Cichorivm verracarium, Warted Succory. T ripe 6. The Theater ofPlants, Cuar, 25. 779 milke without any bitterneffe at alland foisthe reft of the plant, chat it will grow hard likeagum if it bee not but fuffered to abide, rubbed away 6.. Cicherinm montanum afperum, Rough Mountaine Succory. This mountaine Succory hath divers long narrow leaves next the groundvery fharpely dented about the edges butnot divided or cut in atall, rough alfo all over : from among which rifeth up a flake branched forth with fuch like leaves fet thereon and divers large double yellow flowers like untothofe of Dandelion at the roppes, which turne into downeasthe reft and blowne away: the roote confifteth of many long {trings, Cichorium tomentofumfatidum. Strong ot-ill ented hoary Saccory, This kind of ill {ented hoary Succory froma thicke roote fendeth forth fundry .weake, round, hairy or hoary flalkes about two foote or more high, having divers large long bairy or hoary leaves next the, ground, deepely afhed inon both fides, fomewhatlike to Succory leaves, parted into many branches withlefler leavesthereon then thofebelow, and leffer cut alfo, atthe toppes of whom ftand many pale yellow flowers'in greene huskes; like unto Groundfell which quickly fade in like manner turning into downe, which withthe feede is: carried awayin the winde: this herbe hath fomewhat an illor ftrong fent with it, yet more in the horter time of the yeare then elfe, which procured it the denomination of fetidum {tinking. 8. Zacjnthafive Cichorium Verrncarinm, Warted Succory. ' The warted Succory {preadethfundry long andfomewhathairy greeneleaves next the ground, cutior divided onthe edgesinto deepe dents, butnot deepegathes, fomewhat refembling Succory leaves : the ftraked. ftalkes divide themfelves into fomeleffer branches witha fimalllong leafe at every joynt broad below and compaffing iraboutat the bortomes the flowers grow feverally atthe toppes and upper joynts of the branches upon there footettalkes being {mall and yellow, .compofed of divers {mall yellow leaves, broad-pointed and nickedin, which turne not into downeas the otherforts before doe,bur into {mall round and flat hard heads, parted at the brimsinto fandry bunches or knobbeslike unto wartes withalittle tft or crowne in the middle, in each bunch whereof is contained a kernell or feede : the raote is {mall and {tringy dying every yeare after feedetime, and never abiding a Winter unleffe it {pring up fromthe feede in Autumne, ; The Place, The firft woforts and the fixt are many times found, inour medowes and other moilt grounds taken by mof; for kinds of Hawkeweeds and fo the lefle regarded : the fourth and fift Coéa7n.2 found: on the hills in Naples ; the feaventhis often foundin fandy grounds and by woods and hedges fides : and the laft is thought to grow in the Ifland Zacyntha from whenceit was broughtinto Iraly,and thence into other parts, buc Pewfaith it groweth in divers places in Italy, The Time. They doe all flower and feede aboutthe fametimeof the other Succories, except the fecond, which flowreth earlier then the reft. The Names: Allthefe herbes are accounted feverallforts of Succory by many writers, and fome of them (that is thofe of Naples asColumnafaith) are wfed in the ftead of the true Succory with good fucceffe, but as I faid before they are but baftard forts which their {eedes declare, being rather Hawkeweedes as.I doe thinke : The firlt is called by Ge/nerin Colle€ioneftirpinm Hieratium pratenfe afperum, by Tabermontanus and Gerard Cichorium lutenm, by Thalius Intubus fylveftrisfive Cichorinmfylveftre flore luteo, Tragus makethit his Cichorea 2. floreluteo, and Cafal-~ pinus calleth it Laétariola altera: the {econd is the Cichoreum luteuws pratenfé of Lobel in Adverfariys and Hedipnois Plinij and eAphaca Theephrasti in his Obfervations, as Dalechampius before him. had done, and.as Lagat nenfis fetteth is downe for Aphace Dalechampy, Cefalpinus calleth it Exdivia fylveff is, and Garard-Dens leonis Cichorizata, Dodonats and Tabermontanas make it their third kind of Dens leonts, and Barbinuscalleth it Cicho~ vinws pratenfe, luteam Levins ; the thitdis fufficiently expreffed in the defcription: the fourthand fitt Colamna ma~ keth mention of, theone under the name of Cichorium (ylueftre veficarium prarenfe, and the other of Cichoriums [ylveftre ajperum dmueds,five Cichorinm dulce, which Baxbinus numbreth among the Sow Thiltles and calleth ie Sonchus latifolius leviter hirfutus 3 The fixt is Tabermontanys ninth fore of Hieracinm,whichhe calleth Hieracia um Intabacenma[perum, and Gerard Hieratinm esperum: the alt was firlt called by Matthielus Zacyntha five Ci chorium verrucariumand {0 doth (lafins alfo: but Lobe! in his Obfervations, Fol. 16. (inealling ir Ch i) verrucaria, Chondrilla prior Diofcoridis Clufii Zacyntha Matthioli) doth foulely confound the two plants of AZar- thiolus and Clufius together,for he there giveth the thicke woolly leaves of Cl is i of Aatrhiolws which hath greene leaves, and makethit firft to have crefted heads of feede as the true Zacyntha hath, and afterwards faith the floweris yellow, &c. flying away in downe utterly contrarying himfelfe, which Clufizs tooke knowledge of and found faule with him for it, and thereupon fet forth the true figure and defcrip- tion of it in his hiftory of plants : Ge/wer in hortis calleth it Verrucaria Seridisfhecies and Cefalpinus Condrille pecies in raderibus, whereupon Bawhians putteth it among his Chondrillas, andcalleth it Chondrslla verrucaria folys Intubaceis viridibus: the Italians call it Mazzeo di Cavalliero and Maxx ferrata, The Vertues, 1 : Thefe kinds of Succori¢s except the Neapolitane and the laft are nor ufed in Phyficke that I know but they, thatisthe Neapolirane kindsas Col#mua faith are there ufed in {tead of che true Succory,being fo like ic that as £ faid in the defcription they foone deceive one, miftaking one for. another yet ufed with good fucceffe whereby We mayjudge ofthe others not to, be much differing, and therefore untill fome further and more -certaine experience bee made of them, let this advife ferve for the prefenc. AZarthislus hath givenus firlt knowledge of the propertie ofZacyntha or warted Succory, from Calzolariu of Verona, who by prattife had found it to be availeable to take away warts from the hands by onceeating the leaves asa Sallet ; and A¢arthio'ws faith that by his owneéxperience a dram ofthe feede in powder taken forcertaine dayes togethet in white wine to bedwards tooke away the warts from ones hands that was wonderfully peftered with them:but Pena denying that the once eating of the leaves willdoe any good,butyet faith that ifthe juice of the leayes bee ufed to bathe the warts, it will extirpate them moft certainely as he and divers other found by their experience, the {amealfo caken in wine helpech the biting of a mad Dog. Cuar. HAP, |