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Show Tr Theatrum Botanicum, 3E Te Thla/pi amarum of Lagdonenfis,as who {0 will well compare them fhall finde: the fourth is Baubinus bk 2 gram feridum + the fift Bashinus faith was fent by the name of Bricorrves, and that Alpinus called it P/eh,;ats inue « But callethit himfelfe A4yagrm mono/permon latifoliam:: the fixthe alfocalleth (Myagrum monospermon the lalt Bawhinus faich grew with his brother Jobe’ Bashinus at Mount Belgrade by the name ofa ALjagrumang therefore he calleth iv CAZyagro.fimilis filiqua rotdinda, but faith ic was called a Lepidinmat Mompelier, andyar Doéor Doldins fentit him from Norimberge bythe name of Thlasfi. The Vertues, Theoylineffe of the feede of Ayagrum fervethas Dio/corides faith,to makethe skinne fmooththat is tugged x anypatt of the body, and Galen {aiththat the {eede being oyly hath an emplafticke or clammy quality thereiy Pliny faith and Reellins as it fhould feeme'from him, that the oyle thereof helpeth the Vicers of the month,if be therewith ahnointed : the oyle of the feedeis of much ufe in Germany and other places where they fow ma, ny fields therewithjand is ufed as I faid both forthe poore ‘mens-tables and rich mens: Lampes, andfervethalfo witha lye made ofthes to make Sope, for which purpofesit is moft ufed; the oyle thereof being as I faid fo like unto the true oyle of Sears being hot and caufing thirlt ifit bee drunke as the trne oyle of Sefamnm doth, mayfafelybe ufedin the fteadthereof, and nodoubr will performe the like effets or very neere that the true oyle will. The fecond fort isin qualitie very neare the former, and although the hetbe as the feede alfo while it is greene,is ‘fo bitter that no creature will tafte thereof, yet when they aredry they loofe their birterneffe, and the feede efpecially becommeth fo fweete as no other can bee more acceptable to finall birds as Linets, Finches and the like to feedeupon: the third being called in many places Worme fecde, and I thereupon calling it Exg- Cuar,20. The Theater of Plants. TRIBE 7. Moly Theophrafiifrve Homeri. The Great Moly of Theophraffus oxHomers We, WY Moly serpentinura. Serpents Moly. WG SASSY Wa Wee, sR 72S eaae Cuar.29. 870 life Worme feede, but by Gerard Treakle Worme feede is much ufed by the. countrey peoplewhere it growethto kill the wormes in children, the feede being a little bruifed and given in drinke or any other way. The other forts I have not knowne to be ufed toany purpofe,either inward or outward for meate or medicine,and therefore let this faffice untill we can underftand with what vertues they are endued to be related. Cuap. XXIX, Cepacesim genus. The fharpe Onion rooted kindes. D SPARSEpe,Porrum, Allium,Onions,Leekes and Garlicke as under one kind, are to be referredunto this Claffis, of many whereof Ihave amply entreated in my former booke, of which I fhall fay little here, but of 2 fome others not there {pecified, namelyof other fundry forts of Garlicke, yet I thinke good to recite - fome of che names of the other,and give you fome of their Figures. Of Onions¢comming very likely of the Latine Vio, becanfe the roote is fingle, not giving off-{ets or Encréafe as other bulbous rootes doe) there isthe ordinary round white one; the flat'and the long both fharpe and {weete, and the greater and leffer red flat, fome onely on the out- fide, others red quite through : the Squill or Sea Onion, I have there fhewed to'be no Onion: Of the ordinary fore of Leekes,there isa rer and aleffer, called Ampelo. pralfum the French or Vine Leeke; Cives calied Schenoprajfum whichare the {inalleft,and Scalions,accounted by fome, to be of the kindes of Onions rather then Leekes, becaufe they arecalled (‘epe Afcalonice, or Afcalonitides, and maybe the GethyumofTheophrastus, which fomecall Gethyllis, Lobel taketh itto be Balbus Setanius of Theo- phrafiwsand Pliny. Belides thefe, Lobel mentioneth a faodornm Syriacnia, wilde Leeke, without fent or tafte, whichis like the Gar= den kinde,but fmailer. And Tabermontanus one of Syria with large leaves. Of the tame or Garden Garlik, as well as of the wilde; Thave giventhe defcriptions of divers, both AlivmUrfinum Ranifons, and oly of fundryforts; as ALoly Indicum bulbiferam five Caucafon. Moly Homericum vel Theo-« phrafti. Moly Pannonicum bulbiferum of two forts. 4Loly Serpentinum, Moly caule &folis triangularibus. Moly Narciffinis folys, Atoly montannm latifolium luteo flore. Moly Pyreneum purpureum. Moly latifolium parpureum Eiifpanicum, Moly purpnreum Neapolitanum. Moly pyxidatum argenterm Hifpanicum, Moly ferotinum Coniferum, Moly Diofcorideum & alterum Hifpanicum, and Moly ©Mofchatumvel Zibettinum Mon|pelienfes The reft are hereto follow. I. Alliumfylueftre. Crow Garlicke. The Crow or wilde Garlicke is of two forts; each of them hath fundry narrow longleaves like graffe, the one fofter, and the other ftiffer and harder,from among which sifeup one of twoflenderbareftalkes, bearing a tuft of purplith flowers, and blackith feedeafter them:the roate is long andsound with three:coatcs, or feverall peelings, : Lis PAYIN— SS a oe te % Ampelopral]um Vine Leekes, 1.2, Alium fyluefive & Alia angxinawa. Crovw Garlike, and {potted or Snakelike Ramfons. 871 |