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Show rhe go8 Cuar.ts. Tbeatrum Botanicum. T rise, Candy, and foméin our owne countty; and although fome of them be entituled of Candy, yet that isbutto ano Cuar. XVI. {werthat kinde which Diofcorides doth fo call, as likewife that of Pelopone/us in Greece, and that of Ethiopia s and moft of them Moe beare ripe feede with us before the end of Summer, if care be had in the ordering and keeping of them, icke or Sermountaine of Liguria, Ligufticnm verum five Siler montantm, Libilt The Names, Siow: in Greeke, is likewife called Se/e/i in Latine, and of fome Sile, The firlt is taken by Lobel to be the true Sefeli Maffilienfium of Dio/coridesbecanfe there is not about ALar/ees & Mompelierany otherherbe that anfwee reth fo truely unto the defeription thereof by Dio/corides as this doth, and Clufixs alfo conienteth hereunto, and fo calleth ic. Lobe? faith alfo that formerly it wascalled by the ftudents, and others there, Faniculum turtuofum, be« caufe the ftalke groweth feldome upright but crooked the fecond is the other Se/eli CUaffilienfe of Lobel, which he calleth Ferule aut Dauci (reticifacie,& the Sefeli Maffilicnfe of Aatthiolw, againft whom Lee/ contefteth for Affirming that it grewonthe hills by Trent, wherehe faith, itisnot to be found, nor yet on Baldi, which is more fruitfulin rare plants than they are, and but onely to be found ahout Afompelier, andat the foote of Mount Fiaf: cone in Italy, which isin the Way from ‘Rome to Sienna, Camerarins callethit Sefeli Maffilienfe nonuullorum, and faith Lucas Ghinws affirmed to have feene twentie forts of herbes called all by that name, Ge/ner in horto, Lugdaa nenfisand others, doe meanethis kinde that theycall AZafilien/e : the third Lobel alfo calleth Se/eli pratenfe Mora eclienfium, which Gefver in borto thinketh isthe Ligufticum of Matthiolus, Dedonaws callethit Siler alterum pra= RRS face neare core Ig toFO your sorfidaraniom both of themin this Ligu/ticum Uhave twoforts to bring F thi susan . be trueft. to held is which that ¢ i ke or Sermountaine of Liguria, F Libiltic e Thetru Sifelios, e ria ear foote tig S The siacdiaisornine of Liguriarifeth up with a round joynted {talke twoor three fpread winged leaves, divided into many ‘ hat the bottome and at the joynts large fomewhatliké te it, yet it is not the fame as he there fheweth: the fift is called by Bashinus Sefeli pratenfe tennifom lium fiveDanceides pratenfis tenuifolivs de(cribed in his Prodromus, as though none had expreft it before, when 22 itis the very fame P aftinaca nigra of Cordys {poken off before,as any that will compare them together fhall eafily finde : the fixt Camerarius in horto defcribed, but Baubinus in Prodromo giveth the figure of it, which none had done before : the feventhis called Tordylion five Sefeli Creticum majus by Lobel and Lagdunenfis sand Sefeli Cretia cum majus by Camerarin ; Cafalpinus faith, that in Iraly it is called P impinella Romane alterum genus [yloeftre s the cighs.is the Ordilion Nicandri, and Tordylion Diofcoridis by Anguilara, Tordylion and Gordilion by Dodonaus, Gef~ ner, and others, and Se/eliCreticum by Lohel, Dedonaws and others ;Cefalpinus and Columma{aith, this is commons ly called in Italy Pimpinella Romana and familiarly eaten asa {allet herbe, and Bellonius faith, thatthisisthe Caf- calitra, that is Caucalis whichis ufed in Candy and Greece, as Honoris Bellu Sheweth in his firlt Epiftle to-C/us Jfius : the ninthis fet forth by (o/#mna, by the nameof Tordylion majus alterum luteum: and the tenth is Tordyli- um minimum Apulum alterumby him alfos the eleventh is thought by Banhinusto bethe Levifticum altersm of Lobeland Lugdunenfis,Ligufticum fecundum herbariorum of Tabermontanus,but I thinke it doth better agree untothe next, andis the Se/¢/4 primum montanum of Clufius, called by Banhinus Sefeli montanumfolio Cicute glabrum, and thinketh it may be the Se/elé Peloponefiacum of Dicfcorides : the twelfth is fet forth by Baxbinus asitis inthe title : the thirteenth is the true Se/elé Peloponenfe folio Cicute Diofcoridis, as Lebelfaith, and fo taken by thelear. oa aud fometimes foure, fet one fesin ll footettalkes beare ufually two leaves leaves, almoft equa aes he fel and fhorter then Sow:Fennell \ broadereh the er aerar end, eacl h bei‘ne much at the branches Rey few largerby into a{ede three alwayes andfr ng at the toppes her, ahd d {preadifail : little rubbed, heise: brownifh yellow a bee they ‘ fentif fweete afmall of toMellilot, long, them after t and rs e i Bowe bearij ng very large umbells of white r, ftriped on both fides and winged,with yellow fhining halfe then Cumin feede, twoalwayes Joy > an and tafte : the rooteis long gréat and whitifh onthe ontfide, fent hot e fharp e quick ‘wings atthe edges, and ofa ife abiding long, E of a hot fharpe fentandeeeeseePifslinm, Narrowleafed Sermountaine, tenfe, Bashinus thinketh it may be the Silas Plsnij in ib,26, c. 8. and withall faithit is the Paftinaca nigra of Cor- dus in his hiftory, which in my jadgement differeth much from it, for that of Cordus hath divided leaves like wilde Carrots, andthis like Fennell, that hath yellowifhflowers, this white, and the feede likewile {eemeth to be more fharpe, which is not foundin this, although growing in a hotter climate, Tabermontanes calleth it Hip. pomaratbrum : the fourth Lobel calleth Saxifraga Anglorum facie Se(eli pratenfis Monsfelienfium,for although it be Cuar.i6. 909 TheT beater of Plants. Prive. ine i i hes,which beare {mall umbells of branches, i into divided hig divided Labout a cubitit high fhor- Sow-Fennell but much i. manythinne {mall leaves like unto | : har eae oe vkfew ae ely cut like haires, and at the toppes morefin eae be The Place and Time, tho fe towards ter,and Se fel. t as Gefner laithi it 1s x, Siler montanum vulgo Sifelios. \ The truc Libifticke or Ser mountaine of Ligurids 2. Siler montanum angu/Pifoliam, Narrow leafed Ser mounraine, ye Lobel faith, all other authours acknowledgethe verity thereof, onely AZatthiolvs maketh a doubt whether his g WY \ l 4 Wes Sefeli eEthiopicum ( which isan herbe and no fhrubbe, and well knowne now tobethe Libanoris Theophrafti) orthis eEthiopicum, whichhe calleth alterwm fhould be the truer, for thatas he faith they bothrefembleit very well, but Zebe?taxeth him toobitterly for it: the laft hath his name in histitle asI receivedir, and isnot the Daucus Creticus nodo[us before. The Vertnes, ThetrueSe/els Adafilienfe iscommended by Diofeorides to helpe the ftrangury, and the ftraightneffe of breath, as alfo the fuffocations of the mother, provoketh their courfes, and expelleth the dead child, helpethalfo the falling fickneffe, old coughes, andall otherinward griefes, either the roote or the feede being taken in wine: the feede drunke in wine doth helpe digeftion, expelleth winde and the paines in the bowells: it helpeth thofe that have taken cold in their journey, ifthey drinke it in wine with fome pepper: itis given to Goates and other cattle to facilitarethe delivery of their young. Pliny faich that womenule it before their delivery of child ( be= ing taught by Hindesthateate Se/els’s to {peede their delivery, as Ariftotle did declareit before) to helpe them at that time, Gales fheweth that the rootes of Sefeli, {peaking in generall of them all, are fo powerfull in heating that cornpraale urine, and are of thine parts, that they helpe the falling fickneffe, &c, the other Se/e/r’sfaith Diofcorides,have the fame facultie and operation: the Candy Se/eli is good to provoke uring, if it be topped or hin- NES dered, and womenscourfesalfo : the juyce taken with the feede in wine for tenne dayes together helpeth the old or yong,and is much given to fucking children forthefrets, as women call it, which is windein their bodies and ftomackes, The Ethiopian Sefeli is preferred for the fingular vertues therein, beyondall the other forts of Se feli,and therefore moft fit ofall other to be ufed in medicines efpecially thofe two notable great compofitions, Mithridatumand Theriaca Andromachi, and Lobel heweththat he gathered about Ason-pelier at atime fo much, that he fent thereof to Venice and other places fufficientfor them toufein the {aid compofitions:the reft ofthem arelittle or not at all ufed to any phyficall purpofe., Cc ; HAPe SOAS . i hen Se/élz,_althoug tooke the name fromSits whereby, ieAe SNly "Pliny (heweththat. Siler ae wus calle see ned at Afompelier as I fhewed before, and therefore thought fit tofet it forth with them althoughhis Peleponen{e drunke in wine,tohelpe tobreake and expell the {tone,to provoke urine,and to expell wind, and the chollicke in Diy onefieet okth ipeft Se ill sie is placed with the Thapfias: the fourteenthis alfo taken at AZompelier for the true Se/elieEthiopicum Diofcoridis,as paines of the kidneyes, and driveth forth the ftone engendered therein: theroote being taken with honeyis goodto breake the flegme in coughes,and to canfeit eafily to be {pit forth; Paulus eLgineta faith, that Tordylinm taketh away bruifes, and the blacke and blew {pots that comebyftroakes or otherwife if one part of Terra Sa= mia be put to two parts thereof, and laid to with hony. OurExglifa Se(eli or Saxifrage is wellexperimented and muchufed by country people, either the juyce or the decottion or the diftilled water orthe fede in powder, and OE sto Taiee) pur ani hills in Liguria, whofe PushSts is Gena: is found plentifully growing onthe Appenine unleffe ina warme,kindlyt;eafon. i pri feede ripe beare 22 feldome ne Names, The ; ( caitsaildoe otne: entrees Drakes of pone? true the is thatit times of thefe is fappofed by thé molt judicious writers pe Hisi iebath and metas andtookethe Loyd from ree Hicum, og alenGasaaaalant one letter, Li alfo is ic Latine in it Si calleth t : but this is alforhe fame that. AZarthiolzs difcerned foonebe ak nds Tragus, our Lovage m'Pegnto go aand Clufius call it igs Lobel,ieDodonews dunenfit .CaftorDurantes and others. : . Ligufticum, and caret Shoppes, and Sifelias alio, becaufe in fangaes yn g (i SS KN \ : ALLS VA |
