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Show Trise 8 Theatrum Botanicum. Cuar. 27. FT rine 8 Cuar.28. 9-7 i cre that to the Apia borten/ewhich is tobe underltood of this Apiam paand from the Arabians for he ave fhecandied as notfit tobe eaten: that it would breece the Faliuig dufire,viz, thatit is anRae like'things, which if they wete true of Smallage whereof very few doe beleeve fickneffe and many ot Ke ho way true of Pai fley inany part. Smailage is hotter and dryer then Parfley and is Cuarp. XXVIL Elaofelinon, Paludapinmfive Apitm paluftve, Smallage. their writings,yet nies for it much more openeth the obfiru€tions both of the Liver and Spleene, rarifieth call it from the likeneffe) which in my former booke called Se/innm dulce,fweer Parfley, and doe § meane here to joyne it with the ordinary Smallage. mach more ae Techieatid the blood withail’s it provoketh urine and womenscourfes and is fingnlar good thicke fegme and $ ee dies: ivis alfo veryeffectuall-againtt tertian and quartaine aghes, if the juice theieot bee againft the oer pcde savb a Syrupe : the juyce alfo put to hony of Rofes and fome Barley water,is very caken, but efpecial Y ge and throate of thofe that have fores and Vicers in them,and will quickly hea'e them=> The ordinary fmallage groweth up with greater hollow and more crefted ftalkes then Parfleyjand good to gargie a a thelenfe and heale all other fowle Vicers and Cankerselfe where,if they be wathed therethe famelotion cM eciall ufed to breake and expell winde, to kill wormes and co helpe ftinking breath : the 73 Ee havebefides the Smallage that hath ufually beene knowne with us another fore thereof (as I may K 1. Apinm vulgarefive Paluftre, Ordinary Smallage. greater ahd latger winged leaves fet one againft another,broa- der,and of a darker greene colour and fhining more then Par- fley but dented fomewhat unevenly about the edges, at the toppes of the ftalkes and branches ftand large tufts of {mall white flower,swhich turne into {maller feede then Parfley : says the rooteis greater but notfo long and flender, with a number G\ ofblackifh fibres fer thereat: the whole herbe and roote is ~ {trong in fmell,and much moré unpleafant and bitter in tafte the herbe bur efpe~. with — Sk Pil cheparpoles aforefaid, andisheld tobe ftronger in operation then 1; Apiumvulgare five paluffre. roote is effectual as ns,and to tid away an Ague if the juice thereof be takenin wine, or the decoétion thercof cially to Spent i Caitli it hath an efpeciall propertic againft the poyfon of Spiders, The‘weese Smgilage Ordinary fmallage. ‘ a AM 3Y W eo * HAs : WH WBF SYA , \\ ya aN b then Garden Parfley,not to be endured to be eaten alone, but . being boyled and otherwife drefied it favouireth better, i in wine bee taken: bodies to expell winde. ei Cuar. XXVIII Oreolelinonfive Apinm montannm, Mountaine Parfley, Sweete Selinum or Smallage. The fweet Smallage or Parfley call ic which you pleafe, e Parfley, atis, ‘The more common mountain a ee montanum vulg fundry s, divided a mell leave ad fpre ge ifh ftalkes oflar Parfley but form ing ne Parfley hath divers, redd ewhat atger The firft motintaigrou Ss very like unto Garden nd next the roote on the bufh a s its like upon s leave lying like the t, diver with t heigh cubit a ke abou of h ftai fhort up» rifet hich patts lying like abe e like Smalwhite flowers, after which come{mall feed s of etaft thick ing bear and . toppe he e e a e r pac beareca Tees harpe intafte and bitter withall : the roote is long great and thick with bufh Lsecacek ha : ll. : g {weete fharpe and aromatica bein pe o ritt ai ac ire ofha e Parfley. tain Moun truet ‘The s, 3. Apium montanum veriv others, fhoré toppS aces, call and highin fomepl e in of haires ar the e ftalk kexi ow holl a forth teth ; This other mountaine Parfley fhooein it groweth, beae ing t othe foyle wher ordur sec poyacc and low ts on ring fundry large {pr : bearing umbells of white like unto the leaves of Hemlocke , feede s whar lone Bee acuters, and after them fome peintafte and fweete in like unto Cumin feede. being fhar white, and {mell : the roote is {mall long a with divers fibres fet thereat, white and much more. fappie and pleafant than eyther Smallage orParfley,with a very warming and comfortable rellifh alfo nothing offenfive, but the whole Herbe is fo pleafantas if Sugar had beene mixed with it : This-both rellifh and forme wee have foundit hath held for the firft or fecond yeare, the feede hath beene fowen with us that commeth from beyond fea, but as fweete Fennell doth degenerate more and more in our Land, andonely continueth fweete in warme countries, fo doth this, the leaves alfodecayin their verdure and becomé nothing fo frefh, but are morefallen or fad like Smallage. The Place and Time. ead eaves cutand divided fomewhat Thefirft groweth naturally in wet and marth grounds, but ienfium, 3. Apinm montantms Parif if it be planted or fowenin gardens ir there pro{pereth well: the otheris familiar in Greece and Ztaly, where they eate it with great delight both herbe and roote,and is onely Jowen and replanted in all thofe places, the naturall place being not The Parifians mountaine Parfley. pd fcgumannomePail ae ey hath a bare The Parifians mountaine Parfl {melling much like = cae white roote, talting and e doth ene € oe ey of Herbe terrible, the whole herb he ar s . oe nd,t lying thicke bufhing on the grou Knownetous: they both abide greeneall the winter and feed tafte, but fmelling crs aze white and the feedeis fharpe in in e4aguft withus, z The Greeks call the firlt taasostnwvoy Efeofelinon which thé , Latines render Palsdapiums ot Apinm paluftre, and is the fame with the Grecke word : Selinon in Grecke issu al-e s wayes tendered Apixmin Latine,and thereunto is added the other Epithite, which doth demonftratehis kind as £ fayd beforein the firtt divifion of the‘e Apia : but as I gave you thena caution concerning the Greeke and Ar4bian acceptation of Apinms, {o let it bere be obferved alfo that Apivm after the Arabian authors;whom the Apo- thecarics fhoppes have moft followed in their appellations,is to be underftand this Smallage, when as elfe Apiamis the Greekes S¢/inon : and therefore itis by moft writers calléd 4pinm and Apinm paluftre and E/éofelinumby Dodoneus and Lobel; Columellain his eleventh book and third Chapter fheweth howby fowing the feede of Apinm (which Afiatthiolys thinketh is this pa/a/tre but I thinke rather he meant ofthe hortenfe) to make it havea broader leafe and howto make ‘it have a crumpled leafe, and A4atthiolss faith alfo that Gardiners in following his Tules have made this Smallage to beare crumpled leaves, oncly for pleafure to looke on = but by his leave 1 beIeeve they are but eoneeits,and rather fallacies then vetities, for that Apisim latifolinm is this Apinm dulce and his Apium crifpum is our curled Parfley, both of thera being fo by nature and notbyart, for Columna faith the Apinme or Petrofelinum crifpymis fo naturally growing in Sardinia, andfrom thence the {eede thereof hath beene difperfed.The other is mentioned by BeHlonius in his obfervations,yet taking it as Colvmana doth al{o but for Apinm Sper- Janeualtered by are of tran{planting,&c. to make it to be called Geo/élinnm as Quatramins dath,who would alfo (as T fhewed you before make our common Parfley to be. Retrofelinnys Aacedonicum ) make this herbe to be 4p#- v1 hortenfi, whom Columna doth muchinculcate for it: it is generally called Selino andSelina dolce by all Italians and Greekes likewife in their countries. I calledit before Selinuas dulce, {weet Parfley, whichas I fayd you may eyther doefo or call i fweete Smallage which you.will, The Arabians call Smallage A/itsthe Italians Apia paluftrand Apio aquatico,the Spaniards Perexil dagna and Apto,the French de latheand Perfil de’[eaxthe Germans Epfickand Eppick the Dutch Eppe, The Vertues: the judicious; i Parfley to few youin thisChaptér as they are taken by AY, Havethree forts of monntaine SAMS growethup in the fame manner that the former Smallage doth but larger then it, the leaves likewile are larger burnot of fo deepé a gteene colour the flowers and feede likewifeare like thofe but fomewhat larger: the roote is great and long The Names, +h both herbe and rooteeaten eyther rawor boyled : the roote being icraped is fliced and helpeth cold windy vinegar, it mach warmeth a cold ftomacke todigeft cheir meate,and ‘o aisles eaten WISob 2, Selinum five Apium dulce, z The Theater of Plants, : Phy hath erred much and canfed others to follow his tra@t,in following and allowing Chryfippus and Dien. fas theit writings, by miftaking the vations acceptation of the word Apivm of the Latines from the Sie, an very fweete. The Place and Time. ain Axftria'as ClufiThe firft groweth neare unto Vienngthe rock in Ger-; es t tit “ee among ines amon Bai andionthe mountaines # faith found in pag . wig many and otherplaces, the next is uxdie, the : laft on the Burgge aines of Bar tain mount he moun fi s on the he field the 3 they florifh in the fandy top ofthe Surene hill by Pars after. Summer and give feede foone Name s, The f n tothefe plants, and The Greeke name #7207479 is give in Latine; fol +curife Oreofel, and Apinm montanum in leafe as in alth ohthe firft and the laft differ as. well it arid yetis s defcription of he ( aie from Diofcoride eas the fecond onely eed Oreofelinum of many: wher Oreofel nin Pea ce = crue the to ft neare eth comm num by ; eee! bane fede : The firlt is called Oreo/eli nse -m alfo faith it is called by the S#e/ans Te Lugby /and Clufim, and oni good for many things) Lobe peDalee stanum eben dunexti;s Oreofelinum majus and¢ Apiam A ind of Luagdunena champs : the fecond is the Oreofelinnm i ) Ly, ry s Toop Ww as Bana 2 the fecond Selinum peregrinum of Clafia, eregrinn : . re m «Api imfelfe i agrecing fo well itE tobe the true Orco/elinnss of Diofcorides, znthy er deerae Thaveas € scutes vie :lep apd by Basbintts Apinm montannn sr, Parificnfintd,: thereunto : the laf is called allo by Lagdunengs Oree/elinw” Kkkk Z wigTam, |