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930 CuHar.3o, Theatrum Botanicum. 3, Hyppojelizumfive Smprnium vulgare Common Allitanders. : Trinzg Trise8 TheTheater ofPlants, Cuar.31. 931 it be Levifticum Cerone ofthe Italians, and faith he findech not what herbe this Hyppofelinum fhould be; uvlefle Lovage, which yet he acknowledgeth not to anfwer Diofcorides his notes thereof, becaufe it is in forme folike i i caealligadsoe is too hot and unto great Selinum, andfor this opinion Lobel yerkes himtoocritically, thewing that Leviiticurs taxe Bra/ovolus for tharpe,andin no place ufed to be eaten asa wort orfallet herbe, and that he did unworthily of Marcellus Virgilius, in gi taking the AZacerone of the Italians tobe this Hyppofelinum bythe falfe tranflation maketh no mention ving the roote of Hyppo/elisum to be blacke without and white whichin,when as Dio/corides judgement of any blackneffe in the roote : Lobe/ alfo faith that it is the true Hyppofelinum as they affirmedbythe of the moft learned in rhefe dayes, and yetby all their leaves, theroote of Diofcorides is different from 1t;who of {canning faith it is white when asthis is blacke,thatit is {mallj but this is not fo, which maketh Colxmna inthe as not holding this Smyrnium, to fay that he would further fearch what Divfcorides his Hyppofelinim fhouldbe, plant calthat we account of tobe fo. Now cohcerning the other doubt whether this Hippa/elimum, or the other moft Writers in led SmyrninmCreticum fhould be the true Smyrninm of Diofcorides or no, the currant opinionof thefe times, is that this Smyrninm Creticum is the fame, and yet as (ol#mma hath in the faid place very worthily, t chat ic was called and throughly examined the matter, it isnothing fo;for Diofcorides defcribeth his Smyrninm,irl fomeplealantPetrofelinum n Cilicéa,and that it hath leaves of a goodfmell, fharpe or quicke on the tongue, with the neffe therein alfozchat the feed is round like to Colewort feed, (wherein Colamna,thinketh fome, miftakingof the feed Canchrys Greek word tobe that xe4}2tsis fer down in ftead of xo'7-xpues,for as he faith,the {ced is.as like to as may be,except the black colour )black & of'a fharpe taftelike Afprrhes {weete Chervill,io that one maybeuled of a {weere in'ftead of the other, and that the roore is blacke without and of a whitifh greene colour onthe infide, {mell,and of a tharpe tafte,heating the mouth,bothroote,feed, & leaves being ofan heating propertiesnot any one icum,and ofall the(e markes or notesexceptin thefeedto be blacke and round, is to be fouind int this SmyrnivmCret himthereforeit cannot bethe right : whether then the Hyppofelinua)ot Diofcorides can be Smyrninn, Diofcorides even herbr; other ai was Smyrninm true the t felfe deniethit, and faith chat although fomecalled it Smyrnium,ye the fame that Ihave out of Diofcorides his de(cription ferdownea fewlines here before unto you: Theophraftus hath fet forth an Hippo/elinum, Lb.9.c.5, and {pokenof it inother places, whichis piainely differing fromthe {ait that bis Hippofelinumof Diofcorides, and necreft unto, if not the fame with his Smyrainm + for Therphrajftus unto Atjrrha or Adyrrhi, as Hippofelinurs (rendred by Gaza Equapinm ) doth yeeld a juyce from the roote like yet I Diofcorides{aith of his Smyrninm: fo thatbythis that hath beenefaid (although ic be fomewhar tedious, xmot Diofcorides, S could not morebriefely declarethem ) we finde that Swyrainm Creticsum isnot the true Smyrn as Matthiolus,Camerarius Dodoneus, Lobel, Lugdunenfis ,Tabermonranus and Gerard hath tet it downe,northat the knowne,although fome authors Hippofelinum of Diofcorides which is called alfo Olus atram with us is {ufficiently of fome ofthe notes or markes that Diofcorides call it Hyppofelin#, not is that whichit is takento be, by the defect giveth it, andlaltly that the Hippofelinums of Theophraftus doth agree with the Smirnivimot Diefcorides, but not withhis Hippofelinum being different plants, and fo AZatthiolus, Cordus on Diofcorides ,Ge[ner in hortes, (amerarius and Columna fet itdowne : Columna his Iudgement is, that the feede ofthis Hippefelinum, or Smyrninm may morefitly be ufed for Petrofelinnm Macedonicnm (it his other, fie leafed herbe that hath the fell of Garden Retrofelinum Parfley be ref(ed, or not tobe had) than cither the commonParfley feede, or that of 7 Jenice called the Spaniards Macedonicumby many, and by him Dascusfecundus Diofcoridis, The Italians cal} the firlt Adacerone, q At tye “A)}, G2 Gi] a SEIS SA = x StSe SI homey SES aS) AZO % Ry and Perexil Macedonico, the French Alexandre, the Germans Groff Epffich,the Duteh Peterfelie van Macedonies Groote Eppeand Peterfelie van Allexandrien, and we in Engli/ Allifanders. i _ 2+ Smyrninm Creticum Candy Allifanders, 7eeapenasne in the growth of any plant upon the ground,by the alteration of the upper Senet a or ate the ftalke rifeth, any one would tke the leaves to be fome kindeof Selinum, se we aa <ing aoe moredivided into fmaller partsthan the former, as if it were fome great Parfley, Sark pla 3 festa colour 2° dented abont the edges s the ftalke is round and ftiffe, firme and not hollow, se os ufuall aving at che joynts whole,and alinoft roundleaves,yet fometimes longer than the flalke at the Cmaae: fh i tS i - senor yellowihh greene colour which doe not fo much compaffe Sates beanches yi h t ne as that the {talke ina manner groweth through them: from the joynts likewif rife toppes, where ae a thie ts ¢ yellowith round caves on them, and the ftalkes running through them tothe fall round blackith fecdenab os te bin _ 8 umbells of yellowith flowers, which afterwards turne into sakes ce ove e ign ¢ of Radith feede : the roote is ar thefirlt almoft round, as bigge as a great peafe, acai " ae ute on the outfide, which afterwards groweth thicker and longer, and greateft Wieser ee: come ‘ . pening quite after ic hath borne feede, which hath nothing fo hot, bitter, or altered the qualitie.yer Fah zis Slemar ts ich ‘. pecially In our countrey, but as fome might thinke that it hath in Maples whereit isnaturall it hath no fharpe or bitter tafte,nor the feede pthat even with e B ne is neither ae alte oo another fort hereof, the difference onlyconfilting in the upper leaves, which ors ae an the ot her and more cut in, both which forts hath rifen in my garden from one kinde of feede, and ore hold them to be both one, and make no morediffering forts, : The firt hath f SR is Hiei hn Apothecarie in his sae soe eco telcos ete te tics about our own Land by Mr William Quicke,a worthy eleede a: eee who ee meand Mr, Willige Cois a famous Gentleman, and a great lover ofplants, tome of ee nodivehce. i ee iffering from the commonfort, butafter they were growenup, we all faw there P cee vally fowen in all the gardens ofExrope, as farre as I heare, where they have it : the oshiescame f omCasdy, They both flower in Jane or July, and the fecde iy ripe in Angu/t. Names. | Bei The iam ofvcvin Greeke, e, is- called is Eanesionees alfo in Latine, Gaza rendereth it Equapinm, becaule, as J faid it is Gonicatehobaien Poe neety elina, Diofcorides faith it was called by fome in his time =p2'¢r10" Smyrnivm, yer as CHisiew. ‘Thee ies isan other herbe, which be de{cribed inthe Chapter following, andisthis Smyrniwm suc Fyppefelinas of Disfeoridea, erfie among Writers about this 2yppofelinum ; firft, whether it fhould be the or no, then whetherit or the other Smyrnium (reticum be the Smyrninm of Di- Ofcorides ox no : for the firlt; Marthiolus fheweth the errour of Reellisn in taking the Palwdapinma tobe the MaCerone The Vertues, Oar Allifanders are much ufed ro make broth with the upper part ofthe roote, whichis the tendereft part, and eate the leaves being boiled together,and fomeeate them either ra» with fomevinegar, or fteiv them, and fo them, and this chiefely in the time of Lent, to helpe to digeft the crudities and vifcous humours are gathered in the ftomacke, by the muchnfeof fifh at that time, it doth alfo warmeany other cold ftomacke, and by the bitterneffe helpeth to open obftructions of the liver and {pleenc, to move womens courfe-, to expell the afterbirth, to breake winde, to provoke urine and helpe the {trangury, and thefe things the (cede will doe likewife if either of know of no good them be boyled in wine or taken in wine,andis effectuall againft the bitings of Serpents, Wee rtie the other hath; being ina manner incipide. Cua. XXXII, Selinum Segetale, Corne Parfley- ve Fs, O finith thefe Ap‘a Parfleyes, let me joyne this unto them, w hich Iobn Goodier firlt gave me the know= low § ledge of, with fome feede which fpringeth in mygarden1 thus defcribeunto you; itis a {mall (eS herbe having fundry winged long leaves lying on the eround, manybeing fet one againft an- aw other, finely dented about the edges, with oneat the end, which are each of themlonger than Burnet leaves and pointed at the ends, among which rife fendry round ftalkes halfe ayard high with the ; like, but lefler leaves on them, branching forth likewife from the joynts, and all ofthem bearing {mall umbells and fharpe incafte as it : the of white flowers, whichturne into {mall blackith {cede lefleithan Pai fley,but as hot ae is {mall, long, and white, and perifhing every yeare afcer ithath feeded, and rifeth againe ofits owne owing. The Place and Time, : P This groweth in the fields amongthe corne,or where corne hath been fownein divers places of the land: it flowred not with meuntill 4ugu/f, and the feede ripened a monthafter at the leaft, The Names, Mr. Goodier firt gave it me by the name ofSinms terreft re, andafter that 1 found it an umbelliferous plant, ; I thought it might belt be referred to the Selina or Apia, and calledit then Apinm Syfolys from the nomi o!