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Show «=©Cward, Theatrum Botanicum. 8, Ranunculus aquat.cus Hepatice facie, Water Crowfoore. MIISNA ZeN\\)js \W, Trise 14. 9+ Ranuncalus Hedcraceus aquaticus, Water Crowfoote with vy leaves, i Ruy EVAR * Expe al are Ke i | Vy 2) Mi Ee EA i vi\ TreBe 14. TheTheater of Plants, Crar.5. lus Hedernle folio aquaticu, Water Crowfoote with Ale-coaft leaves. whereon ftand This Water:oer iedeee eectaed fhootethfibres at fundry joynts of the Ralkes, palifh flowers, pretty roundi fh,indented leaves, fomewhat like unto thofe of Ale-hoofe, or Ale-coaft, having them. ee: of feed after headsetr ro ith roundifh leaves with i madeof five pointed All thefe forts of Crowfeeré grow in Moorifh and wet grounds, and fometimes at the brinckes of Waters, ae TN is fearce to meete with,butthe two next, and che twolaft are plentifully encugh in found likewifein pfs ietale ian irehoa andfifth cameoutof France, the fixth and feventh, are and‘Iune, and give their fecde fome places, but not fo frequent asthe pee relowing, 7 ee in May, ed eS 5 in that Frogges 2 yeas name Za7pd00r, and the Latine Rasnnculus, doe moft fitly agtée co this hérbe, wtich Thalivs Phiny of Lugdunenfis, have their chiefeft refidence where thefegrow. «The firlt is the Lingua faith Cordus called Ranunculus rraw'uarG, G Ranunculus Lauceolatns major by Tabermontanns. The fecond aq watilia isthe firlt Ranunculus of Angnilara, and the twelfth of Cordus in Hifforia, the Rastinculus flammeusaquatics longifolins of Lobel, and Lugdunenfis , the Flammula Ranunculus of Dodonens , the Ramknculns coroynsecoglaaG-, ce major of Thalins, and Lanceolatus minor of Tabermontanas : fome\take it to be Pliny his e£colethron, lib. 21.¢, 13+ and others his Exneaphylon, lib.27. ¢.9. The third is fet forth by Dodovexs withoutany defcri ption,and by Lugdunenss called Flammula aquatica, The fourth and fifth have their names in their titles, fufficient forthem. The fixt is the Strwmea & Apiaftrum of Phiny, although he confoundeththe Meliff, whichis alfo called Apiaftrum,in that Bees delight to feede thereon,with this,which isin the leafe fomewhat like Apinm (but the next much more) and therefore by fome called Apiumrifus &- Herba Sardoa, as Guilandinus doth; who when he wastaken prifoner by Pyrates,and carryed into Sardinia,faw this herbe growingplentifully there) it isthe Apinm aquaticum of Tragus, and Apiaftrum of Cordes on Diofcorides, by Apuleius called Scelerata, and of Cordusix hiftoria, of Luge is the firkt Ranunculus of Aatthiolus,Ge/ner,and others,the firlt Ransnculas palufiris dunenfis,Thalins, andothers, and the Ranunculuspaluftris apifolio lavss of Bauhinus, butby Lobel, Ranunculus palustris rotundiorefolio, The feventhis as I take it,the true Sardovins of Diofcorides, defcribed by him in the fecond place,andcalled by fomein his time Apinmfylveftre,and called alfo Ranunculus Sardonins by Augrilara, and isthe fecond Ranunculus of Matthiolus, and ot Cordus in hift. Banbinus calleth it Ranuncelus paluftris Api folio lanuginofus, The eightis called by Lobel Ranunculus aquaticus hepaticafacie, and {o it is generally called of all Herbarifls withus, by Dodoneus, Rannncolus aquatilis, by Lagdunenfis Hepatica aquatica, and by Thalins > Hepatica paluftris, by Bawhinus Ranunsulus aquaticns folio rotundo & capillaceo, who maketh that other of Ce= falpinus, with onely five leaves to be anotherfort, when as:they are both but one, -even asthat 77richophyllon of Columnaisalfo, Theninthis called by Lobel,and Gerard Hederula aquatica, who faith he never faw flowers or feede on ir, Lugdumenfis callechit Ranunculus Hederaceus Dalechampy,and Bawbinus Lenticula qtittica trifle 7, The laft hathnot beene mentioned by any beforé, The Ptchcall the firft fore Egelacolen,becante if fheepé cate thereof it doth enflame and exulcerare their entrals,which difeafe they call Egel,as Dodonems faith; fome call itin Engl, Banewort,and others Spearewort. ; The Vertues. 10. Ranunculus hedevale folio aguaticus, Water Crowfoote with Alcecoalt caves. 6. Ranunculus paluftris Sardonitts levy. Round leafed Marth Crow foote. This kinde of Crowfoote fhooteth forth a Thefe Marth and Water Crowfeéteare no leffe fharpe and exulcetating,then any of the orler forts of tharpe Crowfeete, and therefore whatfoever hath beenefaid beforeof the properties of them, mayfitly be applyed to thefe, for any ofthe remedies there fet downe, and any of thefe may be ufed, ifthe other be wanting,eitherfor round hollowftalke necre halfe a yard high, branching forth into fundry parts, the lower leaves whereof are more. round then thofe above,and are divided, fome into three, which are ths firft and lowelt, othersintofive divifions, Plague fores,roughnailes,warts,ulcers,or any foule markes intheskinne, &c. and for-brevity, not willing tore: peatethe famethings, expreffed in the Chapter of Ranunculus Crowfoote before,t referre you thereunto, $a and each of them dented aboat the edes,fome- Cuap. V. what like unto “Coriander-leaves, of a-pale gteene colonrand{mooth, but thofe up higher onthe ftalkes and_branches are flill more‘and more divided, fothat fome of the higheft have no devifion or dentin them, at the toppes ftand {mall yellow(yet Cordes faith he hath obferved fometobeare purplifh) flowere, after which commetha fmalliong round head of many crooked feedes ft together, asin otherforts is torbe feene,the tootes are a bufh of fmall white , firinges: the whole plantisas fharpe and virnlent as any ofthe other forts,here or elfe where defcribed. 7. Ranunuclus paluftris Sardonivs laingino(us, The true Sardinian Growtoote. , Thetrue Sardinian Crowfoote groweth very like unto the laft, but fomewhat higher with fach like leaves, but more divided and hairy,like {mall cotten uponthem, in other thingsthereis little or no difference. 8. Ranunculus aquaticusHepaticefacie, Water Crowfoote The Water Crowfootefhooteth forth froma finall threddy roote, a iong trailing.tender falke,with fundry joynts thereat, at every one whereof that are under the water {tandeth divers fine jagged or featherd leaves, almoft like as if they were fibres, but that they ate greene,but toward the toppe thofe that growabove the water, have none of thofe fine leavesatthe joynts,or very few, but onely round leaves upon {hort footeftalkes, cut ina litle and dented about the edges, and with them come'forth likewife {mall milke white Mowers, of five round leaves apeece, with fome yellowneffe in the middle,after which come {mall rough heads like a Crowfoote. j 9. Ranunculus Hederacews aquatics, Water Crowfoote with Ivy leaves. This fmall Crow foote groweth up withdiverstriahgular leaves upon flender trayling ftalkes, {hooting out fibres at the lower joynts,and with the leaves. Which are fometimes marked with ablacke fpor, come forth {imal knots of yellowflowerslikewife upon fhort fodteftalkes. = 10. Ranan_ Pfende Afphodelus paluftris, Marth or water Afphodill. Here aré twoforts of this Baftard A{phodill the one greater then the otheras fhall be fhewed in thé fubfequentdifcourfe,for of the other Afphodills I have fhewed you their forts in myformer booke although I thew yor here fomeof theirfigures, ; 1. Pfendo afpbodelus major, The greater baftard A{phodill. Therooté of this greater Baftatd Afphodill islong ard joynted, with manyfibres thereat from whencerife up fandry long and narrow leaves like unto Corne F lag,but notfo ftiffe or bard, and {traked downeright,yet compaffing one anotherasthey aud the Flowerdelucesdoe at the bottome, of a deepe greene. colours among whichrifeth upaflalkehaltea yard high, withdivers fhort leaves enclofing the ftalke as it were with hofesat their bottomes,and at the toppesftand fundry yellow flowers asit were ina {pike, each of thearmade of fix leaves a pecce,like the other A{podells with fomethreds in the middle, after which come fomewhat long and {quare pointed huskes with fmall blackith feede in them. 2. Pfewdoafphodelus minorfolio Indi anguftifolie, Theteffer baftard Afphodill. This leffer Afphodill hath many narrowerfhorter and frefher fmooth greene leaves,fomewhat like unto a nar- rowleafed Flowerdeluce, but neither fo hard nor fothicke, the ftalke rifeth from among them {carfea foore high, having very few {mall leaves thereon, and paler yellow {mall flowers at the toppe of it, which turne into {mall three {quare reddifh huskes,conteining {mall reddifh browne feede within them: the roote confifteth of a few whitith longfibres net {preading farre or much,but increafinginto findry heads, The Place and Time, Boththele forts have beene foundin our owncland as well as beyond Sea inthe marrifh and wet grounds, the former not onely in Lawcafbire as Gerard hath recorded, but in divers other places: and the laft likewife by Egham not farre fromthe River fide there, and in the Welt parts of the Land alfo and in other places, fowringin June and Fuly,and feede a moneth after. eat , The ne ee 215 |
