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Show ea Obenss. Tbeatrum Botanicum. ¥2, Opuntia marina. Trine ig tient _ Prise 14, ee The Sea Garland, Cuar.53- The Theater of Planis. 1295, » ee, Alga marina and by Banhinus Alga anguptifoliavitrarioram, the broaderfort is called by Imperatts Fucus gigatis tens,and Palmifolium giganteum. The fecond, third, fourth, fifth,feventh,and eighth,are fet downe by Banhivres in his Prodromus.by the fame namesin their tirles,or very littlediffering. The fixthislikewife fet downe,inthe titles aridis likely tobe the Fucus Zofter, by Lugdunenfis to whomrit doth belong; which Banhinns imhis-pro- dromascalleth Fucus longo angufto c cralfo folio, The ninth is the firlt ort of Fucus marinus by Diofcorsdes, and called Bryon Lattuce folys by Pliny and Lobel, by Mdatthiolus Mufcus marinus alter, Dodoncus calleth it Fucusmarings prior, Lugdunenfis Mafeus marinus Theopbrafti,and by Basbinus Fucus marinus primus Diolcorids G Throphrafti, Thetenchis called Fucus feve Alga Jatybacea by Lugdunenfis, Theeleventh with the varieties thereof are mentioned by L2be/and Clafius calling it Quercus marina, by Dodonzeus and Baubinus Fucus maritimus, The. Jaft was firlt {et forth by ¢ 4«f#s under-the name of Lichen marinus, and faith he received it firlt from Imperatas of Naples,by thenameof Sertwlaria,and after from (orta/us by the name of Opuntia marina, and Corallina latifgfia Baubinnscalleth it Fucssfolio rotwndein his Prodromus, but Fucus maritimus in his A¢asthiolus, — The Vertues. : All the kindés of Wrake,faith Diofcarsdes and Galen, doecooleand dry, andis goodto eafe the Gout, snd inflammations,being ufed freth , but Lacuna correéteth the cooling word in Galen, and faith ic doth better agree with Sea plants,to dryrather then to coole,by reafon oftheir faltneffe , which doth binde and confraine, butnot coole, Nicander in Theriacn,comimendeth.the red fort ofFacts to be good againft the venome of Serpents, andother venemous creatures. Thefirlt fort is much ufed by the Venetians inftead of hay or {traw, to packe up Glaffes to preferve them from breaking, batat A4ompelier and other places, they ufeit as litter for theirhorfes, and being made into compoft is excellent good manure, torefrefh their barren or out eaten grounds: divers of the other 8. Facus mar itinens Gallopavonis pennas referens, The Peacockes Feather, This alfo is ofa skinny fubltance,{preadingit {elfe by littke and little wide abroad.cut into many jagges, which forts are eaten as fallet herbes,as thefourth, fifth,and twelfth, the feventhasis faid, is good to repreffe the hurefull longings of women With childe,and Céufius faith'that Cortu/w fignified unto him that the commonpeople of Cor= fica did ufe the lalt, inftead of Corallina to kill the wormes in children, - end in halfe circles,lying {ometitnés one upon another, whereon are fet findry femicircular {pots, and ftroakesof divers colours,and ofdiffering bigneffe one from anothers like as is feene in the Peacockes feathers : this grow- eth tothe Rockesin the Sea: fomewhatlike hereunto there isalfoa certaime barketaken from Scallops, that breede on the fame Rockes. 9. Facus marinus Lattuca marina difixs, Oylter greenc,or Sea Lettice, The Oyfter greene, asall know is a foft tender herbe growing on Rockes, withthinne crumpled, and darke greeneleaves, fomewhatlike unto the curld Lettice, and hath neither ftalke norroote, but growingas molt of thefe Sea weedes doe,upon Rockes or ftones, 10, Fucusfive Alga Intubacea, Seacurled Endive. The Sea curld Endive,hath divers long and roundleaves lying onthe ground, and fhooting forth others onall fides, as it runneth thereon, fending out {mall fibres from the joynts under the leaves, which are dented roundat the fides,making the proportion of a ragged ftaffe,as it is painted on every leafé. 11, Quercus marina, ScaOake, or Sea Wraké. This likewife inthe fameplaces, and after the fame manner groweth on the Rockes, and lyeth thereon flat} when the water is falne therefrom, fhooting forth manylong ftalkes of leaves,toa great length, cut in and divided fomewhatlike unto Oaken leaves, fet here and there withblifters,as it were berries full of winde,and fome full of water, which being troden on will give a cracke,the whole herbeis of a very greenecolour,foft and tough, which while it is wetis like wet skinnes, fome doecall this herbe Quercus marina Vaccifera, by reafon ofthe {mall round knots,which is like hollow berries,and is blacke being dry. Anotherfort is'called Glandifera,becaule that being fomewhatlike the other,but with fhorter leaves, and fome al fo growing fromthe middle ribbe,it hath no knotsor blifters on the branchts,buc at theendsthicke {mall long bugcheslike imall Ackornes, and is white whenitisdry. And athird fort called Quercus mari» 4 barbata, becaute the ends of the leaves are veryfinely cut into long hairy threds, reprefenting a beard, : 12. Opuntiamarina, The Sea Garland. : This dainty plant groweth up from fome Rockesor ftones, in or neere the Seay {preading fundry flat, thicke, fhort and round leaves,one fet on the toppe of another, and fome alfo growing from the fides, forming branches of leaves leaning dowsewards,cach beingas it were flrung on athred.whichyetis {carfe to be difcerned, likeas a Country Garland of field and corne lowers, are uled to be made todecke the Country hotsfes, and their places of fpore,fo that the whole plantfeemeth to be madeof nothing but ftrurig leaves, bearing large yellowflower at che toppefairh Bawhinw, but I much doubt he taketh that fappofttionftom the Ficus Indica eAmericana, the low-r leaves are fomewhat browne,thereft are whitith greene,ard thofe that até new {prungare greene, andall of hem fmooth and fhining, evenkept betweene papers for a longtime, and offaltifhtafte, yet by long time gtowing rougher andfull ofwrincki¢s,but(till tough and motbrittle like Coral! or Coralline, and-growing folt againe fteepcd in warer,yet till very fale, ' The Place and Time. ; _ Divers of thefe are found on our Engh and Scotti/ coalts, but fomein the warmer Countries, their cheifett time of beauty and ufe, isthe endof Summer. E The Names; . if _ itiscalled in Greeke ovsos Sardoney, aridinLatine Phycos or Phwcus, or Fucus marinus, marinus being added theretinto to diftinguifhir fromthe Pucms herba, whichis Avchu/a, and Alga marinaal{o,becaufe divers Authours havecalled divers water herbes by the name of A/ge, fome aquatica, {ome palaftrts, Pliny his inconftancy as I fhewedin part in the laft Chaprer,appeareth plainély herein, in chat in one place, 46, 13.¢, 3. he faith that the Grecians ¢vx2, bath not found another hame In any nation whereby it may be called, becaufe Alga is the name of * berdes,and P hycos is of a {hrubbe,and yet in another place /4#6.32.¢.6, he eranflateth Theophrajins and Nicanders $vxes,chatfaith itis the Treakle of the Sea tobe Alga,and fay there are many Kindesfitft thereof, as they doe of evs of thefe isthe Fucus mari- and thereupon Gaza doth alwayes tranflate Theophra/tus his 0v%¢,tobe Alga. The nus alterof Dodonew the Fucus five Alga marinagramined of Lugdunengs,called by thofe of Mompelier Palea mal rina, being ufed by them both forlitter for their cattle, and for the beftfore of dung for their fieldes, buc =i Cwar. LIM. Mufee marines Corahina dittus, Hard Sea Moffé or Coralline, aS Ccording to,the method before prefcribed I amin this Chaptet to fhew youall thofe forts of hard = fs ey hy (SAA. ‘| Y AAS yi ho Mofies that are either Coralline or come necreft to them. i. (Mufcus marinusfive Corallina alba efficitarum, Common white Coralline, The ordinary Coralliné which isufedin the Apothecariés fhoppes; ‘isa fort of white, hard of hace ; {tony Moffe,growing ufhally on the Riocks'inor necre the Sea;rifing either from the flones thereof, or from the fhels of Scallops, Oyfters,or the like, and groweth not above an handfull high, {prea- diog fundry{mall branches like a greene herbe,with divers fmall fort leaves, like haires thereon, which is foft, under the water, byt taken forth groweth as hard almoft asa xy Mafensmarivas five Coratinaalba, ftone. This is our ordinary'Coralline, which is gather¢d' in alf Commonwhite Coralline, our Coatts Weltwards,and in thefe Narthemie parts’ of Exrope, as farreas I can learne,but fomehave affirmedthat itharh been found fomewhat reddifh, growing “hon the Cotall ic felfe, whichis not found bntin the deeper Mediterranean Seas, on Rockes under water. 2. Muafcus marinus niger Germanicusfive Corallina nigra, Blacke Germane Coralline. This growethlike unto a Coralline, ‘wich branches and fines cut leayes,but blackith of colour, whichis fort feldome heard: ofbefore,and creepethas ir groweth, 3. Aufews marinus five Corallinarubens, Reddith Coralline. Cy This fort of Coralline hath no branched, ftalkes' liké the for1 mer,nor {preading much,but growing moreupright, hath lon- SS ger leavesthcreon then the other,as fine as\Fennell,and of ared- Sy> difh colour. : at 4: Mulcme marinas latifolins five Carallina latifolia, Wee Broad Coralline. AG. This broad Coralline {preadethleaves as it weré on both fides, = of a middle {talke,each whereotis broaily and) parted into {un-— dry divifions. 5 4 Aufes marinus longifolins five Coraliina longa, Long Coralline. a This Coralline hath divers upright ftalkes fet withtwo,threé- 44 or foure long leavesbyfpaces; one above anothers, ih threeor,~4 foure rowes;each whereof i fomewhat flats and.dented. or cut Hg inall along the edges. ) 6. AMufcus marinus faudmmatas five Cordllina [qpammata, Sealy Coralline. This fixt fort of Coralline hath fundry {prigs, with joynts at __—— them, likevunto {eales, and {mall hairy Moffe liké leavesoneach fide of them,being wholly. white, S{{{f 2 x Le | |