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Show Theatram Botanicum, “4314 Cuar.62, TRIBE 14. of the Oake to be morebinding thian thofeofthe Cedar, Larche, Ivic,Pitche, and Firre, tobe more digelting and mollifying, itis ofgood ule andeffegt to ftay fluxes and laskes in. man or woman, 2salfo vomittings and bleedings, the powder thereof to be taken in wine: Thedecoétion thereof alfoin wine is very good for woe men tobe bathed with, or to fit in thatare troubled with the aboundance of their courfes: the fame alfodrunke doth {tay the troubled ftomacke, perplexed with calting or the; hickocke, and doth alfo comfort the heart as Avicen faith, and as Serapio faith procureth deepefleepe; fome have thought itavaileable for the Dropfie totake the powder thereof indrinke for fome time together : the Oyle of Rofes that hath had freth Mcffe fleeped therein for a time, and after boyled and applyed to the Temples and forehead , doth metveiloufly eafé the head ache that commeth of ahot caufe, as alfo the diftillations of hot rheume or humors to the eyes oF o- ther parts : the ancients much ufedit in their oyntments, &c. againft laffitude, and to flrengthen and comfore the finewes, The Lungwortis of great good ufe with manyPhyfitions, to helpe'the difeafes of the Lungs, and for Conghes, wheefings, and fhortneffe ofbreath, and the fheapheards alfo to their Cattle doé give ic forthe fame purpofe with good {aceefle with a little fale, ic is alfo very profitably put intolotions, that are takento flay the moyft hamors that Sow to ulcers, and hinder their healing, as alfo to. wafhall other ulcers in the fecret parts of man of woman. TheTheater of Planis, C wap.62. 1315 divided Icaves, and che {mall ftalkes have round heads notdiffering in any other thing ftom thelaft, iy 3. Lichen petreus racemofus, Clufter headed Liver wort. *: This Liverwort that groweth upon theftones by wells and {prings, hath much lefferleaves than the former, but lying flat one upon anotherin the like mannér,and ofa paler greene colour and fomewhathayrie, from among which rife flender naked ftalkes, twoinches high, bearing at their toppes {mall heads madelike a cliifter of divers gtaines fet together ofa reddifh colour, ‘ 4. Lichen petraus'pileatus. Liverwort with ; a hooded head. This Liverwort groweth in the like moyft tony places, and hath fachlike leaves lying one upon another of ayellowifh gtecne colour, dathr over with an is i. Lichen five Hepatica vulgaris, Comnnongrotind Liverworr. a(h colour, aud {potted’a little in the middle of them; the (talke groweth to be three or fouré inches high, being white {mothcleare or tranfparent, and of the thickenefle of arufh, whereon ftandech a fmall head, fomewhat like unto a hat divided underneath into five parts, of a fpongie fubltance,greene at the firft, then Cuar. LKIhe Lichen five Hepatica, Liverwort, 2>nF the Liverworts alfo there are diverfe forts, whicharealfo other kindes of Moffos that doeeither ¥ grow onthe groundor on rockes and ftones, yet moift withalls f 1. Lichenfive Hepatica vnlgart, Common ground Liver wort. " The common Liverwort groweth clofe and {preadethmich upon the ground in moyft and fh: ¥ dowic places, with many fad greene leaves, lying or cather-as it were fticking flac one unto another, very unevenly cat inon the edges and crumpled, from among which rife fmiall flender {talkes, an inch or two high at the moft, bearing {mall {tarre like flowers at the roppes, thé’ rootes aré very fine and {mall wherebyit ; & liveth, 2, Lichenfive Hepatica minor ftellaris, Sraall ete Lie ee cre i iverwort growethinthelike manner as thé former; and fendeth:forth fuch like ftarrieflowet anne Pa chee nell pat in all places where it grow, forfo'as-itgrowethin the fhaddow,it will mes : Vubellatis +s as well.as on the ground,it the place be not ftirred orqumnedup.” There is alforanocher fort that beareth no 2. Lichen five Hepatica minor wmbellatus. 5. Lichen alter minor folio calceato. Small Liverworc withskinnic heeles. This {mall Liverwort hath {moth tran(parentleavés more tender and mall than any of the former, growing in time tobe ofa blackifh purple colour, and notlying or {ticking one to another, as rhe other : from the backe whereof growethforth a skinneor fheath, fhapedlike afhooe, whofe brimmesare little crampled and ray~ fed higher than the reft, fromwhencerife up foure little darke greene fhining heads, of the bignefle ofthe fmalleft Peate, which afterwards open into yellow fla- wers, with foure leaves x peece, (tanding on yellowith ftalkes foure inches high, with divers impalpable threads inthe middle, the'roote hathfibers as {mall as 4. Lichen marinus pileatus @ Cdlecatofolinn bi Small ground Liyerwortwita round heagé. 1 yellow, and laltly reddifh, under whichare growing the fruice, whichare of a darke purple colour and fappie while they are frefh,but being dry have a {moakie powder within themin ftead of feede : the rootes are {mall fine and white. L filke. 6, Lichen petreus minimus acauliz, The {mallet Liverwort without ftalkes. This Livérwortisthe fmalleft of any, having léaves no bigger than the nayles of onesfinger, greene and rough with white {pats, .this hath certaine fad parplifh skins feton both fides ‘of the lower part of theleafe, beforeany flowerappeare, but whenthe leafe groweth greater,it waxeth of a fad purplifh colour like the skins ’ and {welleth at the end, fending fortha {mall fruit,as big as a {mall Peafe,being ofthe fame colour with the leafé; fappie or full of whitith watry juyce, which afterwards as the fruite growethripe, changeth yellow,and being. broken hath then a yellow powder, whicli will colour their fingers that touch it; tocheleaves cleave very fine fhort white fibres wherebyit liveth, E 7. Lichen petrams purpureus Derbienfis,.Corkeor-Archall, Thereis growing in Darbifbireuponthe free (tones of the Mountaines'a kinde of herbe, much refmbling Li. verwort, but ofa fad purplifh coldut which the poore people there gather, and make into a moyft mafic, keeping itinbarrels, and therewistrmake a kinde of murrie,or purplifh dyegrindingiit «which althoughit ‘will not bolt colour in the cloth long, butwill ftarve andchange, yetit ferveth the poore people for their wearing very well. i The Placeand Time and Names, Thete néedeth no furthérdeclaration pf any of thefe Liverworts,then hath beene fpecified: in their defcriptions,onely Jet metell you that the thirdis taken fron1 Bavhinus, asthe fourth, fifthyand fixth from Columna,whofe title rochefifth is cawle calceato,but his defcription thereof fhewethit rather in the leate chen ftalkey and therefore Ihave {9 called it, The Greekes call it xq4vjand fo in Latine Lwtien af fome, Hepatica and Iecoraria,takerecith er from the formie oftheleaves or fromhelons,the difeate called Lichen tetters, whicdeforme the skinrie and make it rough, or from belping the difeafes of the Liyer. The Arabians call ic _Azez and Alfachel, The Italians callit Fee gatella,the French Hepatique,the GermanesStein Leber kraut, The Dutch Steenelopercrait, 2, Lithen five Hepatica miner eellaris, Small ground Liverworts , The Vertnes. , _ Liverwortis a fingular good herbe for all-the difeates of the Liver,both to coole and cleanfe it; and helpeth ald fo inflammations in any part, and the yellow jaundife likewife, Liverwort being brnifed andboyled in final!’ beere and drunke,cooleth the heate of the liver and kidneyesyand helpeth the gonortheainmen, andthe whites in women, Galep infifteth onthe qualitiesof cooling, clenfing anddrying, butdoubreth of the {tanching of blood, ‘Dis{corides reporteth of it : it js 4 fingular remedy toftay the fpreading ofcerters, ringwormes, and other tng and running forés and fcabs,8c.the hameit {clfe importing fomnch: divided Having |