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Show 1336 Cwar7. .FheatramBotasicam, 7+, Linum (jlucfre enguftifolinm latewm. Narrow leafed wilde, wee yellow flowers. TR ni. The Theater of Plants. Cu “2 8, The Placé and Time. ; Someof thefe as is before faid, grow in Spatne,fome in France or Germany, and fone in out Owne Land alfo: they all are in ower for the moft part from Midfommeruntill 4xgu/f,and fome abide longer, the feede tipening inthe meanetime. 10, ChamelinumGlapij ferealbofive Linum fylveftre Catharticim. Tribe 15> Dwarfeivyilde.Flaxe with whire flovrers, or Mill mountaine, The Names. : Linum in Latine,and Alrerin Greeke,ftgnifiech as well the herbe asir groweth, asche (ame préparedto be pun, and whenicis made into cloath alfo. ‘Che firft iscalled by all Authours Listum fativem, and the fecond Linum {ylveftre by Tragus,who faith it is fowné in the fields of Germany in tundry places, becaufe it yéeldeth moreftore of Flaxe,and yet is found naturally growing among Oates,. The third is Clpigg his firlt Litumfplveftre larifolinm. The fourth is the third Linum fylveftre of Clafivs. The fitth is Clufiu his fecond Liane anguftifokum which Lobel and others call Linum (ylveftre floribus albis, The fixth is Clu/ia his anguftafolinm primum,which Lobeland others call renuiftliam. The feventhis the Linum fylvestre of Matthiolns,Dodonams, Camerarivs and others, the Linum marinnm luteum of Lebel.and may be the firlt Linumfrazico(umfubflavum of Bakbinws in Prodromo, .and the Lis num lutetmsfylvestrelatifolivm ot (olumna, for they differ little. The eighth is the Lina[ylve/Prefrutico(um of Clufius, The ninthis the Linuts arborenm of Alpinu in his booke de plantes Exoricw, The tenth isthe Chamelinum ofClufi which is.called Mill mountaine in many parts of this Land, by the Country people whereirc groweth, The lat is.called Linnminimamflellatwm by Banbinus, whofaithit is al(9 called by Lorne Pafferina minor(accatila. The Arabians call it Baxari-chichenor Bexercheran, whichis the feede theteot onely, the Jtalians Lino, the French. Lin,the Germanes Flachs,the Datch Ulas,and we Flaxe,and Line, The Vertues, Theteis neither leafe, Aower,nor roote of Flaxeufed inany meditine with nb,that I Know,hey ther greene nor dryed, n¢itherthe juice, diftilled water, or any other compofition made théreof, but onely the feede, and thar more in outward then inward Phy icke in shefe dayes,although in formertimes as Galen (heweth, that {ome ue fed the feede parched for their food,taken with honey,and fome ufed to put it into their bread, but faith he primo alimentornm, ic croubleth the ftomacke,hardly digeftech,and giveth lictlenoutiffment to the body ; but concerning the mooving of the belly downewards,faith he, [ will neither praifé nor Gifpraile it, yet ic harh a {mall property to provoke urine, which it doth beft being parched, thus faith Gacen of the manured kinde, but the wilde kindes that are more bitten have another property: The feede of Line made into pouther, mixed with honey and {ome pepperinto an electuaty,and thereof rhe quantity of a Nutmeg taken every dayydoch helpe the cough a, fome fay; the feede alfo boyled in: water,and fome honey put unto it and drunke, is {aid alfo to eal the paines of the body; as thecollicke,and (ticches,and all inflammations; if itbe outwardly u(ed alfo, with Fenugrecke and Linfeed, and fome Mallows,a pultis being made therofis of goodufe to mollify and difcuffe any tumour or hardnes in any part of the body,or of chemother byfitting in the warme decottion of the feede, or to receive the hot fumesthrough a feate for the purpofes being taken with Raifins faith Pliny, ic helpech che ob{tructions of the Liver : the feede py narrow long leaves on thém,the flowers aré very largé,andare either of a pale blew, tending to.an afh colour, or elfe white, each leafe having a purple line running through theimiddie,in the reft there islittle difference from the former wilde forts.the roote abiding. , 6, Linum(lueftre angustifolinmflore minore, Narrow leafed wilde Flaxe with {mall lowes, The ftalkes hereof are many round andftiffe,a'foore long;having many narrow {hort leaves thercon, of a blewith greene colour : the Howersare blew and no biggerthen thofe of the manured, Flaxe, the heads, feede, and roots ar¢ like the reft, 7. Linum[ylveftre anguftifoliumistenm, Narrow leated wilde Flaxe with yellow flowers, This yellow wilde Flaxe hathfundry ftalkes halfea yard high, .with few leaves fet on themlike unto the manured Flaxe, the flowets are fmaller then ir,but of colouryellow. 8. Linum fruticofumfempervirens. Everliving wilde Flaxe. This Flax¢ hath divers wooddy ftalkesof a foote high,witha number, of Icaves thereon, fomewhat fhort and mixed with niter or (alt,and figge tree afhes,eafeth the paines and hardnefle ofthe ma(cles, finewesand arteries, and ufed with figges, it ripeneth and digefteth,mixed with the wild Cowcumberroote,it drawethforth {plinters, thornes,nailes or any other thingftickingin the flefh,and broken bones alfo ; the decoftion thereofmade in wine and applyed to anyfretcing or running fore,(tayethit from {preading further: ufed with as much Creffes, it a= Keth away the ruggednefle of the nailes,and with Myrrhe,and Roffin, it helpeth ruptures,and the fwellings of the cods :- nfed with O4baeum and warer.or Myrche’and wine, it helpeth watering cyes,and mixed up with honyor fuet,or'waxe and applyed,ithelpech the hard kernels and {wellings under thé earesorthtoate, ictaketh away alfo the {pots and blemifhes of the skin,Sunbuvning and otherdifcolouringss. The oyle of Linfeede (befidesthat ic is of much ule for Painters to faften theiv golours,either on cloth,wood,{tone, iron,orglafle,and to burnie in lamps abiding longer then the Oyle ofOlives,although it giveth much more'{moake and foote) is ofexc€eding good ufe,to mollifie the hardnesand fhrinking of che finewes, helpeth the hemorrhoides orpiles, the rifts and chaps of the fundament.and the hardneffe and paines,thereof,and of the mother; being beaten with Red-rofe wateritis good again{t burnings, Phe wilde F laxe is of the likeule in moft things, and the more effe@tnall, by reafon ofthe bitrerneffe in many others: thedecofion thereof with the fowers doth refolvé tumours and lenifie inflammations,the afteri¢s alfo when they growhatd and {tiffe,and the {wellings and fores in the groine ; of Mill mountaine fome triall hath beenie made among aur people,to move the bodyto the ftoole. narrow,ofa whitifh greehecolour, and abiding in che Winter on the ftalkes,. norfalling of as thereltdoe; the flawers are wholly white,and a fittle largerthen the laft,{tanding at the toppesof the ftalkes like others, Citas, VIII. 9. Linum arborenm Creticum Inteum.. The yellow fhtubbe Flaxe of Candy, This growethlike afmall fhrub,covered With a blackith barke, withlong leaves, thicke fet onthe branches, Caryophgle{ylueffres minvres.; Small wilde Pinkes. fomewhatlike unto thofe of Flaxe butlarger,comming necreft unto large Myrtle leaves, the flowersare yellow and verybitter intalte : the feede veffels are as bigge as Ciche peafe, containing foure feedes within them very 74 Aving fhewed you fo many Gilloflowets,Pinckes,fweete Williems and Iohns, ofbeauty in my for- like unto Flaxe feede, 10. Chamelinum Clufij flore albo,ive Linumfylucftre Catharticum, Dwarfe wilde Flaxe with white fowers,or Mill mountainc. if mer Booke,ler mealfo here fhew the reft of that family,which are not of that re{pe&t,and doe 'ra- by ther delight in theig ownenaturall,, chen in any other forraine habitation, and they are of threé Ka forte, growing either in the fieldsjon the mountaines,or among the rockes and {tones ; of thefe fe- j This Dwarfe Plaxe hath manyflender ftalkes,of about a {panne anda halfe long, with divers {mall long leaves fetby couples onthem, and white flowers ar the roppes ofthe branches, leffer then:thofe of the manured, with yellegs thteds in the middle,the feedeis {mall that followeth in the {mall round heads: the rooteis {mall alfo and threddy, Flor luteo 4 Lobel fecteth forth another {mall one, not rifing above fonre or fiveinches high,, with {mall icaves and yellow owers. 11. (hamelinumftellatum. Dwarfe wilde Flaxe with ftarrelike lowers. This whole plantis fearie three inches high,having but one or. two very {mall ftalkes at the moft, and as {mall leaves ending ina very fharpe point,the flowers are few and {mall,madeof five narrow pale greene leaves, pointedatthe ends,afhdftandingforth in that manner that every Bower refembleth aftarce, witha round umbonein the middle, s Th ty verally in their order. (47 oplylli ar-venfes. Primus Ordo. Thefirft Rancke of wilde Pinckes ofthe Fields. : 1. Caryophylius prolifer, Childing Pinckes, i This wilde Pincke is but annuall, thatis perifhing after feede time, having a few pale greene gtaffie thort blun¢ leaveslying on the ground for the firlt yeare,and are the next yeare carryed: np with theftalkes, divided into fome branches,and fet by couples at the joynts,having a fhore thicke grayifhgreenc huske atthé toppes, our of which ftart out by degrees oneafter another; feven oreight {mall faint red flowers; {maller then the {malleft Garden Pincke by much, which {carfe fhew themfelves above the brimmeof the buske: more flowers chen one as ¥ faid,appeare not at a time out of the huske,or very feldome two,wherebythey arc long in flowring, in the— USkKe |