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Show 1374 heatrum Botanicum. Thea AP.2 Cuar.24, Trisei 5 ing, but onely that che ftalkeis woolly, and che leaves hereofare very rough, and ofa darker greene thining colour, on the upperfide, and more hoary or very woolly underneath. C/nfius giveth another figure alfo hereof, nor that the one differech from the other, butto thew the full open flower of the one, and the clofed and decay~ > ing ofthe other. : i 3. Tuffilage Alpinafolio obloxgo. Mountaine Coltsfoote with longerleaves, This hath five or fix fomewhatlong leaves,rifing from a blacke roote,of the bignefie of ones little finger, with fomefibresat it, each fecupon a longftalke of anuncquall length, {ome longer then others, hard, rough, hairy, and of a darke grecne colour,(nipped about the edges, trom whence rifeth the ftalke of a cubits height, fer with twoorthree narrowerleaves,branched fometimes witha large yellow moffic flower at the toppe, which being ripe,vanifheth with the winde, The Place andTime, Thefe grow on the Afpes of Auftria, and Syria, and elfewherein Germany, and on Mount Baldws in Italy, and flowerin Ixne in their naturalplaces,but in April and AZay, being tran{poied into Gardens, The Names, Thefe being butoflate invention,have no other name impofed on them thenthe firft finders gavethem,which is Tufilago Alpina,forfo Clufivs doth entitle them, the firlt being his fecond,and my fecond his frkt, which Cly. fiusas [faidin the Chapter of A/arum, {ufpedied to be the A/arina of Marthiolm, bue affuredly: was miftaken therein, for although he feeme to determine tre queftion abfolutely tobe the fame, yet he leaveth it tor every one tojudgeashe lit, Thelaltis fo termed by Bamhians as it is fet downein the title, The Vertues. : Although the formeof the leaves and flowers doe canfe them to bereferred tothe Colts foore, yet itismor ‘ BRIS, Tat : Theater Plants, “Fhe The ¥ heater of F tants. Cwra v.25, 31375 Ihave hereunto puc the figure that Dodonews faith, hee tooke out of a Manufcript Herball of the Emperours, which whetherhe tooketo be true or fo, he doth nor fer downe, bur forely Ithinke both this and all rhe others he/tooke thence, are but figmenta Botanalogi cujnfdam calidi, they are fo artificially compofed, although but rude= ly,according to the times expreft, like unto many others of this name,though miuch fet by by others, tor the heads being folike unto burres, fheweth that he would frame it toa kinde of Arceion, a Burreywhich difereth muck from Arétion or Ariuron, The Place and Time, This groweth amongthe Rockes, on the Mountaines in Savoy, The Names, Icis taken byfome tobe the astro oragustesv of Dio/corides,Galen,and orhers,which Pliny alfo calleth Ardians and «4rtturum, Lugdunenfis onely doth exhibite this to view under the nameof 4rétinm quorundam,which Bana hinws calleth Lappa montana altera lanuginofa: falling on the fame rockethat others before him did, ro put nodif= ference berweene Arceion and e4rétium, when a8 Diofcorides, hath fo punétually divided them, for affuredly it is planta [ui genery,and hathinofellow. The Vertues. If his be the true Aréinm of Dio/corides, then he faith that the roate and feede boyledin Wine; will helpe thé Toothache, ifthe deco@tion be held inthe mouth: the fame decottionis good for burnesg kibes, and chilblaneg on the heeles and hanids to be bathed therewith: itis alfo drunke with Wine againft the paines of the Hip-gout or Sciatica,and the Strangury. Gales confirmeth the fame things, faying it is of thin parts, and doth moderately dry'and cleanfe, knowne, or atthe leat made knowneto us,of any thelike faculties,any of them are endued withall,and there- fore untill they can fay more for themfelves let them be held to be mutes, Sy Cuap, Melanthium five Nigella. Qigella or Fennell lower. Cuar. XXIV. \Here be fundryforts of Wigela,(oime fowne in Gardehs,athers growing wilde, moft with fingle, and Arttinm montanum quibufdam> A \inde of mountaine woolly plant or Beares wort, $824 His planthath diverfe faire and omewhatlarge longleaves like unto Mullein, fomewhat greene x Bs) above; KS8 andhoary or very white below.andfull ofveines: the ftalke is fmooth and covered with much wooll, hep beating one great head,fcaly onthe oyrfide,but without any prickles, and with a yellow thramme for the flower {tanding within it,;which whenit is ripe is by peece meale carryed away inthe winde, with the feeds hinging thereat, whichislike unto Cumminfede , the rooteisthicke long whiteandtender, Arélium wontanum quibuldam, A kinde of woolly planr, or Beacewort, ArBium cx codice Cafareo, Cafars books Artiiva. {ome with donble flowers of the dotible forts; and of the Spanifh fingle kinde, Ihave fpoken already inmy former Booke,the reft fhall follow here. 1, Nigella Romana fivefativa. The Romane or {weete fmelling Nigella, This {weete Nigella groweth up to be two foote high, with {undry flender branches, and many findly“carahd divided leaves on them, almoft as {mall as Fennell,and-very like unto thofe ofthe Larkes heeles, at the top of every branch,ltandeth one flower, madeof five blewleaveslaid abroad like a ftar, without any greene leaves under the flower,as in fome {ingle and another double blew fort, with a greene head in the middle,compaffed with fome few threds, which head groweth to be the feede veffell, being alittle long andround, withfive {mall fhort toppes like hornes; ftanding ar the toppes of the heads,in whichlye in feverall cells, {mall blacke,and very fharpe {weete {trong {melling feede : the roote is {mall threddy and yellow, perifhing yearely. 33. Nigella Romana fativa.@ (ylve/ftris, floribus nudix & foliofs, The firit Romane Nigella,and bet! the forts of the wilde. aYY Njhis ON = ( Se \ \ XXV. Nigella Hifpanica. Spanith Nigella, - 9 |