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Show Cuar.a2. Theatrum Botanicum, Cuar. TRripe16 XLIL Celafirma Theopnafti, The Static tree. i & a 89 lefle Privet, and divers {maller, of a fad greene eS -fhining colour onthe upper fide, and paler underneath, which are little or nothing {nipped about theed= ges, and of a litcle bitter talte’: ar the foore ot the leaves towards the ends of the youngelt branches come torth fhore tree, yet tis not improbable that Virgi/in citing thefe verfes. Quantum lentafolent inter Uiburna Cupreffus, fhould meanethis tree alfo,called Viburxy, (chat it might hald hiscomparifonto the Cyprefle,of the meanenes ofother Cities unto the ftatelines of Rome)as divers learned men think, which are Gefner, Matthiolus,Camerarius, Dorantes and Lugdunenfis,ec, and becante that the Iralians in their vulgar tongue,call it Lantana (quod lentifant rami) GuilandinusGefner, Lobel and Cefalpinus are content to calit Lantana allo,yet Ruetius in writing of the Rhus of Theophraftus and Diofcorides, faith he found it without Paris, which the Country people called Blanche putain, and both he and Lobe/,doe call it Viorna Gallorum, as peradventure derived from Viburnum, and yet they calt another ramping buth Viorne alfo, which I have fhewed you before among theclamfberers, tobe the eAtragene of Theopbraftwe, uniefle the Freach have two Viorna’s, which is donbefull, tor Ruellias fheweth a fhrab,which he faich the French call Blanche purane,and is the fame theycall,faith he,Vorae and. Hardeax allo, Lugdenenfis aith (infpiraz) into wreathes or roundcircles : butas I fhewed youbefore, Clafivs fetceth forth another Speires which hetakethtobe the truer. Ce/alpinus and Raellivs, doe both thinkeit tobe the Rhus Theophraftilib.3:¢.1 8 which Gaza tranflateth F/#ida from the Greeke word }é, butas they thinke is no fort ofour Rhus, or Samacke, becaufe he there defcribeth it with the leafe of the Elme, but longer, &c. and therefore they both referreit ro this plant. AZatthiolws faith, he was alfo of chat opinion,untill having betcer perufed 7:heophrafrus,he refed that opinion, acknowledging himfelfe tohave beeneinanerrour. The Ltalians as I {aid, call it Lantana, and Vibur. pe kernell, whofe fhell being hard-hathas white no; the French Vierne,as Reellivs faith, and Hardeax alfo, from the French word Hard, which fignifieth a band within it as the hafeil nur,covered witha faf€ yellowill or rope, the Germanes callit in fome places Schtingbaum,butTragus and Lonicerus, Kleiner Malbaum, Gerard callethit in Engh the Waifaring tree, but I know notravailer dothtake either pleafure or Profitby it, more then by any other ofthe hedge trees, Ihavetherefore from Tragwus his mealy tree, pucto the pliantnefte of the This grewat Leiden in the publike garden, but from whence che naturall place is.is not knowne : but from them: hath beene communicated unto divers in this Land, as 2s in others: the flowers doe often appeare folate tharwell the fruite cannot cometo ripenefle, yet it is Ggnified that the firft Tipe fruite chat wasfeene growing thereon wasin Avgu/t, twigges and branches, and calledit the pliant mealy tree, The Vertues, Theléaves of this treearé harfh andbinding, and aregoodto ftrengthen and fatten loofe teeth: the decoéti- on of the leaves hereof, and of Ollive leaves togetherin vinegar and w ater, is of excellent good ufe to wath the mouthand throate thar are {welled by fharperheumes falling into them, it is good alfo to {et the Uuula or palaré ofthe mouthinto the right place,and to ftay rheumes that doefall upon the jawes: the kernels of the fi uite heres of, taken before they are ripe, dryed and made into pouther anddrunke, doe {tay the loafeneffe of the beliy, and allother fluxes. Ofthe rootes being fteeped under the ground, and then boyled, and beatena long time after- The Names, h Lagdunenfis referre the niaasp@Theophraftus (for be hath both words) unto the or niraspoy of Alaternus of two forts that Clufius ward, is made Birdlime,with which Fowlers nfe to catch {maller birds:the leaves boyled in lye, and the head or hath fet forth,as is before fhewed yet Clufivs himfelfe judgeth this tree to come neerer you, there. Unto.then either of them, and fo fecteth itdowne in his C#ve pofteriores haires wafhed therewith doth keepe them fromfalling ,and will makethe haires blacke. is (ome as hefaith would make it a kinde of Lana 1 Tinus, out that it cannot be : I doe notfind that Bathiaus Who fetteth downe all other mensobfervation s, hath once remembred this planeto referré it to any other, of make it one of it felfe,which is not ufuall with him in many other that I know, ” Cuap. X LIV. Samach Give Rows. Sumacke: ; The Vertues, Theopbraftus Fecountethall thé properties hereof , wherenntoit is put,and that faith he, isto make ftaves for old men,no other having za ere are thireé or foure forts of Sumacke to fhéw you, three of thém of anncient knowledge and nfe, but one other of later invention : whereunto I muft adjoyne anotherplant, which both for the names fake,and fome likenefle thereunto,hath caufed divers learned mentointitle it by their name; made triall of anyother faculty it isendu ed withall. Viburnum, The pliant mealy tree, His pliant tree hach froma {mall body, ri- 4) fing to the height o¢ a hedge tree or bufh, covered with a darke grayit h barke, -fan- dry {mall (or not great) hort, but very < tough®& pliant branches,ot a fingers thicknefle, whofe tarke is {mooth and whitith, whereon §Towbroad leaves like unto the Elme, bur fomewhat long aud hoary rough, thicke, white like littl: hairy wichall, {ec by couples, finely meale, anda dented about the edges : at the ends ofthe branche or clufters of white flowers,which sftand large tnfts turne into large bunches of round and flat feed like unto greene atthe firlt, and redafterward Lentils but greater s, but blacke when tieyare ripe:the branches herof are fo tough and ftreng withall, that theyferve better for or'an other thing withall,or to bands to tye bundels together the gates of their fields,make wreathes to hold then either withy or anyother the like, The Place and Time, Tt groweth as a hedge bufh sbeing often cut and plathed by the Conntrymen,to {pread on the hedgesin length tobind er ic of the height, and Kent, and in other thires oftheis found ver Sockin land, And Bowes not a the end of Aday,and ripéneth chefruite in Septem - 1449 that Dalechampiws did take this to be the Speirea Theopbrafti, becaufethe pliant tongh twigges may be writhed ftalkes of an inch long, tultaining five orfixe flowers, confilting of foure yellowifh greene leavesa peece, which turneinto {mall berries, of the bigneffe ofA{paragus berries, greene at thefirlt, and asred as the A{paragus afterwards, but growing ripe are very blacke, and fomewhat long with the roundrefle, wherein is contained a three {quare feed, like Cuap. XLIII, — Cuar.gg, Although the fignification of@iburanm, doth properly entend the young twiggeor {hoote from the reoteofa His tree groweth up toa meane height, the barke of the body and elder boughes being of a darkécoz Althoug Tibe Theater ofPlants. The Names, Celafirus Theophrafti, The Staffe tree, SQg tour, andthe youngergreene, whereon are diQyp vers leaves, not greater then thofe of the fruite- Trise16, Sah Viburnum, Thepliant mealy tree. yi 1, Sumach five Rhos obfoniornm cicoriariorum, Coriars Sumacke, The Coriars Sumackein fome places rifeth to be areafonablegreattree ( butin dry barren grounds not above two or three cubits high, or whereitis yearely or every other yeare piui ned for the profit made of chem) Apreading ttndry branches with large winged leaves, thavis many fer on bothfides of a middle ribbe, each of them dented about the edges, Theophraffws compareth themto Elme leaves, but leflerand longer, and Dic/c oridesto the leaves of the Hex: atthe ends of the branches come forth large {piked clufters of whitifh flowers, which afterwards become reddith,round and flat feede like unto Lentils, with an outward skinny huske, whic h was, andis yet(till in divers places in Turky, the condiment o {eafoning for meate, being dryed and made into pou- ther : the wood is whitifh, which being dryed and ground ferveth to dye blacke withall, as is well knowne to moft. em ; i 2. Sumach five Rhus Virginiana, VirginianSumacke, _ The Virginias Sumacke groweth upin fomeplaces to be a tree of ameane {if¢ whofe barke on thebody and elder armesis rugged, and of adarkeruffet colour, thofe chat are two or three yeare old, aref{mooth and not tugged, but thofe of the laft yeare are of che fame brownithred colour and foftneffe, chatthe new velvet head of adeare fhewethto havé, (thar it might deceive aright good Woodmanto fee one cut of and prefented him on the {uddaine, yeelding a yellowith milke,when itis broken or wounded,which ina {mall time becommeth thicke like unto a gumme: the long winged leaves grow one above another on both fides of the branches very largely {pread, having eight or tenne or more long narrow leavesfer oneach fide of a middle ribbe, and one at she end,’ very {mally dented about the edges,of adarke greene thining colour on the upperfide, and paler greene under= neath : atthe ends ofthe branches comeforth long and thicke browne tufts or heads, very foft and woollyin handling,madeall offhort threds or thrummes, from among which appeare many {mall flowers mucti more red orcrimfon then the tufts, which turneinto a number of very red roundflattithfeede, thicke and clofe, fet onthe branches of the head together, leffer then the {mall Lentils, having a {mall blacki(h feede, ander that outward skinny huske,whofe fhell is fomewhat hard,enclofing a white kernell within it, the roote fpreadeth much under ground,(hooting forth fuckers round about,and a good way of from the body of the tree. 3. Rhus Pliny Mirtifolia, Mirtle leafed Sumacke. { The Mirtle leafed Sumacke groweth feldome above the height of aman having many flender branclics with leaves fet thereon every oneof the bigneffc of the broad Mirtle leafe,fet by couples,but norfo clofely, or aoa jut oppofite one to another, nor fo many together, and not dented abont the edges: atthe ends whereof come aA: j 7 Hhhbhh forth |