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Show 1468 — Cuar.52. Theatrum Botanicum, OPE R16 ther, hanging downe,and are of a {mall fen; the flowers beingpatt , therecome fometimes,but not oftenour Country;long andflat cods,confifting as it were of twolides , withathin skin in the middie, Wherein are : ra ned twolongflattith red {cede : the rootes are {trong and grow deepe in the ground , eee a. Lilac five Syringa flore lattco five argenteo, Thefilver coloured Pipé tree This Pipe tree differeth not from the former,either in ftemmeor branch,eitherin leafe or flowers or manne growing fromthelaft, but onely in the colour of the flower,which is ofa milky filver colour, which hi a tee of blew therein,comming fomewhat neere unto an afhcolour. : mays thew . Syringa ig Perfica five Lilac. Perficum incifis folus la min, incifis foly nui Perficum diFum, j The blew Per/fian Ia{mine or Pipe tree, This Perfiax Taftnine (or Per/ianLilac, whether you will)isa flarub,or fhtubbypl ane, Sood neveris (ORIe rifine into i a tree like the former, yeelding many twigges, or Remsandfuckers from the roote, whofe in the middle, astheother, {cldomerifing above a mans height, having a {mooth blackifh Secene barker _ fundry wingedleaves thereon, onall fides, fome whereofas well thofe below as above, willbe wi c oa Wir any divifion therein,refembling aPrivetleafc, others will be cut in onthe one fide or the other, or fk: ude vers will be halfe likesor wholly like the pofture, and divifions of the Catalonian Tafthine re@abhito i ie os ao that therebyit came to be called alafmine: at the toppesof the {prigs and branches ftand man tufts ; Figen ina long {ptke,of foure leavesa peece, {fo like unto the tormerLi lac, that at the fir view of ? ou bee : (Steg defineit to bea Lilac, thecolour oncly excepted, which in this is more perplith, and of asDee falecre SUEY ther ftronger: after the flowers are palt,follow the like {mall long blackifh feede, inclofed in fomewha ‘tor Pata pointed huskes likethe former butlefler. “This dothin everyparc, except the growth and leaves, com ee oar ordinary Lilac,and dothin nothing but the leavesrefembiea lafmine: forboth the woodis white oe and the flowers growin tufts or{pikes, and appeare in AZay when no lafmine doth,bur the Lilac ; the fe dik 7 wife is contained in hard huskes,as the Lilac and not talte of this is fomewhat harfh, with fome aftri@ti as the lafimine, like a Lupine,ofa foft fubftance aad lal oa on inthe end, andthe Ia{mine hath a bitter thar bi i ral = and very aftringent withall, Yetas1faid before, this is moft likely to be Serapiohi blew sti ae {preadeth many branches with fibres to them, under grcund,’ and may very well bes propagat i poe ed icfcThe this holdeth his greene leaves inthe Winter,no morethenthe others doe, Se ene Ss aay is o Iefminum cernleum ok Serapio, whereof formerly there was great donbt among Herbarift whetherf there ne were Y fuch a thing in rerum natura, very many denying e it,be cafe they y cither ieither never never faw lying it, faw 7 this chis or or std ne. ne4. Springa flore albo fimplici. The fingle white Pipetree. This Bath never beareth any great ftem or body, but fhooteth forth moft utually many pliant brownith twies ot fhootes, 2nd grayifh when they grow elder,being pithy in the middle like the former, at cach joynt ft ore leaves fomewhat like the former,but more rugged or crumpled , little pointed at the ends and dened i ihe edges: the flowers growat the toppes of the branches,many{ct together, confiftine of foure leaves sept a the Muske Rofés, and of the fame creame colour,with many {mall yellow threds inthe middle,ofa tr ng We . fuil and heady fent, oS i not pleafing g toagreat ¢ many, 2 by reafonof the ft rong quickenef ick elee she Ce leSol of the fent : after which io oweth the fruite,flat ar the head, withmany leaty {cales compaffi ng it, wherein is enclofd {mall lone & ed : the rootes runné not deepeinto the graund, but (pread with manyfibres thereat, <d {mall long fe d : visuke Rae Ss x aie flore duplici, larger . o fer elite he Grelehinde. and abide long flowring,efpecially in the hotter Countries,but is very tender, and not abiding hele alt cold ae, . ther with.us,the cold windes greatly molefting it in the hotter Countries, and mn{t therefore be'kepe with charily as Orengetrees,or rather more. : pte * ; The Placeand Time, Cua P.53. The Theater ofPlants. : ‘ firft groweth in Arabia as Matthiolw thinketh, who had ic from Constantinople: but nowis plentiful to be found in manyGardens of oer Landas weil as others. The fecond isa ftranger with us as yet. The third Is very like to come firftout of Perfia,asthe name importeth ,it is nowtobe feene with Matter Trade(cant at So ath ae Thefourthis almoft as frequent as the firft, but the originall place isnot certainely knowne The att hath t che originall from Arabia, as the namecimporte g importett ve firlt,fecon th. The fe d, and th i ' weeintAd e J cz fourthin Zameand the laft later, * : , pipes ve ee Se brsasar ayy, the ¢ The Names, : ese have taken thefe to be kindes of Iafmines, and that therefore the Arabians Sambac,dothas fitly agree to Inim,to vele asbetothe the Tafmines,ceruleum for Ce/alpinz taketh firlt, which Afatthiol Fo sitanorum, us called Lilac, and {o divers th ersaf 1 la/minum Mauritan orn the or he Liiguftram Orientale the ient ithell¢of whichitc (neither stot be. tothe aa be, forthe Iprws Pliny, edie : as i have fhewed youbefore ewed yo , maymay molt moft fitt ore, fitly be called a by thatname | , and the blew[afm iine iss Gi y progable to beaad theotheci's third, which we cernlen call and Lobel the Perfian la{mine) (lufius,C. cue ten [+48 ,Camerarius it and I c } att abel thers oyringa cernlea Lufitanica,it is thought that Bellonius under{tanothers, deth this plant, w ne faith that the cueAfeee Terkes havea fhrub5 withIvy fied Gatke many e se ; ce 2 with Ivyleav leavesalwrae ayes grcené, bearing violet blew flowers ona tong {pi nachSpite y eeiKta the bigneffe and fafhion of a Foxetale ,and thereupon called Foxetale in their tongue, J Ae o S ofareih not greene leaves in Winter, 2s Belonius faith. /ib.3 .c,50,chat doth, whether it doe there . d aref ours, or whether he be miftaken, it refteth idoudefull. Some as Lagdunenf igduuner is faith, th, have have taken taken this plant tobe the Oftrys or Offrya, of Theophraftus, becaute it beareth {mall feede like unto Barley ae fome would have0 the white Syringa Sie Offrys Thes likewi is here of fer forth, » tobe tobe his h i s Offrys e burI have acmed fhewed oh youthe 8 dF 4 Meorbrasreockore,as Cinfine hath fufficientlylikewife forthe fame canfe, declatedit. The fecond is remembred in no At 1465 buc the hortws Eyffeteufiz. The third is called by Projper Alpinin his Booke aplanrix exoricis Liguitrum nigrum, by which name itcame fitftco Bawbinus,as he faith,out ofMaly, and afterwards from Signion” Contarenihis Gatden, by the name ofSyringa laciniati folys, which healtereth to Lige/tram laciniata-folys, burit feemeth he had butonelya branch to fee, Without fower,as itis in his defcription and therefore could nor further determine up; onir,but I have often feene it both inandont offlower, and doc hese give you both a fulland true defcription of the plant,and the name that both we and Iacobus Cornutys fetit out by,. in his Booke ofCanadaplants, viz, Ageme filag Perfarwm, whichas hefaith fignifieth Lilac Perficvm, Agem enim Perfideni fignificat, c&Lilacflorem, but came to us by the name of La/mintm Perficum, becaulc many of the leaves are formed very like thofe of Ja/minsas Catolonicum, as have {hewed yonin the defcription, yet the trueft name to be impofed on it, is Lilac Perficum, 28 I have before fhewed you, andthis isthat Lilac laciniarssfolijs, that J gave you underltandingof in my former Booke. The fourthis called Fratex coronarins by Clafius,and Syringa alba byall other Authours but Lobel, who calleth it Syringa Italica,not that he ever {aw it growing naturally wilde in /ta/y, buc that he there foundit very frequent'in their Gardens, Bashinus calleth ic Syringa alba five Phyladelphus Athenei. The lalt is called Sambac Arabumfive Ta(minumex Gine, fo that it may not unfily be referred tocither, it is called Syrixga Italicaflore alba pleno, by Befler, who fet our the great Gardenof the Bifhop of €yftor, although Baxhinas {ceme to make two fortsofit, as hiscu!tome is in many orher things, whichitis likely henever faw,but upon A/pinus his retembling the leaves unto chofe of the Orengetree, for thereby he maketh his diftin@ion. We may callicin Exg/i/, either the double white Syriaga or Pipe tree, orthe double white Iafmine, according as it isin Latine, which you will; although the fingle whice hath nothing the like refemblancein the flower toa Jafmine. The Vertnes, . There is no ufe of any ofthefe in Phyficke; that I know, andare butas ornaments ina Garden, and for thé beauty and {weetenefle ofthe flowersthere cherifhed, unleffe any would make a perfume ofthe flowers, by in- fufing them in the Sunne with oyle of {weete Almonds, or draw aChymicall oyle out from the faid flowers, by diltillation,onel ythe laft 4/pinses fheweth the Egyptians doc ule more for ornamentto trimmeup andperfume themfelves, then forto helpe them in their difeafes, neverthelefle, they make faith he an oyle thereof, which their womenu!e in their bathings to mollifie the harddeffe and warme the coldneffe of the mother, for by their experience they have found it to be very helpefull for hard kernels and tumoursin the flefh, and to canfed more eafie and {peedy delivery in travaile of childbirth by drinking this oyle warme and annoynting the wombealfos Somentelikewifeto drinke that oyle warme, andto annoint the ftomacké outwardly therewith, againft che cough and fhorcneffe of breath,and againft the dangerouspleurifie, where onecan hardly bring up the flegme, or their {pictle,and againtt Impoftumationsin the iungs, and againft the violent paines inthe ftomacke, bowele, of privities: the oyle 1s made after che manner aforefatd,either with oyle of Almondsor Se/amum, and the flowers fteeped and {unned. Guaarv,. LIT. 1. Oleander flore rubroThe Role bay with red flowers, 3. Oleanderfive Laurus Rofea. The Rofe bay or Oleander. The double white Pipe tree. 1¢ double fhort thicke chuInpes be ttumpe, not pring tagPipé rifin high above P tree from bove thethe Dm aa ee $ ground, : t rth divers branches,whicieon growlargeleaves lone , fomewhat like untothe laft,but not fofhootethfo rough or hard nor dented at all about the edges, two alwaies {landing one againft anozher at the joynts, bur fet or difpofed on con y fides, and notupontwoonely; atthe ends whereof come forth three or toure flowers, evcr} : on + falkebe it felfe, whichare long , i and hollow below,like theC whire a lafmine, and havea double rou v ofwi ute ite rou round nd poini ie ted leaves; tive or fixe in arow at thetoppe, feeming like unto a double white lafmine flower but fomeyellowneffe inthe middle, whichis hollow, of a very ftrong and heady {weete Trise6, SS) Here is of this Rofebay two forts, the one with ciimfon coloured flowers, the orher with white, which are both folike in leafe and growing, that 2° veiy hardly they can be diftinguifhed, bc fore hey be inflower, and therefore one defcription hall {<rve for them both, and fo might one figure alfo, bucthatl had them both readycut in my hand, as I had many others,that are inferted into this Worke. The ftemme or trunke hercof growethin time with us (but much more in the hotterclimates ) toteas big below asareafonable mans wrift, and di- | videth it felfe upwards into many ftalkes, three for the moft is WN part rifing at a place and from each of themltkewile, three oWe Ua ther branches, and fo by.degrees from three to three,aslongas ___ AQ SS it groweth, the lowelt part ofthe {branches being bare withont leaves,and keeping themonlyat the tops al the Winter,bein2 lone & fomewhat narrow,morelike to thofe ofthe Peach, then Bay tree, but thicker and harder, of a darke greene above and ycllowifh below, the flowers come forth at the tops onely of the branches,of a deepe crimfon colour while they are in the bud, and being blowne confift of foure long and nariow leaves, with round ends,fomewhat twining themfelves, ofa paler red colour,tending toa deepe blufb, andin the other are white, without any mixture ofother colour therein, but the greene leaves are paler or frefher: after which come long crooked pods, hard or wooddy almoft onthe outlide, and browne inthe hor Countries, but was never {eene to beare ripe pods.j thinke in our Country wherein is contained brownifh fiat feede, wrapped in « greatdeale of moft fine brownith yeliowdowne,as fine almoft as filke, the pods being fomewhat like unto the pods of Afclepias or Periploca, butlarger, flattery and harder. |