i - Adam in¥den, Or, 
| CHAP. XCVIIL. 
Of Fennell Gyant. 
The Names, 
Poe") 
which Gaza in his Tranilation of Theophrajtus calleth Ferula and Fers- 
~f@  fagoin Laine. The Greek name Signifiech Thyr[wm, Virgultum, Ba- 
: : T HeGrecians called the greater fort Negin§ and. the leaf rapes 
cillum, the ancients ufing the ftalks ot it, which grow tobe very firong — 
and Subflantiall, for props to hoid upthe weaker Sort ot Plants, and for ftaves 
for old-men to walk with. The Latine name is derived 4 feriendo becanfe the 
faid falks were ufed by School-mafters, for their Seeptra Padagogica and with — 
‘them did {mire the hands or heads of their Idle and truant Scho}lers, and there- — 
fore Martiall calleth them #7iftes ferdlas. This Herb growing in Cyrene of Afri- 
ca, nigh tothe Oracle of Fupiter Ammon, bringeth forth eC unatabach is there- 
tore called eAmmoniacum, as ome think: when it groweth in AZedia it bringeth 
forth Sagapenum ; and in-Syria,Galbanum,Of the wwo lal; I fhall treat elfe where: 
* bute of the firft, which groweth in Cyrene,] fhall principally take notice of, becaule 
: 5 . on, - The Kinaes, ; 
“OTe siho < z re 
“ nel Gyant. 1. Fine leafed Fennel Gyanr. 2, The — 
= _ The Form, : 8 fig 
doth quickly con 
ling any thing firong in our Country, as it doth in the hoiter Climates, 
"The moft riarurall places of the‘ Plants,are as I {aid before Cyrenein eAfrich 
‘Meds, and Syria, yeethey are al found growing, as well in Narbone oe 
_ Tong the Rocks chat are torrified with the Sun all day, as in divers places of It@- 
and Florece, and divers other places, but yieldeth little Gum in E#- 
