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or by some rendered Saw-wort or Notch-plant ; and see z/ra, 
under Bock.—Anthemis tinctoria, its near relative, as well as per- 
haps both Chrysanthemum segetum and C. coronarius, have been 
used in dyeing. The use suggested by Bock three centuries be- 
fore was suggested again by Wallroth’s separation of a form of 
Aster Amellus by the name of Aster tinctorius. 
ASTER TEMPERAMENT 
The so-called temperament or nature of a plant was a very 
consequential part of mediaeval description, and to a less degree, 
of that df antiquity ; and aster was diagnosed as follows : 
It is not of very cold nature.—/Hzppocrates, under the name 
polyophthalmon. - 
Habet vero non minime et refrigerans quiddam ac reprimans, 
ut mixtae sit facultates uti rosa verum id non astringit —Ga/en. 
Est autem mediocriter digerantis facultatis, quin videlicet et 
modice calidum est, nec vehementer, nec ita desiccat ut contendat, 
maxime quam etiamnum molle ac recens fuerit.—Ga/en. 
Habet etiam quod discussorium, ut mixtarum virium sit, velut 
rosa, sed bubonium non ita astringit—Aétzos. 
It is possessed of mixed powers, being discutient and cooling. 
—FPaulus Aegineta. 
Habet aut qo dyaphoreticum. Habet etiam nomino refrigera- 
tivo qd reperessi, ut mixte sit potentie sicut rosa, non tamen sic 
stipticat.—Ortus, 1498 edn. 
Est autem mediocriter diaphoreticum, neque vehementer neque 
intense desiccat.—Ortus, again in 1498 edn. 
Temperamentum. Mixtae est potentiae, uti rosa refrigerat enim, 
non tamen vehementer, et digerit atque exsiccat, quod scilicet illi 
amara insit qualitas.—Fwchs, edn. 1551. 
Ceterum Aster Atticus digerentis ut Galenus tradit ; mediocriter 
est facultatis, modice videlicet calidus, et non vehementer desic- 
cans ; maxime cum etiamnum mollis ac recens fuerit.—Dodoens. 
The nature, It doth refresh and cool, and is almost of tem- 
perature like the rose.—Lyte, 1595 edn. © 
The nature. It is of a meane temperature in cooling and dry- 
ing. Galen saith it doth moderately waste and consume, especially 
while it is yet soft and newly gathered.—Gerarde, 1597. 
-Mo. Eot. Garden 
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