Chap. 364. Englijh Herbs. 51^ 
Afclcpium primum Libanolidi fecund# fimilis Baubi- 
lii , Matthiolus his Efculapius Allheal , or Wound- 
VVorc. 4. Panax Afclepium Apulum Column# , Pa- 
nax Semine Foliofo Btnthini , Columns his Efculapius 
Allheal, or Woundwort of Naples. y. Panax Aj- 
clcpium Anguilar # Cf Cameron] , Libanotis fecunda 
' Fabcrmmontani , Libanotis nigra Ccefalpini, Camera- 
rius his Herb Frankincenfe Fennel Leav’d, or Efcula- 
pius his Allheal of Candy. 6. Libanotis minor Lhn- 
bella Candida , Libanotis Septentrionalium Herbaria- 
rum Lobelij , Libanotis minima Lugdunenfis , Small 
fennel Leav’d Herb Frankincenfe , or Allheal. 7. 
Libanotis ferulacea Germanics , Thalius in his Har- 
, \nia Syha calls it Libanotis v^LmuiuAs, German 
Fennel Leav’d Herb Frankincenfe, or Allheal. 
IV. The Defcriptions. T be firji , or Fennel Heav’d 
Herb Frankincenfe. It has a Root which grows deep , 
and (breads much , and with many Branches fixes it 
felf in the Ground , larger than a great Parfhep at 
the top , and white both on the out fide and on the 
infide , with a Pith in the middle , but it is fo brittle , 
that you muft handle it very tenderly if you dejire not 
to break it, and when cut or broken it fends forth a 
clammy pale Juice , of an odoriferous , (harp, piercing 
fine if not much unlike to that of Limons, and endures 
in the Earth many Tears ; from the head of this Root 
(hoot feveral bulhy, great, reddifh Stalks of Leaves, 
of a frelh green color , being fomething thicker and 
longer than thofe of the ferula , and (hotter than 
thofe of Peucedanum , or Hog-fennel , yet often and 
in many places fet three together, of a quick aroma- 
tick fmell , coming fomewhat near to that of a Li- 
man ; from among thefe Leaves rifes up (fometimes, 
but not every Year with us in England ) a good large 
Stalk , but neither fo great nor half fo high as the 
ferula , not much exceeding a Yard in height, nor 
much higher than the Stalks with Leaves, fpreading 
it felf out into very many Ramifications or Branches, 
which at their tops beat Umbles of yellow Flowers, 
which being paft away ate followed by a good large 
fort of whitifh yellow Seed, round, and a little long 
withal, fomewhat crefted on the outfide, being join- 
ed two and two together, as is very ufual in moff 
lerulous Plants, which makes one fide fiat, the fma 1 
Footftalkof the Leaves running up between, and i s 
(aid to be Cauffick, or burning, for which rcalon the 
Name K«V»”f> Canehrys , is given to it; This, as it 
is a rare, fo tt is a molt excellent, goodly, and no- 
ble Plant, of a vaft value in many Cafes. 
V. The fccond, or Lobel his Fennel Leav’d Herb, 
Frankincenfe. It has a Root which is fmall, and not 
growing deep into the Ground , nor abides after it 
has given Seed , its fmell and tafle not being much re - 
finous or Sharp ; this Plant grows nothing fo high 
or great as the ferula , but With fine Leaves like un- 
to it, and at the tops of all the Branches Umbles of 
yellow Flowers, but the Seed which follows is broad, 
not fo fmall as fennel , but more like to that of the 
ferula , of a little quick or brisk talte and fmell. 
VI. The third , or Matthiolus his Efculapius All- 
heal. Its Root like to the /aft is fmall , but no ways 
anfwe ruble to a Ferula; the whole Plant is lefs than 
ferula , the Stalks are not fo large nor fo tall , the 
Leaves are finer, fmaller, and fhorter than thofe of 
that Plant, the Umble of Flowers is fmaller alfo, and 
the Seed lefler in proportion to all the reft of its 
parts. 
VII. The fourth , or Columns his Efculapius or 
Woundwort of Naples, It has a fmall fender Root, 
with a buf] of hairs at the top, of the bignefs of ones 
Thumb, with a thick rugged Bark, of a whitifh yellow 
color on the outfide, and a fpungy, white , and woody 
Pith within , full of a clammy white Milk , hardning 
quickly into a Gum, which is bitter and \Jhdrp in tafle, 
and unpleafant , but yet aromatical ; the Stalks of 
Leaves which are fpread next the Ground in a round 
form at head of the Root are cut into feveral long 
hairs, as it were thick fet together , fomewhat like 
unto Common Tarrow, and hairy wilhal, which is not 
feen in the other Kinds, or rather like unto fennel 
Leaves, but bigger, having feven winged Leaves fet 
on a pretty large Stalk, five bigger and two fmaller, 
which are next the hairy Stalk, being green at the 
firft, but changing yellow when it grows towards 
Flowering, which with the Leaves is about half a 
Yard long ; from among thefe Stalks of Leaves rifes 
up but one main Stalk, which is (lender, and about 
two or three Feet high fometimes , having fome 
Joints, but no Leaves thereon to the very top, where 
ulually grow but one or two fmall Tufts or Umbles 
■of yellow Flowers, but fpread a little largely, and 
growing clofer and rounder as it turns to Seed, which 
are Hat, and winged on both fides, two growing to- 
gether, as is ufual in all other Umbelliferous Plants, 
whereon, as alfo on the Stalk, is often found a fweet 
fmelling Gum, as clear as Turpentine, or Gum Ara- 
bick, which will fcarcely diffolve in Water without 
heat ; the like alfo is taken from the Root cut in 
pieces, but it is yellower, becaufe it muft be forced 
out by the Fire. Columna fays that this Panax Af- 
clepium. is the trueft of any which has been deferibed 
by any other Author, and that it grows frequently 
in Apulia, anfwering in every part the Defcriptions 
thereof in Diofcorides and Theophraftus. 
VIII. The fifth , or Camerarius his Herb Frankin- 
cenfe Fennel Leav’d, or Efculapius his Allheal of 
Candy. It has Roots like the former, and rifies up 
with a round Fennel like Stalk fix or J, even feet high, 
or more , with feveral Joints thereon, divided into 
Branches ol Leaves, larger than fennel, and fmaller 
than ferula, ol a dark green color on the upper fide, 
and of a blewifh green underneath, with large Um- 
bles of yellow Flowers at the tops, which being paft 
away will turn into broad, flat, winged Seed, of a 
relinous finell and tafte, the Leaves being much more 
mild, and yielding a whitilft Milk, nothing fo hot 
or ftrong in fmell as ferula. 
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