L i b. z. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants, 
3, Wilde Germander hath little ftalkes 
weake and feeble, edged or cornered, fome- 
w hat hairie,and fetas ic were with joints ■ a- 
bout the which bycertaine diftances there 
come forth at each ioint two leaues fome- 
thing broad, nicked in the edges, and fome- 
thing greater than the leaues of creeping 
Germander, and fofter. The Homes be of a 
gallant blew colour, made of foure fmall 
leaues a peece, (handing orderly bn the tops 
of the render fpriggie fpraies ; after which 
come in place little hu '-fees Or fecde veffels. 
The root is fmall and threddie. 
S[ The Place . 
Thefe plants do grow in rocky and roueh 
grounds, and in gardens, they do cafily prof- 
per. 
The wilde Germander groweth in manic 
places about London in Medowes and ferti! 
fields, and in cilery place wherefoeuer I haue 
trauelled in England. 
The Time. 
. They flonre and floiuith from the end of 
May, to the later end of Anguft. 
The Names. 
Garden Germander is called in Greeke 
se^f'.Cham&drys . oflome, TnJf-go,&eTrix- 
<i?«,and likewife gup cula w/wr-notwithdan- • 
ding moil: of thefe names do more properly 
belong to Scordium, ot water Germander : in 
Italian, gtierciuola .■ in Englifh, Germander 
. or Englifh Treacle: in l-rencb, Germandrc. 
Before creeping Germander was knowne, this wilde kinde bare the name of Germander amongft - 
the Apothecaries, and was vied for the right Germander in thecompoiitions of Medicines .-but 
after the former were brought to light, this began to be named Syluejlris, and Spuria Cb.-.mgdrys : 
that iswilde andbaftard Germander :offome, Teucriumpratenfe, and without c-rrour: becaufeall 
the (otts ofplants. comprehended vndcr the title of T eucrium,axe doubtiefle kindes of Germander. 
Oflome it hath been thought to be the plant that Diofcorides called Hierabotane . that is to 
fav, the Holie herbe, if fo bee that the Holie herbe , and Verbenaca , or Vcrua'ine, which is called in 
G-eeke be fundrie hetbes. Diofcorides maketh them fundrie herbes,defcribing them apart 
the one after the other : but other Authors, as Paul us. Act has, and Oribaf; us, make no mention of Her- 
be Sacra, the Holie herbe, but onely olPeriJlcreon : and this fame is found to be likevyife called Hie- 
rabotan f, or the Holie Herb, and therefore it iseuident that it is one and tiie fel(e fame planr, called 
by diners names : the which things confidered, if they fay (o,and fay truely, this wilde Germander 
cannot be Hitrabotane at all, as diners haue written and (aid it robe. 
The Temperature. 
Garden Germander is of thin parts, and hath a cutting facultie, it is hot and drie almoif in the 
third degree, euen as Galen doth write of Teiicrittm, or wilde Germandet. 
The wilde Germander is likewife hot and drie, and is not altogether without force or power to 
open and clenfe : it may be counted among the number of them that do open the liner and fpleen'. 
The Vertuts. 
Germander boiled in water and drunk, deliuereth the bodie from all obdruftions or Hoppings, A 
diuideth and cutteth tough and dammie humors : being receiued asaforelaid, it is good for them 
that haue the cough, and fhortneffe of breath, the ftrangurie or flopping of vrine,and helpeth thofe 
which are entring into a dropfie. 
The leaues (lamped w ith honie and drained, and a drop at fundrie times put into the eie's, takes B 
away the web and hawe in the fame, or any dimnefle of fight. 
Itprouoketh mightily the termes, being boiled in wine, and the decoition drunk ;\vith a fomen- C 
tationor bath made alfo thereof, and thefecret parts bathed therewith, 
I i i j • CHAP. 
3 Chamsdrp flue'itris, 
Wilde Germander. 
