Of the Hirtory of Plants, 
Lib. Z. 
1003 
Chap. 3 89. 
Of Hercules Woundwort, or <tjll'heale. 
TheKirtdes. 
T)Amx is of fundry kindes,as witnefleth Theophraftiis in his ninth booke ; one groiveth in S yria, 
* and likewife Other three, that is to fay, Cbironium, Her aclium, and tAifciJapium i or Chirms All- 
heal e, Hercules All-heale, and tAtfcuUpius All-heale.Befidesthefe there is one* PUr)phyllori,6r'bmz.d. 
leafed • fo that in Theophntjtus there are fix kindes of Pimax : but Diofcorides defcribcth only three, 
Horaclettm, Afclepium,3.ndChironimn wberp unto vve haue added another fort, whole vertues wee 
found out by raeanes of a husbandman, and for that caufe haue named it Panax'Colom, or C lownes 
wort. 
x P.tnax TUmclcum, i Panax Herach um maius . 
7 be Dcfcription. 
1 TJ Ere'ules All-healeor Wound-wort hath many broad Ieanes fpread vpon the ground, - 
very rough and hairy, ofanouerworne greene colour, and deepely cut into 1 diners' fe- 
dlions like thofe of the Coiv Parfenep,and not vnlike to the fig Ieanes : among the 
which rifeth vp a very ftrong ftalke couered otter with a rough hairinefle, ofthe hcightof foure or 
fiuecubits. Being wounded it yeeldeth forth a yellow gummie iuvce, as doth cuery part of the 
plant, which is that precious gum called opopantx : at the top of which (talks ftand great tufts or 
vrnbcls of yelloivilh floures,fet together in fpoky riindles like thofe of Dill, which turn into feed 
ofa draw colour, fharpc and hot in tafte, and of a pleafing fauo'ar : the root is very thicke, fat, and 
full of iuyce, and of a white colour. 
2 The great Wound‘-wort, which the Venetians nourifh i r their gardens, hath grew large 
leaues fomewhat rough or hairie, confiding ofdiuef s fmtU leaues fet together vpon a midd e rib, 
which make one entire leafe ioyned together in one, whereo reach co lateral 1 or fide letie is long 
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