'Tbeatrum Botanicum 
Tribe 
&0 Chap. 28. 
6 . Ageratum Ferulaceum. Pennell leafed Madeline. 
Thisrarehearbeistobejoyned with the Maudelines, for chat the {lowers decay not being gathered., and kept 
for a long time. It hath many Fennell-like leaves lying upon the ground, round about the toote, which (hooterh 
forth divers crefled or cornered ftalkes, a tootc and a halfe high,- whereon doegrow at certaine diftances, on each 
fide one above another, inch like leaves compafling the llalke at the footc of them, as Fennell doth : at ti ; e toppc« 
of the fialkcs (land large umbels of flowers,tome ol the (hikes rifing lower than othcrs.yet all making a round com- 
pafled tuft of yellow flowers, very like unto the flowers ofGroundfell for the forme, but of a more excellent gold 
yellow colour, which being gathered before they grow to full maturity, will abide a long time in their perfect 
beauty, which hath canfcd the name, and to be joyned with them: the rootc is lomewhat long, black and wooddy, 
rugged alfo, and a little writhed with divers fibres growing to it. 
aa 7 he Place. 
The firft three forts have fceene found naturall in divers rough untilled places of Tusbjnie in Italy, and 7 Turbm 
in France, but in gardens onely with us, 1 lie fourth groweth on dry grounds, and often out of old mud andflone 
walles. The fift groweth upon the rockes in clifts, where it hath but a (mall crufliof earth upon it, the tootc 
growing fometimes into the chinkcs, and nioilbned onely by the vapours oflome waters, palTiugneare it, orthe 
clew and moifture from the rockes. Thelaft groweth in dry and hungry grounds, and among the Pine tree- 
woods. 
The Time. 
They doe all flower in Iune and luly in mod; places where they are planted and profper. 
The Names. 
Coaftmary or Alecoaft in Er,gli(h,is called in Latine by fome Ctflus hortorstm major ,and by others Balfamita major, 
Mentha Green, tJALcntha Romana, tJWentha Corymhifera major, OUentha Saracenica, Over,a by Gefner ir.hortss, 
Herb a CMarit by Csfalptnus, and Leffsslata by others as the Italians doe, the Gcrmanes Trmmtn me , the 
French Coy & Baumegss the Dutch doe Ballbmc. hut Ageratum is called A’y„ t a%~ in Grecke, yuaj non fenejeens, 
or fenellutem non /rnfirwibecaufe a(fiiOcet the flowers gartered in a fit time) waxe not old.or decay by age : 
cAIatthtolus, Gefner, Lacuna, Cajlor Durantes, Lugduncnfts, (famerarius, and Tabetment ana, doe call it Ageratum, 
’Dottotuut Balfamita fimina C~ minor ,and fafiiu hortenjis minor by Gefnctp, Mentha, corymbifera minor by Cordtss, by 
Cafalpinui Camphorata, He>ha lullaby Auguillara, Heftier inhortis CjerrmnU ; svAT.upatm-.umMefrm by Tragus 
Gefner in hortts, cJAIatthsc/us and Lomcerus in briefe moll: of the bed later Writers, judge it to be the true Age¬ 
ratum of "Piofcorldes ,though fome would difproveit : and likewife the true Ettpatorium of Mejias, although 
Dodonstts denyeth both the one and the other : For the Supatorsum of Mefnes and Avicerin* {lijrliie) differ not, 
and thatof Avicen and ‘Tfityccridcs, are both ofthem but one plant, even the ordinary Agrimony, hut Matthiolus 
hath anfwered both thefe controverfies in my judgement fo fotficiently, in his anfwere to Andreas Marinas, as no¬ 
thin" can be better; And iaconclufion faith, they are no Practitioners in Phyficke, that fliall deny the Sanatorium 
o fJtoefnes, to be tlic Ageratum oiniofcoridcs. The iecond Ageratum with white flowers,is the fccond Ageratum 
with Matthiolus and Lugiunasfis , andcalled Ageratum floribus cantUdisby Label,Tabermontanus and Camer.trius-. 
the third is the third Aoeratum with Matthi-lus and Lugattncnfis, and called Ageratum minus by label Camerarius, 
and Tabermontanus, and bgt Basthinst, Agcmtumfolijs mnferratis: the fourth is the Ageratum purpureum of Lugdu- 
ncnfis, which as he laitb fome t ermanes called Mofchatella cerulea, yet is not the tMofchatella of Cordns , bau- 
hmus calleth it Aoeratum [erratum Alpinum : the lafl is called by Lugdunenfts .Ageratum ferulaceum, but B asthmas 
referrethit to the AchilUamontann Arthemifie tcnuifohe facie of Label, to the AcbiJLa montana of the fame Lugdu- 
nenfts and Tabermontanus, and to the Chryfanthernum Alpinum feemidum oiClufsus (but in my opinion it is not that 
Chryfnnth.mum oi Cfujius, for we have had it growing in our gardens from the (t ed, lent us by the name of Chry- 
famhemum tcuufuum) and therefore hee himfelfe calleth it Chryfaiithtsnum Alpinum falijs Abrotars, musts■ 
fidis. 
The Virtues, 
The ordinary Coflmary as well as Maudeline (as fome of the other are fureof thefame quality) provoketh urine 
abundantly,& mollifieth the hardnes o( the mother .Galen faith it is hot in the firfi: degree,& dry in the fecond,that it 
digefteth.and after a fort gently diffolveth inflamations, it gently purgeth choler and fiegme,that it extenuateth that 
which is grofle, cutteth and divideth that which is tough and glutinous,deanfeth that which is foulc.and hindereth 
ptitrefaftion or corruption, it diffolveth without attraction,openeth obftructions, and healeth their cvill affects,and 
is a wonderfull helpe to all forts of day agues; It is aftringentto the floinack,and flrengthneth theliver,and all the 
other inward parts, and taken in whey it worketh the mote effectually. Taken falling in the morning, it is very 
profitable for the paines in the head, that are continuall, and to flay, dry up, and conliime all thin diflillations or 
rheumes from the head into theftomack, and helpeth much to digeft raw humours that are gathered therein ; It 
is very profitably applyed to thofe that are fallen into a continuall evilldifpofitionof the whole body, called Ca¬ 
chexia,token efpecially in the beginning of the difeafe. In briefe it is an efpeciall friend and helpe to evill, weake, 
and cold livers. The (eed is familiarly given to children for the wormes, and fo is the infufion of the flowers in 
white wine, and given tothem to the quantity of two ounces at a time. It makethan excellent falve tocleanfe 
and heale old ulcers, being boyled with Oyle-olivc and Adders tongue with it, and after it is drained,-to put a’ lit- 
t e VVaxe, Roflen,and Turpentine, to bring it into a convenient body. 
Chap. XXVIII. 
Tanacetstm. Tanfie. 
Here are two forts of Garden Tanfies, whereof the one is called ordinary or common TanGe, and the 
sag 1 ! other curld or double Tanfie : hut there are fome others alfo tobefpoken of here in this Chapter. 
I. Tanacetstm vulgar e c~ crifftum. Ordinary and curia Tanfie. 
Our garden Tanfie hath many harSgreenc leaves, or rather wings of leaves, for (although they bee 
two 
