104 Chap. 38. 
Tbeatrum Botanicum . 
R i b e. 1. 
the Abfmthium Seriphium ot Gutter in hortis : the fourth is called by Label,T'abermontantts, and Gerard, Ancrnifta 
marina, by Clteftus Artemifia folio LavenduU,hy Dodoneus Abfmthium anguflifolium, but Camerarius wondring 
why he fliould fo 3 oe, calleth it Abfinthium latifolium marinum, and by others Abfmthium Serif hittm & marinum, 
Camerarius thinketh it is Matthiolus his Abfmthium marinum, but furclv his -figure doth much differ from it: the 
fifth is called by Matthiolus and Lugdunenfis, Abfmthium Seriphium cy£gpptium, by Dodoruus and others Abjinthium 
tr£tryptium, by Label abfinthium aliud five peregrinum nr£gyptium,; and by Bauhinus Abjinthium Santonicumer£gyp. 
tiac/im:the laft is called by Anguihra Abrotanummas, not knowing that Wormefeed was gathered from it,by Mat - 
thwliis Sementina , (as the Italians call it, and the French Barbotim) and fo doe SDodoneus, and Tabermontanus, and 
Semen SanShmby him, Label,Lugdunenfs,mi oAKrs,SchehaArabum by Rauwolfus and Lugdmenfs in Apendice, 
Santouicum by Lonkertts, Semen ZedoarU by Label,mi. Abfmthium Seriphium Alexandrimmpmi Zinefemen by Cor - 
das upon Diolcorides, and in his Hiftory of'plants alfo, by ’Bauhinus Abfmthium Santouicum Alexandrimm cr lurlai- 
ct:m. for they are both but one plant,although he fetteth them downe for two: by divers others Semen Lttmbricortm 
(i~ ad Lumbricos, whole feed is generally called Wormefeed, and therefore I have called the plant rather Worme- 
feed Wormewood, than Holy Wormewood,not thinking any moreholincue in this than mothers. 
The Vertues. 
The Sea Wormewoodsarc of nothing that goodnefle in quality,as the common and aromaticall bitter forts are : 
they arc as Diofcorides and Galen (ay, adverfe and hurtfull to the ftomack : yet becaufe it hath not that bitternefle 
therein as the common fort, it is more accepted and tiled by many, that rather defire to pleafe their palate, than to 
be cured of their dileafes by bitter medicines,our Phyfitians and Apothecaries feeding this humour for their owne 
profit, and to pleafe their patients. The Wormefeed is chiefly,and as I may almoft fay, onely fpent for the wormes 
in children, and to fmallcr efreeft if elder perlbns take it. 
Chap. XXXVIII. 
Chamtdrys, Germander. 
Might have joyned both Chamtdrys and Teucrium in one Chapter, becaufe divers Authors both ancient 
and moderne have not diftinguifhed them, fome naming that Chamtdrys which others call Teucrium , and 
contrarily fome call that Teucrium that others call Cham&drys : yetlthinkeit fit to fever them into tw@ 
Chapters, and fpeake of them both true and falfe, as they are now generally received. 
1. Chamndrys -vulgaris, 
Ths common Germander. 
1. Chamtdrys vulgaris. The common Germander.' 
Common Germander fhooteth forth fundry ftalkea with 
fmall and fomewhat round leaves, endented about the edges, 
the flowers ftand at the toppes of a deeper purple colour than 
the next, the roote is compofed of divers fprigges, which 
fhoote forth a great way round about, quickly overfpreading 
aground. 
2. Chamtdrys major. Great Germander. 
The great Germander rifeth up with bigger and harder 
fquare ftalkes,halfe a yard high, fpreading into divers bran¬ 
ches from the very bottome,whereon are fettwo leaves at a 
joynt, fomewhat larger than in the ordinary, and more den¬ 
ted about the edges, greene above, and fomewhat grayifh un¬ 
derneath : the flowers doe fland in a longer fpiky head,and arc 
larger, but of a paler purple, and gaping like the other: the 
roote is more bufhing with threads, and crecpeth leffe than 
the other. Projper Alpinus faith in his Booke of Egyptian 
plants, that in Corcyea, hee faw a Germander almoft two cu¬ 
bits high,with leaves twice or thrice as bigge as any that grew 
in Italy. 
3 . Chamtdrys Apula unic nulls. Germander of Naples. 
The Germander of Naples never rifeth up with more than 
one whitifli fquare ftalke, about a foote high, at each joynt 
whereof grow two long and narrow hairy thicke leaves, den¬ 
ted about the edges, round at the ends,and of a whitifh greene 
colour: the flowers grow at the toppein a long fpike with 
fmaller and rounder leaves fet with them, and are hooded as 
the former are, with whitifli beards, and a long yellowifli 
point in the middle, but Banding in prickly buskes: the feed 
is fmall, long, and round headed, yet greater than the propor¬ 
tion of the plant would feeme to give. 
4. chamtdrys Uciniatisfolijs . lagged Germander, or with 
fine cut leaves. 
This fine Germander rifeth up ufuallybut with oneweakc 
(lender fquare ftalke, divided into other fmaller branches, ri- 
fing not above a foote high, whereon doe grow divers leaves, two alwayes fet together at a j‘oynt, on each fide of 
the (hikes,which arc very much cue in on both fide*, making no (hew of th? forme of any Germander leafe, unlefle 
