Chap. 38. 
Theatrum Botanicum, Tribe j, 
drjoidcs. The fifth Unuhinus hath onely fee forth and given it the name in the title. The fixth is called by Clufiut 
Chwadrys wont ana, and fo doc Lugdmenflis and Tabermontanus y who faith it is alfo called Argentina (JMonfpeliaca, 
Cbamadrys Alpinaby Camer arias , who faith fome called it Hirtzwortz, and thereupon Cjeflner called it (flervaria & 
herba Cervi quibufdam. Lobcl calleth it Chamadrys montanajruteflccns durior . Lugdunenflis faith, l'omc call it Leucas 
o£ Dioflcorides. Bauhinus calleth it Chamadrys Alpina Cifti flare. The feventh is called by Pona in the dclcription of 
C Mons Baldus Veronica petraa flemper virens : Bauhinus faith it is Cluflus his fixth Teucrium pumilumflvn his Hiftcry of 
plants, and calleth it himfelfe Chamadrys Alpina flaxatilu. The eighth is called by C luflus Teucrium majus Panno - 
mct-m, in his Pannonick obfervations, and maketh it the fourth Teucrium in his Hiftory. Bauhinus calleth it Cha- 
mtedrys flpuria major 1 altera ftyutefleens. The ninth is Cluflus his fifth 7 'cucrium in his Hiltory of plants,or Teucrium Pan- 
nonicnm minus which Bauhinus calleth Cbamadrys fpuria minor lat folia. The tenth Cl it flats calleth Teucrium mini- 
mum, and Bauhinus Cham&drys Alpina minima birfluta. The eleventh is called Ckam*drys vulgarisfamina, byFuch- 
flus, Turner, Lonicerus, and Lugdunenflis, Pfeudocbamadrys by jbalius, Teucrium pratenfle by Lobcl, and by Cluflus, 
and commonly with us Cbam^drys fylvcfltyis : the twelft is called by Bauhinus Cbamadrys fpuria minor anguflifolia a 
who taketh it to be the third fort of the fourth kinde of Clupus his Teucrium . The thirteenth and the lad are rcmem- 
bred onely by Bauhinus. There is fome controverfie among our latter writers,what hearbe fhould be the true Cha- 
madry and Teucrium of Dioflcorides, Cjalcn and other ancient writers : for Dodonaus by comparing both the Texts, 
faith that our common Chamadrys doth more properly belong to the deferiptions of Dioflcorides and Plinies Teucri¬ 
um. , and fo contrarily Teucrium unto Chamsdry.>, for Dioflcorides fetteth them dovvne in this manner, Xa/ouci3pvfi${ 
Q&y.i’:<r/.Pr idefi Cham&drys exiguus ejt frutex dodrantalis , that is. Germander is a fmall fhrubbe of a fpan 
height, and ofthe other he faith, Tiu'rfiovoroDiupaflJ'ontJ'iii. Teucrium herba eft virgataftve virgulas plures ferens . 
Teucrium is an hearb bearing many ftalkes, and hereby he faith it is e vedent,our common Germander is not a fhrub, 
which doth raife it felfe upas Teucrium doth • and befides that, P liny in deferibing Teucrium faith, it fpreadeth 
branches like rufhes, which doth more fitly agree to our common uermander, thereby transferring the Cham&drys 
to be the taller fhrub, and Teucrium the lelfier and lower : yet as he faith, feeing Dioflcorides himfelfe faith, that in 
his time they were transferred, for the likenefie of their leaves,one unto another, it is not abfurd to call them as they 
are ufually entituled : but as I fhall fhew you in the next Chapter, the Teucrium of Dioflcorides is better to bee ex- 
planed than Dodonsus doth. It l'eemeth alfo that Dodon&us having beene in an errour in his former workes concer¬ 
ning Hierabotanemas cPfamina, giving the figures ofthe Cham&drys fly heftris thereunto, reclaimed himfelfe in his 
later Hiftory or Pemptades, and left them both out, as not allowing of his former opinion. The Arabians call it 
Damedrios Chamedrius and Kemadriut : the Italians Chamedrio and Quercivola , and fome (fldlamandrina: the Spani¬ 
ards (flhamedrios : the French Germandree : the Germanes Cjamandeyle and Bathengel: the Dutch Camandrce, and 
we in Englifh Germander. 
The Vertues. 
Germander is hot and dry in the third degree, and is more fharpe and bitter than Teucrium, and as Dioflcorides 
faich, is a remedy for coughes taken with honey, for thofe whofelpleene is become hard, for thofe that can hardly 
make their water, and helpeth thofc that are falling into a dropfie, in the beginning of the difeafe, elpecially if a 
deco&ion be made thereof, when it is greene and drunke. It doth likewife bring downe the termes,helpe to expcll 
the dead child, and taken with vineger doth wafte or conlume the fpleene : it is moft effe&uall againft the poiforr 
of all Serpents, both drunke in wine and laid to the place : ufed with honey it cleanfeth old and toule ulcers; and 
taketh away the dimnefle and moiftnes of the eyes, being made into an oyle and annoynted. It is likewife good for 
the paines in the fides, and for crampes. The deco&ion thereof taken for fome dayes together, driveth away, and 
cureth both quartane and tertian agues. The Tufcans,as CMatthiolus faith, doe highly efleeme thereof, and by their 
experience have found it, as effcftuall againft the plague or peftilence, as Scordium or water Germander. It is alfo 
as he faith good againft all the difeafes ofthe brainc, as the continuall paines of the head, the falling ficknefle, me- 
Iancholicke fullcnnefle, the drowfieevill,thole that are fottilh through the dulnefle of the fpirits, and for crampes 
convulfions, and palfies: a dramme of the feed taken in powder, doth purge choller by urine, and is thereby good 
for the yellow jaundife : the juyee of the leaves dropped into the cares,killeth the wormes in them: It is alfo given 
to kill the wormes in the belly: which a few toppes of them when they are in flower,laid to fteepe a day and a night 
in a draught of white wine,and drunke in the morning will doe alfo. Theophraflus in fetting downe the properties 
of Germander faith, that the one part ofthe rootc purgeth upwards, and the other part downewards; whereof 
there is more wonder than for Thapftaand Iflchias, that is bliftering Fennell,and tuberous or knobbed Spurge to doc 
fo : Andreas Veflalius, pag, 49. fpeaking of the China roote faith, that if a decoftion hereof bee made in wine, and 
taken for Co. dayes continually foure houres before meate, it is a certaine remedy for the gowt. Durantes giveth the 
receipt of a Syrupe very effe&uall for the fpleene in this manner. Take faith he. Germander (flham&pitys or Ground 
Pine, Ceterach or Milt wafte, and Madder, of each one handfull : thebarke of the roote of Capers, the rootes of 
Smallage, Elecampane, Orris, or FlaggeElower-de-luce and Liquorice, of eachhalfe an ounce. Of the leaves 
and barke of Tamariske , and of Cyperus, of each three drammes, of the feed of Anife,Fennell andSmallage, 
of each one dramme, of Raifins ftoned one ounce. I.ct all thefe be boy led according to art, in a fufficient quantity 
ofPoflet, (that is ofvineger and water equall parts.) Vntoeach poundof this decoiftion being drained, put fixe 
ounces of Sugar, and three ounces ofCinamon water, which being made into a cleare Syrupe, take foure ounces 
every morning fading. The decoftion thereof is goodto day the whites in women, if they fit therein while it is 
warme, and likewife cafeth the paffiions of the mother : being boy led in vineger and applyed to the ftomacke with 
a little leaven, ftayeth vomitings, that rife not from chollericke or hot caufes: the leaves hereof and the feed of iV*- 
gella quilted in a Gap, ftayeth the catarrhe or diftillation of raw cold and thinne rheumes: being boy led in lye with 
fome Lupines or flat beanes,and the head walhed therewith taketh away the dandraffe or feurfe thereof.Thc moun- 
taine Germander is ufed by thofe ofthe Alpes, where it groweth; to day all manner or fluxes, whether of the bel¬ 
ly, or ofthe blood, the feminine courfe 9 , and the bloody flixe, as alfo to ftay vomitings. 
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