Tbeatrum Botamcum 
Tribe, i 
Cloves, which arc called C ar J°ptyMj yet fome have called it HerbaBeneditta, ofthe excellent or biefled qualities 
thereof, and others Sana-munda, for the like effeefts. Tragus would have it called his Nardus ngrefUs, notonely 
for the {wcet feent of the roores, bnt for the coraiall properties it hath. The firft is as I faid, called of the mod of 
the later Writers Caryophyllata cr vulgaris & hortenfis, Brunfclfus as I thinke firft, and after him Gcfner, Tragus, 
and Tabermontanns call it herba Benedifta y and Beneditta. Camerarius faith the French call it Sana-munda, and Tur¬ 
ner as I thinke, or Gefner firft, and after them Lobel , call it Cjeum Plimj. The fecond is called of Matthiolus (who 
firft fet it forth) Caryophyllata montana , and fo doe Dodonaus , Lugdunenfis $ Anguillara i Tabermontanns, and Gerard 2 
Camerarius calleth it Caryophyllata Alpha, Tragus BenediEla fylveflns : Lobel Caryophyllata major rotundtfolia - and 
G efner Cjeum Alphum quart am, in his hortis Germania ; Bauhinus calleth it Caryophyllata Alpha lutea. The third 
and fourth being the lefler forts of this kind,were found by Tona on Mount Baidas , and called by him, Caryophyllata. 
Alpha omnium minima, and minima altera. The fifth is called by Lobel Caryophyllata Septcntrionah urn rot undifolia 
pappofo fore : by Cluftus Caryophyllata montana prima : by Cj efner h hortis, Geum rivals : by Camerarius in horto, Ca¬ 
ryophyllata palujhis, and in his Epitome upon (-Matthiolus Caryophyllata acjuatica : by Iohannes Tha Hus, Caryophyiata 
major feu purpurea : by Lugdunenfis Caryophyllata montana Dalechampij : and by Bauhinus Caryophyllata acjuatica 
uutanteflorf. The fixth is mentioned by Bauhinus in his Matthiolus under the title of the former, and calleth it in 
bis Pinax , Caryophyllata acjuatica altera, the flowers whereof are exprefled by C/uJius under the name of faryopbyl- 
lata montana tertia. The laft is called by Pena and Lobel in their Adverfaria , Caryophyllata Alpha PcntaphylUa . 
Caft-orDurantes giveth the lame figure, with the name and defeription of CAfattbiolus his Caryophyllata montana, 
Tabermontanns calleth it Caryophyllata Alpha quinquefolia, and fo doth Bauhinus in his Pinax, who alfo fetteth it 
downe as if it were the Polyrrhhos Utifolia in Lugdunenfis , which there is fet forth, to have a white flower, grow¬ 
ing on fome hills in Savoy, but Gerard in tranflating Dodonans his fuppofition, that the Caryophyllata montana , 
ftouldbethe Bacchdrisot Diofcorides, excepting the colour ofthe flowers, and the fmell of the rootes, which 
yet he endeavoureth fomewhat to reconcile,fheweth onely Dodonaus his minde,and not fully his owne,unleffe you 
will beleene that, all that he tranflateth out of Dodonaus, was firft his owne opinion. 
The Vertues. 
Being accounted by the lateft belt W riters (as I faid before) to be the Gcum of Pliny, it is as hce faith, not oncly 
good for the difeafes of the cheft or breft, but good alfo for Hitches or paines of the fides, and to cxpell crude or raw 
humours, from the ftomacke and belly, by the fweet favour, and warming quality, for which purpofes Avensis 
found by allto be effe&uall. It alfo diflolveth the inward congealed or clotted blood,happening by falls or bruifes, 
or the fpitting of blood, the rootes cfpecially either greene or dryed, being boyled in wine and drunke; as alfo all 
manner of inward wounds, or outward if they be wafhed, and bathed therewith, or if they be fiftulous to bee inje- 
tted. The fame decotftion alfo drunke, comforteth the heart,and ftrengthneth the ftomackc, and a cold braine.and 
therefore is good in the Springtime to open the obftrudions of the liver, helpeththe winde collicke by diffolving 
the wind,and Hitches and paines in the fides, and being of a binding quality, hclgeth alfo thofe that have flaxes, or 
are burften,or have a rupture. If foule fpots or markes in the face, or other parts ofthe body be wafted therewith, 
it taketh them away, and leaveth the skin well coloured. The powder of the dryed rootes, or the ‘juyee of them 
when they are freft, workeththc fame effects that the decoftion doth : and in callous ulcers, with thejuyee ofthe 
rootes, if a little vardigreafe be added, it worketh a fingular good effeeft. Some ufein the Spring time to put the 
roote to fteepe for a time in wine, which giveth unto it a delicate favour and rafte, which they drinke fading every 
morning, to comfort the heart, and to prelcrve it from noy fome and infectious vapours of the plague, or any poi- 
fon that may annoy it; as alfo tohelpcdigcftion, andtowarme a cold ftomackc, troubled with grofle or foule 
humours, and to open the obftruftion of the liver and Ipleene. Some doeufetolay the rootes dryed among gar¬ 
ments, to perfume them with the fmell thereof, and to keepe away Mothes, fee. from them. The Cinque-foile 
Avens,becaufe it participated! with the other, both in fmell and tafte, although weaker, cannot but likewife par¬ 
take with them in the qualities aforefaid, yet not fo eftecftuall,although I know not any Author hath made mention 
of any experimental! efteeft thereof. The Mountaine A vens, as Matthiolus faith, is found to be as good as the ordi¬ 
nary, for all the difeafes whereunto it is appiyed, and vvorketh more forceably and fpeedily in them all. 
Chap. XLVIII. 
Calamus Aromaticus. The Aromaticall Reed • and Acorns legitimur Diofcoridis, fivefalfo Calamus odoratus ofpeha- 
rum , The true Acorns of Diofcorides, or fweet fmelling Flagge, untruely called Calamus in the Apothecaries 
fhoppes. 
Have joyned both thefe plants in one Chapter, for the tranfpoGtion of the names, and the Tweet fmel¬ 
ling properties the one doth enjoy although falfly appropriated to the other,& much differing beth in face 
and manner of growing. 
1. Calamus Aromaticus Adatthioli. (JWatthiolus his Aromatkall Reed. 
This Aromaticall Reed groweth with an upright tall ftalke, fet full of joynts, at certaine fpaces up to the toppe, 
(not hollow as divers other Canes and Reeds are, but Huffed full of a white fpongious pith, which is of a gummy 
tafte, fomewhat bitter, and of the bignefle of a mans finger ) and at every one of them, a long narrow leafe, of a 
darke browne greene colour, fmelling very fweet, differing therein from all other kindes of Reeds: on the toppes 
whereof groweth a bufty or Featherlike panicle, like unto thofe of the common Reed : the roote is knobby, with 
divers heads thereat, whereby it encreafeth andftooteth forth new heads of leaves, fmelling alfo very fweet, ha¬ 
ving a little binding tafte, and ftarpe withall. This is the.dcfcription thereofextant in {undry Authors fince Mat¬ 
thiolus ,which becaufe it fo neare refembleth the common Reed , is fuppofed by divers to bee but firft feined by 
Matthiolus, although all others follow him therein,therefore I give you not their figure: but the figure of the dry¬ 
ed ftalkes that Camerarius and Clufius fet forth, that all may fee what manner of :hing that Calamus is, and the 
whole figure of the plant, as Alphas fetteth it forth, in Ub,deplantis exoticis . 
3. Calamus 
