The Theater of Plants. 
Chap. 50. 
Tribe. 1. 
others have thoughtlt to beatTannuall plant: but affuredly it ~dyeth nobeverv vear» in thnfr h 7 . 7" 
fiowreth in the Summer time. J y ery y£ar - m thole hoJtcr P a rts , and 
The Time . 
It is called inGreeke a popiTn'As?jixvpt<ptx.l(:%o~i v <s-alerts &fituitui dicitur i mu .alnL>:adorMdr fr 
laftfu©- mguentunus, qttm uneuentu dicatur, in Latine Imcrn, ujuneende. Some doe ? call irVrA rk ^ /v°, mE 
nuvhosps and corruptly in (hops S ~hu m . Some alfo fall it luZs oZts ZtZ t’Zf'ffr’ 
rcnce betweenc this, the luncus vulaaru rotundus. and the fweet Cvverus that ic ~,n a t j t0 P ut ac * I fr e " 
Camels Hay, according to the Latine names, or Squinant if you will. There hath" been c mhrh A ■ ne r ^ 
Jater Writers, concerning the true Squinant, fame thinking it not to be true which we have in r, 1Ver T y amon S F ba 
the great Galanga to be the rooteofthe fweet Rufli of Diofcorides, as the Monkes that wrote^r 1 ”’ fom< : makm g 
Mefaes: Fuchfius likewife and Mgui/lara alleadge many reafons, whytheythinksrh rTff T" 
are ufed now adayes in the Apothecaries (hops, ai e not the true lancu) of Diofcorides and others both fc r “fw thf 
are fmall peecesof ruihes and ftrawes as it were, and not flowers or flalkes orroote- which r> r " w 
to be had in ufe, and that they have (they fay) not any quickebitine afXnXfweet tf ‘r ?'f t’ w’f h 
■ ofcortdes faith plainely maybe found in his Itmctts : concerning whole reaVons this I fav tint the fl C> a wblcb D ‘“ 
feldome brought over unto us, and when they are brought, they arc found of little ciuirkneffi* • ° wers a J5 true ty 
in fmell: and <?«/«» complaineth that in his time they were very fcarfelv to be heard • n A ' j”? r ° r P wectnes 
ble, that becaufe thefe fmall R uihes, which are now ufhally^nThe Dru wMs and Annrwl^ Peea ? et ^ PJ oba ' 
found to be more quicke and hot in talle, than either the other [hikes flowers or route ; rt T ^°if S iad ’, are 
are and have beene received into more nfe, and the other flowers are left of or Lite A X b , rou §b J US ’ tbde 
hath caufed the Merchants likewife, not to aske or leeke for them to brine; them. a ^ t0 bee which 
cn . r , The Venues. 
Diofcorides faith it provoketh urine and womens courfes, difeuffeth all fwellinns and wind h„r m M ~i, t, 
head a little: it gently cutteth or breaketh humours anddheflerh rh-m i„r ?V T 7 d ’, ■“ C troubleththe 
have a loathing in their ftomackes to their meate, a dram thereof taken with1 X” for thofe that 
morning falling for certaine dayes together, is a very good remedy for rhofe thathavftheT'nf 7 ° f £ t ? per ^7 
Consorcrampes: the decoftion thereof is Drofirahle for .i, 0l . e that ,lav e the dropfie, and for convul- 
cXnfulet"ctg^^ 
ofthewombe, that women feele after their childine the nowd^ fhcrioF r!I [ y h P a r to>eafe the pames 
SftomackeTftSmS 
therein, and eafeth the paines. ion thereof, it taketh away all inflammations 
Chap. L. 
Cyprus. Sweet Cyperus, or Englifh Galinga, 
, This round round rooted fweet Cyperus. 
the middle, every leafe feemin^therehv 0t , etb . ort ^ man y heads of long and narrow leaves, foinewhat ridgbdin 
in feent: among thefe leaves rife manv^f ° and fomewhat hard and rough in handling, and fweet 
Of this kind'.r^r^ r °ZT m cd ° ratm S l rUcm The greater Afllrian fweet Cm 
larver than rbr f )Cr f batb be f ne one brought out ot Syria and Eeyft, whofe rootes 1 ’ 
a Xf a brownXX r ’ the fi f lke bC c- in S (omewbat potter, the feentffthe rootes fom, 
brow ne colour, on the oqtfide elfe not differing in any thine. 
There 7 "°%^ le * r Ari j rianr “,nd rooted fweet Cyperus. 
are Ieffer by the halfe than theTart Tlftalkes aiTfl 7 T “"h T^nl 1 ”- 0 - 6 r0U S h > whofeVootes and leave, 
thing. the ftalkes alfo niorKr than the imall Spamfli, but not differing in any other 
but in the lou'iieffe Alter He- 
nil us Hi * 
^ lerm, fpanicus, 
- - — and leaves were fomewhat 
fomevvhat ftronger and quicker. 
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4- Cyprus 
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