Tribe z. 
The Theater of Tlantes. 
Chap. 
Ji. 
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yellow and lomewhat creeping : There is alfo another fort herofdiTferingllttle fromit but in —“ 
flower which is of a pale V lolet colour with yellow tips. ° * n tlie co * our of the Floreo 
. . ...... , 5- ThaliEtrumminm. The fmailer Medow Rue. mmSi 
Thrs fmall kind is almoft in all things like unto the former, but fmailer both in leaves, being of a little fen, 
greene colour, lomewhat more four,ng 5 and.'in the ftalkes being round and not crefted, and m the flowers 
lomewhat whiter: the motes llkewife are yellow, but doe not fpread or creepe,fo much as the former S 
r , 6 - minimum. The Ieaft Medow Rue' 
f J.n rJ f 1 u d of M cdow r Rew > h«h fuch like fmall or rather fmailer, divided and notched leaves 
fourth kind hath, but they are of a whitifo greene colour; the ftalkes rife not above a foote high or ha " the 
the flowers are more yellow, and the rootes runne in the ground,rather more than any ofthc firmer ° m ° re ” 
c 7 -Thai,an,m mgujhjjlmo folio. The narrowed leafed Medow Rue. 
nt?w rl° t W ? e . hath y dlov i ft , rin S ;e rootes, like unto all the former forts, from whence f„rl al 
up a ftalke, very much crefted or cornered,three foote high, bearing many fad greene leaves at rho ™ ‘ pr,n S? th 
are fmailer and longer than any of the former, and eridinf moft commonly in three points longer tha/anv 
reftithe toppe ofthe ftalke is branched,bearing many fmall pale yellow tufts of flowers like Into the ° f tb p 
thrskmde there rs another; whole leaves bei^g Jailerthanoftbat former ° f 
“i themllkcwI [ e > doe not other wife differ either in height or colour of flowers from the fourth rT Mi ” w ‘ 
T , n; .. *• TkaUElrum minimum fcetidijjimum. Stinking Medow Rue. 
The (linking Medow Rue hath his ftalke round and greene, which is fometimes mirnlifh mfok - c 
high with diverfe leaves thereon, divided for the moft part into three parts each ^ 
notches, ofas fad agreene colour on the upper fide, and ofas pale a greene underneath as the firft kPd° 
owne, the toppe of the ftalke is branched,and on them ftand fmall round moflye or threadie flowers u C 
reft, of a pale yellow colour: the fmall cods that follow are.cornered with a crooked end fee nl l ’ | ke J he 
together, wherein is mclofcd fmall feede: thisfmelleth moft ftrong and unfavory of all the reft in ftandln S 
place, but by tranfplantmg and manuring, it Iofeth part of the virulcncie and becommeth lefle oftenfive * 
+ • P' Thaldtrum Ammcanum. The American Medow Rew C ' 
I Ills ftrangcr is in face and outward habit folike a white Spanifli kinde, that thev can har.il,, u i- 
afundcr, but that it is fuller offtalkes and leaves; the flowers of the toppes of the branches are ar rl J** 
blufla colour, but being blovyne open confift of five white leaves.and a numbef of whitethredl in the S' ^ 
w tli yellow. There is another fmailer fort hereof whofe flowers are purple dpt with yellow xddlc, 
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yl 1 35 I ftidgroweth in many places of our owne land, in the borders of moiftMedowfs . 
L ri, T feC 1 >nd fCTt liS ouco(S P ame > 1S found likewife in our rnoift Medowes and by ditch dltch 
rer the fea, and at Margate on the chalkie cliffe on the left hand, as you goe from the towne to rhe n , ea * 
other country farther from the fea fide. The third and fourth were found by ClafaZn ,he hflls ln fh"' 
piaawAtfungane. The fift and fin was found by Clufius alfo in the lower ground! bv 7hn r low , ec 
^ ^ S ^ erlmd - Thc ■" the cLntric of ^ 
They doe all flower about July, or in the begiming^fAugu ft. 
T • .. , The Names 0 
I by ? 1,rbeft modcrM Writers, to be the ThaliSrum of CD 'IMerldes rilled r- - , 
|| 11 J ■ p- ” * ‘ l7 P“’a»tLrMovim, as fome thinVe,co quoddum eermine protrtidit eleoantervireat Some 11 ^^ 
f » / t IC that is Rut a, for the forme or likeneffe of the leaves, and fo have entimlrdr/ Ve 
pa/ufins ox prater Jit • others from the yellow colour ofthe rootes, have called it Pr’2rhablZrumVn n i”* 
f Mw - 1 thlnke n ] ore ttuelyof the purging and binding qualitie, both joyned together like unfit*? 
Moft Writers now doe call all thefe kinds of herbesby the name of 
r'/ CI /i d l ftmi ?l? n p , F or the firtl here fet downe is called by moft ThaliUrum jus, and of fome Ruta’tZ'^r^ 1 * 
1 Lebel doth: of Cafa/pim Rutafjlvefiris,o£ LucdmenRs, ft is fet forth for pLhum Vulr as 
I f°v e i a? G u nn { ?"ff«xifraga lutea. Carrierari tti calleth it ThaUUrtm CermaZcum ° f 
I Which is here thefecond he calleth Italicnm. The fift is Lugdune-J his Hyp W It TT” 
a us , and is tlic minus of Dodanxuo or Rut a pratenfis tentufolia ofLohe/znd others The third is the firft ^ ^ “a* 1 " 
I tmum of Clupus, and the fixt of CamerarL fieri Mo. The fourth is 
I white flower, as the purple floured kinde 2 
tertmmangujlifohr.m and Clufiu, his feventh or laft.The feventh T3auhi„ t „ calleth he tfZT 
c ei a ht minima feetidiffimn a s their titles declare.The two laft are called by thofe that fent it! ,as it kin thefrdtles^ 
v p,. , TheVertues. u “*. 
| P e .r|^fl^cure them^landfoe^diftftl^watelof thlherbe^and flowers’doth tlielike^fo^as'ci/fKVaithft'd^ 0 ^^ 
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