360 Chap.d, 
Tbeatrum Botanicum. 
Tribe 3. 
Chat. XII. 
Dohcnitm, The fuppofed venemous plant Dorycmnm. 
Hire arediverfe plants fet forth for the txutSDcrycninm o( Dicfccrida by diverfe Writers, not any one 
whereof agreeth with all the notes that he giveth of it; fo that yet to this day,the true Dorycniumjs not 
kn °wne roany that wc can heare of: 1 wilt therefore here fet forth unto you fome of thole plants, that 
. tke judicious moderne Writers,doe fuppofe may be referred thereunto,as agreeing therewith in 
many things, and fhew wheretipto elfe they may mod properly be referred. 
r. Dorycmnmfttppoftitiltm Monfpelienfe & Hijpanicma. 
The white ihrubbe Trefoile of Montpelier and Spaine. 
The fhrubbe Trefoile, which Rondeletiw and other the learned ofMompelier, (as ’Pena faith) called Do- 
rycnium , fliooteth forth many wooddy branches, btowne at the bottome, and whiter towards the toppes, fome- 
wltat flexible, to the height of three or foure footers I have obferved in mineowne Garden)whereon at feverall 
diftances.come forth diverfe fmal whitifh leaves,three or five or more together at a j'oynt,round about the (hike: 
at the toppes of the branches (land many (mall whitifh flowers in trtftes, like unto the flowersof other Trefoiles 
but fmaller, which turncinto (mall long cods with fmall round hlackifh gray feedes within them : theroote 
is great, wooddy, very long.and branched into many parts under ground, of a pale reddifh or flefh colour on the 
inlide, covered with a darke brownifh batke : which abideth diverfe yeares, although the branches dye downe 
to theground, if there be care taken to defend it from the extremities of the froffs in"w inter, for want whereof 
mine perifhed: it hath little or no tafte at all. • 
7. Dorycnio congener C/afit. AnotherTrcfoilelikeuntothcformet. 
This other as Clajim faith is very like the former, but more white or hoary, having fhorter and broader leaves 
fet in the fame manner, three or five together .upon the fmall bending branches, which are whiter and flenderer 
than they: the flowers are greenifh and larger than the former,(landing many together on a (lender bare twiege- 
-AngttiUra and Camerariui fay the flowers are purple,or of a whitifh purple coldur, this hath a faltiih tafte with 
fome acrimony in it alfo. 
3. DorycniumDiofctridisforte Pone. Ponahis fuppofed mtcDorycnittm of Diofcoridet. 
This ftrange plant laith Pona t that was encreafed from the leede fent ont of C mcl y, to Signor Contarino , and 
grew 111 his garden, rofetotheheightofafoote and a halfe.fpreading forth into many branches, whereon'did 
grow many (mall long and narrow rugged leaves full of veincs,le(fer then the leaves of the Olive tree fet with¬ 
out order upon them :the flowers were fafliioned like unto the blolfomes ofPulfe orPeafefometimesofa white 
colour,andfometimesofamoreyellowiihcolour.• the 
feedhe faith he did not fee, (but furely itmuftgive Thcvvhitcihiubbeirrfoil C of*oM f£ feandj/ai»£. 
feede in cods or huskes: for there are very few plants 
thatbeare peafeor pulfe like flowers, but they bearc 
their feede in cods or the like ) the rootes are many 
fmall firings and fibres fliooting from a head, which 
whether it die every yeare or abide, wee have not yet 
learned : but Diofcor ides faith that his Dorycnium hath 
a roote of the length of a cubit and of the thickenefle of 
a finger when it is growne old,which this as you heare 
hath not, and therefore if for nothing elfe, it agreeth 
not with the right Dorycmum of ‘Diofcorides , and yet 
P° m faith, he hath not feene any plant that doth fo 
neerely refemble the true Dorycnium as this doth. 
4. Dorycnium Creticum Alpini. 
The fuppofed true Dorycnium of Candy. 
This plant doth fo differ from others, that every one 
is ready to apply it to a feverall plant, as his judgement 
and affe&ion to fome particular part thereof doth draw 
him, bccaufe it doth partake with divers plants,as you 
{hall heare fit riieth with diversfiraight upright wood¬ 
dy fialkes, yet very flexible, divided into many bran¬ 
ches from the bottome, all white or hoary ; whereon 
grow many long thickc, and fomewhat narrow white 
filver like leaves, fet without order, at the toppes of 
the ftalkes and branches, come forth many flowers to¬ 
gether in a tuft or umbell.with fome fmall leaves with 
them, every one whereof is broad, open at the brims, 
and round, confiding of one whole leafe, like unto a 
Bell-flower, or bindweed, which open by degrees, one 
after another, and not all together, whereby it doth 
continue the longer in flowring : after the flowers are 
fallen, come fmall rough huskes, wherein is contained 
Macke feed, like unto thofc of the Bind weedes, fome- 
what tbicke and great t the roote is fomewhat great 
and tbicke not growing downe deepe into the ground, 
with many fibres thereat, which abideth many yeares 
in the warme country es, yet the branches lofe their 
Et "Dory ciio cozener C/uJij. Another like it. 
