TR IBE.^, 
The Theater of C Plants. 
Chap.i^. 365 
2. Hyofcyamm albm, White Henbanes 
The white Henbane hath divers large leaves, but not fo great as the former, yet more foft and woolly and 
' not fo much jagged or tome on the edges, rounderalfo, and ofa paler greene colour; theftalkes grow higher, 
and with fewer branches on them, the flowers are in forme like the other, but fmaller and ofa pale colour, fcn- 
dining to a whitiih yellow : the feed likewife groweth in fuch like hard huskes, _ but lefle prickely, and is whi¬ 
ter : the roote alfo is not much unlike, but lefler and perilheth every yearc that it giveth feede, the fmell of this 
is nothing fo heady and offenfive as the other. 
3. Hyofcyamm Greticw, Henbane of Candy. 
This Henbane of Candy, hath leflerandthinnerleavesthenthelaft, more white and woolly, and more cut iri 
on the edges, dented alfo, and (landing upon longer 
S footeftalkes, the ftalkes are more (lender and fhort, ha- 
'i ving fuch like flowers, ending in full round leaves,(lan¬ 
ding higher above the huskes, of a faire yellow and fome- 
time ofa pale yellow colour, and purple at the bottome: 
after which come feede like the common kinde, but fome- 
what yellower in rounder heades or huskes: the roote is 
fomewhatthickeand flrort, like a Navew roote, dying 
1 every yeare with us. 
4. Hyofcyamn! i&gyptiw. Henbane of Egypt. 
The Egyptian Henbane rifeth up with a (trong woolly 
I (lalke,about two footchigh, wheron are fetleffcr leaves, 
then thofc of the common kinde,and almoll asmuchtorne 
on the edges, efpecialiy thofe towards the bottome, but 
thofe that grow up higher toward the toppe, are little or 
nothing cut on the edges at all, all of them being very 
white and hoary : the flowers (land every one of them 
at the j'oynts with the leaves, and at the tops likewife, 
in fuch like huskes as the common doth, and of the fame 
pale yellow colour, with purple veines therein, at the 
flrfl blowing of them, but afterwards as they grow larger, 
fo the colour changeth to be of a darke reddifh colour, 
with veines ofa deeper colour, and a whitifh bottome, 
with a purple pointed, encompall with vellowiih threds 
in the middle, after which commeth fuch like prickely 
heads, as the common kinde hath.and fuch like feed alfo s 
the roote is fmall and perifheth every yeare. 
The Place. 
The firil is commonly growing by the way tides, and 
- under hedge fides.and walles: the fecond groweth by the 
Sea (ides, in Narbone in France, neare where the River 
Rhadanm runneth into the Sea.The third groweth in Can- 
dye, and in Sp.iine alfo, from whence the feed being fent, 
hath growne with me and divers others alfo. The lafl is 
naturall both in Egypt and Syria, and in our Gardens. 
The Time, 
They doe all flower in Iuly, yet the llrange kindes fomewhat later, and from their feed growing ripe, and 
■ fuffered to Ihed, it fpringeth up againe every yeare, but the two lail doe fcarfe perfedt their feede with us. 
The Names, 
It is called in Greeke jW-ra/a©-, quapfabaporcina, quod tyfUiaxo authore, paflu hujus herha convellantur fuel 
Ctprive, prefenti mortis pericnlo, nifi copia aqua ftatimfe foris & intm prolnerint : adeuntes aquas, non ut proluanl 
fe tantum, verum etiam ttt cancros venentstr, eos enimnabliprotimts famtatirsflitumtur • in Latine alfo Hyofcya- 
mus, and corruptly Infquiamw, and Apollinaris, ab Apolline medecina inventors, vel quia applet cerebrum vitiofd 
I Crfatido halitte, eoquementempercellit,quafiApoUinisotflro, Flirty faith that the Arabians call it vedhercum, or 
Altercangcnum, but Scribonitu faith the Latines call it Altercttm, at> altercando, quia cum verborum altercations 
rixaquefe torqttent Hyofciamodementati'Camerariw faith, it is alfo called Priapeia, qttia Itali femine ntnntnr ad 
pnapifmttm fed,mdum.lt is called by the Arabian Phifitions Bengi ('which name differed but little from Bangue of 
Cjarcias ab Orta, and Chrijlophonts acofla,Io called ofthe Persians and Indians alfo of divers places, and peradven- 
ture may be the fame, for they fay the plant is infipide, or without ta(le,and the feede both fmaller then Hempe 
Whereunto it is compared, and not fo white: (and which hath a great affinity as Clupus faith, with the dlajlac 
ofthe Turkys : yet Ranh]-me faith, that their 'JHajlac, is made of the great Stramonium or Pomum fjtinofum) 
which procureth a kinde of fleepy drunkennefle, or alienation of the minde, asthisdoth, with fome other ef- 
ftfts tending to venery, as may be feene in their workes, whereunto I referre thofe that would be further in¬ 
formed : ) ofthe Italians Iufquiamo, ofthe SnamardsVelenho, ofthe FrenchIufquiame, and Hanne bane, of the 
Germanes BiUfcnkraut, of the Dutchmen R Ten cruidt , The fir'll is called by all authors Hyofiyamits vulgaris, or 
niger,onely Ftifchius calleth kflavm. The fecond is likewife called Hyofcyamm albus of all, and is but of one 
kinde.although 'Baahmus feemeth to make two. The third is called by Clnpt<s,Hyofcyamm Creticm ,and although 
he make two forts as Bauhlnm doth, that followed) him, yet affuredly I thinke that they are both but one plant, 
as the deferiptions doe declare. The lafl likewife is by "Batihimts divided into two or three forts, becaufe Ca- 
merariw in horto, fetteth forth two figures, the one he nameth Syriactss, the other peculiarity wheninhisde- 
feriptions he faith they differ onely in the broadnefle of the leaves, the one from the other, which may happerl 
rather by the fertility ofthe fqjle, wherein they grow, then of any other fpecificall difference. Baubinw nameth 
e Hyofcienss foyypttus. 
H, abate of Egypt, 
