Tribe 3. The Theater ofTlants. Chap. 17. 377 
The Time. —— _ ■ 
The foure firft forts ftioote forth leaves, in the Spring,and continue but untill the middle of Sommer or fomc- 
what latter, their hofes or huskes appearing before they fall away, and their fruit fhewing j n Auguft. ’ihe filth 
mid ftxt as 1 faid, doe ftioote forth their grecne leaves in Autumne, prelentlyy after the firft f ro ft s have pulled 
downe the ftalkes with fruits, and abide greene all the Winter withering in Sommer, before which their huskes 
appeare; The feventh flowreth with his hofe and clappers very late, even in the warme countries, feldome be¬ 
fore Oftober or November, and the fruit doth there feldome come to perfeftion : the laft (as may be gathe¬ 
red by the relation thereof) flowreth and beareth fruit in the Sommer time as other herbes doe. 1 S 
The Names. 
It is called in GreekeapJr.and in Latin eArum, and fome Pesvituli, becaufe theleafe doth fomewhat re- 
femble a Calves foote; fome alfo Dracontca miner, and Serpentaria minor: others againe from the figure of the 
pcllle or clapper in the middle ofthe hofe, call it Sacerdotis penes, and canis priapus. Simon Ianvenfis ca ll et h it 
Aron and Barba Aron ; the Syrians as Diofcorides faith call it Lupha : itis called of the Arabians larus and Sara 
and after them diverfe Apothecaries beyond the feas in their fhopsiln Italian Aro,qiaro, gigaro and Balaam,, a s 
Durantes faithjln Spanijb TarofnFrenchPieddevean,&vidor vit dcprefire.devil dochienfin highDattA PfafFenpinf 
in Low Dutch calfs voet- in Englijh' W ake Robin.Cuckowes pintle.Priefts pintle.Rampe,Buckrams,and of fome 
Starch-wort. Cajalpmus calleth it with fpotted leaves .gichcrum or Gigarum after the Italian name, when as all o- 
thers agree in the name of Ar»?w,with the diftineffion of maculi, albti and nigris, as the kind or fort is. yet the third 
is called by Lebel Arum majus Veronese, and by "Baukimss Arumvenis albis, and by T>a/echampius upon Pliny 
CalU primum genus P linij .Cordus in hiftoriaplantaru calleth kDracunculus henicophyllos, and as he faith is the fame 
that Matthiolus calleth Dracuncttlus major.Clufitu calleth the fourrhAj«®»<»«i,& it is moft probable.it is the fame 
with tMaitbiolw his Arum aliudminm with many fmallrootes, which he faith he received from CaUolarim of 
Verona, and thought it grew upon Mount Baldus, becaufe he had fent him many plants that grew there : but 
becaufe this is not mentioned in all the delcription of Mount "Baldus, it is more likely that Calzjolar 'ms , had it from 
Confiantinoplc,ot fome other place in Turkic,mi fent it him as a raritie.The lift & fixt are called Arifarssm or Aris 
as Tl'mj laith,and diftinguifhed by the titles of latifolium and angufiifoliitm. I he Spaniards call it Frailillos that is 
little Friers, becaufe the hofe doth reprefent the forme of a Friers Cowletthe latifoliumDalechampius upon PFny 
calleth Calla altera genus P linij, yet Tragus thinketh that this Arifarfi, fhould be mote properly the Aram of Dio] 1 
corides,which is ulually eaten,for our Arum is fohot and fharpe.that it is not to beendured.whercunto fomeothers 
doe reply and fay, that the Arum of the hotter countries is more mild, and yet the fame in jfecie ; Tfi e feventh 
is called by the Spaniards Manta dc nuefira fenora from the largenefle ofthe leaves, and diverfely by divers late 
Latine Writers,lome as I faid conteftingearnellly, that itis the Faba Egyptia, and Co'/ocafia of Diofcorides, or 
Colocafion of Nicandar, others flatly denying it and calling it s Arum AF.gyptium, which terme Pliny ufeth, hut it 
is not knowne from whom he had it: thofe that hold and maintaine the former opinion, are BeUdnim, Alpinns 
Camerariw, Lusdunenfis, and laftly Clufius, who doe all conclude, that this plant which the Egyptians call C a leas' 
can be no other plant then the Faba Egyptia ofDiofcorides and Theophrafim, although it beare neither flower nor 
fruit, and thereupon doe much fufpeft the truth of their defcriptions.becaufe there was never heard or found fas 
they fay) any other that did anfwer in all things unto their deferiptions, and that this did moft nearely approach 
thereunto, both for that the name of Cnlcas, fo nearely drawing to the Greeke name Colocafia, and was fo ancient 
ly continued among thofe Nations of Egypt, Syria, Arabia and Affriche, and that the daily ufe of the roote to be 
dreffed or eaten raw ,for their food and meate as they faid their Faba w as; butthe fruit or nuts was their foode 
and not the rootes, time having inverted both name and ufe : it is alfo called Talujfe by the inhabitants of lava 
( but Lalade in the Malstia tongue) which foundeth fomewhat neere Culcus as it is recorded in the Dutch Na 
vigation thither in Anno i 595 . before fpoken of, where it is faid alfo to beare neither flower nor fruit ■ but thofe 
that hold the contrary opinion that it is but Arum AEgJptium, and not the true Colocafia, although commonly fa 
called, are AnguilDra,GuilUndimu, Maranta,Caufabomts,Matthiolus, Gefner in hortis qcrmanUJJodomius, Lobel 
and Cotumna, who have all of them in their times teftified it, moft of them having feene the flower or fruit or 
both, that it beareth'.which plainely declareth it to be a kind of Arum, and that it is not the Faba vEajptia wliofe 
roote was called Colocafia : but Fabius Columna laftly and moft fully to the purpofe, doth flic w the truth,Vetting 
forth the defeription of this ArumtAEgyptium, amply in every part, to beare leaves,flowers, hofe or huske, with a 
peftleor clapper therein, and berries afterwards, agreeing in all thofe parts to the vulgar Arum and Ar 'ifarum 
although fomewhat in a different manner, as every fpecies of a genus doth; and with all doth defend the veritie 
of Diofcorides and Theophraftus deferiptions thereof, againft all gainefayers, wondering that fo many learned 
men fhould not difeerne the truth, but be led away fo groflelyintoerrour, againft fo plaine declarations, that 
they make ofthe plant and every part thereof, that is of roote, ftalke, leafe, flowers and fruit: the roote to be 
like the roote of the Recde, but greater and not bulbous like the Arum, to be armed with prickles or thornes, 
when as the roote of this Arum, or fuppofed Colocafia is not fo, then that it beareth a ftalke a cubite or more 
high, which this doth not, and that it carrieth a flower thereon, bigger than that of thePoppie, and of a Rofe 
colour, which this hath no refemblance thereunto; and laftly that it beareth a head like a Wafpes combe, with 
many cells or divifions therein,in every one wherof groweth a fruit ornut.begger than an ordinaryBeane,vvhere- 
unto this Arum hath no likenes;I might adde alfo the name ofthe head ciWzdiCihorion, or Cibetion, which as I faid 
lignifieth a fmall casket, from thefimilitude ofthe places, wherein the fruit ftandeth, as alfo from the forme of 
the head with the fruit, like unto a drinking cuppe, ufed among the ancient Gr£cians • as alfo the fruite or Beane 
it felfe, fo notably knowne to all the Nations, both Greekes and others, that it was as a ftandard for a certaine 
Weight, whofe true proportion was certainely knowne, and conftantly maintained: the place alfo ofthe grow¬ 
ing, betng in the waters, is differing from that of Arum , the vertues and qualities as different from it, all which 
J ha y e therefore Chewed you, that every one may plainely fee the truth, and hereafter be better perfwaded, if 
they have erred m their opinion and judgement • And to fhew the originall of this errour,as it is moft probable : 
hrlt I may lay that the revolution of time, which bringeth on with it many flippes and errours, hath beene the 
caufe thereof, which therefore wife men and judicious, muft ftill be carefull to finde out and reforme : Bellomus 
in the 28.Chapter of his fecond Booke of Obfervations, thinketh that Herodotus was the firft that was the 
