380 Chap.x^. 
Theatrum Botanicum. 
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T be Names , — 
It hath no Greeke or fcarfe any good Latin name, although commonly with mod.it be called r A-■ rt u ■ 
‘Ckr.ppbmimln -what caufe and refpeft I cannotlearne.and many do doub of the 
thinking it but compofed as relative, bearing Chrtft according to the morall of the dory and no eflentLl T* 
deede: Some call it as Lugdunenfis faith Napelim lemav.tbemcs, and fome AconituJLciferum d ' n - 
faith, It is called With them xNapiUmracemofin, andfo with Mar-an,ha as CamcrviH, faitl/fome 
Coflwmger Pen* and Lobel make a doubt whether it be nor of Winy, in his 27 Booke’anT rh T “ 
caufe hts pd&cabeareth blacke berries like Ivie: butdiverfe good and iudicious HnLin j 3 d l' Clla P ter > f; e- 
to be Ebulns, for this hath no rough (lalke as ABa* hath, W? fmooth^and B S f r ? thW take AB - 
roote of^&M.tobethe rooteof Sambus w . Bauhinw calleth it Aconltum racemofum andfeemah^T^ 
Lobel h, s opinion, whether it be not ‘Pliny his ABU* er n0 . Some alfo doe call ScJpbuLu bv thTn:,™ 
Chnficj,!^ Camcr.ru,, faith it is called in high®*.* Wolfs wotts, when as TrnL and otheTfTTL 
turn LycoBonum, thx is Lupana or L«ptcuUis(o called alfo with them. Camerariue fauh alfo r is „ if f u 
them ChnM'ls kraut, But Tragus faith that a kind of Vetch or Piille, which he thinketh is th leArlcl In W / th 
rules, is called with them Sant C.hrijhfels kraut : The other is called by lacobus Corum,, in h tc Zl r 
tarum hijioria Panaces w- fiveracemofum Cansuknfi : but why pLx being no wound herbelt^o ? 7 
unlefle it were for want of a bettername : but I thinks I have entituled it more truely, I am fure nw, T 
refemblmg this herbe, than any Panax that I know. } m 1 rc rc nea rely 
t _ _ TheVertucs, 
The Inhabitans of all the mountaines and places, wherefoever the firft groweth as fome Writers fav Ana - 
nerally hold it to be a mod dangerous and deadly poifon, both to men and bead, and 1 hat they ulb to kill w i S<> 
herewith very fpcedilypt mult therefore be cauteloufly ufed.or rather utterly refufedibut I much doubtu" 
thofe Mountainers meane not rather that Acomtum LycoBomum called Lupiuda ■ and although mam,15' T" 
thours huld it dangerous, yet cannot I m my judgement fo thinke, not finding herein by the tade any pernlfT" 
qualitie ; but I cannot learne what helpe this hath procured to any : Cornum Faith of his P-c/S T 
it is eaten familtarly both with the naturalls, and French inhabitants with them as a ballet herbe. ? thaC 
Chap. XIX. 
Clcmatites, Climers or Clamberers, 
^ orB T C ,! im F s or Clamberers, mod of which are fharpe hot and caudicke or ev 
Ll *yj not deadl 
r‘ofth^ 0 rnl 0 ^o e w: yet 1 thinkeit n0t amifle t0 let y ° U 4 figures^ defer*! 
This wdd '- r ,v i Vi ° na - Tlle g feat wild C '* mer or Gerards Travellers Toy 
garden and field gates, or to bindcany bur.dle together ) thefe brandiesItfreT "'T t0 Wmde abouc 
ever it ftandeth next unto, dividing it felfe into many other twigge!,* ^where^ are^fet ar^hr^^Ti "! bat ^ 0 "' 
two long dalkes of winged leaves, confiding of fife leaves two and two rnrnrh ^ H H f T 1 
dented on the (ides, with foiall notches, of a pale greene colour and taftinp fhaJnr ““c- the e " dj cach 
tongue,but not fo much as the burning Climer or Virgins bower • rhed hr!? , fhar P c . a " d hot, biting upon the 
thing, ftandeth ncare unto them for a great way, butlave^nTcTafnLo^H if , 'U 'L d ^ emfdVCS aboUC ail V 
winde it felfe thereby, as Gerard faith it hath fo farre a ev er I n 2 If’ ‘‘^i^ V '” e ’ t0 take hold a « d 
dand, come forth likewife towards the toppes ofthe branches diverfr h * ‘‘ at ^ W ^ re tbe lcaves 
gether upon fmall long foote ftaikes, with diverfe yellow threds in the middlc S Fmdl^n ° W r C ^ owers, 5f c J°“ 
thev are pad, there arife in theit places feverall heads of manylng ho rt fil ” ' ^ ate 
feathers fet together, with a brownifh flat llede at the bottome oLven ofthern wb lb IT"' 35 lft ^, y W£re 
to the Winter, before they fall off, or are blowen away with the winde ■ The rootc ir grear^ wh ‘. e J even 
whatwoddy, dlfperfing it felfe into diverfe long branches under ground - theleaves lift thlc ^ a " d (ome- 
andrecover agatue in tbe Spring. “ na . the leaves fall away in the Winter, 
TH . . .,, 2 ; P«M*/;/«Jfri altera Bcetica, The great Spanifh wild Climer 
from the joynts likewife where the leaves ftand, come forth (The flovlers were It; 
heads, tn the fame manner that the former hath, with the like plumed feathers u oWei 7? d .) lo ng tufts or 
fmaller feedc below them, then the other. P ’ ° f 3 hoary whlte col °“t, with 
This Crnflnvorf <-i; 3 ‘ ^ l ™‘ ,, " Cr, ‘ cUtxA lpma. Tbe erode Climer ofthe Alpes. 
what Ld and wo'oddy To ‘Th other CIi ™«, fome-' 
a little downewards, from whenceTnT fTfi f ? h ,‘i° h ’ ftand ' n? f ° r th o , mo(l part u P ri § ht > or bu t leaning 
fet at equall didances, ttVo (mall flakes of leavp m fl n 'l T n ? c P a b ^“te inches long, whereon are 
a flendec 
