5 C h a p.27. Tbeatrum ' Botamcum. Tribe ^ 
4. Scorfoneraelatior anguftifoha Pannonica. Tall narrow leatedPurple Vipersgrallc. 
Thetaller purple Vipers graffe, hath many filch like narrow long leaves as the lad, andlonger llatkes, witl 
fame leffer leaves on them, divided fometimes into two or three branches,bearing every one a lmall flower like 
unto the laft, but of a blew ifh purple colour, (landing in a (hotter greene head, wherein is contained (hotter 
and thicker feede.then in the former, the roote is long, and blacke without and white within, like the other ,aiu 
yeelding alfo but little milke, yet abiding as the reft. 
5. Scorfoncra minima tuberofa radice Hifpanica, The (mailed Spanilh Vipers grafle. 
This lead Vipers grade hath divers leaves very (mail and narrow,' lying on the ground, home rootes giving 
f m0 oth leaves, and others crumpled about the edges, the (lalkes are very (mall, and fcarfe riling three or fours 
inches high, bearing out of along lmall fcaly head, a very fmall and Angle pale yellow (lower, wherein grow 
fmaller blacke feedes, and enclofed in farreleffcr downe,then in any of the other, the roote isas'thicke as three 
fingers or more, bnt much fhorter then in any other kmdes, blackifh without, and (bmewhat whitifli within 
yeeldin™ very little milke, wJ^u itis broken, but abideth the W inter almoft as well asany of the reft. 
6 . Scorfonera Illyrica. Vipers grade of Sc/*wy. 
The multitude of long narrow leaves with three ribbes in them to the number of fifty or an hundred, and 01 
twenty (lender ftalkes.of fmall yellow flowers,and fmaller feed afterthem then moll of the former, the roote be¬ 
ing blacke and thicke/maketh this kinde differ from the reft. 
s TbcTUce. 
The firll groweth in many p'aces of Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary. The (econd on the hils by Baden in Ger¬ 
many. The third in many of the fame places with the firfl. The fourth on a lmall hill nigh unto Stampfcn,whiah 
is two Dutch miles from Pofoninm, a chiefe City in Hungary, and in other places thereof: The fifth grew it 
Spaine, and good (lore of the rootes being brought hither, I planted fome of them in my Garden, perccivim 
them in forme to differ from others, which growing yeelded fuch leaves, flowers, and feede, as is before (a 
downe. The lad. in Illyria or Sclavon}C,& Alpinue iirith. 
The Time, 
They doe all flower in May, and their feede is ripe before the CHd oflune. 
The Names. 
The firfl knowledge of Scorfonera to the world, came by Monanhu a famous Phyfitian in Shell, although ii 
was found out, and die ufeofitlikewife, thirty yeares before he wrote chereof, who made a fmall trallatt 
thereof, and of the j?r«rilonc, which C/a/wr tranflatedoutof the Spanilh into the Latine tongue, and pub 
1 idied it with other ofhis workes tranflated alfo, and annexed to his booke offlrangc or Sxoticke tilings, where¬ 
in ic is (ct downe that a Moore, a bondflave did helpe thole that were bitten of that venemous bead, (or Vipei 
as it i called by others) which they of Catalonia, where they breed in abundance,call in their language Efeuerfos 
(from whence Scorfoncra is derived,) with the Juice of this hetbe, and the roote given them to eate, vvhicf 
both tooke a way the poifon and healed the bitten place very quickely, when Treakle and other things would dot 
no good, which ever fince hath growne in eftimation,as well againfl venome or poyfon.as againfl other dil'eafes 
as you [hall heare by and by. The firfl is calledby Clnfim, Scorfoncra major Pannonica, by Manhiolm Scorfonert 
Bohemka, whom Label and Lnfdunenfit follow, Tabermontanm and Gerard, call it Germanica, and ’Bauhbm 
Latifolia altera. The fecond is called by Clnfiits, Scorfoncra humilis latifolia Pannonica, by Tabermontanm, Scar- 
foncra Pannonica, and by Batthinns, Scorfoncra latifolia humilis nervofa, The third is called by LobeL Scorfonert 
altera, by Tabermontanm , Scorfonera Germanica angteftifolia, and by Bauhtnus Scorfoncra folijs nervofi,. Tht 
fourth is called by Clufius, Scorfoncra angttftifelia elatior Pannonica, by Thalius,Scorfonera tsmufolia alcera ■ anc 
by Banhimn,Scorfonera angnJUfolia fitbcxmlea. The fifth becaufe it came from Spainc without any name, I havt 
entitled it according to the face and forme thereof, Scorfonera minima tnberoftradice Hifpanica, it is very pro 
treble that Bauhinm in his Trodromsu doth itieanethis plant.it commethfo nere unto it which he there called 
Hieracitemcap llaccofLorcftox he faith it better agrecth to a Scorjoncra then Hieracietm.^ The laft Alpinm letted 
forth under the fame title it hath, fome doe call them Viperaria unAViperina, and lameSerpentha. 
The Venues. 
Bauhinm faith that the rootes of the Spanilh kinde, hathin their naturall places fome bitterneffe, which if; 
he fo ^for I never fa which) is not perceived in thofe that have growne many yeares in our land, it is very likely 
that the temperature of the Climate,' doth alter in fome part the bitternefle thereof; but Aloaardm writeth.thai 
thofe that grow in Spainc are fomewhat fwcete in tafle like a Parfneppe, and may be eaten in the fame manner, 
the roote hereof faith Monardm, whether raw or dreffed, or condited, as alfo the juice of the herbe taken bj 
tbemfelves, or with any other cordiall or Counterpoyfon, doth not onely helpe the biting ofthat fo venemous a 
Serpent the Efeuerfos, but ofthe Viper, ancfall other virulent creatures, the water diftillcd in giaffes, is a pre- 
fent remedy for all contagious fevers, for by canting fweate the infedlion is evaporated, and the ficke perfon re- 
flored, the fame alfo or the roote it felfe taken, is good againfl the paffions and tremblings of the heart, as alfc 
againfl fwounings,(adnes,&melancholy:the roote prelerved and taken falling.or the laid water drunke for fom< 
dayes together, doth open the obtlruftions of the liver, fpleene, and the other inward parts, as alfo helpethtc 
bring downe womens courfes, andtoeafethefuffocation, or otherdifeafes ofthe mother whatfoever, for ir 
thofe femininegriefes it hath a very powerfull effeeft as hath becne often and certainely fonnd true: it is alfc 
very good againfl the fwimmingor turning of the braine, and all other paines in the head, it is alfo very cordi¬ 
al! both to flrengthen the vitall lpirits, when they are much fnbjeft to faint or fwoune.as alfo againfl melancholj 
or fadnefle, that arifeth without manifetl caufe, if the clarified juice of the herbe be fet in the Stinne for certain: 
dayc,, and the purer liquor thereof mixed with a little hony, be dropped into the eyes, it both clearetli anc 
flrengthneth the fight, and taketli away the fpots and blemilhcs in them. The rootes preferved with Sugar.arc 
not onely very pleafant to the tafle, but efFeftiiall for many ofthe aforefaid griefes. 
