49° Chap.9» 
Theatrum Botanicum. 
Tribe 5 
’ • Scab ofa Hifpanica major. 
The greater Spanijb Scabious. 
i. ScabiofaHiJpanica minor. The letter Spanijb Scabiow. 
The leffer Spanijb Scabious is altogether like the former greater, but that it is leffer in every part ■ and that the 
leaves arc a little fmaller, or finclicr cat in, and the flowers not white as the former, but ofa biewiQi purple ; 
3. Scabiofia arborea Cretica Pons, 
Pona his Shrubbe Scabiow of Candj . 
This Candy Scabious rifeth up with a wooddy (hike, from 
whence fpring divers hard and wooddy branches, white or 
hoary all over, as the leaves are alfo, which are thicke fet 
thereon, without any divifion or denting at the edges, being 
whole like unto the great Cyanw or blew Bottle: at the ends 
of the branches come forch lmall naked ftalkes, bearing a head 
of flowers, very like unto the former great Spanijb Scabious 
but of a pale rec’difh colour } the feede conteined in thofe 
ftarre like hushes, are fmaller, and fmell a little fwceter then 
other forts of Scabious doe; the roote is long and hard, divided 
into divers parts, abiding the Winter both in the naturall and 
other warme Countries, and holding his greene leaves alfo 
GaVica but is more tender, not able to endure the fliarpenefle of onr 
Camcrarij frofts and colds. Camerarius maketh mention of a Scabiofia 
which he calleth Galllca like hereunto, but that he faith it hath 
fmall long blackiih leaves, whereas this hath white and wool¬ 
ly, elfeit might be judged the fame. 
4 Scabiofiafie licit a minima. 
Small Starre like Scabiow, 
This fmall Scabiow is very like the fmaller Spanifi, Scabious, 
having divers narrow leaves, about two inches long, much 
cut in and divided on the edges,''the ftalke is Icarce halfe a foot 
-- uiv ikaiivw JO naiu. uant d IUUC 
long, with fuch like leaves thereon, and fmall pale blewifh 
S’ n.v.w,,, llllrtu jmic UtCWim 
flowers as in the Spam/b kinde; thehuskes likewife have di¬ 
vers points, (landing open fpread like a ftarre, from the mid¬ 
dle whereof come forth five fmall long reddifh threds, like t 
haires (landing outofthehuske: the feede is fmall, but like’ 
the other ; the roote is fmall and perifheth every yeare. 
The Tlae. ' 
The two firfl: forts Clnfim faith he found in the borders of 
theVineyards, and in the paths of the fields about Salamanca 
in S paws, and in other places; the fmaller ofwhich Bauhinw 
faith he found upon the (hore neerc Venice . The third in Candy 
as Pona faith, who had it from Senior Contarini of VeniceJYht 
laft Bauhimi faith, groweth in Provence of Prance. 
TbcTimc , 
The two firft S/xtm/S kindes as alfo that of Candy, flower fomewbar rl,p« f . r cl, 
feidome give good feede with us, and therefore we are (fill to feeke new feede to fow. 1 "" f ° ^ th ' y 
The Names. 
The two firfl Clufius calleth Hifpanica. and fo doe all nrhrrs .t, , ^ / 
pereyrina■ mdBauhima calleth the firfl flellatalaciniatofolio major andtheoth^r’^ T ” 'w "1 
Pona in his Mia,,?.,Mas, callerhby the fame name is in the titic 12/ r Z£j 
Scab,ofa peregrma- Tabermontanus Scabiofaperegrina fo/.jsnon d.lfeffl ’ j nluWmt c b } ® f ° 
Cafalphas Scabiofa arborefeens. The fall bLL, 
.nhtsTi^and Prodromus, and faith he accounteth it to differ from the leffer Spa^ Me, inX^notabte 
The Vert net. 
Now that I havedeferibed untoyott all the ComotScabious, whofe variari™, ,,„t ru l . ■ D 
in the leaves and flowers, being yet in tafte, not fo much differing the one frnm d ‘l j confifteth chiefly 
faculties are to be accounted alike, fo that the vertues in any one are nor fo .m;?'u ° h , er ’ l nd tl,ercfore the ‘5 
to the generall, which are thefe ; Itbeinghotanddry, iso^fan ooenino 1 ,“L lar,b “ t . tll ? t . l:hc: !' II1 ^)' bcrefer f cd 
quality, whereby it is very effeftuall for all forts of coughs, fhortneffe Sarcarh"^ “"h a ‘j ce , nU r aCing ( . 
the bred and lunges, ripening and digefting cold fe«mf and o her ronlhT ’ d °j hcr dl / eaf f s , of 
coughing and fpitting. It ripeneth alfo all forts ofinward’ulcers and aooftumes T° U 7 ’ V ? yd r g , t ) 1Cm ( f °, rth 
cofttonofthe dry or greene herbe, bcin° made with wine be drunker,, me -’ > ea the plurcfie alfo, if the de- 
forth by the urine, as well as other waies f or if you tould have ,r more eftiS STS,"* " y voyd i n S , jt 
full of dryed Scabious, an ounce of Licoris feraped and cut into tLne fliks a Iren A - nd ' 
peeces, an ounce of Aniffeede, and as much of Fennelfcede bruiVed andha’lfean f n ™ mt ° 
cut into tbinne flices: let all thefe be fleened for a niahr im cr • 3 tC an ° unce or white Orns rootes 
boyling them the next day nntill a third oarthe rnnfnmrrt at water > forrathertn fomuch wine) 
herbe 
