Tribe, 5, 
j The Theater of Plants, 
Chap. 11 
49 1 ) 
fprcad on the ground either whole like the former great Plantane,or a little jagged toward the lower partiamonri 
which rife up fhort naked ftalkes.bcaring every oneat the top.either a broad round head made of manyfmall fihorc 
greene leaves in the tafhion of a Rofe, or a fpiked thicke long head made of many fhorter greene leaves bufhina 
thickebelow and fmaller upwards, and lometimcs one plant will have both thefe formes at once toother an d 
fome again out 0 f the middle of the Rofe will have anotherfbort fpike of green leaves rilingup; and others at the 
bottomeofthe Rofe or fpike, will have one or two other fmall tufts either round or long, One fort there is like- 
wife wh ,fe long fpiked heads, is parted into many and fundry feverall (parfed fpikes, and therefore called Spira 
lit : other varieties alfo are fometimes feene in fome of this kmde, as nature lifteth to produce them • the room 
i like unto the former. 
The Place, 
_ The firft: groweth every where, in fieldsand in the path way cs generally the fccond ab6ut Mompelier in 
Trance : the third in divers places of Spaine, where Clujius obfei ved it, and in fome other colder countries alfo 
the fourth came from Cajpar Pille'teritts 0 f LftTompeher to Dr. Label, and the feede fowen with Mr. lohn Nefmtt a 
1 Scotufhman, chiefe Chyrurgion in his time to King lames ,where it'grew divers yeares-.the laft,although a ftranee 
I Plantane, yet naturally found in our owne country, and riling as it is likely from the third fort, and from thence 
: chcrilhed m gardens. 
The Time. 
They are all in their beauty about Tune, and the feede ripeneth fhorriy after. 
The Names. 
Ris called in Greeke i{tiy\cKm and df/oyraunu, Arnoglofum mA Arnogloffos a forma fc. agnina linixa ■ others 
call lt™Mevf@-mu/tinervia li ndM*vMt&feptwcrvia, either of the many , or o ! the feten ribbes or veines 
that are in every Ieafe > m Latine Tlamago ap/anta vocabulo : the Arabians callit LifenmA Lofan athameli the 
Italians Plantagme : the Spaniards L'hanten and T amchage : the Trench Plantain- the Germanes iVeverich’- the 
r Buth tYechbre: the Snglifb W aybredde.not W aybi ead, as divers corruptly call it, and Plantane; thefiri! is' cal¬ 
led generally of all Authors Plantago mejor,orlatifolia,or vulgaris. Trunfelfm mATraom call it Planuoo rubra 
becaule the feede thereof is redder than of others : the fecond Bauhinus calleth plantago maximama elatra • the 
third Clnjiu, ^calleth Plantago major incana , and Plantago Salmaticenfis, judging it to be Cynoglofim 0 ( Diof. 
corides. Which he faith bearetb neither [hike nor flower, as Clufim faith this doth very feldome in S paine but I 
doe not hold that a fufticient reafon, to judge it robe Cynoglopm, Fufchiut,Thdonam, Gefner and others call 
It Plantago media, and Oobel Plantago major incana, yet Tuner and Tabermontanut call it Flantaoo mnor-’thc 
fourth Label onely expreffed the firft leaves in his Appendix to the Adverfaria, by the title of P Untaio,mb ’/kata 
P ,la > and c mvol»taumfolm ; I have added the Spikes, and call it Plantago exotica[muofa.aa bed avre-lno r |,„- P 
to in my opinion : the latl Clttjm had the figure thereof from lames Garret an Apothecarie, fometimes : m Lyme. 
Tu f : . which he caufed robe taken from the living plant, growing in his garden neare London P/alt bv 
AMgatc, and thereupon called it Plantago peregnna Utifoha Garreti,anA Plantago latifolia exotica Bauhmtt callerh 
chat other with many lpikes ubcl caUcth pim ^°»*«•> 
Plantagims angujlifolia. Narrow leafed Flantaines. 
1. Plantago ^uinquenervia major. The greater Ribbeworce Plantane. 
'T - 'His greater Ribbewort Plantane bath divers narrow,longand hairy darke greene leaves lying on the ground; 
,™ th hve v ?" es 0, ; r ‘ bbes , f « r mof l Pwt in every one of them, and pointed at the ends; amongwhich 
rile up many naked and ftriped ftalkes, fomewhat hairy, at the toppes whereof grow fudh like long and fpiked 
arke greene heads as in the firlt common Plantaine, and flowring in the fame manner, but greater and (horcer, 
li'kpX 1 f 1C fUCh Tg e / S ‘ n the former but £ reatcr and of 3 darkcr colour ; rke rootes are long,fibrous or (tringie 
like the former. This fometimes is found varyng m the heads, for fome will have two heads nponaftalke or 
one Head parted into two parts, or with two or more fpiked heads, growing at the bottome ofthe head. ‘ 
Z ' angujlifoUaTpfca ©- multiformit. Variable Rofe Ribbewort. 
1 c " IS n n klantane > lact > ft 1 * like leaves as the former hath, that it is not, or very hard ro be knowne from it 
before the ftalkes with heads beginne to appeare, which when they are full ripe, drew themfelves in a varUble 
fprl R r’ 1 n ar S e ° r 0ng narrow Ieaves fcc together, fomewhat fparfedly, imitating a loofe or difper- 
p f ’ °- S cn Ir JS. fliorter greene leaves and more compaft and doled, making a more comely forme of a 
m?^i °T e i! m o S o' y m ld ?P en > and foretimes more clofe, and as it were halfe clofed, and fometimes out of the 
Zlrouf : p‘ rf e W ‘ f ,f r t ' V '° °; three or more (hort (lalkcs > beating each a fmall greene Rofe, and there- 
fnikestpr d fr 'r '’, made °f maiyfoial11 ieaves fet together in the fame manner, and iometimes many fhorc ProUftfi. 
fpkesfetclofetogethirinonehead, or feparateeach byitfelfe: this kinde beareth no feede that ever was ob- 
ferved, but is cncreafed by flipping or parting the roote, and fetting it againe. 
3. Tlamagoangaflifo/iaminor. The leffer Ribwort Plantane. 
The fmaller Ribbewort Plantane, is in every part thereof like the firft fort, but that it groweth fmaller and 
lower,andthis onely maketh it ro differ from it. 5 a 
TI • c A- Tl.mtagoangufUfelia[errata. Spanijh Ribbewort with dented leaves. 
' 7 , 4 S 7 ‘ a wor,: ! s , like c,le lcffcr fort > but fmaller,narrower and harder in handling, being dented about 
and [°.^ ar P e with all that they might feme to be prickles, which hath caufed fome to call 
pe^Tcd° / * , thefp,kedbeads Rand upon (lender ftalkes, about halfe a foote high, being fomewhat open or dif- 
'Plantago anguftlfoliafruticans . Shrubbe Plantane. 
n Trf ?- ri T be j PIanta J5 e is in , all _ thin i s like the fmaller Ribbeworte, but that the leaves are whiter, and the 
-r.SarlfgwhidS^^ them, butIhortetandfof- 
V u a (5, plant go 
