The Theater of 'Plants. 
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Chap«20 . 5 l 7 
1 'ith an hairy hoarincffc, as the ftalkes are alfo, Which in fame are but a foote, in others a foote and a halfe higH, 
i nth lmaller leaves thereon: the flowers arc hollow and yellow like the other, butlefler; the feede alfo isa- 
ke: the roote is great in refpedl of the plant, red and tender while it is young, but growing wooddy whcnk 
, : old, and blackilla, but liveth and abideth after feed time, which Come others doe not. 
5. Aschufa minor purpurea. Small Alkanet with purple flowers, 
d The fmall purple Alkanet hath greater and longer leaves then the lalf .hairy and greene like unto Euglofle, and 
ramewhat like unto the firft; butyet lefler and narrower, although more plentiful!, that lye upon the ground, 
find thofe alfo that rife up with the ftalkes, u hich are many, tender and fiender, whofe flowers being like the 
rithers, are ofareddifh purple colour; the feede following is more gray; the roote is greater and thicker t eny„ p ; MS . 
ohe other. We have another fort hereof, whofe fmall flowers fcarfe riling out of the huskes, are of a fad or dead , r opurpn- 
acd colour, the feede blackifh rifing againe yearely ofits owtie fowing,and leaning dovvne to the ground, reopn. 
4. Anchufa lignofior angufiifolia. Wooddy Alkanet. 
r This fmalleft Alkanet, which fcarfe deferveth to be accounted one of them, both for the want of colour in the 
1 oote, and the hardnefle of both rootes and ftalkes; for the ftalkes are fcarfe a foote high, hafd and wooddy,ha¬ 
ving many fmall and narrow fad greene hairy leaves, much fmaller and ftiorterthen the laft.the flowers Band on 
:rookcd ftalkes, bending inwards like Heliotropium, and are hollow but fmaller then the former, and of a very 
ftew colour like unto them, for the forme and manner of growing, the roote is hard and wooddy, brown fh 
red on the outfide, and not colouring the hands with any red colour,or very little,fuch as the reft doe. 
5. Anchufa humiljj Cretica. The low Alkanet of Candy. 
From a fmall long reddifti roote of a fingers bignefle, fpring fmall ftalkes halfe a finger long, bearing thereon 
many fmall white leaves on each fide of them, fet very thicke together, like but lefie then the other Alkanets* 
at the toppes whereof ftand re Jdifh flowers inclining to purple, larger then thofe of Alkaner, and formed like 
thofe of baftard Sena, after which come fmall long rough veffels, containing within them the fmall feede; in the 
Summer time the roote will give a red juice,that will die their fingers that touch it,which is much commended 
by the natives,to be lingular good againft the poyfon of any Serpent. 
6 . Anchufa arborea . Great and tall Alkanet. 
The roote of this Alkanet is infipide, wooddy, long, and of a fingers thicknefle, fomewbat reddifh within,and 
with a thinne blackifh rough barke without; the ftalke is thicke and rugged, {hooting forth divers brandies, and 
they other fmaller, with many fmall leaves like Savory fee together at the joynts, and fmall white prickes about 
them,but on the fmaller branches they ftand fingle for the moft part, one-above another at equall diftances, at the 
ends whereof grow fmall Bowers, fomewhat like unto the ordinary Alkanet,of a yellowifh purple colour, and 
the like feede fucceeding,and is not of any knowne ufe 
The ‘Place. 
The firft groweth both in Italy , Spaine ,and France, as well neare the Sea as further of into the land. I have not 
yet heard of any that have feene it growing any where in our Country. The fecond (folumna faith groweth in 
Naples . The third about CMompelier and Lions , as Lobel faith, and this I thinke is the fame that groweth in our 
Country, namely in Kent neare Rochefier, in a field neare Sr. John Levefon his houfe, and in fome other places 
tnereabouts: as alfo in the Weft parts, as Devonfhire , and Cornwall, as it hath beetle affirmed. The fourth alfo 
about Afarfeilles , and Frontignana as Pena faith,the two laft in Candy, 
The Time, 
They Bower in Inly for the moft part; and fometimes in Augufi, but their rootes have their braveft colour in 
Inly and Augufi or thereabouts. 
The Names, 
It is called in Greeke Anchufa -w-ef ^ ^YA lv ) quoa vim fujfocatoriam habet , ut aliqui volunt , fed alij 
melius & veriw a Gnco verbodyxvoifeip ejuodefifucare & color areformam,& eo derivatum nomen, b radieps fanqtti- 
neum fioridum vecolorem- for the beautifull red colour in thefe rootes, hath not onely made them knowne, but di- 
ftinguifhed from Echium, Lycopfis, Tuglojfum , and the reft that are like unto them in leaves, but want that 
colour in their rootes; fome have called it Alkannabm. very falfely,others Incus herba. The firft is thought to be 
the third kinde of Anchufa , whereof Matthiolw giveth a figure,although he faith that all the Anchufa s that were 
knowne to him, bore purplifh flowers: it is called Pfeuda anchufa by Dodontus ,and is the fame Anchufa exalbido 
fiorc, that Clufius fetteth forth in his Hiftofy of Plants; it is alfo very likely to be the fame, that Cordus upon 
Tiofccrides maketh his firft fort, and £c £<7 calleth Anchufa lutea^, The fecond Columna calleth Anchufa Schioides 
minor. The third Camerarius in his Epitome calleth Anchufa altera minor , and Tauhinus Anchufa minor Patavina % 
and yet he diftinguiffieth it from the Anchufa minor Alcibiadionfive Onochilcs of Lobel , and Clufius making them 
to be two forts, Loniceriu calleth it Bugloffa rubra, 7 he fourth is called by Lobel and Pend in their Adverfaria t 
Anchufa lignofior angufitfola, and by Clufius, Anchufa lignofior, Bauhinw calleth it in his Tinax, Anchufa an - 
gufiifolia and faith it is the fame he formerly in his Phitopinax, called Lithofpermum minus repens, and in his 
c Jl fattbiolus Lithofpermum fruticofumangufiifo/ium, and faith alfo that this is the fame that Lugdunenfis fetteth 
forth, under the tide of Traooriganum Monjpelienfe Tfdlecbampi]. The tWolaft are remembred by Alpinus in his 
Hiftory of ftrange Plants, under the fame titles they are here expreffed. The Italians call it Anchftfa , the Spani - 
ards Soagem, and as (fluftw faith Argamulo, the French Orchanette, the Germanes Oxen^unge, the Dutch Ghile 
Anchufa , and take it for a wildc Buglofle, we in Englifi? after the French word, Alkanet , 
TheVertues. 
Diofcorides faith that his firft kinde (which as I fuppofe, is that I have deferibed in this and my former Booke, 
with a purplifh flower) doth helpe old ulcers, and thofe that are burnt with fire, being made into a falve with 
waxe and oyle, and ufed with barly Bower, it cureth all hot inflammations, and even that which is called Saint 
Anthonies fire, ufed with vinegar, ithelpeth the morphew, lepry, and the like; the fame alfo applyed to the 
lower parts, draweth forth the dead childe ; the deco&ion thereof made in water, for thofe that are aguifh, or 
elfeinwine, is profitable for thofe that are troubled with the yellow Faundife, the fpleene or graveli, and the 
ftoneinthe kidneys; the Apothecaries that ufed to make ointments faith he, ufed it to thicken their ointments; 
whxhPo#/alter eth fasftie doth in fome other things, relating the text of Viofcoridesj and faith it is ufed to 
Y y colour 
