554 Chap. 59 * 
Tkeatrum 'Botanicwn. 
1 RIB £,5. 
The Names, 
Itis calledinGreeke Elat me, by the Arabians dtbin, and by the judgement of the mod judicious in 
thofe latter tunes, taken to be the true and right herbethat 1 Diofcorides, hath fet forth by that name, although 
tome did feeme to doubt of it, as not knowing what Helxme Diofcoridis meaneth, unto whole leaves he coniDa- 
reth it, whether unto Helxme, which is Pantaria, or Helxme Cijjliwjpr/W.theblackeBindweed. Seraph feemeth 
to make Flatme a kinde of fmall VolubilU or liindweede, forfohe comparethit to Helxine, which can bee n 
other than Cipmpelos, but his interpreter Paul™ ey£gmeta doth turne Helexme to be Earictaria. KueUm toolie 
Raptflrum campeftre, the Wilde Char/orks to be it,for the which Mattbiolm contefteth againft him, as alfo a‘ainll 
thole that would make Numuuna Mony worr, orherbe two pence to be Elat me, and againft others that mad® 
FimpinelLi,Barnet, becaufe neither of them were hayrie.nor grew in Corne grounds, as Diofcorides faith E/a 
tine doth. Fufchiw calleth It Veronica fsminx,md fo doth Mattbiolut, Loniccrpu, Camerarius Dodows and 
others, and Lobe l and feme others Elatine ‘Diofcoridis. Lugdunenfn calleth it Vcrbafum amrundam for than 
lome in thole parts, did it fhould feeme fo call it, andyetgiveththefamefigure thereof that he gave to Vermi 
ca fammttUKatthwli. Thefecondis called Elatine Matthiolihy Lugdunenfs and Cajlor Durantes becaufe he 
£rlt let forth the figure thereof in his laft Edition, fent him as he (ayd from Cmtttfm, for in his other Editions he 
knew notthisfort. Dodonam and others call it Elatine altera. Fabius Cohmrna calleth it Linaria HedernU folio 
becaufe as I fayd the flowers are (omewhat like a Linaria or Todcflaxe, and the leaves cornered like W- the 
Speed we ft rtm ^' DuUh ‘ &c ‘ doC M folljw thc Latine Vmmca and we call it by the name of female 
The Vert ties. 
Althoughithat Flatten be (omewhat bitter, yet iris held to be more cooling with the drying property than 
the former Speedwell. The leaves, faith Diofcorides and Plinye, bruiledandapplyed with Barlv meale to rh« 
eyes that are watering, by defluxions from the head, and that are hot and inflamed withall, doe very much helne 
them ; it helpeth alio all other defluxions, as alfo the fluxes of blood, or humours, which ?re the laske and 
bloody flixe, as alfo womens too aboundant courfes, and ftayeth all manner of bleeding whether at the note 
mouth,or any other place, or that commeth by any veine burl!, bruifed or hurt, wondcrfelly helnintr all thnfe i„ ’ 
ward parts,that neede confolidating or ftrengthning, and is no Idle effefluall. both to healt andclofr 
wounds, as to clenfe or heale all foule or old Vlcers, frettingor fpr,lading Cancres, or the like asthenvall 
thereof made upon one can witnefle; whofe nole being almoft conlumed with a Canker, was fa’s Pena tenor 
teth rtjto have his nole cut off,by the Chirurgians appointed thereunto by the Phyfitians.to prderve the reft of the 
body ready to fall into a Leprofic, whofe determination being over heard by a Ample Barber in company drfi 
red that he might beforehand, make tryall of an herbe, he had feene his Matter tile in the like cafe- which’beftw 
granted, he by uling the juyee and concoftion of this herbe taken inwardly, and thc herbe ufed outwardly re 3 
covered the man who was not onely cured of the danger of his nole, but of his whole body, and thereby he 
was freed from the difeale he was falling into. This occafion doth make me chinke, that not onely in this herbe 
But 111 many other fimple herbes, cur forefathers found helpc of many difeafes, and therefore ufed fewer com 
pounds: and were we m thele tune; as mduftrious, to fcarch into the fecrets of the nature of herbes, as the for" 
met ages were, and to make tryall of them, we foould no doubt finde the force of fimples, many times no leffe 
efteflnali than of compounds : but of this enough, yet not too much, fo as I might provoke fome learned to bee 
more mduftnom.and not hke droanes onely to lucke the honey from others hives; ithelpeth alfo all the out 
ward defefts of the sk.nne, when it is difcoloured, as it is laydof the former: for they are both of a faculty 
very neere in effeft, one unto another, and therefore what is fayd of the one, may very well be applyed to the 
Minor. 
Chap. XXXIX. 
Numfhria. Money-wort, or herbe two 
pence. 
SHerebetwofo tsof Numular,^ greater than another, thatbeare both of them yellow flowers* 
$ if that the fertility, orffer.l.ty of the foyledoe not caufe the fame,which Illiall (hew you here and 
« T H fn h n V K e a ! 10ch 5 :r lefTerfort, with purple (lowers, which is alfo found w.lde in our ovmc 
and Pina} ’ th ° USh bUt “ “ kW Wh ’ ch ‘ S rcmembred b X "° author but Eanhinm in his ProdoZ, 
i. Numulana vulgar is, Common Money-wort 
The common Money wort, fendeth forth from a fmall threddie root^ divers long, weake, and flendet 
branches, lying and running upon the ground, two or three foote long or more, fet on btth fideswith leaves 
with two at a joynt one againft another, at equall diftances, which a“e almoft ’round" buTpolnted at the end ’ 
fmooth and of a good greene colour : atthejoynts with the leaves, trom the middle forward, come forth a? 
every joynt, (ometimes one yellow flower and fometimes two, (landing each on a (mall footeftalke and made 
of five narrow leaves, pointed at the ends,with fome yellow threds in the middle, which being paft’there (land 
in their places, fmall round heads of leedc. ’ using pair, mere itana 
There is one of this fort, much lefler than the former, not elfe differing. 
, „.?• Nurauhria minor ftore papfurafeente. Small Money-wSit with purplifo flowers 
This fmall Money-Wort (preadeth and runneth on the ground, in the fame manner that the former doth with 
two very little leaves, fet at every joynt of the ftalke, which are as round or mote thanThe^former with a 2 
point at the ends: the flowers likewife ftand in the fame manner at the joynts, but much ftStatta hev and 
af_ a purplilh red colour: after which comefeede in round heads alike! but lelT™asthe roote i! 7o[^- 
„ , ■ r . Tht FIaCt - 
Both tne former forts grow in our owne Land, inmoyft grounds by hedge fides, although the firftmore 
plcntifull 
