5 &6 Chap.46, 
Theatrum Botanicum . 
Tr I B E.^.j 
Chap. XL VI. 
Cruciat 4 , Croffewort. 
r M E „ e J™? formerly knowne but one fort of Crucial Croffewort, but becaufe I find two other herbes'; 
^ have placZto MgeXr” “^“ pr0perty ^ as the may induce one tothinke, I 
T , 1 • C rftc * atavt *ig#rii- The common Croffewort. 
, • r r „ u com ^ on< r roffewort S rowethu P wit hrquarehairybrowneftalkcsjilftleabove afootchioh 1 
having foure fmall broad, andpointed.hairy.yetfmoothnotrugged yellow greene leaves, growing at cve« ! 
,oynt each againft ocher croflcwifc, which hath caured the namejtowards the toppes of the ftalke^a^he iovnbl 
with.the leaves in three or fourerowes upwards (land fmall pale yellow flowers, after which commeth final! I 
b ck'fl, round feed, foure for the molt part fet in every huske.the roote is very fmll and full of fib“hr”dl 
■ Oggoo lol of the ground, and fpreadmg with the branches a great deale of ground, which perilheth not ■ 
in the winter, although the leaves die downe every yeare, and fpring againe anew. P “ ' 
2 - Cruciat a minor Utea. Small yellow Croffewort. 
fJvers^ P ‘ ke the other, butfmaller, and not hairy, having fmooth pale greene leaves, with yellow ■ 
r „„ 3. Cruciat a minor momma. Small Croffewort with blufh flowers, 
Thu fmall Croffewort ( for fo I take it to be rather then gallium as Columm entituleth it) hath divers fauare 
weake branches, ymg at the firfi upon the ground, but afterwards raifing themfelves up on hi°h,and fpreadina 
many branches full of joynts, and foure leaves ufually at them , ■, . L, = ’ a ‘preauing 
the lowed very fmall and Ihort, but thofe that growmore up- Common 
wards to the middle of the ftalkes, are larger and longer, and 
from the middle upwards much longer, and towards the tops 
but two leaves, long and narrow ftarfling at a j'oynt, which 
joynts are more feparate one from another then below, all of 
them lmooth,and not hairy at al.as the ftalkes are Iikevvife:the 
flowers (land at the toppes of the branches, in a thinne or fpar- 
fed umbell, as the fmall Ccntory, or Saint Johns wort doth, 
which have fomewhat a long and hollow truncke, and then 
end in foure fmall leaves ofa blufh colour, very like for their 
forme,as well as for their fvveeteneffe, unto the flowers of the 
white or yellow Ixfmine but leffer then they, and larger then 
any flowers of Gallium, after which come fmall rugged and 
fomewhat crooked and long feedes,two al wayes fet together, 
greater then thofe of the former,and of a ycllowifh colour, the 
roote is long ancf great,in refpedl of the plant, with divers fi¬ 
bres fet thereat,of a bro wnifh colour on the outfide and white 
within. 
4. Cruciat a minima muralis. 
The leaft Croffewort. 
The lead Croffewort hath many final fquare ftalkes,fmaller 
at the bottome, and greater upwards, fometimes reddifh and 
lomewhat hairy alfo, fet full of joynts, and at every one of 
th em, foure fmall leaves, one againft another, in manner of a 
croffe; from thofe joynts likewife upwards, come forth the 
flowers,of a pale greene colour, confining of foure leaves,but 
fet in fuch a manner that they are fcarfe to be difeerned from 
the thredSjthat ftand with them, for one part feemeth to be a 
body or belly, with prickes thereon, another a head (hew¬ 
ing tobe prickly alfo, but not hurting, andthereft which are 
as it were beards, feemeto be armes, which when they are 
withered, fceme to be hooded-, after they are pad come fmall 
heads, or fwelling round veffels, which were the bellies of 
the flowers,wherein is contained fmall round yeilowifh feede 
like Pannicke feede. the tafie of the whole plant is fomew h « 
hitter and harih withall.the roote is as fmall almoft as a thred with fome fmall fibres at it 
The Place, 
fundry other places. The fecond groweth under the hedges about Blmml v hl ° h way > and in 
growethiu the open hils in Napl, ***** third 
(ome other places thereabouts. mine wans ot Duclefiaa, hisbaths in Rome, and 
Sunnefand the'lbedrripeneth(boneafte^ 6 SomIn '^* 0 "^' , one P^ aceora nother, astheyare more open fro the 
Tf-hnrhnn , The Names. 
herniaria. 
