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1 Theatrum Botanicum . 
aKXp!*hat-in^long t'dZch”^^ !cavcs >^dcnc 
, r . ■', lin or wni[:i i^ colour: yetat lome times nfrhf* vp- 
are not feene m the plant; the whole plant linelleth fomewhac flrunjy ' 
7 be 'Place, 01 ' 
Td “ La 0 n U d ntainCS ' yW f ° mc are "»-' 
jrj”V. b S. , i!f,?" b .?i es . ,n th , e ?f lds g. oin g to chd fij and Knfinjrtm, bv HacbtTj ware 
*"**, by the path (ides in the fields going to'chelCrt'vniKe rT"A ^ Lmd ’ as ™'**&*'u 
ware a place called the CMa„dl m c: i„ l" VI "’* towncin th e veryfW, 
Tk«,, n n . TheTime. 1 *' 
igh 
They all flower in ltme and Inly, and their feede is ripefoone after. 
. The Names. 
Jhttlveie‘ W d Un ' d!in4d £- by ^ f w ° rd ^ercof£^^ 
j “ and ' ! fwho have mentioned divers forts. The firft tohere evl^J -° f ^ ln La tme alfo 
arilis, to be the right Sidentisprima. or Hcrculca c Diofcorid™ Gr d F! . ^ re e< ^ ,s thought by mod Her- 
z: y thc f F , r T h fort is <o a ™^ d °»* in”:: 
IP « a of thelarne^ranrandmoftneare, and like thereunto both in (orme and C r' rcf " red thereunto, as 
herbes let downe >n this Claflis.and many other might be ca led *-« , d T : f ot herwife all the 
herbes for thatpurpole :) It is alfocalledM;/, ^ W “> Wound! 
thatexercifed Phyficke and Chirurgerie like the CharlernnA and M * 1 ■ . by divers, bccaufe the Iewes 
in Germany had this herbe in much ufe with them • the lecondand third' of a ”^ es , ln rt ~ and the Quackfalvers 
harforler ourth lsthe hrl\ofC/uf m , which he calleth «/»»», becaufeif was'lariTl! ^ f ° Urt 5 and fift of 
ZX j TT T 3 W1 5 S T° n § 11 thcm 1 lle « called by Label and moft ftmi - 
. strand In his floribrnlmei, dFd In their Adverfaria, Sided,i, 
T‘j “ IS alto th , c fift Sideriti,herbariarnm of Tabermar.u-L,, which Banhmm TTc />«. 
^tTZT ■ the fixt is callcd b V Label and Si^r/r* and i he fr' n birfnti, fro. 
faofrafc™» to , MW b,ch calleth Si*r, 7 » At pin* Vcadfolfl-rtlr °u Cl ^' m ' and the 
Sder,t„ montana parvo flare r.igro pnrpnreo: the. c \oht is the flxt S idjni. n ^ f£ 7 - C1 ? tb ls by Columna called 
Vienna, as his firft and my fourth is alio Theninfh is by Banking fo *'- ,,ch . liee , faith « familiar at 
Znfdmen/lslo called, and Baubimu followeth him, and withall faith thi r ff h vl" ™ e ‘ tIle Kncbis by 
£* S arden ’ by the name of Britt Mica : the eleventh is of mine ownc enrte,J h lanc he S a( bered in pi 
it in my garden, where it hath continued ever fince : the WclfthThvB k fi ? d ‘c g '^ilde, and plantin* 
Prodrome which he had from S^rr. of Heidelberg, the tfeeelhT; ^ T? I'* f ° nh in his ^-and 
anfr’/T 0 Atonic alfo ca'led it 7rtrafor Mpflifeliiem .- C*mer«rh,< calkthlr's b y £ “?*<- 
and 7 Wi«r, another congener co his firft • Ceftlpinm Sidenti, «IU v i„ ( ?7?h S,dmtIi " flore rubra 
purpurea, mdWffl* buleririetrverfumpvSlif,alia rubra. Thefonreteen't ZfdTT^’f Gale *flora 
iaith, Jthou g _h_d>fe/ t hi n kethitybeakind 0 fC«,.SK a d l CVatthiol,, 
Marrnbum Pamm-.cnm : it is the SidrnVi, «/rc M of Cs/i/,Z the c W ^ « t0 be C,K fl"> his 
7 /T m ’ r the U “ rm ” fiS ^ CicS a ‘ ,era of TkalimA ct downe by Gera^rlb'" arm "F flora pallida of Ca- 
Ayjr«m german,e»m ; and called by Hanhian S ideritU «rverfi s L,folia ‘llf e 7 r t r“ ,undf:r nttneof 
7 m c r'’/ rol ? aCO ? n ' ryhusbandmans cntcofhi S owne Leg there'wi h *? called b 7 
a field of Pejfe; but why he fliould call it Par,ax in Latine, bein^ not an herh^f^ h f, CUtmowi,, S d °wue 
hnowre Partax in formed know not, unleffe Q mcquidin bnccam venerit he rnn^ h d, [ e ?'“- nor ,lkc unto any 
for in my judgement it is a d.ft ring S iderliU frmn any before.and therefore A ^ hat Wh .‘ cI ? Came next t0 haind, 
caflrumefa radece, for the caufes let downe in the defeription. It m'vfeeme PA” “ tilC tit!c %iderh ” A "- 
was not one y knowne to divers of onr moderne writers but called alfo k / r tG many that th,s b crte 
fiippoled to be Thalittihis firft Sideritji, which he termc.h fundr f , ot them, font is 
Cefam, Cefaer himfelfecalling \tBetanicafaetida & Herbi Iudair * l mod ° r ‘ < >C«”’*ranm his Stack,, paiujln, 
or Tetrakihhn vvasmofl common amongft them, and with LnaduaJhCb Undtr(landin g the reby the Sided,i, 
doubt thereof! firfl in that the leaves of 1 theirs are T™ ’ hw 1 tt»ndin&me 
purple,and ours are very red, fpotted with white : their rootes likewife t tbat tbe bowers arc fayd to bee pale 
knobbes at them except Thai,,*. The Arabians call th?sSifcfa-ZSf c d ^ n . b . ed I . t0 ba - a «y tuberous 
French in ioine places as I heare, L’herbe Carpentaire the Germ »•,. d-dt cral ^ Sidrachi, the Italians Siderite.ihc 
Enghfli after the Dutch name’, GUdcworfof fome, andTro nw ^f*"* “ d wee in 
anamCjUnlefleyouwillthcclownetoitas^rWcJoth. ^ or W° lin dwort is too gene- 
The Vertues. 
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kl>kkkl».ffcl_* i ,,d,.fiS™'S f rt «fc Cor the d.Lltc ,r;d tied 
«d.,b»,» 8 „,„d„ B d„ft S „d hftd^. „d „!d,„«,K 
and 
