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Theatrum ' Botanicum. 
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4- -dlyjpiJn Galeni Cltifio. 
Gilenhis M ad wort according toClufius. 
3 . Atyjfum alieriim Diofcoridi, minus. The leflcr 
Madwort of Diofcorides. 
This lefler Madworc hath divers long leaves, lying on the 
ground, a little waved on the edges,' of a pale or blewilh 
grecne colour, about three inches long and one broad, rouoh 
and hayrie, but foftcr than the former; from amoS» 
which rile (lender weakc rough (hikes, (carle able to (land up- 
r i§ b C parted into fundry branches, whereon grow the leaves 
by couples, one oppolite to another, fmallerbut not lclTe hay¬ 
rie, and rough than the former, the flowers fir ft beginne to 
breake forth at the toppes, and afterwards on the (ides or 
wmges, which are many let together in tufts, confiding of 
foure white leaves, notched in the middle, which maketh eve- 
ryleafefeemelikeahurt, with diveuyellowilh tbreds in the 
middle of them, and each Handing in a greene huske, the out- 
fide whereof have longer foote ftallSs than thofe more in¬ 
ward, and each flower larger than the inner ones, which being 
paft; there fucceede round feede veflels like bucklers, finaller 
than the former, hard and rough on the outfide, in which are 
contemed flat lcede, in foure round reddifh cells or partitions, 
divided by a certaine (lulling skinne, two feeue lying in each 
cell or partition : the roote is (mall and long, with divers fi¬ 
bres thereat, and abideth, (hooting iotthanew, more fharpe 
m tafte than the leaves, which are drying and aftringent. 
}. Alyjfum montmumColumna. Mountaine 
Madwortof Columna. 
This other Mad wort o( the Mountaines, hath a fmall thred- 
dy roote, from whence (pring up (mail and weakc round red¬ 
difh (hikes, lying upon the ground, (hooting forth rootes at 
the joynts, and rayfing themfelves up againe, the loweft leaves 
whereof are fmall and roundifii, not much bigger than ones 
naile, but thofe that grow up afterwards upon the ftalkes are 
greater, being two inches long, deepely dented about the 
edges, and very rough,covered with a long hairinefle, two for 
the mod part, fet at every joynt, with long foote ftalkes under 
'them: at thefe joynts likewile on both fidescome forth three 
or foure blewifh flowers, each (landing upon a very l'mall 
hayrie footeftalke, having foure (mall greene leaves under them as ahuske wherein they (land, and wherein af- 
S r °w e th the feede veflels, which arc two, flat, ovall or round huskes like Bucklers, joyned at the fides 
‘ e f ’ hayr J 3t c j} e , bnmm “>and contcining five or fixe yellow fiat feedes in each partition : the roote dyeth 
every yeere, and mull be new fovven, when any will have it. ^ 
4 - Aljffum G*lcm Clujio, Galen his Madwort according to CluGiu. 
, B nX u- 5 M a ^ W ? rt K Galen is accounted a kinde of Horehound, and rifeth up with a fquare whitilh wool- 
branches from the very bottome, having two leaves at every joynt, lomewhat like unto 
viZJlZI ' d ’ b H UC V roun . der > =tnd mote hoary, (mailer at the bottome, broade at the ends, and fomewhatdi- 
ahn„rrb t ft e n, < l ge | S L^^‘thoutlent.buc bitter 111 tafte: at the joynts with the leaves come forth the flowers round 
. , ■ fialk l s llkc ll " t0 Hcohound, but of a purphlh colour,(landing in hoary huskes, with points very (harpe 
and pnddy, wherein after they are pad, lye red leede, hkcunto thofe.of Horehound : the roote isfmalland 
ftrtngie and abideth in the warme Countries, as it is probable after it bath perfeded the feede; for Clufius faith 
colder " “l rmc ln ’ haVl l S b ? th fl ° wcr L s and r ‘P c ' f«de thereon, but being fowne as he faith, in thefe 
colder Countries,it every yeere penlheth.and by the (eede which it (heddeth is renewed againe. 
5. -veenattitHm falvU Crenaiii, Madwort with dented leaves. 
a toaHwooddy roote with fibres fet thereat, from whence rife fundry fquare ftalkes of a foote or 
r ° thc g round - ftt wtthleaves at fundry diflances,the loweft being larged, lomewhat like 
denre?"r d° U , 'V S n r ’ 7T 8 "T“n°?° fe of Germandcr > b «hoary,with a rough hayrinefle,and 
den ted not deepely about the edges, fane what like: Betony: at the joynts of the ftalkes where 8 the leaves grow 
hu^e P T r n S ’ rife (undry , whlt ‘ lla Pdtple flowers fet ,n wharles or roundles as Horehound hath, out of prickly 
tafte 3 b C ° nte -T I! 1 tb ™ bro wn.(h feede-: the whole herbe is in tafte aftringent, yetnot unpleafant tothe 
taltc, and having withall a little bittemefle, and fweetenefle withall in Tent. V 
TU c The‘Place. 
f he firft groweth in gardens both with ns, and in Italy, France, and the Low Countries, the orimnall filace 
fidSf"the W f , b°r/ n r' N S T Cth ab °“ 3nd the third u P on onc of the hils in Napless Column, 
eth hv he n Q h h r f r ° a i m urn p ! ace ,n ^* in ‘ and no where el(b : ^ lad Column, faith grow¬ 
th by the pathes fides of thc dry rockie hills m Naples, where there is fmall (lore of earth for it to 8 grovv 
TU fj Th e Time. 
ne e doe all flower about luly and Auguft, and the feede is ripe quickely after.' 
- . . j. The 'Names. 
by a mad^ i • 5 * C V ^ b f caufc ic cureth *ofc that are bitten 
.1 frltef fiy “S “ he 'P e r th the b 'ck°ck, would derive the name from 
Impulnre, There is fome doubt among many, whether thefe fhould be the right or true Atjffa of Dw/cv- 
rides 
