59 2 CHAP. 85 . 
Theatrum c Botanicum. 
R I B E.c 
I. Vlamia vulgaris. Common Medcfrecete. 
2. V inter ia major five altera. 
The greater Malcfvvcece. 
brown ! n ’ ftalk f > havin g lon S footeflalkes upon them.each being divided ufually into three parts,thc two 
ca7h LTth?nt an h r ; 7 eve T P art a Jfo contifting ofthree or five itnailer leaves then the other, feparate 
“ ™ hc ° ther - be,n e hard crumpled and finely dented about the edge,: at the tops of the Bailees grow the 
white li e hef P Tf 7 y 7 n0t °,r' lcke “gather, turning ne their heads which ate 
white like the former, and fmelhng very fwcete alio, more nearely refcmbling a Goats beard, whereof (omc 
have gtven it the name then the other : the roote is more wooddy, with many blackifh ftr,n°s whkh 
In'tbefpring^ n< ^Somewhat harfhly : the ltalkes and leaves dye wholly downe every yeare, and rile Tgaine 
The TUce. 
The Time, 
The Names, 
They are not (round mentioned by any of the ancient Greckes, or Latines, onelv lome thinke itrnav hee re 
ferred to R«U* of Ply. It is called by the later writers Vlmar,*, afi/,o r „ m vimi fim,.litudhe, of tl/likeneffe 
ofE me leaves of DodorsausRepyprats, a ,,d Barba, m dT*ri„U Capra, or Barba Capr.ua 0 7 ra m , and by 
him thought alfo that it might be Bscnocomers of Dsofiorides, as Gefaer in benis an d Lmknu doe. F$Mm calleth 
Wte 4 7 r '’eas/1 r /T - II fr0tnthe word Medefuf, that is.Meddow- 
„ S °7, ^ ? ‘ T£ 7 ’ t0 ° ke the lat , er /° b ‘ Melmdrium Pl,„ j, a „d f omc alfo J caU it DrJmtipe .„ . 
fl{ fafih rl / them ,f "yfbyjor pr Im a ndfecyda, and Thai™ the greater fort Arpnina major, AnjuUJ 
th = 1 ! ahm ca " the Trench call it B«rt,ede Chemsre, and Rohr Is press, the GcrLr.es 
u/found'llir greater ^‘ f 'f C ’ c f hMt -, and Camerarm, faith IVormkrasu, becaufeas he faith the roote isof- 
Woraes^ndfnheTiSrt' ,byWormeS; but‘t is more likely for that it helpeth horlcs of the Eottes, and 
cZlt’ds t J ^ / a M 7i C ° UnCrCy ^°5 I i eUfe r d ' t: xhe ? u “ h **«». and as Label faith Ghopcnbladt, and 
Lamecrusd,, m Sml,[h Medelweete or Meddowfwcete.and Queene of the fields or V.eddowes. 7 
p . .. Thepertues, 
Being neare a little in tafle and fmell with Burnet, they are molt likely to bee neare of the fame facultie vet 
^TinmanTr'of^more hot and dry, they areallo ufedm the fame man,lerand for the fame purpofes, to 
itaj all manner of fluxes, bleedings,and vomitings.and womenscourfes, as alfo their whites • it is fayd to alter 
fome the lewes-itfclMth rifof* 3 77 hea , rt ’ for whicb P“rpof= feme ufc the flowers & 
tome the leaves.it helpeth alfo fpeedily thofe that arc troubled with the Collieke^eing boyled in wine and with a 
little 
