Fr ibE.5. The c iheater of 'Plants. Chap, $4. 655 
ier hands full of this herbe, when TarU carried her a way : others fay it wasfo called, bccaufe HeUen firft found it 
vaileable aeainft the bichigs and Ringings of venemous beaus ; andothers thinke that ittookethe name from 
he Bland Helena, where the belt was found to grow the Arabians call it Iafin, and Rafeh, the Italians Vella, 
ind Enola and Enoa, the Spaniard! Rttiz.de alia, the\Erencb Amec and herbe Alaitse, the Germans AlantymA Alant- 
mrtz, the‘Dutch Alantwurtcl,vn& g.ilaittvxrtel.md we in Enghfh Elecampane generally, yet in home countries 
if this kin"dome Scabwort and Horfehealeyfcirai/sr.) and Cord-at tooke it to be Ptutax Chiron'w m Theophrafle. 
° The Venues. 
The frefh rootes of Elecampane preferved with Sugar.or made into a fyrupe or conferve, are very effecluall to 
varme a cold & windy ftomack,and the pricking and hitches therein, or in thefides carried by the Spleene, and to 
icipe the cough, fhortnefle of breath,and wheeling in the Lungs; the drved rootes made into powder mixed with 
Sugatyand taken, (erve to the fame purpofes, and is alfo profitable for thole that have their urine or their tnen- 
Irues (lopped, thole, that are troubled with the mother, or are pained with the (lone in their rcincs, kidneys or 
bladder: itrcGfteth pdyfon, and flayeththe fpreading of the venome of Serpents,&c. as alfo of putrid andpe- 
lilentiall Eevers.and the Plague it felfe ; for which purpofe it is put into Treakles, and other medecines for that 
iifeafe. Iulia Augufta as Tim] writeth in his i p. Booke and f . Chap, let no day piaffe without eating fome of the 
■ootes of EnuU condited, which it may be fhee did to helpe digeftion, tocxpell melancholy and forrow, and to 
:aufe mirth,and to move the belly downewards, for all which they art alfo cffebluaU : the rootes and herbe bea- 
en and put into new Ale or beare inltead of wine,as they tile in Germany , Italy and other places, and daily drunke 
of them that have weakeand dim fights, cleareth,llrengthneth and quickneth the fight of the eyes wonderfully, 
he decodlion of the rootes in wine,or the juice taken therein, killeth and driveth forth all manner of wormes 
lithe belly,ftomacke,or mawe, and gargled in the mouth, or the roote chewed faftneth loofe teeth, andhelpeth 
o keeps them from putrefaftion : the fame alfo drunke is good for thole that fpit blood, helpetli to remoove 
1 Crampes or Convulfions, and the paines of the Goute, and the huckle bone.orhip-goute called the Sciatica,the 
I loofencffe and paines inthe j’oynts, or thofe members that are outof j’oynt, by cold or moifture happening 
; to them, applyed outwardly as well as inwardly, and is good alfo for thofe that are burden or have any inward 
loruiie: the rootes boyled well in vinegar, beaten afterwards, and made into an oyntment, with Hogs Suet or 
1 oyle of trotters, & a little fait and vinegar in powder added thereto, is an excellent remedy for any fcabs or itch, 
in young or old ; the places alfo bathed or wafhed with the decoftion doth the fame; the fame alfo belpeth all 
'forts of old putrid,or filthy fores or CankeTs wherefoever. In the rootes of this herbe lyeth the chiefe effba for 
all the remedies aforefayd, yet the leaves are fometimes alfo tiled to good purpofe: And the diddled water of 
: them,and the rootes together is tiled alfo in the like manner, and befidcs is very profitable to clenfe the skinne of 
; the face or other parrs from any morphew,fpots,or blcmifhcs therein, and caulctli it to be cleare. 
Chap. LXXXIIII. 
Heler.ium alteram Diofcoridisjive Helianthemum. Dwarfe Cidus or fmallSunfloWer. 
E JpSCcordingas many good Authors doe, I account this herbe for the fecond He/cnlum of Diofcerides, a I~ 
though ithathreceivedothernames by divers writers, and therefore j’oyne it next thereunto, and 
,jB| becaufe it much refemblcth fome other forts of Ciftus, I thinke it fit to entreate of them in thefuccee- 
di n g Chapters,andnot mingle them together, for of thefe kinds there are many forts, fome whereof 
I have fet forth in my former booke, which are the Camsciftus Frifictu, the Dwarfe Holly Rofe of Freehand, 
and Ci lasanaimr.thc Holy Rofe of a yeare, which I fliall notneede to deferibeagaine in this place,but referreyou 
thither where you fliall finde them.yet I will here give you their figures.^ 
I, Helianthemum vulgarc, JiveChamstcifltis fore lateo ck Flos foils quorundam. 
The ordinary yellow Dwarfe Ciftus or (mail Sunflower. 
This low or Dwarfe Ciftus fendeth forth from a hard wooddy brownifh root.growing in time to be fomewhat 
'■•real- but not very long,and divided into fmall branches at the lower end, lundry lmall and weake, yet hard and 
almoft wooddy branches, lying for the moft part round about the head of the roote, upon the ground, whereon 
are fet b” couples many fmall and fomewhat long leaves, a little foft or hairy, with other fmall leaves alfogrow- 
ing betweene them .-at the toppes whereof Hand three or foure fmall pale yellow and fometimes gold yellow 
flowers, confifting of five round pointed leaves a peece, with fome yellow threds in the middle, of a pretty 
fent in feme places, but leffe or none in others; after which follow l mall round heads, containing therein final! 
yellow feede: this dyeth not but abideth many yeares, increafing in branches, which yeeld a vifeous or muciligi- 
nous j'uke,like unto Comfrey.and is of an auftete and aftringent tafte, 
2. Helianthemumflorealbo. White Dwarfe Ciftus or fmall Sunflower. 
This Ciltus differeth little from the former, but that it rifeth fomewhat higher, the leaves being a little whiter 
and longer,and not fet fothicke together: the flower alfo is fomewhat longer and white, in fome places being 
a little fweete, and in others little or nothing at all,but an aftringent tafte like the other. 
3. Helianthemum Sabandicnm. The Savoy lmall Sunflower or Dwarfe Ciftus. 
This is likewife one ofthe fame kind,differing very little from them, having flexible but tough reddifli bran¬ 
ches,ftanding fomewhat mote upright,and divided into other leffer.with foure (mail narrow leaves ufually fet at 
a j’oynt contrary to all the reft, yet the flowers are like the others, being in fotne yellow, mothers white; the 
feede and roote are not unlike. 
4. Helianthemum auguftifoTium. Narrow leafed fmall Sunflower or Dwarfe Ciftus. 
This fmall low or Dwarfe Ciftus is likewife a fmall plant, having moft ofthe branches lying on the ground, 
with leaves let thereon but ina different manner from all the reft, that is confufedly, for they are very many, 
fmall and narrow,and in a manner hoary or white ; at the tops of the (hikes rife up fmall whitifh or pale yellow 
flowers,like in forme unto the other,with finall threds in the middle: the heads that follow are fmall and three 
iquarc, like unto thofe of Line or flax, with reddifh feede in them; the roote is wooddy and fibrous. 
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