Tr ibe.^. 
The Theater of Tlants . 
Chaf. 88. 667 
n iA„nnHevillfiEht thereof, andmakeththemtobe well colonred againe : cythcr the gumme or the leaves and 
h inrhes bovled in lye,and the head wafhed therewith doth clenfe it from fcabbes,fcurfe, or dandrafte growing 
thereon, and curethalfo old running and watering foresand Vicerain the Legges or other parts of the body s 
theoyle made thereof workethto the like effefts. 
Chat. IXXXVIII. 
Hypociftis. The Vndergrowth or Excrefcence of the Ciflus. 
Thinkc it fitted toentreate of this Excrefcence proper onely to the forts of Ciflus by it fclfe, and no: 
termixitwiththehiftoryand deferiptionsof them, or among the other Rapes or excrelfcnces of 
other Plants lit is of divers colours according to the kinds of Chius, under which and from whole 
rootes it oroweth and fpringeth as the Broome Rape, and other excrefcences doe from the aboun- 
dance of fuperfluitie of moidure,caufing putrefaftion ; but this is of a peculiar fafhion : Itrifethup 
, - - c-1- - as alfo from many forts of the Ledum or fweete Ciflus} 
neare or under the demme of the 
fas well from the rootes ofthe male Cidus as female; as alfo from many forts o! 
, with divers upright dalkcs,covered with fmall leaves thickest thereon (eythem 
Cidus or fomewhat further off,in divers places as the rootes doe (pread) fcarfe a foote high, having many flow- 
' ers growing at the toppes full of juice, the whole plant riling from the male Cidus at the fird fpringing up,_ be- 
Eporifiis. The undergrowth 
or Excrefience of the Ciftus. 
fnu of an orient bright crimfon colour,but much paler afterwards and the flowers whitilh at the lad, which ftand 
' manv together at the toppes ofthe dalks,arc every one fafhioned fomewhat like unto the buds and flowers of the 
' Pomparnat tree or rather like unto the woodden nollell of a Ca n dleflicke, which paffe away, leaving feede as 
fmalfas dud in the hardheads or leede veflells, which are un- 
profitable to produce the like plant, as the berries of thcM.flctoe 
are, being as it is but an excrefcence, growing as I fayd from 
fuperfluitie of moifture and putrefaftion. That which rifeth 
from the rootes of the female Cidus, efpecially that with Sea 
Pui (lane leaves, is of a yellowcolonr And thatwhich fpring- 
eth from the Ledum or fweete gum Cidus, is of divers colours, 
being intermixt with purplifh and greene dalkes or vemes.m the 
pale coloured dalkcs of leaves and dowers, as Clufius hath ob¬ 
served and fet it downe, but fuch as T>f ofcortde, relateth to bee 
feme white or greene, efpecially greene hee obferved not in 
an ^' The Piece. 
It alwayes groweth from the rootes ofthe Ciflus in the natu¬ 
ral! places, and not in any Gardens whereunto they are tran- 
fp’anted. jfcjn-r. 
It abideth frefh many Winters after it is rifen, but is in its chie- 
fed beauty at the Spring, and in his full ftrength in the beginning 
of Summer, when is the fitted time to gather the juice. 
The Names. 
It is ufually called in Greekei!*»«sw Hypecifli, but Viofimdes 
faith that fome called it in his time Thubethrum and Cynnu.Clu- 
fiw calleth that kind which groweth on the Ledum ij'wn.five 
Cynemeri) ftr.tu, mdsTJodoueus Limedon eyuoddam genus •. the La- 
tines keepe the Greeke name, and call both the plant and 
the juice drawne from it Hypociftis : but as Matthiolus faith 
the Arabians were the caufe of the errour of the Apothecaries 
and others in former times; who calling Cidus by the name of 
Goatcsbeard,induced them to beleeve that Hypociftis was made 
ofthe juice of the rootes of Tragopogon called Burba Him, or 
Goatesbeard, fo that fuch counterfeit Hypociftis was ufually fold 
for true, untill they came to underhand ths true Hypociftis,mb to 
gather the juice from it, which is performed two manner of 
wayes. The bed way is to exprelfe the juice from the f refh herbe 
when ic is in full drength: the other is to deepe the dryed ftalks . . . . 
and boyle them,which after they are jTefled is to be condenfate (ey ther juice or decoftion)by evaporation m the 
Sunne.or by the fire, in the fame fort that Lycissm was wont to be made, as T> lofcondes faith. > uchftus tooke the 
Hypociftis to be a Fuum or Mujhrome, but Matthiolus taxeth him for it,and Iheweth how it lprmgcth. 
' The Vertucs, 
The hardned juice called Hypociftis is much more binding then any other part ofanyCidns.it is a mod cer- 
taine, fure.and fafe medecine to day all fluxes of blood or humours, that is to fay the fpitting of blood, womens 
extraordinary courfes.the laske and blooddy flux: it is mixed with thole things that are applycd to the ftomacke 
to flay vomitings, and to ftrengthenit when it is growen weake, as alfo with thofe things that drengthenthe 
Liver, to be ufed ey ther inwardly or outwardly 1 it is alfo available for clammy moift humours that fall upon 
the joynts or finewes, thereby caufing a weakeneffc of nerves, and a folution of them ; to ufe this therefore in 
pilles inwardly doth wonderfully helpe to dry, andbinde, and corroborate the parts ; it is put into great Anti¬ 
dotes againd poyfon,and the pedilence, not for any fpec jail propertieit hath to refill the venome, but to con- 
