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Chap.o 6 , 
Theatrum Botanicum. 
Tri 
Cjmbatara HcJiraten. The Ivic like icafc. 
B 
Umbilicus Veneris officinarum. Label calleth it CjmbaUria 
Italica hedcraceo folio, and (alumna Linar:a hedert folia ; 
for he in this as in all otherherbes faith, the flowers and 
feede doe mod truly demonflrate the /pedes of every ge¬ 
nu:, Which I hold to be the b A judicium an Herbaritl can 
life, and therefore I would mike it a fpecies of the Slatine 
that is veronica foemina, rather then Linaria, every part 
herein, and not one as in Linaria being anfwerablc there¬ 
unto : wee may call it in Englifb eyther Iviewort or 
the Ivie like leafeas it is in the title, or from Cymbalion, 
the Italian Gondelo , untill a more fit name may bee gi¬ 
ven it. 
The Vertues, 
It is held to be cold and moil: (and therefore the Italians 
thought it a fit (ubftitute for Umbilicus Veneris (which I 
hoid is farre better then that kind of Ranunculus, called (a. 
tyledon ayuatica, which our Apothecaries ufe in dead 
thereof, becaufeit is hot fharpe and exulcerating, which 
are quite contrary to the qualities of that herbe they ufe it 
for, although the forme of the leafe being round, caufed 
the nameofCotj/erfeitobeegivenit) yet hath it fomea- 
flriiflionalfo, whereby as Adatthiolus faith it isvery pro¬ 
fitable for women that have the whites,to (lay them,being 
eaten often in Sallats, as the manner of the Italians And 
other Nations is, more then of ours, and therefore a Con- 
ferve made of the leaves, or Syrupe made of the juice, we 
may ufe in (lead of their Sallats: It is held as Mauhioltea 
faith with divers, to have fome properties that the true 
Umbilicus Veneris hath,which you lhallfinde related in the 
due place: this is with many held,and fome found by good 
experience to cure wounds, and to (lay the bleeding of 
them,the juice thereof being dropped into them, or tents dipped therein and put into them: the herbe bruifed 
aforefayd Cd ° UtWard y C ‘ PCneth I:nponi,mes ' Thc diftillcd water ot thc hcrbc ferveth well for all the uf es 
Gaar. XCVI. 
Lcentofitalon, Lyon leafed Tumep or blacke Turnep. 
Herooteof this herbe is tuberous, fomewhat like a 
Turnep or Sowbread, or great Earth Chcfnut roote, 
being of a blackifh gray colour, with divers fmall 
bunches or knobtes on the fides, from whence fprirg 
up divers large and long leaves, much divided or cut into di¬ 
vers parts (Dio/corides iaith like unto Coleworts or Poppies, 
Pena and Label fay more like unto Peony leaves, but wee 
finde that they are more jagged or cut inj of a darke yellowifh 
greene colour (with us, but it may be of a darker yellow co¬ 
lour inthe naturall places, neareunto the colour of a Lyons 
haire, and thereof rofe the name of Lyon leafe, as I take it:) 
from whence riftth Up a ftraked flalke, Ipotted with pale pur- 
plilh lines and drakes, divided into many branches, fetatthe 
joynts withlmaller leaves and IdTcrcut in; on thc toppes 
whereof (land divers fmall flowers,made of five leaves a peece, 
of a darke or brownifh yellow colour (red like an Anemone, 
and therefore called of fome faith Diofcorides, and 
thofe that follow his Text onely) on theoutfide, and yellow 
on the infide : after which come fmall poddes, thicker and 
fhorter then thofc of Radix Cava,or Fumaria bulboft, Hollow 
roqte,elfc fomewhat like as the whole plant doth in fome fort 
relemble it, with fmall round feede therein. 
The Place. 
Ic groweth in the fields about Aleppo in Syria, in Grteia 
alio, Candy and Naples : the roote and feede have beene lent 
lometimes to us, but we could feldome have it to live above a 
bummer,or the greater roote once to winter with us. 
The Time. 
It flowretfi in the Winter time in Candy as Vellonm faith * 
but very late if at all with us. 
_ The Names . 
/iiG<Srccke$ call itMo k Wr«A«',and the la tines Leantopetalm 
Leomopetalon. Lyon leafed blacke Turnip. 
