720 ChAP.II^, 
Tbeatrum ‘Botanicum . 
4. Melilotus Syriaca odor a. 
Sweecc Jjjirian Meliiot. 
T r 1 b 1,5, 
7. Melilotw India Orient alia. 
Eaft Indian Meliiot. 
The Eaft Indian Meliiot is a fmall low plant 
fcarfe nfing above halfe a footc high, with fmall’ 
(lender brownifh (hikes bcfet in fcvcrall places with 
very (mail grecne leaves, three alvvayes growing 
together like the relt, little or nothing dented about 
the edgesthe toppes of the (hikes being not bran¬ 
ched at all, are fumifhed with many very fmall 
flowers,of a deepc yellow colour; after which come 
fmall round heads, fomewhat like unto the Italian 
Meliiot, before fpoken of, wherein is concerned 
fmall brownilh blacke feede,which hath a ftrong 
fmell of Meliiot, which the other forts of Meliiot 
have not, che herbe and flowers hereof having but 
a very fmall or no fent thereof; the roote is fmall and 
periflieth every yeare.and mall be new fowen in the 
Spring every yeare that you will fee it. 
7 he Place. 
The firft as I laid is found in many places of this 
land plentifully, as in the edge of Suffolke, an din 
EJfex in divers places, as alio in Huntington fhire 
and in other places more fparingly, but moll ufually 
either in cornc fields, or in corners of Medowes.and 
in worfe places fometimes. The fecond groweeh 
not in any place of this Land naturally but is very 
frequent in Germany and is onely nurled up in Gar¬ 
dens with us: The third came to 11s from Italy , and 
by that Italian name wee hold it dill: The fourth is 
faidby Pena mi, Label to come firft from Aleppo i n 
Syria to Venice ; where being fowen it was found 
to be of an excellent fmell, as I faid before, but de¬ 
generated fucceflively by degrees : The fift Procter 
Alpimu faith is peculiar onely to Egypt,where they 
ufe do other fort of Meliiot, as not having any 
others growing with them : The fixt Banbinut faith - 
was found on the Mountaines of Laffile in wear nlcnn, u. 1 01 , , - , 
vers other flange leedes by that name,and therefore wee mull in,,-' 3 ^ at !j ^. eene ^ ent u j. fr° m anjiongdi- 
from the Eallerne parts of Afia major, which ulually wee calkhe blbhtdies. “ ^ dlf P rove ^ tlli « they came 
. The Time . 
They doe all flower in the Sommer Moneths of lune and Jarfcand their feede is ripe quickly after 
It is called m Grecke quad Mellita lotus qj Totu* r r 
iy it was called SertuU Campana, beczale tbeflowe’rslrowine ™X DddX'r H ° ney ' In anc,cnt ‘ 
into Garlands,and Corona reoia. becaufc the vellow flnu;rrc £ beldsof Campania wereufed to bee put 
have called it 7 "r if ahum ^mwe have another pardet^Trefoilr 6 ^ t0PPeS ^ 
you heard in the former Chapter. Some alfo callfcST" ** that " ame - a! 
forhorfes, wherein they delight and thrive well with it • i nEw/ift ; htcaufe it is good paflnre 
chiefell of all other three leafed grades, generally called Qafe^n ^ generally K.ngs Claver as the 
name to be the more eafily underflood, yet in fome places they cafl it HarJ § r l^’ andMc J l10 'L after the Latine 
Stagges and Deere refort,they will greedily feede thereon And %£ c “ e lf 11 § row where 
btcaufe as they thmke the feede thereof happening into their bread th n e y ca,llt Hartwoit, 
which they ufually call cheHeartburne or mines Sfrhe heart The fiwT ; f » Ft‘ neS n tbc , ftoHlac[(e a " d theft, 
theGreeke name; the old Latine name of Sena or SertuU Came* ‘ s “ 1,cd ty ^oft Authors tJMel'Umu aftet 
major vulgaris jCamerariiu ‘Dedanam and Label a\\ it Mel,lotm C ”‘’’ bcins °fi^Hi;Tr a gm callethit Mehhtta 
ratZ.Mat,lnolu,,B»ra»,es\nd 7>,yMU ^ 
and altera. The fecond is fcarfe mentioned butLderX other YT’ntU "Y ZZr 
and of Dalechampim Lotus fyhefirU /lore a/bo The third r * • 1SCa 1I e< ? ^ Tragus Melilotus major Candida 
ltalicafollicttlisfitbrotitnAie, The Sth f : calied T b h y r—XTf YmiYY ^ 
likely to be Serapio his Meliiot: Fufchius Gefner/Dodonaus an d f 4 ltlotl . who faith it is moH 
we have another more uuejprcies, called Melilotw Italicahere fet A° ’ ™ al(e K ^ht^Mchlbm Italica, but 
you heard before called it Mehlotm Syr.aca ado, a and rC hX?i > d c the nCXt before this - and 
ufed in Italy for the true Meliiot, and thereforecalled MelZl nj™ f lt W as f a »h it was much 
major. The fift ytrofper Alpinttt faith is called in Enpt Alchim / fc If*' calleth it cormeuli, reflex^ 
refiexU mm ° r - Thc fixt Banbinf /,onely giveth!he"nam^he^'^V Mc|l |ot they ufe. Bauhim i 
The Iaft hath hts name in his title as it hath beene fent to l ffi "Sd d^S'* 8 ■'‘ Y out u oi ^ 
fome controverfic among our later writers whir herhe n „,ul, 1 ld doth ( ' 111 eoutmue. There hath beern 
