760 Ch a P. I ], 
Theatrum c Botanicum. 
Tribe 6 
Minor. 
of the bed Herbarifts referred untothem wr c ■ L c. n - , • 7 “-7-■ 
2 Air •?“' ,f '^-' falthlthath . aftln,iln g a n |1 moft unpleafant tafte, - 
ftalkes, a foote high , 
doe, bearing two leaves ufually at a joynt Iaroerthen 
in anvnrhrr rW^ll.v,,, 
Aljke minor. The fmallcr Chickweedc. 
in any other that follow, butfomewhaTnaVoXtheS 
he former, ,r beareth plenty of white flowers, of fi" 
eaves a pcecc, (handing in long greene hushes, which 
containe likcwife the head or feede veflell, after the 
flowers are fallen,with fmall yellowilh Iccdc in them 
the roote is white and threddy like the reft, 3 
5. Aifine major. Great Chickweede 
This great Chickweede is in all things hke the Iff} 
both mleale and flower, but (mailer, the (hikes hard 
not fully upright but doe a little bend downewards 
and needeth no other defeription to caule it to bee 
knotyne. There is another fort hereof differin'* in 
nothing elfe but the fmalncffe of the whole plant. * 
4 • Alfine Batica. Spantjh Chickwcede. 
The Spamjh Chickweedc rifeth up very often with 
a (ingle upright rcddilh llalke, not branched at all, and 
iometimes with many,about a foote or more high full 
of joynts, at each whereof grow two fmooth and 
darke greene leaves, narrower then the Jaffa little broa¬ 
der at the bottome next the ftalkc, and fmall pointed 
at the ends, the middle ribbe on the backfide being 
lotr.ewhat great and railed up: the flowers (land at the 
™ ny kt t0 § ethcrinhead s orhuskes 
1 ke thole of SpmphpumpetrMm, of a purplifh colour • 
the rooreis fmall white and long. ' 
<. Alfine rehla triphjUos five laciniata, 
Vprighit Chickweede with jagged leaves. 
«! S i J1S i d Chickweede groweth upright, with a 
flalkc for the moft part branched into three or foure 
fmaller fprayes about a foote high, fet at the fiverall 
f oynts, with (mall long leaves, cut into three and fome- 
Part ,u C r en t0 the ™ ddle ribbe almoft > fo 
and upperffloft joynts,' confiffngo^ : the fiowers con,£ forl1 ' at the ropp: 
and (landing in fmall greenilh huskes, whereina'fterthe flovvers° m ■ aVCS ’ W ) th/omc threds mthe middk 
divided as It werr inrn Him nirtt i.._ r .. , vvt,J> 
and Handing in fmall greenifh huskes wh'-reimlrer rUp n F leaves, with lome threds in the middle 
divided as it were into two parts,wherein lye fmall whriff^eeH™ 7 lth<;rcd and g°" e > appeare fmall flat head 
fibres and perifheth every yeare after feedemnp and de " tb< i r , 00t£ ls . fn ? al1 ancl •ongi let with man 
e after feedetime,and fprin^th^againe of the feede* ffiat tithed! 
hedgefidesinourownLanff^rffcond'and^hffd'isijfnafly fouiid'in^rmft a^d 11 ^ ^' laVe /° rnC ^ mCS f °“? d “ b 
oftentimes and in many Other places, the fourth fid£s a " 
anions ruhhifli fnmpfim^r 
among rubbifh fomd^T ^ L ionnd ln : ^ 1* groweth in fiindry grounds and 
They flower about lane ,and their feede isripein/«/r. *** 
Chickweede is called in Greckeitar»oiW/Bi-o. r 
Latine, Diofcondes andfrom him rH»lJib.i 7 .cap 4’fafth^/ 7 ”'’ M '*’ & u J” bro f‘' loc ‘ l . *»*>, =nd Alfine alCo i 
Hvinp AlHsees /J, n.t Tl., C-ll * II J I _ _ ' " lie / 1 /ItJ norm —- A.. 
-..-.lombim rimy J,b i7 cap amnrojaleca amat, and Affine alfo it 
unde & Afire ditta. The fit!! is called by Cl H fit,s A/fine re 7 Z‘ {"’’T™ f »tdam Mpfotm appellant nafetmr in luci. 
tel calleth It Planta Alfines majoril facie bacci, S olani CacuLlu ^ — “ u ® ? by C « mcr ‘ ,riM and Dodenens, ho. 
tenfe to be Cacttbalttm. led by the falfe coppieof Diorconide, fome wollld tmke the SoUnum her. 
rally reported to be none of his worke, becaufe the confnfin^^f hhatllld ‘ ver L s names to herbes which is gene- 
one, Lobel in Adverfarijs calleth it A!fines majorisfacie cUnta taketb awa >' tbe knowledge of the true 
Cacubalttm Plmij ejuafimalefitttm. hnadanenfis Mo calleth ft r„ 7 S / ‘nr ^ mal<etb ? doubt whether it bee 
taketh ,t to be Cpclamu w altera , but La and hotel fay bat therein ^ Ghim “ 
plants, Batthim,, calleth it A free fiandens baecifem ’ Ce ^weth himlelfe not well exetcifed in 
plants, Bauhlms calleth it A/finefcandemtaccifera, thegenerafl n" ^ &ewe ‘ k . n . - - .. 
although the fecond which is the greatell Chickweede nexr n3 11 e arn ,°1S fj cr ^r>fis is A fine tacclfera : f 0 t 
they arc nothing fop rear nnrrhp IpptIp i,mVu;„ ,u— ... . 0 ltjaearethheads of feede fomewbat like it, yel 
JorofC^cranm^odo^ui, Lugdunenfis and others,and is called g r ^ the m ‘ 
and Hattkiniif altifftma ntmorum : the fourth is the Air™ nr a r> ^ * ?j nns C entunCH ^ viticuius cubitalibu 
Sjmpbytipetrti capitulis:^ he laft is called hv label A^r * ^ ^ ^ AttCa Clufiw which 'Bauhinui calleth Alfa 
•f fb i bc ™.iS b t referre it,divifftha C name accordffg m thefnrrnilrdtwltllJZl re ^‘'C^f a l M not knowing to wha 
. ,, . , . ---it.divifeth a name according to the forme of 7 ' , in 3 towhal 
& calleth it in his own language KW/cf same .• a / r, Q °'! :h e fingers ofones hand as he took it to be like 
herb be might referre it,divifcth: 
p2ln£l™ a c * r .»‘'»P°r>b‘H'or this other ofthat ki 
eth it to be an Elatine and calleiffit p 7 e . Up ° n S 1?£tb ,c the name of DaBylobotantm c 
kth A/fine tenuifolia altera fi nr terrefirUalte'ra trk’thf I s 1 ralie jt mean eth this plant which hee cal- 
- - rJtr " * ,ter * "■>“>?¥<”>, but not Laotna ffergaU as 2 lanhiam faith, for as all 
agre^ 
n cxruleo flore,Lugciunenjls mak- 
