TheTbeaterof Tlants, 
C H A P.l8. 
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t'm, r„i „nud i tinArus Mils fivTunori*Mam Arabum Lobelia. Strange Mooneworte-like Trcakle-Mudard. 
i^rtflbbZ determined by Z»Mto what genus this plant is to be referred, yet I have prefumed to 
| it nfx C unto the lvie leafed kind untill it can be othenvife difpofed,his dilcripnon thereof being briefe thus, 
s.ilace it ne^L unto t e j ,r a fh coloured bending wooddy roote divers leaves fomewhat hkeunto a Lx- 
SfflS5«'ESS,t.— ... M,, be MKh. k *»•), k * 
ilallyes that are betweene that high hill called Mom Senj, .and ' 
' ’ 5 ThlafpiAlexandrinUm. Levant Thlafpi or of Alexandria _ 
,■ This is a fmall plant but very beautifull, fcarfe halfe a foote high, from whole route which »long and to- 
LT r feth vp divers branched dalkes,at each joint whereof where it branched! groweth a large round leaf e com- 
baffine he ftalke on both fides, round like unto thole of Thoroughwaxe, from the toppes of the branches come 
brrf. many flowers, and after them fmall round feede veffells ending in a point, parted tn the middle by a skinne, 
I in The h fi^ iXVt f th hee e fo d undin Portland which is an Uandbdonging to CornerraU nor farre from Pimm*** 
tin the W eft of England,mi in divers of the fea coades thereabouts: the fecond he hkewife found he faith n 
\voy as it is fet downe in the delcripion: the lad came from Alexandria and other parts of Syria. 
J The Place. . ,. , . 
The firfl flowreth and feedeth plentifully both in the naturall places, and whether it«' 
mer moneths: but the fecond, as is faid was not knowne : the lad as commmg out of an hotter climate: ui tome 
what more tender and hard to be kept a Winter ,for it beareth not the fird yeare.and hardly the next but very late. 
The Nantes. , 
The fifd is called by Lobel Thlafpi hederacenm, and fodoth Lugdnnenfis, and others that have made mention 
thereof lince; Bauhinm calleth kTblafpi repens hedera folio : the fecond is called by Lobe I y u f‘ tr “' 
K hefaith the Italians doe call it iTaMnus calleth the lad Thlafp, Alexandre.num being fo called by 
„,d< ofany rfSibtaS *.,J k»k.»l J™«b 
to have fpoken of both ofthofe and the others before, for I intended not to invent receipts of thofe things I 
tion.but to relate what I have reade or knowne to be praftifed. 
Chai. XVIII. 
Draba five ArabU. Arabian Milliard. 
S neared both in forme and qualitie unto the ThUfpi is this herbc/Dr^ wbiph I have Englilled 
Arabian Mudard for want of a fitter namc.for although the Lattne or Gueke name (whether ye 
will, or neither if ye will) may feeme to 
urgean Arabian originall.yet we find that ^ mKC J^moncr knowneliwtei* Mallard, 
it is as an adulterate a Greek nameasa La- 
tine, and not thought to be of Diofcorides 
his owne fettingdowne, but intruded by others into fome 
copies of his, becaufe others that are more anthenticke 
have it not at all: the ancients have mentioned but one 
fort, butthefe later times have produced divers others, 
which havebeene fo called of the likeneffe in fome parts, 
unto themod knowne and common, 
I. ‘Drain vulgaris. 
The more common or knowne Arabian Mallard. 
This Arabian Mudard from a creeping white roote 
fhootethupin divers places many draight drakeddalkes 
fet about with grayifhgreenc leaves, fomewhat broad, 
and not very long, a little pointed at the end, and broad at 
theboctome compafling them, but thofe that grow at the 
foote of them have every one a fhort foote dalke and 
dented unevenly about the edges: the toppes of the dalkes 
arc fpread into many branches, all of them riling to an e- 
quall height, with many fmall whiteflowers fet thereon of 
foure leaves apeece, forming a large tuft or umbel!,where 
after they are pad dand fmall round feede veffells,divided 
into two parts like fome of the former Thlafpies with a 
fmall pointed at the end, containing in each part one 
feede fomewhat fharpe as the leaves are a litt'e alfo : this 
by the creeping rootes maintaineth it felfe in the Winter 
and perifheth not. 
1. Draba minor capita!je orbicularibns. 
The fmaller Arabian Mudard. 
This fmaller fort hath divers hairy leaves rifing from 
the toote fomewhat dented about the edges, and danding 
upon long foote dalkes, from among which fpring up a 
fmallflcnder dalke about an hand breadth high, havings 
few leaves much longer and narrower fet thereon, and 
from the middle thereof plentifully dored with fmall 
branches and round heads on thegv (for the flowers hays 
