ler and fhorter leaves then Ferula,and a (mailer umbell of flow¬ 
ers, the rootelikewife is fmall and noway anfwerable to a 
Ferula. 
4. Panax Afclcfmm Afttlum Column*. 
Column* his Efculapius Allheale of T^jpletl 
Fabitu Column* faith that this his Panax Alclepiu is the trued 
of any other, hath bindefcribed by any other author,growing 
frequently in anfwering it in every part according to 
the deicriptions thereof in Fhojcoridcs znAThecphraJlm.Fo it 
hath a fmall (lender roote with a bufh of haires at the toppe of 
thebigneffeof onesthumbe, withathicke rugged bar ke of a 
ivhitifh yellow colour on the outfide, and fpungie white and 
wooddypith within, full of a clammy white milke hardening 
quickly into a Sum which is bitter and fharpc in tafle andun- 
pleafant but yet aromaticall: theftalkes of leaves which are 
fpread next the ground, in a round forme at the head of the 
roote, are cut into feverall long haires as it were thicke 
fet together, fomcwhatiike unto common Yarrow and hairy, 
withal!, which is not feene in the other forts,or rather like unto 
Fennell leaves but bigger,having feven winged leaves fet on a 
pretty big (lalke, five bigger and two fmaller which are next the 
hairy (lalke, being greene at the firft.but changing yellow when' 
it groweth toward flowring, which with the leaves is halfe a 
yard longdro among thefe doth rife up but one maine of (lalke, 
which is (lender two or three foot high fometimes,having fome 
joynts but no leaves thereon to the toppe, whereat ufually 
(land but one or two (mall tufts or umbells of yellow flowers 
and feldome three, but fpread a little largely and growings; 
cloferand rounder as it turneth to feede which are flat andij" 
winged on both (ides two growing together as is ufuall in ally* 1 
other umbelliferous plants, whereon as alfo on the (lalke is 
often found a fweete fmelling Sum as deare as Turpentine or 
Gum Arabecke, which is hardly diffolved in water without;? 
heate,the like alfo is taken from the roote cut in peeces,but that 
ic is yellower becaufc it mud be forced by the fire. 
4. patiax jiftkpiuni ^ tpulum Cclumu«. 
Columa his Efculapius Allheale of Naples* 
