TribeS. 
C a a n XX III. 
Corutndrum, Coriander. 
= He ancients formerly knew and fee forth but one fort of Coriander, and fayd that it had no diverfitie 
& but the later writers have added two more onto it as (hall be (hewed. 
i Coriandrum vulgare. Ordinary Coriandersi 
when Coriander fi'rft fpringeth up the leaves are fomewhat broad very like unto Parfley, but aftet 
up int0 a (hike wh lc h is three or foure foote high, being full growne they are /mailer 
b ■ • -- -•- — ftand (mall loofe umbclls of white flowers, turning into 
and finer every one then other up to the toppe, where hand lmall .loofe umbclls of white flowers, turning into 
roundftrfped hollow feede of a whitifh yellow colour when it is ripe: theroote is fmall and penlheth every 
veare after feede time : the whole plant, feede and all while it is grecne and growing hath a ftrong and .oath- 
fome favour fcarfe to be endured, but when the feede is full ripe and dry it is of areafonable good fent and tafte 
without offence. ^ Conundrum minu, cdorum. The tefle fweet Coriander. 
This Coriander hath the lower as well as the upper leaves all finely cut in and jagged, the (hikes grow lower 
not halfe a foote high,and lying almoft on the ground, with white flowers on them and round feede as the other 
but fuller and greater,and two alwayes joyned together. „ . , 
D a , Conundrum alterumfxridijfimum. The (linking Coriander. 
This other Coriander hath fundry fmall (hikes that are five fquare being firme, and not hollow, nor growing 
Whall the leaves whereof are as fine as the uppermok of the hrft: at the toppes of the flalkes (land luch like 
mail umbells of purplifli white flowers, after which come round feede like the other, but two alwayes joyned 
together: the roote is great dying yearely as the other, the fmell hereof is more ftrong and offenfive then the 
other to the head and lenfes. 
The Place and Ttrue. 
The two firfl are onely fowen in Gardens as well row as in ancient times, for Pliny faith it is not found vvildc, 
their naturall places being not knowne : the lad was lent from Burcinona to Lyon, by c Myconm to Mohntm, who 
hath let it forth in hiftoria Lugduntnfi : they doe all flower in My and ripen in riugufi. 
The Nkmes. 
Tr is cal'ed in Grceke and ko^clvov, and (o in Latine alfo C°rion and Corianon, but ufually ('oriandrum, and 
derived from *ofv< which is that kinde of noyfome flie or worme that is called Ctmex in Latine,a wall Louie or 
Punie in H»p/i/&,whofe ftinking fmell Coriander doth much imitate. There hath beene formerly fome contro- 
verfie betweene Avicen■ and Galen, and others alfo about Coriander, fome condemning the ule as hurtfuli 
and dangerous by reafon of the grievous fmell, and that it maketh the voyce hoarfc, procuretha kind of frer.ne 
i. Conundrum -vulgare. 
Ordinary Coriander. 
it Conundrum alterum minus cdotum . 
The lefler fwectc Coiiander. 
