942 Chap. 37" 
Theatrum Botanicum. 
RIB l 
Chji. XXXVII. 
Imperatoria Jive AJirantia. M aider wort. 
gI :: this iietbe there are two forts,the one well knowne, and the other fet forth firft by in 
\ ^5 Epitome on Matthio/us , and Banhinw after him in his cMatthtolw . 
1. Imperatoria five AJirantia vulgaris. The common Matterwortv 
| Common Maiflerwort hath divers (lalkes of winged leaves, divided into fundry parts three for 
the moft part Handing together at a (mall footeftalke on both fidcs of the greater, and three like wile 
at the end of the (talk,each of which leaves are fomewhat broad & cut won the edges into three.or more mv,lions 
andallof them befides dented about the brims, of a darke greene colour, and doe fomewhat relcmble Angelica 
leaves at the firft fight, untill they bee better regarded and that they grow lower to the ground, and aponlcfltt 
ftalkes among which rifeuptwo or three fliorc flalkesin companion of Angelica, being about two foot h gh 
anddlend” with fuch like leaves at the joynts as grow below, but leflet and with (ewer divihons, bearing urn- 
bell of whi e flowers,and after them fmallthinne flat blackifhfeede bigger then Dill feede : the route is fome- 
what great and rather grow eth fidewife then downe deepe into the ground, (hooting forth fundry heads which 
taftethfharpe biting on the tongue, and is thehotteft and flearpefl: pair of any of the reft of the plant, an he 
feedc ne xt unto it, being fomewhat blackifh on the outfide and we ' 
2, Imperatoria Alpina. Mountaine Maiflerwort. . . 
The mountaine Maiflerwort groweth fomewhat like the former, but letter in every parr, having nine leaves 
[fandiiw on each ftalke by three and three,but they are fmaller and narrower,and have fewer incifions in hem.but 
finelv dented about the edges: the flowers and feede are alike, and the roote groweth in like manner, with a 
blackifh outfide, but is more iharpe and hot biting on the tongue then the former by much. 
The Place and Tim*. 
The firfl is found on fundry hils in W/, as alfo in Germany^ it is ufually kept in Gardens, with them as wet 
as with us: The other was found on the Alpes in Swit^erland^ttky flower and feede late with us, as not un i 
the end of Avguft. . 
The Names. _ , 
Tt is called by the latter Writers generally Imperatoria, from the excellent vertues it hath, yet many ave re¬ 
ferred that name to fundry plants of the Auncients,not thinking that an herbe of luch rare qualities fhou c un- 
Irnowne tolhem, and therefore ^inguilxra tooke it to be L;gu}lict<r»,i{ii Raellius and Fuchjitutobe Laferpuium 
vet not finding it fully to anfwer thereunfo,calleth it Laferpitium Gerrmmcnm , Tragus referreth it to myrm m, 
and calleth it Smyrnittm bortenje, and Ofteriiium- and yet nameth other herbes by that name alfo, an r i. in 
biHorinamoStrutbion,CA!atth.olM,Gefner in bortis, Label,Lugdtmenfis,Tabrrmontanit< and others, ca it mpera 
toria Brunfeljius, Dodonaus and £lu{ins call itj Aftrantia£amerariw Magiftrantia, miCefalpwm cr anna, as 
the vulgar with him did. The other Camerarim calleth lmperaima,vet Ajtrantsa AlpintfinA faith, t e ermm 
Imperatoria five ^ftrantiawlyirii. 
Common Maiftaworc.^ 
imperatoria five Afirantia Alpina. 
Mountaine Maiftctworc. 
call 
