Tr i b e 8, The Theater of 'Plants. C h a p. 3 , 
the Panax Syriacum of fheophrajlsts, whereof there is great probability, for the feede of this plant as Label ftith 
WM found among the gum Opopanax, and fowenby Coudenbergius a famous Apothecary in Antwerp which no 
doubt was from the plant that brought forth that gum Opopanax, outof which itwastakcn, which as you lee 
difereth much in forme of leaves from that of Diofcorides and Tbeopbraflm. The third was fent to us by the name 
of Lafcrpititim verttm, but having well confidered it, I found itremembred by Ccrnutm among his Canada plants, 
calling it Angelica lucida Canadenfis ,but not rightly,for the fmell of the root with me,is more like unto Turpentine 
then Angelica, the other fott hereof he calleth atro purpurea, I cannot teferre it better to any plant, then to the 
la&Panax it carryethfo like a face thereunto, and therefore call it Tttnax HeracJeum alterum Amtricanum &c. 
The fourth OHatthiolm firlt fet forth by the name of PfeudocoJ 1m, and fo, many others have called itlince, and 
Cofius fpurius, but Camerarisu in borto faith,that home called it in his time Panax Cbironium, and Tabermtmtantts 
calleth it Pemaces CoJUmmfind Coflue IUyricsu , but Cafalpintts Herb* Cofta , and Bauhinue Panax Cofliiwm ,wh«m 
I followtthe fifth Clufiue fetteth forth by the name ofTatariaVngarica^md Bauhinue thinketh it may be the Hal. 
tracan, which lofcpbiee Barbarue faith he faw in Tartaria, whereof he fpeaketh in his journey into Perfia t that the 
Tartarians of the decoiTion of the leaves make their drinke, and the Hungarians their bread of the roote, and 
Taubtmti thereupon calleth it Panaci Heracleofimilss Vngarica, The laft are !'o named by Cornutue, as they are fee 
downc in their titles. The Arabians call it Steufir leuflr, and Giaufir. The Italians Panace Heracleo and thereaf¬ 
ter all other Chriftian nations that know it, and we in Englijh Allheale of Hercules, according to the Greeke lig- 
nification of the word. 
TbeVcrtUes, 
From the rootes and (hikes of this Panax Heracleum, being cut faith G’d/nr.commeth forth that juyee or gum 
called Opopanax, which is of much more ufe then any other part of the plant, and is hot in the third degree, and 
dry in the fecond, being of an heating mollefying, and digeliing quality, thebarke of the roote is heating and 
drying likewife, hut in a meaner degree, having withall a little clenfing property, whereby it is good for viru¬ 
lent and maligne ulcers, and to cover with flelh the bones that are bare : the feede alfo laith.he is hot, and. is mix¬ 
ed with thofe medicines that procure womens courfes, the j'uyce or gum faith Mefuee hath a fpeciall property 
therein to purge thicke and clammy fiegme from the more remote parts, as the braine, nerves, fenlitive parts, 
joynts and breads,and therefore profitably applyed to all the cold greefes incident to any of thole parts, .is to 
helpe a weake fight, an old cough,(hortnelle of breath, purfineffe and wheeling and is good alfo for the Sciatica, 
the gout in the knees and feete, it is good likewife tor crampes.convulfions,paines,ifcd Hitches in the fides.by rhe 
windinefl'e, (welling and hardneffe of the Spleene, for the ftrangury alfo and difficultie in making urine i it like¬ 
wife difeuffeth the windineffe hardneffe and fuffocations of the mother.provoketh their courfes and expellcth he 
dead birth: being alfo drunke in mede or wine it helpcth the itchings and fores in the bladder: it breaketh car. 
buncles or Plague fores, and is profitably applyed with mollifying falves, and thofe that ctne wounds 
and fores in the head, it helpeth the toothach, being put into an hollow tooth, and helpeth the biting of a 
rnadde Dogge, and againft all other poifons of venemous creatures. The leaves of the Hungarian Tataria 
boyled in water is a familiar & uluall drink with the Tartars as the roots are bread to the Hungarians as is before 
fsi'd ; the operation of th c American plants are found to be more alimentall then medicinall, being familiarly eaten 
by the natives and French. Adattbicfus doth recount the properties of lus Pfeudocoflue or Panax Cojhnsim in this 
manner.lt is faith he hot & dry in the third degree compleat,it openeth,clenfeth, cutteth !k maktth thin,and fte» 
ing it is bitter,{harpe and lomewhat fweet,it may perforate all thofe things that are related of it,that is,it helpeth 
all cold greefes of the head and nerves, and is alto helpful! for the cough,fhortneffe of breath and the like, as al¬ 
fo for the winde Collicke and againft the obftruftions of the Liver and Spleene, the Stone and gravell in the 
rejnesand bladder,and tbedifealcsofthe mothcr.to bring downethe courfes,and to expdl the deadbirthi lt.like- 
vvife helpcth all old greefes of the head, the fwimming and turning of the braine,the falling fickneffe.the Lethar- 
gie,Convulfions, Crampes.Gouts and the like tit killeth alio thewormes, and provoketh urine, and helpeth all 
joynt aches. 
Chap. XL II I. 
Libanetis latifolict. Herbe F rancumfence with broad leaves. 
F that kindof Libanotie that hath Fennell-like leaves with all the forts thereof, I have fpoken before in 
the fourth Chapter of this Claffis, there remaineth fuch to bee entreated of that beare broad leaves 
which fliall follow in this as I there promifed. 
i. Libanotie Theopbraftimajor. The greater white herbe Francumfencc. 
This greater Libanotie hath many great longftalkes with wings of large broad leaves fome eight inches long 
a peece and almoft foure broad,five being fet together whereof one at the end.one againft another, three or foure 
inches broad below and fmsrilerto the end, being fomewhat hard in handling,of an overvvorne greenifh colour 
and a little dented about the edges,among which rifeth up a ftrong rexind ftalk,foure or five foot high oftentimes, 
having fuch like leaves on the joynts but fewer and Idler then grow below anda few branches riling from the tip¬ 
per joynts bearing large (pread u;i bells of whitilh flowers, and after them lomewhat flat and round light feede 
two joyned together, white on that fide where it is joyned ,_ and ftraked with rough crumpled brakes on 
the backe or round fide, and of a pale browne colour when it is ripe but a little purplilh before: the roote grow- 
eth great and long,whitifh on the outfide with a tuft of haire atthetoppe, abiding long, fmelling and rafting 
fomewhat ftrong as many other umbelliferous rootes doe, but the feede much ftronger. 
2 . LibanotisTheopbrafti minor. The Idler white herbe F rancumfence. 
This leffer Libanotis agreeth with rhe former both in the forme of leaves, flowers, feede and rootes, but that 
they are all leffe, and the number of leaves are more let together on every ftalke,being alfo more deepely dented 
about the edges, the roote is white but more bitter then it. 
There is another fort hereof which Bauhinue calleth Libanotis latifolia minor jemine crijjto, and differeth onely in 
having fewer leaves on the ftalkes 5 although as fmall and but one or two deepe cub on the edges. 
. Moinr m z ■ " . 3 . Ltbatmts 
