TbeTheater of Tlants, 
C h a p„i^. 
T rise 9. TbeTheater of Tlants, 
The Time, 
All thefe forts are very tender to keepc with us, not enduring the cold of thefe cold climates without extraor¬ 
dinary care and provifionjbut in their naturall places flower and feede in the beginning of Autumne. 
The Names, 
The firft is undoubtedly knowne to be the oeaylwZa. Tragacantlta of the ancients, ideJ},Hirci fpina not from any 
ftrong fent of a Goate as the. Tragium and Tragorigttmm have, but from the fharpe forme of the bufh with 
thornes as it groweth reprefenting a Goates beard, the gumme likewife that is garnered from the raotes when 
they are cut or broken in the heate ot the yeare is called Gummi Trogacantha, and in the fhoppes of Apothecaries 
in France,^c. Cjumdragant, thevarietie thereof is mentioned by Alpinm in Librode exoticis pUntis ■ the fecond 
isadjuged by the beft herbarifts in thefe times to be the vrnie<»r Toterionof Dioftoridei, which as hee faith fome 
called rdj £.«; Neurai quod nervit arnica fit & Poterium quodpotrix her ha pale, do jam riguumque / plum amas, as fome 
fay, Pliny laithlt was called alfo Phrynium : this differcth from the Tragacantha but yet commcth neater there¬ 
unto then unco the P impmeHafpinofa as you (hall heare in the next Chapter, thechiefefl difference bttweene the 
TrajMCtfarfeandPofo-iMOTjConfidinginthatitkeepeth nogreeneleaves in winter as Tragacantha dorh,is more 
hoary or woolly and fpreadeth more abroad with the branches then Tragacantha, which groweth more dole and 
upright,but agreeth therewith in the fmall leaves and fharpe thornes and in the rooie which ycelJeth a gumme 
fomewhat like Co gumme Tragacantha but the Pimpinel/a fjtinofa hath both differing leaves branches and fruit' 
with fmaller and leffer prickly thornes and a dry lapleffe roote which yeeldcth no gumme, and abided; ever 
greene. Now let others fudge whether this be more fitly referred to PtmpmeUafpinofa qs Sauhimu or to Tract, 
cant ha as Clufiui doth who calleth ixTretgacantba altera forte Poterien, and fodoe Lobe!, Tabermontantu , Alptnue 
and Lugdunenfii a.d Tellomitt likewife a, it is likely, Bauhinm himfelfe although he fever it from ihe Claflisof 
Tragacantlta yet calleth if Tragacantha a finis, Matthiclus calleth it Peter,urn and lodoth Tabermontamw and Luo. 
drinmft, Raureelfius malteth it his firft Tragacantlta and Lugdnnenfis in his Appendix in the like fort after him ; the 
two laft forts arc fee downe by Rauwelfim in his fecond booke and in the .'aid Appendix of Lugdunenfis. 
The Vertucs, 
I doe not finde that the leaves flowers,feedes or rootes of Tragacantlta are ufed toany purpofe, but oftely the 
gumme it felfe, which betides the pbyficall ufesferveth to many purpoesas a kinde of Starch or Glew tobinde 
orftiffbn things wichall: the gumme diltolved is often mixed withpeftorall Syrupes, hony or juice of Licoris to 
helpe the cough or hoarfeneffe mthe throate falr,and fharpe diftillations of rheumeupon the Lungs, being taken 
as an Elefluafyorput under the tongue fo to diltiil gently downe: the faid gumme diffolved in f eet wine a 
dram at a time and drunke,is available for the gnawing paines in the bowells and the fhirpnePcand herrings of 
urine, eyther in the revnes of bladder, elpecialiy if fome harts home burnt and waft be mixed therewith: the faid 
gum alfo is an ocular medicine helping thereunto, being ufed alone or mixed with other things for the purpofe,to 
allay the heate and fharpenes of hot rheums falling into them,and (Irengtheneth and bindeth more then Sarcoco/la 
the faid gumme mingled with rmlke taketh away white Ipors growing in the blacke of the eyes, the trehing alfo 
of them and wheales and fcabbes thargrow upon the eyelids: being fomewhat terrified and mixed with the juice 
or wine of Quinces and ufed in a glitter is good againlt the bloody flux.. And generally uled where there is caufe 
of making fmooth any of thefe parts that is the Lungs.Cheft, Throate or Windepipegrowen hoarfe or fharpe by 
rhcLimes or ro reprtfle or dry up defluxions of .fharpe and thinne matter to the throate, j ; lies,etc. as forylccrs 
in any of thefe parts it is an excellent and approved remedy :the rootes of the fecond which as f fayd is eerily 
held to be the true Potcrium of Diofcoridcsboyied in wine and drunke is profitable againft the poyfonot the red 
toade, and being made into a pultis and applyed to any qf the Nerves or Sinewes that are wounded cur. or hurt 
doth lieale them and fnder them together, as alfo all other lbrts of wounds and cuts: the laid decoftion of the 
rootes in wine is alfo effefluall for the faid purpofes to bee drunke, and for inward wounds and veincs that are 
broken. 
Chap. XIX. 
Pimpinella fpinefa. Thorny Burnet. 
[He thorny Burnet (taken of.divers to be Tcteriumbm much differing tberefrom,as I have faid before, 
* and (hall hei e more prefently) Ipreadeth divers wooddy whitifh twiggy ftaikes round about, not 
riling much above a cubit high branching and imetlafing it felfe one within another very much bea- 
ring fundry winged leaves of many let together on both tides of a middle ribbe, which upon the firft 
appearing are clofed together, and altervvards fpread themfclves more largely and dented about the 
edges very like unto fmall Burnet leaves, greene on the uppetfidc and hoary white underneath, wiih many 
fmall prickes or thornes, not very ftr, ,ng or fharpe. fet confuledly upon the ftaikes and at the ends,at the toppes 
whereofand the branches ftand divers fmall reddifh greene flowers fet together, after which come 'mall berries 
divers growing together like unto fmall Blacke berries, or Mulberries, go ene at the firft and reddifh afterwards: 
the roote is not great but long and {lender, fp eading much under ground, being tough and not eafie to breake, 
lapleffe alfo or without any gum comming therefrom when it is broken. 
Tbe Place . 
Thisgroweth in fiandj as Henorius Bellui faith and Alpinm alfo upon the hills where Time,Savory and Afpara- 
gusgrow, and with them having Dodder growing upon it alfo : and upon the fide of mount Ltbwm in Syria is 
Rauwoljitu faith, and as Dalecltampius faith in the vallies beneath the hilly woods ill Savoy about Mary a which is 
but a little diflant from Gratianeple but is never found in wetormarfhy places. 
The Time. 
Itflowrethintheendof Summer, and the fruit is ripe in Autumns when the young leaves beginne to fpring 
forth. 
