Cm ap.i 6 , 
Theatmm Botanicum. 
Tribe 
T he T(*met. 
Dodoitcus callech it Neottia , idejb t Nidus 
avis, asitiswithmoft now adayes, it i$ thought 
alfo to be the Coapulum terra of “Pliny, Cjefrter cal- 
Icth it Orobanche Lobel Satyrinm abortivtsm &• 
Orchis abortive. Clnfius calleth the lafl Limodoron 
firft, and then Pfetsdolimodoron. The French call ic 
Niddot fears, the Cjcrmanct CMargbets dreben, the 
“Dutch Vogelsnefl, and we in Frrglifh Birds neft, ot 
Goofc neif ,froin the platting ot the rootes like the 
flickes and ftrawes in a Crowes neft. 
The Virtues. 
There is no ule made of either of thefe that I 
have knowne in Phyficke, or applyed to any other 
u:'c. 
Orshis abortive ruff*. Ordiaary Biros neft. 
Chat, X V I. 
Orobanchefive Hcmodoren vet Limodoron , 
Kill herbe or herbe bane. 
jr Orobanche major ZMonjeUata 67* Pore ttrejnse furl trrafcivrc. 
Great lierlie banc ot'Alompelicr, and the great purple. 
^SHere hath bin found out of later dayes, divers 
forts of this Excrcffence of the earth ("where- 
* of there was but one fort or two as it is likely 
knowne to the ancients, or at lead, no more 
expreft in their writings,)undcr thefe names, 
which fhallbe here (hewed you : butbecaulel have al¬ 
ready delivered you two forts tbereof,the one riling from 
Broome, called Broome rape, the ocher from the Cijltst, 
called Hypocifttss, which may juftly be referred to this fa¬ 
mily, I will not further mention them here. I confcffe 
they might have been placed neere the Modes and Mufh- 
romes as being excredences of the earth, as they are, but 
becaufc their flowers and feede doe more neerely relem- 
ble the former Orch'tdes, I though;meeteft tojoyne thefe 
unto them here. 
I. Orobanche major Afonjpeliaca . 
Great Herbe bane of Mompelier. 
This kill herbe hath a long and round fmall rootewith- 
otic foies, and with fome fibres under it, the ftalke is 
great and thicke,with very ftiort leaves thereon from the 
bottomeunto the middle thereof, where the flowers be¬ 
gin to grow, and with every one of them a larger and 
'onger leafet'the flowers are long and browntlh. 
a. Orobanchefiorc majorepurpura/cente . 
Great purple Herbe bane. 
This from fuch alike rootewith fibres thereat as the 
former, fendeth forth fundry ftalkes with many thicke 
and ftiort leaves on them fharpe at the ends,having fome- 
times branches riling therefrom, and fometimes two or 
three ftalkes from the roote,and at the toppes are fee with 
forger flowers then thofe of Broome rape on long foote- 
ftalk. 
