Tkeatrum ‘Botanicum 
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E pimedim. Barienwore. 
The ‘'Place and Time, 
Ctfalfmw faith it groweth on the moontaines of Liguria, ea¬ 
rner antu ncereunto Vicenza i nltalj, Baxhimu on the Sugxman 
hilt,and in Romania, in fhadowy wet grounds, and flowrech from 
/»nf,unco the middle of oAngufl. 
The Names. 
The E'jjfMvTitv Epimedium of *7 ~)iofcorides> hath bccne diverfly in¬ 
terpreted by lundry writei s, fome taking it to be one thing, iarne 
another: for Column* in his Phytobafanos, letteth th z Lunaria 
minor to it, but furely erronioufly, and faith that neither the tie - 
paticatrtfoliaimrthllSefcli^&tbiopicnm, which is the Lihanotis 
TheophralH with us, which fome in and before his time tooke 10 
be it,can be it. BauhintH would feeme to mal e Thalw to meane 
the Caltha paluftrt* to be Ttodonxui his Epimedinm, when as I can¬ 
not finde in any of r Dodontcw his vvorkes, that he meant, or let 
forth any other Epimedium then this I here fhew yon. So that I 
hereby thinke ’Baubiniu was miftaken to quote Thaliw to meane 
Calcha, and that Thaliw alfo was miftaken in taking that herbe 
which he gathered as he faith in fome place of the Harcymafylva, 
and kept in his booke of dryed heroes,that had foure round leaves 
a little dented about the edges,(landing each upon a {lender foote- 
flalke,and with a blacke tuberous roote to be Epimcdium Dodonai, 
which neither hath fuch round leaves, nor fuch a blacke tuberous 
roote. Anguilara it is thought,(irft entitu’ed this Epimediu( which 
fome in his time called Lunaria ) whom all others that have let it 
forth (ince, have fo called,and yet fome make a doubt whet' cr it 
be Dii(coridcr his or no. Xirft in th thee laith, Epimedium hath 
tenne or twelve leaves, when as the triplicity is fo confpicuous, 
that it is a wonder he fhould omit that j if he meant this: againe 
he faith it beareth neither flower nor fruite, when as thisgiveth 
both, yet hereunto it is affirmed that c Diofcorides might faile in 
this,as he did in Dillamum TuJfiUgo Cynog!o(fum y &c, It is likely 
alfo that Theophrajhu fhould meane this of T) iofeorides , whichin 
his feventh Booke and eighth Chapter, hecalleth Epimctrum and . ,. 
faith it beareth no flo wers, which Pliny callech alfo Epipetron y and fome Epimen.chum. 
The Vertties, £ . 
We have not any late experience hereof to (hew but as DiofcoridesTljnj and galenic fet downeof it, that it 
is moderately cold and moift.and u ithout any fprciall property more then to keepe 
over great being made into a cataplalmc, with oyle and applyed thereto . an t atnerepor , w - r 
would make women barren that tooke it inwardly, as alfo the leaves maue into powthcran a 
I AmpM rrv#» 
Chap. XIX. 
Viola Lunar ufive Bulboncich, 
The white Sattin flower. 
Here are two forts of this Sattin flower, 
one that dyeth alter leede time, and ano¬ 
ther that ahideth, both which I have fo 
fufficiently declared in my former Booke, 
that I neede not further to amplific them. 
I will therefore referre you thereunto, to 
beenforenedofthem, andonely here give you the figure 
of it. 
Vtola Lunar** fiveBulbora'cb. The white Sattin ho v,er. 
