6l8 C h a p, 66 , T heatrum 'Botamcum. T ribe vj^ 
jo, nr, which tranches had levcrall pa ires of winged leavesfetoppoficecachunto other, containing Come eight 
tome ten (mail leaves on a fide witht nr any o; de one at the end, fet very dole together, being narrow, fmooth, 
and ot a full but iadigreenecolour, not fully round pointed not dented, toulding themiclves upward clofe to 
the middle ribbe,upon any touch thereof, this in theclder growne plant, but in that which was young the whole 
(hike with leaves would’fall downe and (lirinke up the leaves: this I proved in thofe two feverall yearea before 
recited : the former yearcs plants as they grew in the pot,I caufed a cunning hand to draw to the life, which I here 
exhibire unto you with the other, that you may fee the difference betweene it and others formerly fet forth from 
the light of a dryed plant.!f this could havebcene prtfervedin our Winccrs/oui Sommers would have declared a 
more ample and full demonftiation thereof. This is faid to be not foquicke in apprehenlion as the former. It is 
hid tifo that theftalkcs have the fmcll ar.d tail of Licorii, and are ufed by the natives nfnally to helpe the cough, 
fhortne fle of breath, hoarlenelTe of the throat and voice,to cattle flegme eafily to be expef!orare,as alfo to cafe the 
paines of theifone in the Kidneyes.and healeth up fiefh wounds. ThatSpanidi Author before recited relateth 
alfo that it procureth (kepe being applyed to the head, butfooner with the Americana then the Spaniards : raid 
alfo by them to procure love, but could not (hew how or by what way ; it hclpeth the Flux or Laske of the bel¬ 
ly by tlwt allringent and glutinous qualitie therein perceived by the taile; as alfo tertian Agues, and the inflam¬ 
mations and rcdneiVc of the eyes. The faid author faith that he underftood, yet bee knew not how trnelythatin 
the Philippine*! they have fuch another plant yet differing in forae particulars, lor it is faid theirs fhootcch forth 
tenor a dozen ilraight twigs from a root,each of the bigneffe of an Hens quill,one whereof had adezen leaves on 
them in foure rowes fet at diftanccsjfix inches betweene, being like unto Rcddifh leaves: the flowers were blew 
iikeunto a birds tongue before they were open,and divided it felfe afterwards into three leaves. This upon touch 
or breathing thereon would not fall downe as in the former and rife agair.e,but faid to fall away,that is,the lower 
leaves and iblikewife the upper leaves if they were touched againc, but theflalke alio would breake off'and 
fall downeupon the touch or breathing, and if they fhould be broken by any ones hand, the place would feeme 
as black as it it were burnc i:but that it would not doe fo if it were toucht with a [iicke or wand. The Hcrba Mi- 
mofa feemeth likely to be the ^Atfchinomena of Apoliidoriu t whereof plinyfLib.oq.c. 1 7. maketh mention. As alfo 
that tree that T‘OeophrAjttes faith Jib.4.cap .;. grew about UWcmphu in Egypt which differed not from other trees, 
either in forme leaves or branches, but in the event for the outward face thereof was thorny, and the leaves like 
Feme (as Gaea tranflateth it ) but Wwy much better,like feathers, which being touched ihranke as withered and 
tlry,and by and by after revived againc. I he Earle of Cumberlandm Queene Elizabeth! dayes bronght fromthe 
facke of Portricco fonac of thefe plants,but lived not long in the ayre ot England.^ fome of the dried and dead ones 
being afterwards fent to Clufitu by Uquts Garret ,whole figure is that he exhibited in his Chrijhspbortet Acofla. 
Chap. LXVI, 
Stirpunimam feu Fnttex impatient. The fhrinking fhrubbe. 
Omewhat like unto thofe before rCmembred is this fhtubbe, which our Englifh which went with Sit 
lames Ljnc.if.fr found by chance travailing neare the Sea (bore,on the Eaft fide of the 1 le of Nieubarjti 
alfo on Sombrero ,an Hand which is neare Nictibar & Sumatra,the younger fized,being like (mall bufhes* 
hilfe a yard or two fooce high, at the toppes of whom grew foure or five branches lull of leaves fome- 
what round like unto Mirtle leaves, asgreene as Sorrellind full of fapor/uicc; which bulhes being ftrucke by 
ones foot ot othmvife as they paffed by, were obferved to flirink downe as low as the branches would let them, 
and rile againe by and by after to the former height ; the reafon hereof was, that every plant grew out of the 
ntcuth or belly of a long living worme within the earths which drew downe the plant being ftrucken; but in 
the elder or greater growne plants the worme was conlumed, and the rootes of thele bullies being plucked up af¬ 
ter they had remained a day two or three above the ground,became as hard as Corail: the reft of the bufhes re- 
mayning as wooddy as other (hrubbes. This threefold change or alteration in nature, firft from a living worme 
to a vigecativc plant,and then to a ftony fubftance, maketh it more admirable above any. 
Chap. LXVII. 
Plant* an ,mn\fcu Enamel a Agn*u Scpthictu. T he Scythian Latnbe. 
H is fli ange living plant as it is reported by divers good authors, is called by the Natives Bor mete, quafi 
agnelliu, by others either Tlanta Rnthenica agno fimilii, or Agnut Scythicm,ot by fome Plant* animal ; 
it groweth among the Tartarei about Samarcanda and the parts thereabouts, rifing from a leede fome- 
what bigger and rounder then a Melon (cede, with a ftalke about five palmes high, without any leafe 
thereon, butonely bearing a certaine fruit on tbetoppe, in forme refcmbling a fmall lambe, wholecoareoi 
rinde is woolly like unto a Lambes skinne, the pulpe or meate underneath which ii like the flefh of a Crevlfe or 
Lobfter, having as it is fa yd blood aifo in itjit hath the forme of an head, hanging downe,and feeding on the 
grade round about itjuntill it hath coniumed it and then dyeth,or elfe will perifh if the^raile round about it 
bee cutaway of purpofe : it hath foure legges alfo hanging dowre • the Wolves much afferftto feedeon 
them. 
Chap, 
