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Of the Elifiorie of Plants.

lC H A p. 212. Of germamlera

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'1“ He old Writers haue fet downe no certain kindes of Germander ;yet we haue thoughtit 300% . and not without caufe, to treat of more forts than haue been obferued by all, diuiding I11? ‘ vnder the title of Tmcrmm,from Cb4m.¢a’rys,although they are both of one kinde,but yet differing very notably. ‘

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He firft Germander gtoweth low , with very ‘many branches lying vpon the ground’

tough,hard,and wooddy,fpreading it felfe here and there swhereupon are placed {ma

leaues fnipt about the edges like the teeth of a Sawgefembling the (hape of an 01¢“ leafe. The floures are ofa purple colour, very fmall, {landing clofe to the leaues toward the l°i’,° the branches : the feed is little and black: the root flender and full offirings,creeping,and alwales

ipreading within the ground, whereby it greatly encreafeth. # This is fometimes found 9”.‘

bigger leaues, otherwhiles with lell'e 5 alfo the Home is fornetimes white and otherwhiles t€_d ‘" the fame plant, whence T45c’I.'mtm. gaue two figures,and our Author two figures and defcr’ipt1°“‘> whereof I hauc Omitted the later,atid put the two titles into one. i

2 The fec0nd Germander rifeth vp with a little ftraight fialke a {pan long and fometimes “ml; ger,wooddy and hard likevnto a little {hrub : it is afterwards diuided into very many little {ma branches.The leaues are indented and nicked about the edges, leffer than the leaues of the form“ great creeping Germander. The floures likewife {land neere to the Ieaues, and on the vpptf P3? of the fprigs,of colour fometimes purple,and oftentimes tending to blewnelfeithe root is din“ 7 difperfed with many firings.-t

1 Clmmreafir smaior ldtifi/lid.

2 C/mmiezlryr minor. Great broad leaned Germander;

Small Germander. L

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,. and feebleed ed or cornered Fomwhat hairie aori ‘Wilde Germandcr. ’ g ’ ) A

{eras it were with joints 5 about the which by cert»- taine diilances there come forth at each joint two: leaues fomthing broadmicked in the edgesfit lam» what greater than the leanes of creeping Gfiflllfllle. der,and fofter. The floures be of a gallant blew co~’ lour,made of foure {mall leaues apiece,{’ran‘d.i'ng or— derly on the tops of the tender fpriggy Fpraies 3 afe ter which come in place little husks or l'eedvc§‘l"els. The root is {mall and threddy. _ 1] (T6: P/ate.

Thefe plants grow in rocky and rough grounds, and in gardens they do eafily profper.

The wilde Germander groweth in many placer; about London in medowes and fertill field s_,and euerie place wherefoeuer I haue trauelled in Eng- land. 1 p

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They Home and flourifh from the end of May to

the later end ofAuguflt. if T66 N Amer.

Garden Germanderis called in Greeke, ra.»u.=eJa‘t-:t C/mmxdryr .- of fome, Trzflhgo, 86 Trixaga, and like- wife flermla mizaognotwithitaiiding molt ofthefe names do more properly belong to Scordzfnm or wa- ter Germander: in Italian ,fltgE76iu01zI -' in Engl 1-{hr Germander,or Englifh Treacle:in Fl'CUCi‘l,G6’7'772zlfl - 4'76. Before creeping Germanderwas l<nowne,this Wilde kinde bare the name of Gerrnander amongfiz the Apothecaries, and was vied for the right Get- F r ' p _ _ mander in the compolitions of medieines:but a.-‘Z mer were brought to light, this began to be named Sylaejlrrgand Spam Czzrmedrys 5 that of pla :: C “lard Germander :_of fome,Teucriumpratcnfi;and without err0r,beCatI_f€ al the forts it hath bin ?ml’l'Cl]C1'l(lCCl vnder the title of T eum'am,are doubtlelle kindes of Gerinander:offorne: ly herb .f Ought to be the plant that Diafcoria/er called Inga/Qatari , Hierabazanegthat 15 to fay,tlie ho»

’ ‘ be that the holy herb and Vcréemzca or Veruain( which is called in Greek F-«“e1ws‘£p:"—‘.r ;. 4.3 [hots Dicfifcarides maketh them fundry herbs,de fcribing them apartone after another shut Pmfl6;as Pauli“,/1_ctz_m-,a_rrd orzéafizagnialre no mention of 1.16754/467:1, the holy Heibe, but 1 re it is and mtvn -, and this is fOu[1dpt04be‘lll‘(eWlfC called Hzem50tzin‘e,0l' the holy Herb __;_antl theta. Cgnfidered ifttbhthat it is oneand the ielie latne plant,called by diners names : the which things 3% wrm I Cy f_ay_{n,and lay truly,this wilde Getmander. cannot be Hzeméomrze at all,as d iuers y en and faid it to be. p - ' qr Tim Temperature.’

is of thin parts. and hath a Cutting‘ facultic, it is hot and dry almolt in the

cgeuen as Galen writeth ol”‘:I‘eam'm:»z or wilde G ermander. ‘ C169 Cgernraiidcr is likewife hot and dry, and is not altogetherwithout force or power to n C ' It ma)’ be Counted among the number of them that do open the liner and fpleen.

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T cutteth -“mgh and Clammy humors: being receined as aforefaid,it is good for them

, hec h p . y . . are cntriggginigg (;f‘lrig)£r)t&1€e.fle of breath, the flrangurie or flopping of vrine, and helps thofe

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3 Pmmketh th e,or any dimnefl"e of fight.

3 Wilde Germander hath little {talks wealte T T

ter and drunke,deliuereth the body from allobllruétions or floppings, A

y and {irained,and a drop at fundry times‘ put into the ClC-93 T334515 E

nentation Orbathe terms mightily,being drunke in wine , and the decoaion drunke 5 with at to‘ (3

made alfo thereofiand the fecret parts bathed therewith.

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