Of the iHiPtorie of Plants.

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:1: 7 Ranumulm Afiaticgagrumofiz radiceflorefiauo wrio.

Afian Crow-foot with yellow flriped floures.

top of the llalke,coiilifli'ng offiiie leaues,on the

1] The Defcriptiozs.

He double red Crowfoot hath 2% 56h‘: leaues rifing immediatly f0T_‘b ‘ii 6 ground, cut in the edges_W1lh 6?? galhes, fomewhat hollow and of a brlgh _ hr 0 teen colour.The lialke rifeth vp to the _h€1%f m_ a foot,fm0oth and very brittle,diuiding It felheee . to other branches, fornetimes two,feld0I¥’°.t bro“; whereon doe grow leaues confufedly let W11 W‘ order : the Homes grow at the top of the {lalks,let ry double, and of great beautie,of a perffifi {Cara colour, tending to rednefle. The root is Collglow of many long tough roots,lilr.e thofe ofthf: Y Afphoclill. or r 2 or this kinde there is alfo an9th€’= H, other the fame betterexpreflt; for C‘/uflm the it thor of thefe neuer fee the former, btit ma Esme onely to difFer,in that the floiires are Ola fang” C co1our,and thofe of this of a kind of fcarlfiti 0‘ r lead colour. ’ but This differs nothing from the form“: U, that it {ends vp another ifloure fomwhat lfiflh’ O of the middle ofthe iiiii floure,which haw‘-"F ,1’; the flzrength of the root,and goodnelfe of the 0 where it is planted. i I re The Crow-foot of Tripolis or tlifi M5 6 VP ztanmzmlw hath leaues at the firll €0mm".“?’ ,g_ like vnto thofe of Groundfwell: among Wlllcn feth vp a iialke of the height of halfe 2! Cum“ what hairy,wheron grow broad leaues d€5Ply euen to the middle rib, like thofe of thfi Com

Crowfoot, but greener: the floure grow“ -

outlide ofa darke ouerworne red colou1';°“ ‘hang

fide ofa red lead colour,bright and lhining,in {hape like the wade come poppy “he knop 0’

iflthe middle which contaiiieth the feed is gamimed or bedeckt with V6,}, many

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Ihfufnmes tending to blackenelfc: the rootis as it were a roundell of little bulbes or graines

thofe of the fmall Celandineor Pilewort.

3: 3 There be diuers other Afiari_Crow-feet which Clyfiua hath fet forth, and w thfimofi P3‘! In the Gardens of our prime Florilts, and they differ little in their roots: 3 1".a“°?r but °h‘°f°1Y in the floures ;wherefore I will onely briefely note their dilferencesinot km?» 1‘ Pefliineflt to (‘sand vpon whole del'criptions,vnlefl'e they were more neceffarie : this

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fers from the fourth in that the llalkes are diuided into fundry branches,which beare like, floures than thofe which ftand vpon the main flalke.-the colour of thefe differs not from ‘ha '

lall: defcribed.

6 This is like the lat’: del'cribed,but the floures are of a pure white colour,and f0m°fi

a few Psreaks of red about their ed gas.

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This in mike‘ and mmner Ofgfowing is like the "precedent : the lialke feld0me Pgrmclifiriill

felfe into branches 5 buton the top thereof it carries a faire floure confiliingcornmon Y F Y topped leaues ofa greenifh yellow colour, with diuers red veines here and there difperfed a _ _t ning alongfi the leaues, with fome purple thrums, and ahead {landing VP in the middle as in

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_ qr Ybe Place. d H501‘, The firfi groweth naturally in and about Confiantinople, and in Alia on the further ii e o b It

phorus, from whence there hath beene brought

they haue perifhed by reafon of their long journey, and want ofskin of thofe bringersi ‘

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fulfered them to lie in a box or fuch like fo l0ng,th3t when we haue receiued them they ll-3”"

as dry as glDgCl'5IlOCWl[hllI3l'lCllllg Clufim faith he receiued a plant frefh and gffeflesthe W meftical theefe flzole forth of his garden.My Lord and Mafier the right Honorable the L0‘

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in. 2: Of the Hiflorie of Plants. '96 I l‘ Terhad dluers plants fent him from thence which were drie before they came, as aforefaid . The me’ Eloweth in Aleppo and Tripolis in Syria naturally,from whence we haue receiued plants for

‘3a“l€I1S,where they fiourifh as in their owne country.

Th . fl T56 Time. ‘*3’ bring forth their pleafant floures in May and Iune,the feed is ripe in Augufi-.

Th H _ . Tbe Names. Mu: B9. rftis called Rzmumulu: eonfiantznopalitanur : of Loéel,Ranumalusfanguinezzs multiplex,Ramm.‘

e red1§4zatznur,flve t/1 [iaticur .- in the Turkifh tongue, Toroéologcatamer lazle .- in Engliflmhe dou-A

. anunculus or Crow~ foot. A

there e fourth is called Rammculm Tripalitanur, of the place from whence it was firll: brought into an a parts : of the Turks,Taro5olos Catamer, without that addition laxlea: which is a proper word to

°“1’€S that are double. Th _ qr Tb: Temperature and Vertues. be kineégemperature and vertues are referred to the other Crow-feet, whereof they are thought to

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t C H AP. 370. Of Spearexwoort, or Rmeanaort.

or The Defiriptiom

Peare-worthath an hollow llalke full of knees or joynts, whereof! do grow long leaues,‘

a little hairy,not vnlike thofe of the willow,of a {hining green colour:the floures are ve-

lour ve _ ry large,and grow at the tops of the fialks, coniifting of fiue leaues of a faire yellow co- he e’ S "Y11ke_to_the field gold cup, or wilde Crow-foot -. after which come round knops or feed \ he awherein is the feed : the root is compaélg of diners bulbes or long clogs, mixed with an infi;

mlmber of hairy threds.

2 Ranuntulurflammeur minor;

.1 Rammmlmflammeas maiarl T The leffer Spcare-wort.

Great Speare-wort.

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