lground,and put forth many little roots,whereby it taketh hold of the ground as it trai

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.‘ — q; The Defcri tiara. fame‘ H’e common Crow-foot hath leaues diuided into many parts, commonly thregdium times ﬁne,cut here and there inthe edges,ofa deep green colour,in which ﬂan I white fpots:the Ptalks be round, fomthing hairie,forne of them bow downeltggzzong: fome of them {land vpright, a foot high or highegon the tops whereof grow final leaues apiece,of a yellow glittering colour like gold : in the middle part of thefe ﬂoures taine f mall threads of like colour : which being palhthe feeds follow,made vp in a rough roots are white and thredd y. fancy,’

2 . The fecond kindiof Cri-ow-foot is li{l*<e1y<ntg thg precedent, gauing that lea;1:5I:ifc‘3 . tl1lCl{€l',8l1Cl reener,an his mall twi gy a s an vpri ht, ot erwife it is i e: 0 - , it clianeed,r%at walking in the field ngxt to the Theatre bygLondon, in the company of a worm}? full Merchant named M'.Nz'c/roles Let: , I found one of this kind there with double 50!-ll“-5» W ' before that time lhad not feene.

A 15 Tire Plate. They grow ofthemfelues in pallures and megowes almolt euerie where." T C’

They ﬂonre in May and many moneths grfter.

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Crow- foot is called of Label, Rzzmmtulus pratmﬁ: .- of Dadamw, Raimntulta lvmenﬁi. bu" Pu‘, Pu-1y ; o Pli22y,Polya:2tl2tmum, which he faith diuers name Bamic/via»-: in hi h-Dutch, bl? foo,’ blunm : in low-Dutch, mates lalotmeutin Englifhﬂiing I_{ob,Gold cups, G d knobs,C‘°“" and Butter-ﬂoures.

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3 The third kinde of Crow.foot,called in Latine Rammmlu: arxmma, beeaufcf it 8'0"‘ ca

monly in fallow ﬁelds where come hath beene lately fowne,and may be called come CW"

T hath for the molt part an vpright llallce of a foot high,which diuides itfelfe into other '9“.

whereon do grow fat thick leaues very much cut or jagged,rel‘embling the leaues of 5 nothing fo green,but rather of an ouerworne colour. The ﬂoures growat the top ofth cornpaet of fine fmall leaues of a faint yellow colour : after which come in place cluﬂc and (harp pointed feeds.The root is {mall and threddy. ' wit.‘ 4 The fourth Crow-foor,which is called Rammmlru Alpimu, becaufe thofe that ha“? ﬁfﬁ Ow. ten thereof haue not found it elfewherc but vpon the Alpilh mountains(notwirhﬁanding 1‘ gt - eth in England plentifully wildgefpecially in a wood called Hampftedrwood, and is p13“ man gardens) hath diuers great fat branches two cubits high , fet with large leaues like th°,°°m Crow- foot,but gre-ater,of a deepe greene colour, much like to thofe of ‘ low Aconitfi? , uaconimm [imam Po7m‘cum.The ﬂoures conﬁfi ofﬁue white leaues,wi V’ fmal yellow cl.1i“‘’ 1" re; middle,l'melling like the Homes of May or Haw-rhorne, but more pl afant. The roots IT? 3 3 ’ than any of the ltocke of Crow-feet. . y T115 P146 1 7’ ' . ' \ e . . Their place of growing is touched iqh their defdrilptiohﬁxheir time ol'\ﬂouring and feeding 3“ fwere th the other of their kindes. . I I V _ Tb: Names. _ .. _ . - dc. 1' be white Crow.foot of the Alpes and French mountaines is the Fourth of Dio[6'0”/gels he f°1'iP‘i°“ 5 for he defcribetb his fourth to haue a wlpite ﬂoure:more hath not bin {aid ton 108' names,yet ‘T45em.calls it Batraclzium ram .- in Eng i{h,white Crow-foot.

. Tl T/)6 Dcfcriptim. T e I h {Ien-4 an ﬁgﬁ:;:_‘:)‘:§)$‘:n‘§‘§:El;<;Vt:'ﬁ?el$£:llliere is one that is {yrnained I//Jlvimawhich bring‘ ﬂint), loci?

_ _ : h * = 1 _ ' to m ga{hes,l'omthing white,and couered willi :f::Lel:§t(:)iri'1ndc?ogvirv:)ivivneCll]'e% gggrfolglllfeiubetg ccalflgilicllale yellgwlbes lour : the root conﬁlleth of many frnall bumpes as it were graines of come or litt e long um,” growing clofe together like rhofe of Pilewort. It is reported,that it was ﬁrll brought 01" °{

ria into Italy,and from thence into the Low. countries :notwithftand1n we haue it growing V common in England. i But onely in gardens that I haue feene. g 6 The lixth kinde of Crow-foot, called Ranumirlrr: éuléafur or Onion rooted Cr

round rooted Crow-foct,hath a round knobby or onion-faihiorled root like vnto a f

and of the bigneffe of a great Oliue: from the which rifes vp many leaiies fpred

like thofe of the ﬁeld Crow-foot, but fmaller, and of an ouerworne greene colour : a

rife vp {lender ﬂalks of the height ofa foot : whereupon do grow ﬂoures ofa faint yel 10W

ill This groweswildc in rnoﬂ places,and tloures at the beginning of May. if ~

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It is an-0 1' HT ‘P1408. . I Randi“ _ eported to be found not only in Illyria and Sclauonia, butvalfo in the Iﬂand Sardinia, g in the midland,or Mediterranean (Ea.

his I" _ _ . qr T6eNamrr. . I ’ alfo Hem g'“:,Il C_row-foot isnamed in Greeke uhlnréyezov, that is,Apzam/jilue/i‘re,or wilde Smalla ge,' M; and this l01d:1[ may be,{‘aith my Author,that kinde of Crow-foot called ffpiarm rifaa, and mm . -znhap whi gbolight to be that Gelotop/yy/Its, _of which Plmy maketh mention in his 24.booke, ﬁghtS‘a[;d n C eing drunke! faith he,whith wine and myrrhe, caufeth a man to fee diners {trange I) ‘race (I)! to ceafe laughing till hehath drunke Pine apple kernells with Pepper in wine of me fQ0t- (a)( thinke he would haue {aid vntill he be dead) becaufe the nature of laughing Crow- fuch C “V lllfght to kill laughing,_bu_t without doubt the thing is eleane Contrary; for it cauferh the . “ 10ns,ci-amps, and wringings of the mouth and jawes, that it hath feemed to fame that

T 3 - . . . . P rties haue died laughing, whereas in truth they hai.-re died in great torment.

5 Rmtmcu/us Illyrimr.

, 6 Rammmlus éuléaﬁls. row. foot of Illyria.

Rround rooted Crow-foot.

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ﬂ0hrc 11° feuenth kinda of Crow-foot, called i/Iaricomm of the golden loekes wherewith the f9rth fut f}Jmmed,hath for his root a great bufh of blackiih hairy Ptrings; from which lh00t times in? lagged leaues,not much vnlike to Sanicle, but diuided onely into three parts,yet ferrie- lealleg bu? El“; among which rife vp branched ltalkes of a lbot high, whereon are placed the like pfwh-C i ?<1llel',fct about the top of the l’talkes,whereou do grow yellow ﬂouresafweet ﬁmlllngs "1 fnedow; :33! Egene c:t1llIr{:.ddRanrsfnculu:lo/rrlcza, Tr4gi,ot Tgagirirlhis lweet Crowfoot. 13 It growes outt er eso woo s,an sin ti . ‘ is that togB’°gge Crow f0_0t,called of Pezaa,«_icﬂz;?r:’t:4em Batrfcbioidei : o_FDaci(z1na#:.Ba!rac£zian Apalei; lea“ re ‘}1aer:glg'rd::fcr‘ifbec1l1inﬂthe Fouriﬁi pt:ace,w§1e1'etOhthi$ irmuch Zlglgled, ggiy the ﬁalkes and _ - 8:1 or e ouresw ic arew ite:t erootistoug .

fame“; e ninth Cr-ow-.r"oot hathamanv grafﬁe leaues,of a deepe greene tending to blewne{I'e.'

' — at 1,0113. narrow,and fmooth,very like vnto thofe of the finall Biltort, or Snake-Weed=

L l ll ' among;