Of the Hiﬁorie of Plants.

2 The common Corn-ﬁoure hath leaues f pied vpon the ground,of a whitifh green colour,{‘?‘Il' what hack: or cut in the edges like thofe of come Scabious : among’which rifeth vp a R311“? ‘W1’ ded inrodiuers {mall branches, whereon do grow long leaues ofan ouerworne green c0l_0L1Ta W" few cuts or none at all. The ﬂoures grow at the top ofthe {ialks,of a blew coloLir,conﬁi‘tmg 0l_ma' ny ﬁnal lloures fer in a {caly or chalﬁe head like thofe of the Knapweedsmhe feed is fmooth,bY1g E fhining.,aiid wrapped in a woolly or flocky inatter.The root is {mall and ﬁngle,and perifheth when it hath perfeéied his feed.

3 This Bottle is like to the laﬁ: defcribed in each refpe&,fauing in the colour of the Homes’ which are purple,wherein conﬁlieth thedifference.

4 The fourth Bottle is alfo like the precedent,not differing in any point but in the ﬂoiiressfm as the laii before mentioned are of a purple colour, contrariwife thefe are milke white,wh1Ch (“S forth the difference. a

5 The violet coloured Bottle or Come-ﬁoure is like the precedent in ﬂalkes,leaues,{‘eed5»3“ roots : the only diiference is,that this bringeth ﬂoures of a Violet colour,and the others not 1'0: be

6 Variable Corn-floure is fo like the others in ﬁalks,leaues,and proportion, that it cannot d iitinguirhed with words ; only the ﬂoures hereof are of two colours,purple and white mixt £056‘ therawherein it differeth from the reﬁ.

7 There is no dirferenee to be found in the leaues,&alks,feed,or roots of this Corn-ﬁourﬁiﬁom the other,but only that the iioures hereof are of a faire blew colour,and very double. _

8 The eighth Corne-ﬂoure is like vnto the precedent without any difference at all, falling I the colour of the ﬂoures,which are of a bright purple,that fetteth forth the diﬂ’erence. O.

i 9 This from a I’ mall root feuds vp diuers creeping branches fome foot long, fet with 10% 11080’ HRTYQW leaues : at the tops of the ftalkes ﬁand the ﬂoures in fcaly heads , like as the Oihcr Blew-Bottles,but of a darke purple colour. The whole plant is very bitter and vngratefull £0 ‘ 3 tafte. Lohel calls this Cyzmw reyzens.

10 This is like the laﬂ defcribed , but that the leaues are much fmaller or narrower, alﬁ} the fcal y heads of this are of a ﬁner white filuer coloursand this plant is not poffelfed with fuch bmeﬁ nelfe as the former. Lohel calls this Cyemm minimm repent. 1: T '

q} The Place. f

The ﬁrfi groweth in my garden,and in the gardens of Herbarifts, but not wilde that I l<n0“' 05' The others grow in corn ﬁelds among Wheat,Rie,Barley,and other graine : it is fowne in garden ’ and by cunning looking to doth oft times become of other colours,and fome alfo double, 35_ hat.“

geene touched in their feuerall defcriptions. 1: The two laﬂ grow Wilde about Montpelllfl 1 rance. 1;

1}‘ The Time. They bring forth their ﬂoures from thebeginning of May to the end of Harueﬂ. y I] The Names. he The old Herbariﬁs call it Cyenmﬂos, of the blew colour which it naturally hath H1103 Oft c later fort following the common Germane name,call it Florﬁummzomm .- for the German€5 “am _ it ciliotn hlumen : in low- Dutch,dIo3t1 bloemeug in French,Bl.meole,and Blue: .- in Iralian,F“’,’ ‘dry’; yefeuand B/4a'iferr;c,i.Ceris hl4a’z',and Battzﬁmligor B4_ptzﬁ:ml4,as though it fhould be called 3/417?!“ '1 5’ becaufﬁ it hiﬂdereth and annoyeth the Reapers, by dulling and turning the edges of the“ lief in W-‘3Ping 0fC01'ne : in Englifh it is called Blew-Bottle,Blew-Blow,Corne-ﬂoure,and hurt-5*‘ 6° Ili Fahiw C0/Wm would haue it to be the Pepauerjpzimeum or Heracleum of the Anrients. it

_ V q The Temperature areal?/ermes. _ h ,

T116 faculties Ofthefe ﬂoures are not yet fuﬂiciently known. Sith there is no vfe of them 1“ 3’ ye

' ﬁcke,W6 Will leaue the reﬁt that might be faid to a further conﬁderation : notwithﬂandiﬂg Om

haue thought the €0mIi_n0n Blew-Bottle to be of temperature {omething cold, and therefor‘ 5° againﬁ th e inﬂammation ofthe eyes,a; fomc minke,

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T01‘ thepHiPcorie of Plants.

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H A P. 2.52. Of gem ‘Beard, or Cjo to he»! ez‘tn”oon’e.

qf. TI he Defcriptim.

1 oats—beard, or Go tobed at noone hath hollow ﬂalks, fmooth, and of a whitifh green ‘ colounwhereupon do grow long leaues crefted downe the middle with a fwelling rib,: lick {harp pointed, yeclding a milkie juice when it is broken, in ﬂiape like thofe ol Gar- : from the bolome of which leaues thruft forth final tender ﬂalks, fer with the like leaues, but lﬁllier : the Homes row at the to of the {talks conﬁﬂing ofa number of purple leaues,dalht ouet .“51¥Were with g rféra euow dug fet about wiih nine or ten (harp pointed green leaues:the whole » °“T€ refemblesa Sta); when it j5)fpred abroad - for it lhutteth it felfe at twelue of the clock, and fheweth not his face open vntill the next daies §unne doth make it Home anew: WhF_"¢"P°“ it “'35 called. G0 to bed at noone : when thefe floures be come to their full maturitieand ripenelle, they gmw Into a down Blow-ball like thofe of Dandelion which is carried away with thc WIDd€4 The Red is long hauigo th d one eece of that down,y matter hanging at it; The root is long and ﬁPgl°>""l‘h)l0 me fogvhnthrgclesntheretld annexed which periihes when it hath perfeéted his feed,Y“e1* mg much quantitie of a milky juice when ii is cut or brol<en,as doth all the reﬁ oi the plant», I ‘h 3 8 yellow ‘Goats beard hath the like leaues, ﬁalks, root, feed, and downie blovY—b3l15FhEF. - '3 °‘h€.Ihath andalfo eeldeth the like quantitieof m-ilke, infomuch that if the pilling while it !§ greeﬁé be piilled lfromytlie {talks the milky juice followefh = but W115“ it ham ‘here hem.‘-“ﬂed a“; lime While it waiceth yellow T Th; floures hereof are of a gold yellow colour’, and haul? “Fl” ﬁlch

T ‘ (mg green leaues to garnifh it withall; wherein conﬁﬁcth the diffefcnce-’

2 Tragopogbn luteum}

7' ; I ragapoganperpureum. Yellow Goatsbeard.

Purple Goats-beard.

rt-xii rTh°'° is another frnall Tort or Goats-beard" or Go to bed at noone, WW3 W1 *1 tﬁiclieiroof O

p -1,‘ «f ’ . . 1, ou_'nd,yV€l‘y lon’ narrow thin in ’d lik: l\g1'.tO);ha(§)fCfg(f)‘{g[:':vf{“;1‘l)I:1:1£§1‘lL)l?el|? Erltiegsrhiii ::‘n‘bPt;:c:1v§h§c%itrifc vp tender 3 tin thud; t°P3 whereof do ﬁand faite',double yellowiﬂoures like the P‘¢‘3°d¢n"but l‘eﬂ.le“'l The Wht;,l:e{,éi$=

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