6 4 2, Of the Hiflorre of Plants. L I B. 2- i L I B_ z_ - i V V '—("/‘(A \ lundry {mall headsofa pale yellow l:olour,like vnto the other of this kinde. The root is blacks and 1 I2 Lwnwpodmm Paw,” fomewhat fibrous. . V t ‘ '

8 There is a ltintle of Cotton.weed,being of greater beautie than the tell, that hath {lrait and small LY°“5 Cudweed, vpright Ptalkes 3 foot high or more,eouered with a molt foft and fine wooll, and in fuch plentiful manner, thata man may with his hands take it from the flalke in great quanritie :which llall“? 15 hefet with many I mall long and narrow leaues, greene vpon the inner fade, and hoary on the Other 5d€;f3G‘i50“@d f0m€‘What likethe leaues efRofemary,but greater. The fioures do grow at tht? ‘OP of the ftalkes in bundles or tufts, confifting of many fmall floures ofa white colour, and very €105‘ ble,eom paét,or as it were confilting of little liluer fcales thruft clofe together,which doe make the fame very double.‘/Vhen the flame hath long flourifhed, and is waxen old, then comes there in the

‘ rnidtl:-fit ofthe fioure a certaine browne yellow thrurnme, fuch as is in the middeft of the DaifiC= which liloure being gathered when it is young, may be kept in fuch manner as it was gathef€ meant: in fueh freihnelfe and well liking) by the {pace of a whole yeare after, in your cheil of CH6" where : wherefore our Englifh women haue called it Liue—long, or Liue for euer,which name d0‘ aptly anfwer his effeéts. qt Clafim recciued this plant out of England, and firlt fer it forth by the 11an:té'»ofGna;2;’m/i:im Amerimmm, or urrgy racome. 1: L

9 Thisvplant hath three or foure {mall grayifh cottony or woolly flalkes’ growing flrait fr_0m the root, and commonly diuided into many little branches ; the Ieaueg be long, narrow whitlfh; {O55 39d W”0llYs “kc the other ofhis kinde : the floures be round like buttons, growingvery many

t°.’=7C‘l?e’ 3‘ the '50P Of the flalkes, but nothing To yellow as Moufe-eare, which turne into downfs and ate’ caried away with the winde.

Of the Hiftorie of Plants. M

El: 13 Gnaplmlium aélongafilioz M Long leaued Cudweedg

1 °_ F‘7{’§”~fiW Hc’_r£,, smpd.‘ 1 I Leomapodium, five Per Leom'mII- Herbermpious, or wicked Cudweed. V Lions Cudwegd;

1 14 Gfidp/uliam mimailzztiare fblio; Smfillbroad leaned Cudwced.

like Gmzp/mlium Anglimw, but fomewhat broader. At the top of the flalke groweth .3 floure ofa blackifh brown violet colour, befet about with rough and woolly hair-ie ],eaues,w,hich‘ make the whole floure to re- femble the rough haired foot ofa Lyon,of a Hare, or a Beare, or rather in mine opini- on of a rough footed Done. The heads of thefe floures when they are fpread abroad carry a greater circumference than is re- quired in fo fmalla plant;and when the floure is faded, the feed is wrapped in fuch a deale of wooll that it is fcarfely to be found out.

12 This fmall kinde of Leantopodiurft being likervile a kind of Cottonvweed,ne1— ther by Diofcoridc: or any other antlem-' writer once remembred, hath 03¢ 59813

1o The tenth is like vnto the lafl before mentioned, in flalkes lean at much larger,and for the molt part thofe floures which appear-e firllt are the,lOWCilS’;)?ldb:ilE:‘lille:l1t:ltbeyge ouertopt by other floures which come on younger branches, and grow higher, as children {¢‘l‘mg to ouergrow or ouertop their parents, (hs many wicked child yen do) for which caufe it hath beene called Herba impia, that is, the wicked Herbe, or Herbe Impious,

r 1 This plant may be comprehended vnder the title of Gmzpbalium being without dollb‘ ‘; kind‘? ‘h°"‘?°f:a3 may appeare by the fhape of his flqures and flalkes,coue;ed ouer with a {oft Wool like tjntg the other kindcs of Cotton-weed it is an handfull high or thercabouts, befet w' ll 16333::

fialke nine inches in height,and the l€3U€S of Gm: balizim montzmum-,which leaues and flalltes are white, with a thick hoaly W°°l' lineffe , bearing at the COP Pale YCHOW floures like Gnaplmlium m0”WW”’/-' ‘hi? T0012 is {lender and w00dd)_’- _

i 1 3 This,wh1ch Clu/iw calls Gmz.‘

plmlium Platmupz . hath fmall * Pcalkes -fame

handfullhigh or fomewhat ,more,ofWh5Ch ‘ “ “ " r‘ ‘ “W " ‘ '"“ form;