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7 It growes naturall on diuers places of the Alpes. Gefmr called it dmifcm floridus .- Pom, Ocimoidtf

atjl/lfifcofus :and Clufizis,Cziryo}>ky/lm pzmzilio e/Ilpimas 9. 2!: _

This leafe-lelle Pinke (as the Greeke word doth feeme to import) hath many {mall rufhy esrhenty leaues tiling immediately from a tough rufhy root : among which rife vp fialkes like VMO rig; (hespfa f pan high ,without any joynt at all,but fmooth and plaine 5 on the top whereof grower a. irnall Home of a blewifh or sky colour, conlifiing of foure little leaues fomewhat jagged in the g=2s,nor vnlike thofe ofwilde flax. The whole plant is very bitter, and ofa hot ta lie.

10 The white mountaine Pinke hath a great thicke and wooddy root; from the which immc‘ diately rife vp very many {mall and narrow leaues, finer and leller than gra He, not vnlike t0 the fmallefl rulh : among which rife vp little tender flalkes, joynted or kneed by cerraine difiancesa

fet with the like leaues euen to the top by couples,one oppo lite againfl another: at the top wh€T5'

gf grow pretty fweet fmelling floures compofed of fiue littlewhite leaues. The feed is {mall 3“ lackilh.

I I There is a wilde creeping Pinlre which growetlr in our pafrures neere about London,and i“ other placesbutefpecially in the great field next to Detford, by the path fide as you go from R6 ' riffe to Greenewich 3WhiCh hath many fmall tender leaues {hotter than any of the other wil_ 6 Pinkes,{'et vpon little tender flalkes which lie flat vpon the ground, taking hold of the fame 1_I1 fundry places, whereby it greatly encreafeth :whereupon grow little reddifh floures. The root 15 fmall,tough,and long lafiing. '

12 This Virgin-like Pinke is like vnto the refl of the Garden Pinkes in flalkes, leaues,and roots. The floures are of a blufh colour, whereof it tooke his name,which {heweth the difl°ereflC° from the other. v

:t ’ This whole figure I giue you for that fmall leaued one that was formerly in this place, hath {lender fialkes fome fpanne high, {er with two long narrow hard {harpe pointed leaues at 689 joynt. The floures (which grow commonly but one on a fiallce) conlifl: of flue little fnipt lcalles of a light purple colour, rough and deeper coloured about their middles, with two little crook? threds or homes : rhe feed is chaflie and blacke : the root long, and creeping : it floures in AP““ and May,and is the Flu: caryapbyllew fylm:/in‘; I.OfC/ufim. :1: , g 13 Clufim mentions alfo another whofe fialkes are fome three inches hi h : th I ues br03' der,fofter,and greener than the former : the floures alfo that grow vpon the tgp oftiieeftalkes are larger than the former, and alfo confifi of Hue leaues of a deeper purple than the former,with1°“‘ get haires finely intermixt with purple and white. he

1: 14 This from a hard wooddy root {ends vp fuch flalkes as the former which are fet 3! Vi jipynts with {hart Ila1'I'OVé(’.1(‘l and darlper greene leaues : the floures are white, fvr:eet-fmelling, cofl )"‘,

inc of line much diui e leaues rauing two threds h n sin the‘ 'ddl . I H T ' M3 ’ andait is the Caryoplvyllaafilmjflr 55 4:11.791?/4 0fC/"film i or or 6 “ml e t cums m d.

1 5 This wilde' {ea Pinke hath diuers fmall tenderwe ke branches trail" 11 out‘! whereuponare fet leaues like thofe of our fmalleft gardenaPinl<e, but ofan high; tctslgiir 15“: ding to whitenefli:,as are mofi of the fea Planrs.The floures grow at the top of the ftalkes,in {MP5 li1l)rie thpge «:oIi;Sptch:woorti;1nda wlhitifh colour.Neither thefeeds nor feed-veflels haue I 39V‘ 0 cm : e oot IS tou an n e.

16 There is another §fth€fC irviglde Pinlces which is found growing in ploughed fields, yet in fuch as are necre vnto the fea : it hath very many leaues f pread vpon the ground of a frcfh green ‘O’ 1(1)“? 5 3m°“g_fi‘ "re VPT‘§fld§r fialkes of the height of a foot, fet with the like leaues by C“: p esat_Certa1ne 1_ 3f.1C€S-‘ e" oures grow at the to many together, 'n f 1; SW69 -’ William, of a white or fometimes a light red colour. pThe root is fmall: iéiéiinaegfiofigelaaing. .1 Tlgis 1!: a kinde ofGramm Lezmmt/Jemima, or Helofleum Rae/lggdefcribed in the 38. Chapter of the firfi 00 e. "

I 7 Clufiiar makes this aLycbm'a .- and Loéel (whom I here folIow)a P inkgcalling it c,,,MefiyW‘ minimu: bumzlu alter exatzccpér flare cclandido amimo. This from creeping roots fendeth VP may yea many branches fome_han _ull an better high,fet with two long narrow greene leaues at ca‘? joynt: the floures which grow pm tlfie tlpps of the branches are of a pleafing white colour, com po e offiue yaggedleaues wit out me . fter the floures are gone there fucceed round blunt polnw vefl'els,conrainiiig a (‘mall blackith flat feed like to that of the other Pinks. This bath a vifcous 0‘ clamrny juyce like as that of the tmzifczjat/l’n: or Catch-flies. Clufim makes this his Lycbm3fi/1¢e-

decima. :1: W T/M Place.

Thefe kindes of Pinkes do grow for the molt part in gardens, and likewife many other forts, which were ouer long to write ofparticulary.Thofe that be wilde do grow vpon mOLll'ltaiflC5YfiOn

tockssaeeé slsisstplaéss: Tlzetcfiare fpscifieé énthcirdefcriptionsa ,, The

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Th fl _ II] The Time. _ Cy ourewith the C loue Gillofloure,and often after.»

Thepink . E 11' ‘Ike 2\{7amc:. _ V mm mm ed“/‘~‘3U€_d of 1_’l_my and Tur(2er,Canra6rzc4 and Statzcesof Fuciifiw and Dodmm, Veto; "9 mm bre 351:“ I‘€‘l0”15t1.4[tllIJ_.-Of Loéelzus and_Fi_¢c/2{z:ut,S{tPeréiz: in French. Cf’yrafflee5,0cil1etz,and Honemess 5 - In Italian, Garofiilz, and Garam .- in bpanifh, Claim .2 in Englifh, Pinkes and (mall;

1' The Tam emmre.

The temperature of the Pinkes is referred to the éloue Gillofioures.

The‘. . QT '1‘/2eI’e‘rtzie:s . g good toiafe not vfed in Phyficke, but efieemed for their vfe in Garlands and Nofegaies. They are

aith e put into Vinegre,to giue it a pleafant tafte and gallant colour,as Rziellzm writeth. Facia-

thcmofi; t api the roots are commended agamft th€fi1~I1f€.&10fl of the plague ;and that the juyce

we I}; pro table to wafie away the (tone, and to driue it forth : and likewrfe to cure them that e falling iickenelle.

C H A P. 184., Sweet Saiiit Iobm and Sweet PI/if/iamr.

I L/135.3” id 4154- :2 Armeria 4154 &- mam multiplex; 1“: Iohnss Double white andred Iohns.

q The Defcription.

I iohrfishaue round fialkes as haue the Gillofloures, (whereof they are a kinde) 3 1% awhereupon doe grow long leaues broader than thofe of the Gillolioirre, ofa

rcen - - . Pfa perfcgtgwhitfi gtrjgfi“-r.°°10ur . the floures grow at the top of the flalkes, very like vnto PmkeS'

3 Th I‘ - . orb“ whiiefcond differeth not from the other but in that,that this plant hath red floures, and the

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