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Golden Torle-fiax.

I 2 Pqfléiina limzr1'££_f0lio,L05. Sparrowes Todc-flax.

of Plants. L I B. 2- 1 1 Scopizria five Ofyris Gnecamm. Bufhie or Befome Todc-3‘-"5

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1' I 3 Paflérimi alum. Sparrow-tongue,"

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;_ L I B» 2- Of tliemldiifiorie of Plants. 555

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it ’ 4 I~5r.7.iz;‘/.-i ¢m’.«r,/;‘c;'z';2ii. "I" 1 1 S to/varia, or after Dara’./wazzis, 0fyrz7i3 Baliard Tode-flax. which the Italians cal Belw?dere,hatl1very ma- Dy—{l‘.OOE.'~3 or fprigs rifing from one fliiall llallc, making the whole plant to refemblea Cypres tree, the branches grow fo hand fomely :now it growes iome three foothigh,and very thicl: and bulhie, fo that in fome places where it naturally gtoweth they make befomes of it, whereof it tooke the name Si*b;mr/"xi. The leaues be {mall and narrow, almoli like to the lea-ties fflax. The floures he fmall, and ofan herby colour, growing among the leaues,whieh keep greene all the \N~inter. gt ] neuer knew it: here to ripen the leed,nor to outline the lirft frollt. gt . , 12 This plant alfo for refemhlance fake is referred to the Linariegbecaufe his leanes be like Lz‘mm".i. At the top of the finall bran- ched Pralkes doe grow little yellowilli floures, pale ofcolounfoinewhat like the tops Off/My- ficome. Ia/m emozmm of Turnay taketh it to be [Aryfotamc zzltcm. Anti becaufe there hath been no accordance among Writers, it is fiifhcient to fet forth his defcription with his name P4/1 ferz';4zz. i Baidaine refers it to the Gromz'//5, and cals it,Lz'tb0j]2ermzim Lz'mzrz}efoZz’o Monfielzkzwm. 1 13 '_[his which Tm‘/cm. calls Lmgzm — Pzzfl2’rimz,and whofe figure was giuen by our ‘ ‘ _.-~‘““ 2:? Aiithour for the former, hath a fmall fingle ' 3 whitilh root, from which it {ends vp a {lender flalke fome cubit and halfe high, naked on the the VP Q _ » lower part, but diuided into little branches on _mel?~fs‘Vl11Ch branches are fer thicke with little narrow leaues likethofe of VVIMCI 5a_u0rie or fo'mevv‘§;7g‘}"“§fii Which grow many little longith feeds of the bigneffe and tafleof Millet, but 4/ mm Dxgtterand l)lttC.I'C1'.. The floures confifi of fame fmall yellow leaU€$- 7’4£s’”5 93115 this -~ .5 a merry makes it Lztbo/jicrmum minus : and Colimma hath fet it forth by the name of Lina- 4‘I‘Z’”‘4 éotfyozlesmimtarza. J ' _ H” ghis which Clufim hath fet forth by the name Ofg/fimfymos, or .Namelefi'e, 15 called in the g,eene~gr2'£"::Zh-i I So. uimlayllis mofltzzmt 3 and by 7‘/zhern.Lznarzmzdultcrzmz. It hath many hard pale ewes like h Eff offome foot high;and vpon thefewithout any order grow many hard narrow long es 9 E 0 e of flaxe,at firfi of a very tart,and afterwards or a bitteriflitaflte : the tops of the are branched into fundry footflalkes, which carry little white lioures confiihng of line ll/mg fiarre-falhion, with fome tlireds in their rniddles :after which at length co-me ‘ mm fungue garnered, containinga white pith in a hard filme or skin. The root is white, diui. ping like tbatrif F3I:iChes,and hues lon_g,euery yeare fending vp many l’call<es,and fornetimes cree- , Goody” £0 Odljo e-flax. It tloures in May, and growes vnon moiintaiiious places of Germany 5 h a a un it growingwilde on the {ide of a chalkie hill in an inclofure on the right hand of V9 5 YOU go from Droxford to Poppie hill in Hampfhire. :1:

I3‘ Tlie Place. edowes: and alongby (rlslildfl in many places, as vpon [tone walls, grauell y grounds,bar— dinary kii?dii:Ciii'hcii:Iheti1g]l:er that; haue feene any of thefe growing Wilde with vs,vnlefl'e the firft or- ’ , Uery w ere common. 1; In '1‘ lie Time. gulf.

1- T d _ - TlJc,N.«ime:. ‘ . _ t 0 C flax lsvcalled oi‘ the Herbarifis of our tirne,Lz'mzri4,or Flax-weedfind V 7’ 1?Mlm‘-'oi fome,

Of)" ' ,' h‘ . . . a;g.i.1oI?!:t§h=ni?nkUflut,and £Dn[et fcaumm flatcbzin low Dutch, flallt '0lL1l852lflEDgllfl1; e ’ .' “sand Flax-weed: the eleuenth is called in Italian, Bel-wdere, or faire in light- ’ ‘ t‘-me Plan.‘ 15. al(° celled Sw1mri4,and Heré.ijtzm’iofi2rum,becaul'e it is a fit thing to maks’. bl'°°mf§ ' V H 9 2

T . ren riie kmdes 0fTocle—flax

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