i452. i Of the Hifiorie of Plants. L113. 2; 4% ‘ :LIB‘z_ V V Ofthe Hifiorie of Plants. e 4

515 All thefe plants mentioned in the three lali Chapters, to wit, Solidaga, I/z'rg;1 azrrm and this 3 amt,-am ma.” .. I . Herfm 1)omz,are by Baubine fitly comprehended vnder the title of Virgzz zmrezz sbecaufe they M6 A Brew flouiedyficjr” “’fl"" C[”fi]~ 4 Gmrzkm.-2 minor Cmsizzta. much alike in {hape,and for that they are all of the -fame facultie in medicine. — '3 WC.’°":‘ Croflewoort Gentian.

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C it A P; 105. Of Felwoortfirifialdmontggr. Q] The Kinder.

Here be diners forts of Gentians or Felwoorts, whereof forne be of our owne countrey ; OIIW“ more iirange and brought further ofl°:and alfo fome not before this time retnembred,eith€f 0 the antient or later writers,as {hall be fet forth in this prefent chapter. i i ‘

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He firlt kinde of Felwoot hath great large leaues,not vnlike to thofe of Plantaine, VCTY

well refembling the Ieaues of the white Helleboremmong which rifeth V a round ho ‘

low fialke as thicke as a mans thumbe, full of joints or knees, with two leaues at eac of them, and towards the top euery joynt or knot is fer round about with fma“ willow {iarre-like floures,1ike a Coronet or garland : at the bottome of the plant next the ground ‘the J siaues do fp1'€3 themfelues abroad, embracing. or clipping the flalke in that place round abour,1et together 7 couples one oppofite againfi another. The feed is fmaIl,browne,ilat, and fmooth like the feeds 0 the Smoke Gillo—floure._ The rootis a finger thicke. The whole Plant is of a bitrerytaite. r

I Gerztiafiarnaforg . ‘ i ‘ :1: 2 Gentianarnajorpuryareajr.ClI¢fijt Great Fclwoort. , ' GreatPurpleFe1woort_.

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. _; ' ’ ‘ — ~ spgtfczttéana farmer’ winter, 1 ; ‘I _p t V N enttan of Bennie, _ 2 Mil?‘ /”//W V ' ~ ’ A , V i 2 This dcfcribed by Clu,‘im,hath ~;\\‘r//w/ I J - ’ 5 _ ieaues and fialkeslike the prCC€dent5thefc ' ' “’* fialkes are fome cubit and halfe or two cu-

bits high, and towards the toppes they are ingirt with two or three coronets oi" faire purple Homes, which are not fltarre-fafhit» ned, like thofe of the former,but long and ho1low,diuided as it were into fome fine or fix parts or leaues, which towards the bot- tome on the inlide are {potted with dcepe purple fpots : thefe floures are without fmt-ll,and haue {'0 many chiues as they hauc jagges,and thefe chiues compa {Te the head, which is parted into two cells,and containes {tore ofa fmooth,chaflie,reddi{h feed. The root is Iarge,yellow on the Out- fide, and white within,vcry bitter,and it fends forth euery yeare new (hoots. I_t

._ growes in diuers places of the Alps 5 }€ ’ floures in Augulhand the feeds are npein

September. 1: x ' 3 Carola; Clufimu alfo fetteth forth 3.-

nothcr fort of a great Gentian, rifing forth ofthc ground with a iliffe firme or folide fiallcc, fat with leaues like vnto uffclepiai, by couples one oppofite againli another, eucn from the bottomc to the top in cer- taine di-itances : from the bofome of the

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