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£1 3 B/zmm nziizes alézmz, it ‘Bl. _ 4. mm; mmusruérzzm,

C H A Pa 450 '1‘hefi.naHW_h~t - - . 1 _ _ e “C” ' The {mall red Elite. qr The Dcfcrzgztzofi.

1 Tide great white Blite gtoweth three or foure foot high, with grayifh orwhite round

{talkes : the leaues are plaine and fmooth, almolt like to thofe of the white Orach; bl"

not to {oft not mealy : the floures grow thrufi together like thofe of Orach : after that

commeth the feed inclofed in little round flat husky skinnes. _ 2 There is likewife another fort of Blites very frnooth and flexible like the former, faumg that the leaues are reddilh, mixed with a darke gteene colour, as is the flalke and alfo the refi 0

the plant. 3 There is likewife found athir ches, leaues, and the plant is altogether ofa greene colour. But this gtowes vp

not at all. 4. There is likewife another in our gardens very like the former, fauing that the whole P13“

traileth vpon the ground:the flalkes,branches,and leaues are reddifh : the feed is lmall,and clulle‘ tin g together, gteene of colour, and like vnto thofe oFRzw1li:a his Cororxopm, or Bucks-home.

d fort very like vnto the other, fauing that the f’calkes,bl’3“‘ tight, and creep“

2 Blitum majzo: ruémm.

The great red Blite.

:3: I Blimm majm zzléum. The great white Blite.

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g maglgit am no nitrous or flue: and Yfffs 5! to make the belly foluble, though not vehemently, “ 7 0 ‘PC qua me Whemby the bfilly lhould be prouoked. Ihaue heard

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d Wiues fay to h ‘ . . figfiecl o1-;heeie_fight- ‘v¢&;1§:)F:e3:II§S , lighter no Blane? to put mto_my portage , for [they are not write!‘ went to fchoole 5 for that I cmfi d t It‘) icwogfi s kriowrror, it rriay be of fame Doétor that ‘S. D n no uch t mg vpon record,erther among the old or later

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'- “T/3:3 Place, _ .. g‘;‘.£1ll.‘.~’} 1} The Kinder.

The Blites grow in Gflfdfifls £01’ the “ma P3'”aa1El1(’)l‘lgl1 there be found oftl:t%mwi§x.‘3L

times. {I The 7'z'77ze, _ é ' They flomim all the Summm long’ and glow Veil’ greene in Winter likewil'e. ‘ ‘ Hefebe diuers forts of Flou l ' ' " - - 156 NW“ N and fmalnefl-C _ {om re-gentle, differing in many‘point's very notably, asingreatn ‘F . in. .55/It‘: .3! ’ e Purplexand Olihfifs Ofa skarlet colour 3 and one aboue the ref} tvberewiltig

It is called in Greeke, W17»! = in Léltiflfi,» Blitlém : in Englilh, Blite, and Biites : in F.te:‘:‘~.C It “'1? bath feemed to delight; he, fclfe f - .. . . . . gr B[m.e,_ an 1;]? t e Parrats feathers for beauty”, . e Peciqjly in the leaues, whrchm variable coloiirs Ptriues it xfmararzt/fit: