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Show Theatrum Botanicum, 465° Guar.21, Trisrg Trise 4. The Theater of Plants. CHAP. 22 8. Linaria minima eretta, The lealt upright Todeflaxe. This Todeflaxe, being the leaft of all the former, and but that it doth not creepe, might elfe have beene fet in blackifh, 2 with pale yellow {pots in the mouthes ofthem, ofa pretty fweete fent,the (eedes and rootes are alike blewith greene leaves, like the common wilde kinde, andat the toppe many{mall pale yellow colour, with a This finall ieumlbeletiaeds from sae ask a number of finall weakeftalkes,leaning downetothe grotind; f {e being able to ftand upright, fet without order, with many {mall and very narrow afheoloured léaves up td eee Soha they. grow intodivers other {maller branches, having a long head or {pike of flowers, very Gon ‘erutobe fineblewifh purple colour; witha yellow {pot in the mouth of them: the feede is not unlike che the next ranke; hath one {mall ftalke not above halfe a foote high, whereon grow very many {mall narrow {pot in the jaw or mouth ; the feede is exceeding {mall blackith and flat, the roote is {mall and perifheth every yeare, riling againe from its owne fowing, 9, Linaria minor cerulea reéta, Small upright blew Flaxeweede. This final plant hath fandry{mall ftalkes, of very {mall fhort leaves fet one again{t another, ofthe fame blew. ifh greene colour with the laft, from among whichrife up twoorthree ftalkes, {carfe halfe a foote longer and narrowerleaves thereon,with larger flowers then thelaft,and ofa blewith colour; afterhigh, bearing which come {mall feedelike the laftethe roote is threddyand perifheth every yeare, The Place, Thefirft as I faid groweth every where throughout the whole land, bothin the way fides alfo by hedgefides, and uponthe fides of banks and borders of fields: the fecond in manyplacesininmedowes, as Germany and Hyengary ; the third in Candy, the fourth in Spaine, thefifth is not certainely knowne where : the fixt on the hils in Saxony, as lohannes Thaliws faith : the feaventh in barren dry and openplaces, the eight and the lat we know not whence their originall are, but came with i other feedes that were fent us from beyond the Seas. perifhing every yeare. 14 Linariacerulea repens, The {mall blew creeping Flaxeweede, ‘ a spiel theroote fhooteth forth manyfibres, and abideth; not perifhing in the W inter, 5. Linaria quadrifolia Alpina. The Mountaine blew Flaxeweede. oe aes almoft ce pens dive This Monntaine Flaxeweede fhooteth forth his {malt weakeftalkes; lying vided into many fmaller branches, even from the bottome : upon which are fet {mal thort w vitifl thatis, at fome but two leaves, at othe ee VES) very orderly at the feverall joints, one above another; 4. Linavia cérulea repens. The {mall blew creeping Flaxeyveede, 1 The Time. Thefe flower in Sommer, and their {eedeis ripe ufually beforé August be patt. The Names, The firtt is called Linaria and “Pferdolinum by Brunfelfius, Lonicerys and Dodonays ; of Matthiolus, Fufchivs; Cordus, and Lobel, O/yris. The fecond Camerarius mentioneth in his hortus Adedicus : “The third, Clufius faith the feede came from Candy,and grewin John Aogheland his Garden 3 and is very probable to be both the Linaria tetraphylla of Columnay and the arvenfis carulea of Bauhinys, The fourth is Clufius his Hi/panicatertia, The fifth Camerarius in borto medico faith it was fo called inhistime. The fixth is mentioned defcription of Harcyniafylua, bythe name of Linaria montana five (ylveftris, and byJohannes Thalivs, in the as Bauhinus thinketh, isthe Anonymo Linifolio of(fufivs, and thé Linaria adulterina of Tabermontanus. The feaventh Lugdunenfis calleth Linaria tennifolia, and Baubinws Linaria capillaceo folio. The eighth is called minima not having any other epi- - thite, And the la{t minor cerulea recta. Linatie minime repentes. The leaftand creeping Flaxeweedes? Ui Linaria pumila Hifpanica. The dwarfe Spanith Flaxeweedes. an dwarfe Todeflaxe ofSpaine, fhooteth up many tender weake branches, not‘ableto ftand upright, and rifing to be about an. handbreadth or -halfe a foote high, whereon grow. many long and narrow leaves verylike unto the comrizon wilde kind,as wellfor forme as colour, and foarealfo the Howersat the toppes of the ftalkes, but leffer by much ; the heads and feed are alfolike it, and the roote {mall and white, and creeping under ground, : 2. Linariaparva Hifpanica altera; Another {mall Spanith FlaxéweedeThis other {mall Spanifs Flaxeweedehath divers weakefle nder branches, with many fmall narrow léavésfee about them,but fatter or thicker in handling, and fomewhat leffer alfo thenithe laft, and ofan ath colour toppes ofthe ftalkes are furnifhed-with a great many ; {mall flowers} ofa pale blewith or ath, colcur, witha the low fpot in the month or gaping place, the feed and feede yelveffels are {mall according to the proportion of the plant, the rooteis fmall and white,and perifheth every yeare. 3, Linaria Hifpanica atro purpurea repens, The creeping darke purple Spanith Flaxewéede. _ This Spanifh kinde alfo hath many weake trayling branches, whereon grow*many {mall foft afh coloured Ieaves;at the toppes ofthe ftalkes grow many flowers,fomewhatlarger thenthe lalt,of a fad purple colour,almoft 3, Linda pumnita Hifpanica, The dwarfe Spanify Flaxgyveede, [7 VSL blackith} inavi ina, ifolia Alpina, Seee ei Hel piupato inavi Africana i i Helxines folio. 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