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Show oeos ae Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. “> 4= + All thefe Plants mentioned in the three laf ba Dorea, are by Banhine fitly comprel dy alike in fhape,andfor } ape the ti t hat they al Ling CSelidaco,V inca aurea andthis Hi Virgaaureas becaute they are much ie f - | Ofthe Hiftory of Plants, 3 Geuttana maiori. caruleoflore Glufij, Blew floured Felwoort; , 4. Gentianaminor Cruciata, Croflewoort Gentian: Thefigure chat was herewat p.105. Of Fehvoort, orBaldmoney.. @ The Kindes, Here be diuers forts of Gentians or Felwo@rts,whereof fome be ofour ownecountrey, other time remembered,either I more fttange and brought furtheroff: and alfo fomenot beforethis | of the antient or later writers, as fhall befet forth in this prefent chapter. | The Défcription. 2 | Yj 6s % OG "He fitt kinde of Felwoort hath great large leauesnot vnlike to thofe of P!antaineye. ry. well refembling the leaues of the white Hellebore : amongwhich rifethvparound hollowftalke as thicke as a mans thumbe,full of idints or :knees,with two leaues at each ofthem, and towards the top everyioint or knotis fet round about with fmall yellow fta Hots ikea coronet or garland : at the bottomeof theplant next thegr hel : felues abroad, embracingorclipping theftalke in that place round abo ogether bycot ples one oppofite againft another. The feede is fmall, browne, flat, the Stocke Gillo-floure. The roote is a finger thicke.The whole 3 Gentiana maior. Great Felwoort, f eee feeds of a bitter tafte, £ 2 Gentiana maior purpured,tCliffe Great Purple Felwoort, 5 Gentiana Pennei minor. Spotted Gentian of D*. Pennie: # 2° Thisdeferibed by Clifis, hath leaues and ‘ftalkes like the precedent thefe ftalkes are fome cubire andhalf or twocubits high, and towards the toppes they ate ingirt with two orthree coroners of faire purple fidntés, which are not ftar fathioned like thofe ofthe former , but toni and hollow , dinided as it were into 1ome fiue orfix parts or leau es, which to- wards the bottomeonthe infide’are {potted with deepe purple {pots : thefe foures are without {mell, & haue fo many chiues aS theyhaue iagges,and thefe chiues com. paffe the Head, which is partéd’ into two cells,and containes ftore ofa {mooth,chafz fie,reddifh feed. The rootis latee yellow onthe outfide,and white within very bit= ter,& it fends forth everyyere new fhoots It Stowes indiuers places ofthe Alps it floures in Auguftyandthe feeds are ripein September, + a 3 Carolus Chifivs alfo fetteth forth 4nother fort ofa great Gentian,rifing forth of the ground witha ftiffe, firme or (lide flalke, fet with leaues like vnto A/clepias, ®y couples one oppofiteagainft another, Cuen from the bottome. to the top incerfaine diftances ; from the bofome ofthe Jeanés |