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Show ¥ a. OrenPia Laan great Valeriansvhich wecall Setwall. At the top ofthe ftalks grow blew flores in thicke tufs or buttons. The root is white andfingle. The fecondis like vnto the former, fauing that his leaues are much cut or iagged, andthe 2 “Lisa. OF the Hiftoryof Plants: | 5 Scabiofa flore purpurco. Purple floured Scabious. { 6 Scabiofa rubra A Red Scabious of/ ; whole plant is altogether leffer,{carcely growing to the height ofa foot. 3 The third kinde of Scabious is in all things likevnto the fecond, faningthat the knap or headdoth notdilate it felfe fo abroad, andis not {0 thicke or clofe ly thruft together, andthe lov. effleaues are not fo deepely cut or iagged, but the vpper are much fmaller,aridalfo thé motedi. uided, +: 4 The fourth groweth with large ftalkes,hauing two leauesonefet right againftanother, very much iagged,almoft like vnto common Ferne,or rather Afh : andat the nop of the ftalks there growlarger floures,like vnto the firtt,but greater, and the roote is. alfo like it,and it differs nowaie from the firft deferibed,but onely byreafonof the foile. 5 Purple floured Scabious hath a roughhairie ftalke, whereon doe growbroad leauesdeepe- ly cut in the edges,in formelike thofe of Sowthiftle,roughlikewife andhairie;the floures grawat the top ofthe ftalks, compofed of an innumerable fort of purple thrums : afterwhich comeftaly knapslike thole ofJacea,or Knapweed, wherein is the feed. The root is {mall and threddie, ¢ 6 The fixth fortofScabious hathftalks fome cubite high,round, andfet with leaues not cut and iagged almoft to themiddle rib,as in the former, yet fomewhat rc andhairie, {niptabout the edges,and ofa light greene colour,amongft whichrife vp rough ftalkes,on the top where. ofdo growfairered floures confifting ofa bundle of thrummes. The rootis long, tough,and fbrous. + 7 Thefeuenth kinde of Scabious hath fundrie great, rough and roundftemmes, ashighssa tall man,befet with leaueslike the firft Scabious,but far greater. The floures growat the top of the ftalkes like vnto the others , but ofa faint yellow colour,which fallas fooneas it is touched withthe hand , wherebyit mightily increafeth, notwithftanding the roote endureth for many yeares,and growethtobe wonders body. t 3 Scabiofa media. Middle Scabious. eat:and in mygardenit didgrowto the bigneffe ofamans 4 Scabiofa te ris,fivefiganm, Corne Scabious. T 7 Scabiofa montana maxima Mountaine Seabious: $ 8 Scabiofs montanaalha. White mountaine Scabious. |