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Show ac ee Appendixto det ak ] Gward «calls red. Whortl n es, and they.are of a verypale white e which Gerard g that thofewhich beenfeenc,fauin oe ae ul Cyperus J ndicus, fine Curcuma, | Turmericke, Page 3+ Libs ts C0927" J Iuncus minor capitulis Equiftti. Club-Ruth. “Pig. 3 5. Libs. Capags teffi white, green tillthey be fulltipe,fo as when the Tipe ones looke red,the yntipe ones looke Cloud-bertieafluredly is noother than Knoutberrie. dinary HesketsPrim-rofe groweth in Clap-dale. If M". Hesket found it there it was fome extraor d in cherithe onely is it but feene, be s to there nofuclni afflured juxurious floure, for now I am well i our gardens. ry town Gerard faith manyofthefe Northerne plants do growin Cragge clofe, In the Northeve called,wherandvillage neere anycraggie ground both with vs & in Weftmerland haue clos {0 byGerards Cragge clofe is kept clofe from our knowledge. Chamemiorus,feuVaccinianubis. Knot,or Knout-berrie, or Cloud-berrie. His Knot,Knout or Cloud-berrie (for by all thefe names it is knowne to vs in the North, and taketh thefenames from the high mountaines whereonit groweth, and is perhaps,as Gerard faith,one of the brambies,though without any prickles) hath roots as {mall as packe thredwhich more faftereepe fat abroad ynder the ground sof an ouerworne red colour, here and there thrufting or three leaues ofa reafonable {ad green colour,withfoot-ftalkes an inch long, oneaboue another without order : the higheft is but little,and feldgme well fpread open; theyare fomething rugged, crifpiefull of nerues in everypart,notched about the edges , and with {ome foure gafhes a little déeper than the reft,wherebythe whole leafe is lightly diuidedinto fiue portions.On the top ofthe ftalk commethone floute confifting of foure,fomerimesof fiue leaues apiece, verywhite and tender,and rather crumpled than plainewith fomefew fhort yellowthreds1n the mid ft ; it ftandethin alittle greene husk offiue leaues,outof which whenthefloure fades, commeth thefruit,compofed ofdivers graineslike that of the bramble,as Ofeight,ten or twelue, fometimes of fewer, and,per- Raps through fome mifchance but of three or two,fo ioined, as they make fome refemblance ofa Héart,from whence /it may be)hath grown thatérrour in Gerard of dividing this plant into 2 kinds: the fruit is fr whitith greene,after becommeth yellow, and reddifh onthat fide next the Sun, we Ir groweth naturally in a blacke moift earth or moffe, whereofthe countrie makethafewel brake:as nd Heath,moffe,a the among mountains and wetfells of tops the vpon that call Turfe,and aboutIngleborowin the Weft part of York-fhire, on Graygreth a bighfell on the edge of Lanca- fhire,on Stainmorfuch alike place in Weftmerland,and otherfuch like high places.is not ripetill The leaues comeforth in May,and in the beginning of June the floures: tke fruit late in Iuly. Theberries havea harfh and fomething vnpleafanttafte. Seas, His worke was begun tobe printed before [uch time as we receinedall the figures from beyondthe it notfitto omit them which was the occafion I omitted the(e following in their fitting places-but thinking to theplaces wherto they wholly rauing them by meI wil give you them with their titlesand the reference belone, 4 ° * «In Avguft laft whiles this worke wasin the Preffe,and drawing to anend, I and M®. Willian ouer the Breadwere at Chifflel-hurft with my oft mentioned friend M*. George Bowles, and going heath theteT obferued this fmall Spartum whofefigure I here giue,and whereofyoufhall find menforthat I had not ion, in the place noted vnderthetitle ofthe figure;but it is not there defcribed,: nor in Dutch,which I neither had enit,nor could finde thedefcription therofin any Author,but derftood:Nowthislittle Matweed hath fome{mall creeping ftringy roots:on wh ich grow fom at thick heads,confifting ofthree or foure leaues, as it were wrapt togetherin oneskin, biggett ll they grow vp tothe heightof halfean low,and fo growing finaller vpwards,as in Schenanth,vntifcarce exceeds two inches) breake out of h,then theferufhie greene leaues (whereof the longeft fe whitifh skins wherein they were wrapped, and lye along vpon the ground, and amongft thefe owes vpa fmall graffie ftalke,fome handfull or better high,bending backe thetop, which carries ~orowes of{mall chaffie feeds.Irisin the perfection about the beginning of Augut. FINIS. 9 * Spartum noftras parvum LobelijHeath Mat-weed. b { Pag.glibote Capea4ethe fife i Sebenanthi flores. The flaures afCamels Hay. taee gees MN ea RRRTNTT TE ORLYea TOTNR eee ly into the moffic hillockes tufts of fmall threddie ftrings,and at certaine joints putting vp {mall fialks rather tough than wooddy,halfe a foot high,fomthing reddifh below:on whichdo growtwo |