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Show HISTORIE OF PLANTS THE SECOND BOOKE OF! THE O22 i is,che herbe of Viennia, bicaufeit doth growetherein great abundance,from whenceitisbtouche into other countties ; of Ge/merus Salinnca: in Englith Spikenard : ofthe Valletians sellgs and 3 Con/olida regalisflorerubro NardusCeltica. 4 Confolida regalisfylucbyss, Red Latkes {pur, le % The temperature and vertues. _Temightily prouokethvrine, as recordeth Rondedetiws, whotrauelling thtough the defartcoun. trie, chancedto lodge in a monafterie, where was 2 Chanon which could notmakehiswater ,but wasprefently helped by thedecottionof this plant,throughthe aduife ofthe {aid Rondeletins, 5 Wilde Larkes heele. OfLarkes heelesor Larkes clawe. (hap.426. ss The kindes. There be diuers Larkes heeles,fome wilde,and others ofthe garden. 1 Confolids regalis fatiua. GardenLarkes heele: 2 Confolidafativa flore albo, White Larkes fpur. ; %& The defiription. 3 Latkesfpuraiepete wi telomere hath leaves sftalkes, rootes,and feedeslike the others, fauing that i Thewilde Larios "se ° oye tending to rednes,wherein confifteth the difference. Eonafmallmiddletendrell mee he lagged leaues,cutand hackt into diners parts,confufedly Petdeale lffer fic : among which growe the flowers , in thapelike theothers, but a somtimes purple,otherwhiles white,and often. ofa mixt coloursthe roote is {mall Ddthreddie, % Theplace. Thefep| “Plants are fer4 nd ; mets the laft : groweth wilde letin comefieldes, and where fowenin gardens: *Mehath stowen, Co T hey % The time. ; Mower forthe moft part all disiocaici = : % The dcfeription. fegurs : Hegarden Larkes {pur hath’a rounde {temfull of branches, fet with renderiagged eee verylike vnto the {mall Sothetnwood ; the flowers growalongft the ftalks cowardt"* ; of the branches, ofa blewe colour, ? confifting5 of fiue little leaues whichgrow(0|, c y make one holloweflower hauing taile or {pur at the ende,turninginlike the {pur ok Io Thefe flowers are fometimes ofa purple colour, fomtimes white, imurrey, catnation,4 1 other colours,varying infinitely according tothe foile or countrey wherein theyline thefeede veryblacke, like thofe of Leckes : the roote perifheth atthe firftapprochoF 2 Thenames. betheybe hace: not leaues, but flowerslike Dolphines 5 for the flowers,and efpecially be- Mamesorecc te hauea certaine théwe'andlikenes of thofe Dolphines, which old pictures acrooked andbend Thefecond Larke {pur is like theprecedent, but fome thing fmallerin ftalkes ane : ‘ myh ign malta cient families haucexpteffed with Mihibe 4 Othe heauenly Dolphinis fér foorth s And it skilleth not, thou flowers ate alfo like in forme,but of a white colour, wherein efpeciallyis the differences cs - atkes hee] *Cotifieies f'scallec LPlos Regius, ofdiuers Confolida regalis, who makeit one ofthe confounds "thiemay 4 Se isalfo called Delphiniumwhich Dioftorides dc{cribeth in his thirde booke, where“Seftormt 3heEmpe ee Steported by Gerardusof Veltwijck , who femained Leger with the great mrchhadin Doi, tour Charles the fift , that the {aide Gerard {awe at Conftantinoplea copie -— “Diofonide “ought to be falfified and counterfeited : for althoughit be fome ot eo. Hotwithftanding fome one'oftite olde writers 5 out of whoin it is raken , touted |