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Show tee BOOKE THE SECONDE 354 OF HISTORIE ‘OF PLIAN TS. THE Pneumonanthe. Calathian-Violets 2 Gentianella Alpina verna. 1 Gentianella Alpina xiClasy. Baftard Felwoort. Se Theplace. Alpes Felwoort of the {prpg time, It is founde fometimes in meadowes times in-vntilled places, Itgroweth ypor fielde downesinKenty neereynto avi led Longfielde by Granefende; vportthect cliffes neere"Greene-Hythe & Cobhamjn and many other, places. It likewife gtower youride from SugarJoafe hillynto Bathe; in the weft counttey. xe The time: The gallant flowers heeteofibe in their branerie about the end of Avguft, andin September, %& The names. Thereis great ambiguitie in the words of pieand Rueliws,which1 do notintende f0re bicanfe they dorather confounde th thenbring anyprofite to the Reader. The; pare the yellowMarigold, with the blew o red Calathian Violet, which are no more then things that are moft vilike. % The place. the mountaines of Heluetia, and ofGem The firlt of thefe wilde Gentians doth growe vpon are ftrangers as yet in England, nie,but » frfrom le > . ; ; 3 seine in Waterdowne foreft in Suffex, in the way halos The fecondgroweth plentifully brook a 7 houfe, , called Bridge Charlewoodes lodge yntoahoufe of the Lord of Abergauenie on the plaine of Salisburie, hares London; neere Colbrooke by aheath vpon > y0 {ide there.efpeciall d ror Lorde of Pembrookes houle bythe turningfrom the faideplaine vnto the righthonorable the bettie, Albonsand¢ Saint Wilton, and vpon achalkie banke inthe high waie betweene % The time. - \ atit finell, Théfloweris like a little bell cuppe, growing onelyin Autumne, offobeautifulla colour, 7 a8 e © . : lp afleth the very bleweit felfe. By which words we maygather,iocan be no kinde of yellowe pafle ae Plinywoulde haueit, Itis called /iola Autumnalis, or Autumile Violet, andfeemeth the lame that Valerius Cordys doth call Pxeumonanthe,which he faith isnamedin the Germain ome Harueftbels, Their is as much faide in the title touching their names, as is extant in Witt z a he temperature and vertues. ‘a There faculties in working are referred vntothe other Gentians, although they be of Jeu } % The temperature. *hiswilde Felwoort or Vi olet,is in temperature hot,fomewhatlikein facultie to Gentian,wherSakinde,but farre weaker in operatio n, % lag T he vertues. : etPhifitions hold itto beeffeual peft . | E ‘ : i ainft and bitternefie, tVenemous beafts, Of Calathian Violet, or Autumne bellflower. Chap .193- % The defcription ; ng thenumber of the bafe Gentiansthereis afmall plant, which is late before it Man ion. meth vp, hauing ftalks a fpan high,and fometimes higher,narrowe leaues like vnte by couples about the ftalkes by certaine diftances: long hollowe flowers kes, like acup calle ker, wide atthe top, and narrower tow a deepe blewe colour tending to vith certaine white threds or chives ; the floweratthe mouth or b od before it be oy ened, butw hen it peereth with fiue cliftes or pleates. plantis ofabitter tafte, which p! uinly then be akinde of wilde Gentian, rooteis {mall, andperifheth when it hath periecte¢ rec the {mall ftocke gilloflower.altogither without eLungen blumen,or Lung flower :in Englifh Autumne bell flowers,Calathian violets;and They flower and flourifh from Auguft to the ende ofOGober. % Thenames. as Latine, Nc ding,for the better fatisfying ofthe c der,fhall delixer ynto you the wordes ws. CalathianVioletis thegiftot Au other Violets are ofthefpring:it hath;faith he, (and that truely)alittle leafe,not vnlike to that of Z ilent difeafes, and nce and fting- A > : Of Venus Lookingglaffe. Chap.104. %& The de(éription. the rheeene Bell-fowers, thereis likewife acertaine other, whichis lowandlittle s moft commonly lying 1 ein: j ae Bus {pans long,diuided intomany branches esi Theleauesabout the ftalkes are little {lightly nickedin theedges. The.flow- ‘ ae Paight purple colour tending blewneflevery beautifull, with wice mouthes ita Ree shiv orthred in the middle. The flowersin the daytime are wide they fitfhopeni of the funneare fhut vp andclofed faft togither, in fiue corners,as peand flender, very be rootes The are. flowers Bell pening,andas the other od “Ue perfected they their feed, Speculum Z2 |