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Show Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Cc HA Pr. 68. L 1B. I f ner. The rootis ofawoody fubftance, £2 Melampyrumpurpareum, White Cow-wheat. m1 of the floures, and. likewiferhe buds ofthe floures, arewhite of colour: The come vp rod husks, wherein are enclofed two feeds fomewhatlike wheat, but fmalleran da Of Cow Wiheat. & Melampyrum album, Ofthe Hiftory of Plants, ate beginneth to pete mele and i vpward by littleand little ynto the tdp: the fmall leaues efore the opening ; Purple Cow-wheat. #23 Thefe twoarelike the formerin ftalkes and leaues, but different inthe oftheir floures, thewhich in the oneare purple, andin the otherblew. Clafins.calls thefe,ascoloir alfo the Cram t2ozonon treated ofin the next Chapter, by thenames of Parietarie fylueftres. $ 4 Ofthiskinde there is another called*melampyrum lutewm,which growethne ete vito the ground, with leaues not much vnlike Harts horne, among whiehrifech vp-a {mall ftraw with an eare atthe top like A/opecuros,the coimon Fox-taile, but ofa yellow colour. q Theplace. 1 The firft groweth among corne,aid in pafture grounds that be fruitfull : it growethplenti« fully in the paftures about London. Thereft are ftrangers in England; @ Thetime, They floure in lune andIuly. @ Thevames. Melampyrum is called of {ome Tritiénm vaccininm +in Enplith, Cow-wheat, and Horfe-floure in Greeke, uademen: The fourth is called ioship luteum; in Englith,Yellow Cow-wheat. : G Thedanger. Thefeed ofCow Wheatraifeth vp fumes,atidis hoe and dry of nature, which being taken in bea and drinks in the manner of Darnell; troubleththe braine, caufing drunkenneffe and head. ache. Cuar, 69... Of Wilde Cow-Wheat: & Crataogonon album: Wilde Cow-wheat? Ba reas ~ 3 tionsms tg ata aie a Tt - Ge : Hefirft kinde of wilde Cow-Wheat ee he The defeription. a S SNS . 7 tw i +4 Me ampyraneluteuna, ah uy “Do Clufizs in his Pannonick hiftory calls eee{ylveftris, or wilde Pellito- sie: which name, according to his owne words,if \Y iB \ VS eA) RATAN 9 i aA Yellow Cow-wheat, : i y itdo notfitly anfwer the Plant,hee knoweth nor whatto calit, for that the Latines haue not giuen any name thereunto :-yet becaufe fome haue {fo called ir, he retaineth the fame name. Notwith- ftanding he referrethit vnto the kindes ofMe/ampyrum, or Cow-wheat, or vntoCrateogonon, the wilde Cow-wheat, whichit dothvery wel anfwer indiuers points. It hath an hairy foure fquare ftalke, very tender, weake, and eafic to breake,nor able to ftand vpright without the helpe of his neighbours that dwellabout him,afoot high or more; wheretipon do grow long thin leaues,{harp pointed, andoftentimes lightly fnipt about the edges ,of a darke purplifh colour, fometimes greenith,fet by couples one oppofite againft the other; among the which come forth two floures atoneioynt, longand hollow, fomewhat gaping like the floures of a dead nettle,at the firft of a pale yellow, and after ofa bright golden colour; | The defiription: x ‘ whichdo floure by degrees, firft afew, and then more, by meanes whereofit is long in flouring. Elampyrum growes vpright,witha ftraight : fialke, hauing other {mall:ftalkes commune fromthe fame,of-a foot ; Jong. The eaues are long and narrow, and of adarke ce “On the top of heii gtow bufhy dafplkdecares full offloures and fimall leaues mixed together, and much #eged, thewholeeare refembling a Foxe-taile, This eare | BS Which being paft, there fucceed {mall cups or HN 5 feedveffels,wherein is contained browne feed not ree . wheat.Thewholeplant is hairy,not difering from the plant Stichwort. h 2 Redleafed wilde Cow-wheatis like vnto the former,faning that the leaues be natrower,and the tuft ofleaues more lagged. The ftalkes and leaues are of a reddith horfe-flethcolour. The H 2 floures |