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Show 454. Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. Lisa, 2 The fecond kind being likewife one of the bel-floures,andyet awild kind ofRampionpath Jeaues at his firft comming vplike vnto the gardenBell-floure. Theleaues which {pring vpatt, ward forthe decking vp ofthe talke are fomewhat longer and narrower. The floures grow at th top oftenderand brittle ftalkeslike vntolittle bells, ofa bright blewcolour, fometimes white o purple. Therootis fmall, long, and fomewhat thicke. 3 Thisis awilde Rampionthat growes in woods :ithath fmall leaues {pred vpon the ground, bluntly indented about the edges : among whichrifeth vp a ftraight ftem of the height ofa cubit fet from the bottometo the top with longer and narrower leaues than thofe next theground : the top ofthe ftalkes grow fmall Bell-floures ofa watchet blewifh colour. Therootis thickean! tough, with fomefewftrings anexed thereto, $ Thereis anothervarictie of this, whofe figure was formerly by our Author fet forth inte fourth place ofthe laft chapter it differs from this laft onely in that the floures and other pattsof the plant are leffera little than thofe of the laft defeyibed. 3 Rapunculus nemorofus. Wood Rampions. “+ ~ e + 4 Rapunculus Alpinus Corwiculatus, Horned Rampionsofthe Alpes, C = = + 455 Jeaues fnipt about the edges,and.fharpe pointed,andvponthe reft ofthe (talke crowalfo three or foure narrow fharp pointed leaues. The floures whichare ofa purplecolour,at firt refemble thofe ofthe laft deferibed ; but afterwards parte themfeluesintofue {lender ftrings with threds in the middles ; which decaying,theyare fucccededbylittle cups endinginfine little pointels,and containinga {mall yellow feed. This is defcribed by Fabius Columna, vnder the name of 2 ipuntinn Corniculatum montanum: And I receined feeds and roots hereof from M*, Goodyer, who found it towingplentifully wildein the inclofed chalkie hilly grounds by Maple-Durham neere PeterfFeld in Hampfhire. 6 Thiswhichis defcribed in (Uufins his Curepofter.by the name of Pyramidalis, and was fir found and fent to him by Gregory de Reggioa CapuchineFrier,is alfo ofthis kindred; wherefore Iwill giue youa briefe defcription thereof. The root is white, and longlafting; from which come diuers roundhairie and writhen ftalkes,abouta fpan long more or leffe. At the top ofthefe ftalks . and all like thofe of the lefler Trachelium, being full ofa {mall feed.The whole plant yeelds milkelike as ' the reft of this kinde, and the leaues as well in fhape as hoarineffe on thei: vnderfides, well refem- ble thofe of the fecond French or Golden Lungivoort of my defcription. It was firft found grow- ing inthe chinkes of hard rockes about the mouthes of Caues, in the mountainesof Brefcia in Italy by the forefaid Frier, ¢ $ 5 Rapunculus Corniculatus montanus, iN YA Mountaine horned Rampions, — Ree SE fi Ofthe Hiftory of Plants, among ft the leaues, grow many elegant blewfloures,whichare fucceeded by feed veffels Sah ee St Lis. 2. + 6 Rapunculusfaxatilisive Pyramidalis alter, Rocke Rampion, JA. fz 4 Thiswhich growes amongft therockes inthe higheft Alpes hatha wooddy a wrinckled root an handfull and halfe long,from whicharife manyleaues fet on prettyos ™fy fomewhat round,and diuided with reafonable deepe gathes, hauing manyveines, and being * darke greene colour :amongft thefe growvplittle ftalkes, hauing one Jeafe about thet! ee andthree or foure fer about the floure, being narrowerand longer than the bottome eae , floures growas in an vmbell, and are fhaped like that Chymicall veffell we viuallycalla fal being big at their bottomes, and fo becomming’ finaller towards their tops, and ba thteds in them, whereofoneis longer than the teft, and comes forthin the middle ofthe floures in Auguft. Porawas the firft that defcribed this; vnder the name of Trachelium f minus. 5 Therootsofthis otherkindeof horned Rampion grow after an vaufual! manne” or lowermoftis a rootlike to that ofa Rampzon, but flenderer, and fromthe topof that ¢¢ for OF forthas itwere another root or two, being {malleft about that place whereas they are" the vnder root, and all thefe hane {mall fibres comming from them, The Icaues which 2 vpare fmooth,and almoft like thofe ofa Rampion, yet rounder,and made fomwhat after© ofaviolet leafe,but nothingfo big :at the bottomeofthe ftalk come forth 7 or eight long q The Place. Thefirft is fowne and fer in Gardens, efpecially becaufe the rootes are eaten in Salads, Thefecond groweth in woods and fhadowie places, in fat andclayic foiles. They floure in May,Iune,and luly, G The Time, = q The Names. , Rampions by agenerall name arecalled Rapuntinm and Rapunculus ; and the firft by reafon of ee the long fpokie tufte of floures is called Rapuntium matus \Alopecuri comofo flore by Lobell and Pena: Rapunculum fyluefire, and Rapunculus (yluckris fpicatus by others, The fecond,which |
