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Show Of the Eliftory of Plants. @ ° As Lis. 2 — 7 I, (ery The Names, . ne sss. cat Otnmsoilic Have alendt\ Hae Thefirttofthefe is Lychnis ac reftis multiflora of L ebel;and On has vet flare pleno of Cameraiy, The fecondis by Pema and Lobel alfocalled Lychnis (ylucftris multiflora :itis the Ocymafrup heflorum ofTabcrnamontanus . by which title our Author alfohad it in the former editionsss1, 3 4 Lobelhath this bythe name of Lychnis agreftis abortina multiplici virideflore. Clufiuscalls this Lychnis Bona, by the nameof Mu/c7; (ylueftris latifolia: and he faith he-had the feed from Tofeph de Cals wle vrfi facie Banhine hathit by the name of Lychnis auricle lia flor y Matthiolus, by the name of Gneoronalind The. aria, in the Adwerfaria >and Saponaria minor urft facie. “s This (according to Banhin phrafti + it is the Odimoia oe Dalejchampij, inthe Hift. Lugd.Itis alfo Ocimeides Alpinum, of Gefner ; and Ocymoides repens, ofCt. meravius. ~I1Bs 2. 2 OFthe Hiftoryof Plants, firme, hatd,and downyJabout whichat certainediftances grow commonly foure ledues together} yet fometimes but three, andthey. are foft and fomewhat downy, lefler than thofe beingfirft ofanacidetafte,and then ofanacride 3 andthey areviually markedon ofthe former; their lowerfides with blacke fpots. About the top ofthe ftalke, out ofthe bofomesof eachleafe come forth litele branches bearing fome'fewfloures, orelfe foot-falkes carrying fingle floures,wh ich is more vfizalh; towards the top ofthe flalke.: The fldures are yellow, with fomewhata ftrong {nell confifting of fue fharpeipdinted yellow Teaues; with fo many yellow threds intheir middle, The root is icyn. ted, or creeping heré ahd there, putting vp hew fhouts. £ 3 Lyfimachia luteaflore clobofo: Yellow Willow-herbe with bunchedfloures, £ 4 Lyfimachialutea Virziniane, Tree Primrofe. "7 he Nature andVerines. The natures andyertues of thefe,as of many others,lie hid as yet,and fo may continue;ifchance, oramore curious generation thanyet is inbeing do notfinde them out. Cuar.u29. + Of Willow-herbe, or Loofe-ftrife. 1 Lyfimachia lutea, , . £ 2 Lylfimachia lutea minor. Small yellow Willow-hetbe. wwtana Yellow Willow-herbe. eae Se 3|, This alfo may fitlybe referred to the former. The ftalke were ioyated, nakedoft times below bythe falling away ofthe isa cubit high, ftraight, and asit Jeaues} but from the middléto the top fer with two leaues ata ioynt, like thofeofthe formers andout oftheit bofomsonfhortftalks efowround tufts of {mall yellow flouresas in bunches : the root which creepes fends forth many imall fibres at each joynt. This was fer forth by Zobel vnder the title g The Defcription, : pa ee of Willow-herbe hath long leaues, and narrowleaues ofaorgrayifh greene © pup thapelike the Willow or Sallow ftanding three foure one agaial ieee. sent ener diftances round about the ftalke ; which toward the top diuidet ete) branches, onthe whereof grow tufts. offaire yellowfloures, ¢ ‘onli fling of fiue leauesoruer apiece, without {mell tops : which bein naft, the smmeth forrhfeedlike CSorlander. The LOotis long and flender, INS pait, there comme 75 This lefler ofClufizs his defeription hatha falkea cubit high, and fometimes higher OfLyfimachia lutea altera,’ ox Lyfimachiafalicaria : Dodoneus hathit by the nameofLyfima chium aquatile : and Clufius calls it Lyfimachialutea tertia, fide minor. i 4 This Virginian hath beene defcribed and figured onely by Proper Alpinus, vnder the title of yofcyameus Virginianus : and by M®. Parkinfon, by the name ofLyfimachia lutea filiquofa Virciniaha: AO Bawhinein the Appendix ofhis Pinax hatha large defcriptionthereof, by the name ofLyfimaa oreiculata, Theroot hereof is longith, whité,about the thickne ffe ofones thumbe, front mente growes vp atall ftalke dinided into manybranches ofan ouetwor ne colour,andalittle haisae are like rhofe ofthe former, but fomewhat finuated along tt their edges,and hauing eine ofa whitith colour: toward the tops of the branches amongft the leaues come exe cods, which growing finaller on their '8Ofoute leaues, witha peltill in the middletops. fuftaine pretty large yellow floures Rr z vpon whichftandfoure yellowifh thrams in |