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Show Of the Hiftory of Plants. 11 Lyfimachia campeftris. Wilde Willow-herbe, Lis. 2, purpurenm minus : andit is in theHiftor vnder the name ofEisaria rubra, It groweth if withftalkes fomefoot high, fet with many nat. rowleaueslike thofe of Toad-flax, ofa grayith colour,andthe ftalke is partedinto diuetsbran. ches, which at their tops ponlong cods care purple floures confi {ting offoureleaues apiece The root is long, yellowifh,and wooddy, + 9 There isanother baftard Loofe-ftrife o Willow-herbe hauing {talkes like the other of his kinde, whereonare placedlong leaues {nipt about the edges, in fhapelike the greatyeronits orherbe Fluellen. The floures growalong the ftalkes, fpike-fathion, of a blewcolour; afte whichfucceed fmall cods or pouches. The toot is {mall and fibrous: it may becalled Lyin chia cerulea, orblew Willow-herbe, Io We haue likewife another Willor. herbe that growethneerevntothe banikesoftuers and water-courfes. This I foundin awe teric lane leading from the Lord Treafurerhis houfe called Theobalds, vnto the backefidedf his flaughter-houfe,and inotherplaces,sfall be declared hereafter. WWhich Lobel hathcil led Lyfimachia galericulata, or hooded Willorherbe. Tt hath many final] tender ftalkes tai. ling pon the ground, befet with divers leaues fomwhatfnipt about the edges, ofadeepgreen colour,like to the leaues of Scordinm or watet Germander : among whichare placed fundrie {mall blewfloures fafhioned‘like a little hood; in {hape refembling thofe'of Ale-hoofe, The tootis {malland fibrous, difperfing it felfe w- der oe ~ fatre abroad, wherebyit great se 2 ine wal _., increafeth, ee Me SEal sete hath fraile and very brittle ftalkes, flender, commot if g >and fometimes higher. where dee inted | fomewhat fhipt about the edges, andfet tozether b Upon dor grow tip—oe long flender coddes, wherein 1s contained {mall fee ye =) a a ness contait all feed wrapped ie oe downyiwoo whichis carried away withoe the winde whenthefe eas oka purplith 2 : at he ne d 4S ripe PPS the 1 end3 of See which commethh forth @ E 5 Woercupon it was called ante Patrem, becaute the ; dothnot appeare vntill the codbe filled with his feed. ButFilius there is another Sonne before the ther; as hath beene declared in the Chapter of Medow-Saffron, The rootis fmall andthiej die This differeth fromthe fix i ‘ a aid floure is fmaller. + e efixth onely in that the leaues are leffe,and leffe hairy , ant ™ 12 7 Vi 3 & teaues rough and : fharpe pointed, of an ouerworne greeneCC . The floures gtow ofthe br:ranches confi : at the tops “ais colour pale purplith tending E 2? fting of foureabi or fiue finall le-auies towhiteneffe : after which come long cods,whereinare little ree ia certaine white Dow t : ne tha ‘ tis catried away with thewinde. The root is three is differs fromthe Ly fimachiawith {mal} fixth in that ithathleffer floures, There is alfa lefferfort of this floures There are tw ation, * Or dle growth, oumaen ofthefe codded Ww illow-herbes ;the one ofwhichis 0! @ leaues alfo {hipped abous eae i is defcribed in the eleuenth place,but lefle, Wir chia fliquofs ee be e ‘ges, fmooth,and not hairie: and it may fitly be calle¢ ~? alfo fmooth leaned but >t minor, The leffer {mooth-leaued Willow-herbe. The ¢ Lyfimachsa filiquofa elabra a, leffer and natrower: wherefore it may in Latine be ' #13 f Ofthe Hiftoryof Plants: a growing one againft another the leaues are Jeffe and narrower than the commonpurple kinde, and growing by couples,vnleffe at the top of the ftalkes and branches, whereas they keepe no cér- taine order,and amongft thefe comehere and there cornered cups containing floures compofed offix little red leaues withthreds in their middles, The root is hatd,woody,and not creeping, as in others ofthis kinde, yet it enduresall the yeere, and fends forth newfhoots, It floures in Tune and Iuly, and was found by C/ufius in diners wet medowesin Auftria. ¢ gq The Place. The firft yellow Zy/machia growethplentifully in moift medewos, efpecially along the me: dowes as you go from Lambethto Batterfey neere London,and inmany otherplaces throughout England, $ The fecond and thitd I haue not yer t 13 Lyfimachia purpurea minor cluf, feene. * Small purple Willowherbe, The fourth growethin many gardens, The fift groweth in places Of greater moifture, yea almoft in the running ftreames and ftanding waters, or hard by them, It groweth vnder the Bifhops houfewall at Lambeth, neere the water of Thames, and in moift. ditches in moft places of England. Thefixth groweth neere the waters (andoin the waters) inall places for the moft part. Thefeuenth groweth in Yorkthire ina place called the Hooke, neer vito a clofé called a Cow pafture , fromwhence Ihadthefe plants, which doegrowinmygarden very goodly to behold, forthe decking vp of houfes and gardens, ¢ The eighth I haue not yet found growing, Theninth growes wild in fome places ofthis kingdome, but I haue {eeneit only in Gardens. The tenth growes by the ponds and waters fides in Saint James his Parke;in Tuthill fields and manyotherplaces, ¢ Theeleuenth groweth hard by the Thames} as yougoe from a place called the Diuels Nec- kerchiefe to Redretfe,neere vntoaftile that ftandeth in your way vpon the Thames banke, a- mong the plankes that doe hold vp thefame banke. It groweth alfo inaditch fide notfarré from theplaceofexecution,called Saint Tho, mas Waterings, + The othervarieties of this growin wet places, about ditches, and in woods and fuch like moift grounds, $ - diuided into other fmallet I ches , 2ead then i aa hatha flender ftalke Willbwcherbes ~ Lies 2 arguftifolia : in Englith, The leffer fmooth andnarrow This Jeffer purple Loofe. ofa cubit, theyare alfo flender, weake ftrife ofClufius,hath ftalkes {eldomeexceeding and quadrangular, towards the tc p, diuided The Time; Thefe herbes floure in Lune andIuly,andoftentimes vntill Auguft; q The Names; Diofcorides and Pliny write,tooke his name ofafpeciall vertue that it hath in aphich falleth out among oxenat theplough,if it bee purabout handkeepeth the name Ly/imachia,ot King Ly fimachus the fonne f the natureandvertues ofthis herb,as Pliny faithin his 25.book eof him vnto this dayyand was made famous by Erafiftratus, Ruich Cornelle and Corneola : in Grecke,jvoudun: of the Latines,Ly+ ater Writers, Salitaria : inhigh Dutch, ypeberie+1" En; nd Loofeftrife, < . sellow herbe ilobion : inEnglifh,Bay Willow,or bay yellow herve. ! + The |