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Show —————__ Of theHiftory of Plants. Lis. x ————_____. £7 After luteusfoliis succife, t 6 After Lutensfipinus Cliify. Creeping Starwoort. Scabious leaued Starwoort, Luvs 2 — Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 489 $ 12 Thereare kept inthe Gardens of M*. Tradeftant, M'. Tugeye,and others, two Starrewoorts different much fromall thefe formerly mentioned: thefirft ofthemis to bee efkeemed for that it floures inO Gober and Nouemberwhenas fewother floures are tobe found : the root is largeandliuing,whichfends vp many {mall ftalks fome two cubits high,wooddy,flender, and not hollow,and towards the top they are diuided into aboundanceoffimall twiggie branches : the teaues that growalternately vpon the ftalkes,are longnarrow,and fharpe pointed, hauing-foure or fixe {carce difcernable nicks on their edges : the floures whichplentifully grow on {mall branches muehafter the manner of thofe ofVirga aurea,confift of twelue white leaues fet ina ring, with many threds in their middles; which being youngare yellow, but becomming elder andJarger they are of areddithcolour, andat length turne into downe. [haue thought fit to call this plant, not yet defcribed by any that I know of,being reported to bea Virginian, by the name of After Vigini- anusfruticofus , Shrubbie Starwoort. 13. This which ingardens floures fome monethbefore the former,growesnotfo high,neither are the ftalkes fo straight,but often crooked,yet are they diuided into many branches which beare {mall blewith floures like thofe of the former : the leaues are longifh andnarrow. This alfois faid to haue comefrom Canada or Virginia ; and it maybe called A/ferfruticofis minor, Small thrubby Starwoort. ¢ £10 Affer 6.Clufij. $ x1 sffer 7.Clufy. Narrowleaued Starwoort. Dd Si Dwarfe Dafieleaued Starwoort, : fi ZA #9 er Auftriacus, Clif. _ Sallow leaued Starwoott, ie 2 @ The Place. The kindes of Starwoort grow vpon mountaines and hillie places,and fometimes in woods and nedowes lying byriuers fides. s The two firft kindes doe grow vpon Hampfteadheathfoure miles from London,in Kent vpon syotitag Peinnopeheeheeaoa eenethe Iralian Starwort a ) King 3 5 : aint o ae in gardens. Thefe two kindes that our Authour mentions to grow on Hampftead heath ee “ware No other than two Hieracia, or Hauke-weedes, which are muchdiffering from fo . @ The Time. Theyfloure from Iuly to the end of Auguft. Sf3 q Th |