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Show Ofthe HiftorieofPlants, t 5 Ofjresalba, Lob. White Tode-flax. 6 Ofyris purpurocerulea is a kinde OfTode. flax that hath many{mall and weake® branches trailing vpon the ground, befer with manyJittle leaues like flaxe. The floures growat the top of the ftalke like vnto the common kinde, but ofa purple colour declining to blewnefle:The rootis {mal} and threddie. + 7 This hath manyfinall crcepingbrn- i . all of them much leffe,andtherein confifteththe difference. It growes naturally in the dryfields . . . . . . .—> fop2 ie ce ae tickdace aboue into many {mall branches,the tops wherfhew & a 4 with tufts of {mall floures,eachlittle floure being parted into fine parts with alit. ull ofmany golden haires or thrums. The feed tl er ae fell inthe middle,{o that it feemesf thewinde. + Bashinein his Piaax makes this all one “ ; i ‘ablackith andis carr ied away with ions oftheir floures whicharefat wittetfonmes butvnfitly. efpecially if you marke the defcript defcribed by Diofe.lib.4..cap.5 5+ valike Fabiws Columna hathproued this to be the Chry/ocome ches fome handfull or better high,and hath fitch Ieaues,floures,andfeed,as the common kindeut « ints like Linofyrés, whereofit isa kinde, not differing, from it in ea i : 553 Ofthe Hiftorie ofPlaAnts. iis. 2. $ 7 Ofjrisflavafjluestris, Creeping yellow Tode-flax. about Salamancain Spaine,andflouresall Som. mer long. Lobel calls it Ofjris flavafylueftris , nd Clufius,Linaria Hi/panica, 8 The branchesofthis eight kindare {pred vpon the ground, andofthe lengthofthofe olthe laft defcribed : the leauesare leffer than tholeof the common Tode-flax, thicke, iuicie, andof whitifh greene colour, and they grownotdifor derly vponthe ftalks,but at certaine {paces fone. times three, but moft viually foure together :the floures in fhape are like thofé of the ordinarie Kkinde,but ofa moft perfeé Violet colour, and the lower lip whereit gapes of a golden yellor, thetafte is bitter. After the floures are paft come veffels round & thick,which containa flatblack feed intwo partitions or cells: the rooris flender, white,and longlafting,andit floures vnto theend of Autumne.It growsnaturally vpon the highe! Alps. Gefner cals it Linaria AIpiwa: and Claliws, Litariatertia Styriaca. t + 6 Ofjris Purpurocarulea repens, Purple Tode-faxe, _ +t 9 Forafinuchasthis plantis ftalked and leafed like common Flaxe,and thought b to be Ofyris; the new writers haue called it Linofyris zit hath ftalkes very {tiffe and wooddi¢ withleaueslike the common Linaria, with floures at the top ofthe ftalkes ofa faint thi low. colour,in forme and fhape fomewhatlike vnto ConyXa maior. The whole plant gro height of twocubits, andis in tafte fharpe and clammie,or s]utinous,and fomewhat bitte’ root is compaétofmany ftrings,intangled onewithinanother, t ‘ is” 10 Guillandinus calleth this plant Hyffopus vmbellifira Dioftoridésthat is,Diofcoridesals $8 Linaria quadrifoliafupinas Foure leaued creeping Tode-flax, ¥ 9 Linofjris Nuperorum,Lob. ; GoldenStar-floured Tode-flaxé |
