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Show Ofthe Hiftory ofPlants. i i Cur. 167 Ae Ob val { Dha; Ofrok the Hiftoryof Plan leis. 23 of fomecalled Linumfj , for this word C/ Of Wilde Flaxe. ecing fearce an handfull ill { h w | high, h lowor fi itasitis inal] fo thefloures,leaues,and| @ The Defcription. His Wilde kindeof Line or Flaxehath leaues like thofe ofgarden Flaxe,butnartoy. et, growing vponroundbright and fhining {prigs,a foot long, and floutes like the ich I take liws, and mentioned ntibus floribus.. Anno 1629, when as hered)I fer downethis by the nameof manuredflake, but ofawhite colour.Theroot is tough and {mall, with fome fibres annexed thereto. $ This is fometimes found with deepblewfloures,with violet coloured floutes, and fometimes with white, ftreaked with purple lines. 1 p iend M'. 047 Goodyer {ecing, he told mehe ha here were {ome which calledit inE of Ligum : : 2 h,Mil-mountaine,and v ditto purgeand of 2. Linumfjlveftre tenuifolinm. Linum fylvejtre floribu Thin leaued wilde faxe. Wildewhite flaxc. Linum [ylueftre catharticum, Mil-mountaine. Trtifeth vp froma fmall white threddy crooked root, fometime with on utmolt commonly hi ofa browne orreddifh color, with fiueorfix or moreroundftalks,about a foot or nine inches cueryftalk diuidingit felfe neerethe top,or fromthe mid ofa et colour than the lower part ofthe ftalke : the of the bignes of Lenrill leaues, and haue in the middle onerib orfinew,and no more that may be perceiued,& growalong ft the ftalke in very good order by couples,one oppofiteagain® the other: at the tops of rhefmall branches growthe floures,of a white colour,confiitingof fine {mall leaues enailes whereofare yellow: inthe infide are placed {mall {hort chives alofa yellow rwhich come vplittle knobs or buttons,the top whereofwhen the feedeis ripe diuii whereinis contained{mall,{mooth,flat,flippery,yellow feed:when the tipe theherbe perifheth: the whole herbe is of a bittertafte, and herby fmell. It groweth tifully inthe voma inclofures of Hampfhire,on chalkie downs,& on Purfleet hils in EC fex,andin many other places. It rifethforthof the groundat thebeginning ofthe Spring,and floureth allthe Sommer, Seeeea ee eee eeee 2 fylueftre file latifolium. Broadleaued VV ilde flax. ; 4. Chamelinuinperpufilum, Dwarfe Wilde flax. . 2 a narSeri leafed Kin row andC thii nneele e is yery like tothe common flaxe, bute i de of Lin i i i yi ef er. The floures ‘confi ft of fin | e leaues, which dofoonefade andfall awa y, hauling ding Lin“se arisa pro purcee purea. from one root, of a cubit high, befet with {mall Jeaues yealeffer than i ndngteeeaanevO Sigures wade his oneileofnel tevtiloms broadleaued wilde flaxe thokefic ae ar the defcription of the third mR two woe figures were: formerls fe Myelre r rae for i ideas peasNea haue put in that place. Now se nr of them (whole figure we hy g te/até birvarieties of one {pecies, and differ thus. the fonts + hae ov) Wedlaue omitted as impertinent) hath fewer leaués, which therefore ftand, thi : Be ae eros = vpon the ftalkesand the Sl tisaan«later. whofe figure your sht ¢ i finde here fer-foréh hath n . : é is ofa light the Aoure» 1s er:: the grow and:thefe Jeauies, hore is > io and together ta thickér the growing ane Qeo mingrhiekenogesien purpleor fleth colour. + : treoar 60 Thereis aki mates £ te STE {mall a ae Ae Of wilde flaxe which hath many hairy branches, rifing vp. froma very i aa aie ntinue Many yeeres without fowing, increafing by roots. into mall) ants ess talkes amc ney ¥3©: at a airy. Paes to the: height of one cubite,befer with many rough and wa ee te p Of the cee ftalkes dodooraw co leaues, 6: ; u sbivhaa ci: grow ¢manyblew floures, compaétof fiue muc ih . ar an common Line or fave.wls: s a = ah ne nrea ee fucceed {mall fharpe point paft,there being {Ane or ofaflaxe;which yon feeds like Linefeed,but full ull offeeds, black; ken . ; > “ utr Dlackifh fhining colour. Icamé |