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Show OftheHiftorie of Plants, 728 Laces maior lutea. Yellow Knapweed. Lis. ~ OFthe HittoryofPlants. LB. 2 4. lacea montana, $ 7 faces Auftriacavillofa. Roughheaded Knapweed. Mountaine Knapweed, uf ¢ 5 Thewhite floured Knapweed hath creeping roots, whichfend vp pretty large whitifh greene leaues;much dinided or cut in almoft to the middle rib; from the midit of whichrifes vp a ftalke fome twofoot high, fet alfo withthe like divided leaues, bit leffet :the floutes are like thofe of the common fort, but ofa pleafing white co- lour. I firft found this growing wilde ina field nigh Maitine Abbeyin Surtey, atid fince in the Ifle Tener. + 6 Thetuberous orknobbie Knapweed being fet forth by Tabermam.whichandisa ftranger in thefe parts, hath many leaues {pred vpon the ground,rough,deeply gatht or hackt about the edges, like thole of Sowthiftle : among which rifghvpaftraight 5 Iacea flore albo. White floured Knapweed; 6 lacea tuberofa, Knobbed Knapiweed ftalke,diuiding it felfe into other branches, whereon dogrowthe like leaues,but {maller: the knappie floures ftand on the top of the branches, ofa bright red colour, in fhape like the other Knapweeds, The root is great, thicke and tuberous,confifting of many cloggieparcels, like thofe of the Af. phodill. + 7 This (faith Clufias) isa comely plant, hauing broad and long leaues white, foft, and lightly fhipt about the edges: the tafte is gummy, & nota little bitter:it fendsvp manycrefted ftalks from one root, fome cubit high or more: at the toppesof them growthe heads fometwo orthree to- se gether, confifting of many feales, whofe endsare hairy, and they are fet fo orderly,that by this meanes the heads feemeas they were inclo. fedinlittle nets : the foures are purple,and like thofe ofthe firft deferibed ; the feedeis {mall and long.andof an afh colour.This Clufius calls Iacea 4. Auftriaca villofo capites Tacea capitulis hirfutis Boclip. 8 This hath many {mall cornered ftraked hairie trailing btanches growing from the root,and thofe again diuided into many other branches,trailing or fpreading vponthe ground three orfoure foot long,imploying or couering a good plot of ground, whereon growhairy leaues diuidedor lagged into many parts,like the leaues of Zacea maior, or Rocket, of a very’bitter tafte : at the top ofeach branch groweth one fcaly head,cachfcale ending with fiue;fix,or feuen little weakepric- les growing orderly like halfe the rowell ofa {purre, but farre leffer :, the floures grow fotth of the eads ofa light purple eolour,cofififting of manyfmal floures,like thofe of the common Tacea,the igenHoures being biggerandlarger than thofe of the middle of the floure,each {mall floure incl a into fiue {mall parts or leaues, not much v nlike thofe of Cyanus:the feed is {mall,and The : Owne, The rootperifheth whenthefeed is ripe. : ‘ inh p =ibite not been hitherto written of rhat I canfind. Seeds of it hreceiued from Mil. count. e ith whomalfo I obferued the plant,O Gober 10. 1621-hereceiuedit from Boclins a Low Yyman. John Goodyer, ; Thetee g q] The Place. : rt grow commonly in euery fertile pafture:the reft grow in my garden. TheyBin’: @ The Time, ¢ Houre in luneand Iuly. 4 . @ The Names, . Thelater a ena Se doth call it 1acea nigra, putting zigra for a difference betweeneit and the Heatts“le or Pancie Whichis likewife called Iacea: it is calledalfo Materfillon,and amatrefillen : in En- Stith,Marfel] ©n,Bulweed,and Knapweed. ; |