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Show nn cnckaed ne ng eae Of the Hiftorieof Plants. soon A B | Th —_. Lis... OftheHiftoryof Pjgnes, [o1Be2. 73! “emperature and Vertues. Thefe plants are of the nature of Scabious,whereof theybe kindes, therefore their faculties are + 4 Stabe Rofmarinifolio. Narrowleafed Knapweed, like,althoughnotfo proper to Phyfickes vie. bit,but ofleft force and They be commended againft the fvellings of the Vvula, as is Diuels £ 5 Stabe cx Codice Cefareo, Thornie Knapweed, vertue, + The figure thawas formerly inthe fecond place was ofthe Lacea ferris of Tabern, giuen youin the place thereof. Cuar.250. wh ch differs fromthat our Author meant anddeferibed,whole fiatewshaxe OfSiluer Knapweed. @ The Defcription, He great Siluer Knapweed hathathis firft comming vp diuers leaues {pred vponthe ground,ofa deepe greene colour,cut andiaggedas are the other Knapweeds, firaked h@e and there with fomefiluer lines downe thefame, whereofit tookehisfurname, Argentea: among which leaues rifeth vpa ftraight ftalke,of the height of two or three cubits, fomwhat roust h and brittle,diuiding it felfe towardthetop into other twiggie branches: on thetops whereofdo growflouresfet in fcaly heads or knaps like the other Matfellons, ofa gallant purple colour, confifting of a numberof threds or thrums thicke thruft together : after which the feedes end, which maappeare, flipperie,{mooth at one end,and bear ded withblacke haires at the other and keth it toleap and skip away when amandoth but lightly touch it. Theroot is {mall fingle, imagined,aor Author our anylines,as with ftreaked not is This + ripe. thefeedis when peritheth called Argenteaby any but himfelfe,and that very vnfitly. + + 2 Stabe argenteaminr. t 1 Stebe argentea maior. Little filuer Kaapweed. Great Siluer Knapweed. i ety Muchdinided and hoarie, the ftalkes fome two cubites high, hand ee te canes, oo in {oft harmleffe prickles: at the tops of the branches ie = c - " as at were o: fi uet {cales (whence Lobel and others hatie galled this planr licht é ut O: thefe filuer heads come floures like thofe of rhe blewbottles, but ofa 5) purple colour, the {eed is {mall,blackifh,andhairy at the tops. $ ; Glues ee like this in each tefpea,but that the heads haue not fo white a fhining his haue alfo- feene growing with Matter ‘Tohy Tradefcaut at South Lam: beth. + H sista a eee that pie which Ponahath fet forth bythe name ofSta be “ap “ rowleaues fomewhat like thofe ofRafnaty, pen aoe of ao ee a me one “hitith below: at the tops of ofththebe inches gsow cl Iheads saa aa Pan detcribed firft eon. as in the rowf fuch prance: 1 — detiosn: paabile ihe The toot ah ae ae purple colour: the feed is like that of Carthamus,but blacSeth oe naval ybutlafts many yeares. not indged ene plants age of late been vulgarlyfer forth by the name ofStaée's,yet arethey which we here ae he ~~ — of Dis/corides and the Antients, but rather another,whofe figure faith, p oo y ee oneus taken forth ofa manufeript in the Emperouts Library,and he journey out of Syne i cae the fame out e pyranMoa he returned from his and onelyfnipt bow Je ee ae are faid tobe pce luided sthofe on the ftalkes | Blew-bottlesand ‘ak sd 1e edges,and white: the Houres w hite,and containedin {caly heads like the the tops of the branches endin fharpeprickles, $ @ The Place, 2 ; is me , Js Fare more ™ -The fecond agrecth with the firt ineach re{peG faving that the leaues hee rhe di 2 © hehe ences 1in :coniilte ged, and che filuer lines o* ftrakes aregreater,and more in number,where ref doe crow feAare i of : themfelues in ' : : fields neere commonhigh in-vatilled places, ba waies,and éngets in England, neuertheleffe I haue them in mygarden, = ; @Th |