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Show aa Ofithe Hiftorie of Plants. L 18.2: Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. race diuided into divers {mall branches, whereon do growlong leaues ofan ouerworne greenecolour, withfewcutsor none at all. The floures growat the top of the ftalkes,ofa blew colour,confifting of manyfmall floures fet in a fealy or chaffic head like thofe of the Knapweeds : the feedis {mooth, bright fhining, and wrappedina woollyor flocky matter. Theroot is fmall and fingle, and perifheth when tt hathperfeéctedhis feed. 3 This Bottle is like the laft defcribed in each refpeét, fauing in the colour ofthe flomes, which are purple, wherein confifteth the difference. 4 The fourth Bottleis alfo like the precedent, not differing in anypoint but in the floures ; for as the laft before mentioned are ofa purplecolour, contrariwife thefe are of amilke white colour, whichferteth forth the difference. § The Violct-coloured Bottle or Corne-floureis like the precedent, in ftalkes, leaues, feeds, androots : the onelydifference is, that this bringeth floures of aviolet colour, and the others not fo. 6 Variable Corne-flonre is fo like the others in ftalks,leaues,and proportion,thatit cannot be diftinguifhed with words ; onelythefloures hereofare oftwo colours mixed together, that is, purpleand white, wherein itdiffereth from thereft. 7 There isno difference to be foundintheleaues, ftalkes, feed, or rootes of this Come. sure from the other, butonely that the floures hereofare ofa faire blew colour, and very The eighth Corne-floureis like vnto the precedent, without anydifferenceat all, fauing j : in the colour of the floures, the which are ofa bright purple colour, that ferteth forth thediffe. L Tence. 7 + g This froma fmall root fends vp diuers creeping branches fome foot long, fet with long hoaryharrowleaues: at the tops of the ftalkes ftand the floures in fealy heads,like as the other Blew-Bottles, but of adarke purple colour. The whole plant is verybitter andvngratefull to the tate, Lobel calls this Cyanus repens, ‘ ‘ to This is like the laft defcribed, but that the leaues are muchfmaller or narrower, alfo the {ealy heads of this are of finer white filuer colour : and this plant is not poffeffed with fuch bit- Cuar. 252. Of Goats Beard, or Go to bed at noone. qj The Defcription. Oats-beard, or Goto bed at noone hothhollowftalks, fmooth,andofa whitith greet colour, whereupon do grow long leaues crefted downe the middle with a fwelling. rib, fharpe pointed, yeelding a milky inycewhen it is broken, in fhape like thofe of Garlick; from the bofome of which leaues thruft forth fmall tender ftalks fet with thelike leauc $ but leffer: the floures growat thetop of the ftalkes, confifting of a number of purpleleaues,dafht oueras it were with‘ little yellowduft, fer about with nine or ten fharpe pointed greene leaties : thewhole floure refemblesa ftarre when it is {pred abroad; for it fhutteth it felfe at twelueof the clocke, and fheweth not his face openvntill the next dayes Sun doth makeit floure anew, whe teuponitwas called Go to bed at noon: when thefe floures be come to their full matur and ripé- nefle;they grow into a downyBlow-ball like thofe of Dandelion, which is carried away with the winde. The feedis long, hauing at the end onepiece of that downie matter hanging atit. The toot is long andfingle, with fome few threds theteto anexed, whichperifheth whenit! ath perfe Ged his feed, yeelding much quantitic ofa milky iuyce when it is cut or broken, as doth all the teLof the plant. 2 ‘The yellow Goats beardHath thelike leaues, ftalkes,root,feed, and downie blow-balls that the other hath, and alfoyeeldeththelike quantitie of milke, infomuchthat ifthepilling while it isgreenebe pulled fromtheftalkes, the milkyiuycefolloweth : but whenit hath there remain little while it waxeth yellow. The floures hereofare ofa gold yellow colour, and haue not fu long greene leaues to garnith itwithall, wherein confifteth the difference. 2 Tragopogon luteum. Yellow Goats-beard. I Tragopogon purpurcum. Purple Goats-beard. terneffe as the former. Zobel calls this Cyanus minimus repens. $ ‘ : ; q The Place. wee gtoweth in mygarden,and in the gardens of Herbarifts,but not wilde that I know of, he others growin cotnefields among wheat,Rie, Barley, and other graine: it is fowne in gt dens, aepichDy cunning to looking dethoft times become of other colours,and fome alfodouble, whichhath beene touchedin their {eucrall defcriptions. + The twolaft growwildeabout Mont pellierin France. + ; 2 @ The Time. They bring forththeir floures from the beginning ofMayvato the end ofharueft. ] 1 The old He3 rbarifts calledit: @ The Names, cy anusflos, of the blew colourwhichit naturally hath: moft ofthe later fort following the common Germane name,call it Flos frumentorum., for the Germans mame it Coen 7 Blumen ¢ in low-Dutch, Cognbloemen sin French, Blaveole,and Blwet : in Italian,Fi 7 Pie ete Bladi[eres, i. Seris blad:, and Battifecula, or Baptifecula, as though it hfhould be called Bp" cae recaufe it hindeéreth and annoyeththe Reapers, by dulling and turning the edges0 t Z . e in teaping ofcore: in Englith itis called Blew-Bottle, Blew-Blow, Corne-floure,& huttlexle. + Fabins Colummawouldhae it to be the Papaner ‘[pumeum,ox Heracleumofthe Antients.+ q The Temperature and Vertues. The faculties of thefe phyficke, wewill | floures are not yet fufficiently knowne. Sith there isno vie gre 2 i “*> WEwall leauethereft that might be {aid to ; Federation : notwithftanding fome haue thous} 8 aid to a further confideration: ieee 8 ht the common Blew-Bottle to be of temperature fomethingcold, and thescio® gaint the inflammation of the eyes, as fome thinke. full of is another {mall fort of Goats-beard ot Go tobed at noone,which hath athicke root and | \ milkyfap,from whichrife vp manyleaues {pred vponthe ground, very long,narrow,th i nes ayo thofe of graffe, but thicker and groffer :among whichrife v p tender ime 2 a = 2 e Mheteofdo y i oe like Ve S e plar ftand faire doubleyellowfloures the precedent, but lefler. They The who et . 2 yeeiacts Beanl Thecommon Gorndioure hath leaues {pred vpon the ground, ofa whitifh greene colour ae 2 fomewhat hacktorcut in theedges like thofe of Corne Scabious :among whichrifeth vpa ftalke |