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Show Of the Hiftory of Plants. Of the Hiftory of Plants. L aed r foure ioynts,out of cuery} one whereof growtwo leaues, righ, fomething hoatie, hauing threeo fetone right againtt another, andoftentimes little flender {tems - on the tops whereof {tandbroad l in the middle(fueh round floures like thofe of Ox-eye, or the corne Marig id, hauing a roundbal a pale of bright yellowleanes, The with about red borde mil) Camo fe of e oftho middl the as isin with the winde ; among which downisfound whole foure turneth into downe that is catr ied away , @ The Vertues. The womenthatlite about the Alps wonderfully commend theroot of this plant againft the fuffocationofthe mother,the ftoppings ofthe eourfes, andthe green fickneffe and fuch like affeas inmaids. Hiftor.Lugd. + dyftrings. long blackith feed, The root confiftethof thred + 2 The leffer fort hath foureorfiue leaues {pred vpon the ground likevnto thofe of the laf ftalke two hands defcribed, but altogether leffer and fhorter : among Ww hichrifeth vp a flender a blew-cohigh ; on the top hereofftand fuchfloures as the precedent, but not fo : large,: and of Jour. foregoing Chapter, + Thefe twoheredefcribed, and thatdeferibed in the ninth place of the are all but thevarieties of one and the fameplant, differing as Ihaue thew edin the foregoing Chapter. $ 2 Chryfanthernsnmlatifolinm : minut, “tee ¥ Chryfanthersum latifolinm. ] broad leaf, Golden Marigold withthe The leffer Dutch Marigold, 4 Cuar. 256. OfCorne-<Marigold, @ The Defiription. Orne Marigold or golden Cornefloure hath a foft ftalke,hollow, and of a greene colour,whetupon do growgreat leaues,much hackt and cut intodiuers fetions, and pla| ced confufedly or out oforder:vpon the top of the branches ftand faireftarlike floures ; yellowin the middle,andfuchlikewife is the pale or border of leaues that compaffeththe foftbal inthe middle,like that in the middle of Camomill floures,of a reafonable pleafant {mel. The roots arefullof ftrings, ly mum [egetum, feretur tet Eevn ane brant one> Marigold. q@ The Place. ; 2 Chryfanthemum Valentinum. w, ; g Corne Marigold of« Valentia. ranges io Theybe found euery whereinvntilled places of Germanie, and inwoods, butar ae England, q The Time. They are to be feenewith their floures.in Iune,in the gardens ofthe Low countries. The Names. ae tobe _ Golden Marigold is called in high-Dutch mBaldiblume, There are thatwould ar athet all = ae mut We therefore ; vaproperly but tifa Diofcorids ; whichis alfo called Damafoninm, Pp e ‘ gpm it Chryfanthemumatifolium, than rafhly attribute vnto it the nameof 4///™4: + This the namefe by: paler Clufié is fet forth by chapter precedent figure in the and:theMatthiolus ‘oni 18a Doronicum Alpina Gefner,Caltha : Alifina calls this plant Caetl) 10 aitum 6. Pansonicum iy themuma latifolinm : Penaand Lobel, Nardus Celtica altera, Now in the Hiftoria Lugd. itis tr in foure feuerall places by three of the former names ;and pag. 1169. by the name ne tana Dale(champy. i =: pi f The Temperatures : 7 Itis hot and dry in the fecond dageteing ile but in the third being dry- (A m nice ao floure of Valentia hath a thieke fat Rai rol Dh ysieiiea gag fomewhatcrooked; fee there ae “ong leaues,confifting of a long middle rib,with diuers little fethetlike leaues Mic mart, ee sie The floures ergmarriic tap.of the flalks compofed ofa yellowthrumch a 1e middle of the Camomill doures,andis alrogether like the Cor rygold lan q ¢leribed fauing it doth want that border orpale of little leaues that do compafle che ballor head. $2 To ea foris thicke, tough,anddifperfeth it {eife far abroad. ea 7 be added divers other,as the Chry/anthemsAlpinaof Clufins,SchisChrnfaaelte ee Thefirftof thefe fmial mountain Marigolds of Clu(ius his defersption nat Ole otwhite Wormewood, but greener andthicker : the ftalks grow fome hand full With few fies ; i they carry fomee dofew and much diuided !eaues ; andat the tops, as inanvinbell, zen |