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Show Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 744. Lise. commonLatg. zen floures moreor lefle, not much vnlike in fhape,colour, and {mell,to thofe ofthe beaot Ragwoort. ‘The root is fomewhat thicke, andputs forth many long white aa Itfloues in luly and Auguit,and growes vpon the Alpes of Stiria. Clufiue calls it Chryfanthemum Alpi. muL 4 The fecondofhis defcription hath many leaues at the root,like to the leaucsof the male -ene,and-of no vnpleafant fmell, though the taftebe Sothernwood,but ofa lighter and bright bitterifh and vngratefull ; in themiddeft of the leaues growvp ftalkes fome foot highysiutllae Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. Li2 a root is whitifh, neerea fingers bigneffe, thor, with manythreds hanging thereat,and perifh- + '5 Chryfanthemum Creticum, Candy Corne Marigold, ethwhen the feede istipe ; and atthe Spring growethvp againeby thefalling of the feed. Chryfanthemum Baticim Boclijnfiriptum, The ftalks are tound, ftraked reddith brown, diuided into branches,containing a fpangious white pith within, a cubite high: the leaues growout oforder,without footltalkes, about three inches long,andan inch broad, notched about.the edges, notatall diuided, of a darke greene colour: the floures growat the tops of the ftalkes and branches, forth of great fcaly heads, containing twentie leaies a piece of their tops into fundry branches,which carry each of them two or three floures bigget than,yetlike thofe ofthe common Cammomill,but without fmel ,and wholly yellow; the rootis fibrous,blacplaces as the former Baalin kifh,and muchfpreading.It floures inAugu f,and growesin thelike iudges this tobe the Achilleamontana Artemi{ia tenut(olia facie of the Aduerf-and the aSaye laceum in the Hi/t.Lagd.But I cannotbe of that opinion; yet I iudge the Achillasmontanegn Ae. ratum ferulaceumto be butofthe fameplant.But different fromthis, & that ehicfely in - ithath figured and deferibed. ’ manymore,and thofe muchleffe floures than thofe of theplant hereemum Cretivum of the fame At Nowfhould I haue giuen youthe hiftorie of the Chry(anth 5 thour,but that my friend M*. Gocdyer hath faued me the labour, by fending an cxaédefeription t here to giue you. thereof, togetherwith one ortwo others of this kinde, which Ithinkefi hryfanth Ms i a . Resade Small mountaine(nel Marigold. more, notched at the top, of a fhining yellow colour,growifig about a round yellowball,ofa reafonable good fimell, very like thofe of the common Chryfanthemumfigerum : the feede growethlike the other,and is very fmall,long, round,crooked and whitifh : the root is fmal!, whitith, threddic,and perifheth alfo when the feed is ripe. . Clif £3 Chryfanthemum Alpinum2 ‘ The other Alpine Marigold, Chryfanthemum tensifolium Baticum Boely. The talks are round,fmall,ftraked jreddith, fomewhat haitie, branched, a cubit high,or higher:the leauesare fmall,much diuided,iag ged, and very like the leaues of Cotulafatida » the flouresare yellow, fhining like gold,com- pofed ofthirteene or fourteeneleauesa piece, Notched at the top,fer about a yellowball,alfo like the common Chryfauthemumfecetum : the feed stoveth amongft white flattith fcaleswhich areclofely compacted ina round head togetherand ate {mall,flat,crayifh,and broad at the top : the rootis {mall ;whitifh,witha few threds,and dyeth when thefeedis tipe. uly 28. 1621 Joba Goodyer.¥ The Place. _ The fir groweth among corne,and where corne hath been gtowing it is foundin fomeplaces with leaues more iagged,and in othersleffe. The fecond isa ftranger in England, @ The Times They floure in Tuly an d Auguft. q The Names. ks aU TI Dae plants are called by one namein Greeke,ofthe goldenglittering colout,sue:in High a Sant Fohans blunts in Low Dutch, obelaer : in Englith, Corne Marigold, yellow : Th floure,and golden Corne floure, ie ss bediuers other floures called Chryfanthemum alfo,as Batrachion,a kinde of yellow CrowHeliochryfinbut thefe golden flouresdiffer from them. | The Temperature. They ChryfanthemumCreticum primum Clufi,pag.3 34+ The ftalkesare round, ftraked branched,hard,of a whitith greene,with avery littlep hw neere three foot high :,the leaues grow out of order,diuided into many parts,and thofe ot dinided, ofthe coloutiofthe ftalkes :at the tops of the ftalkes and branches grow ei ae bigger than any ofthe relt of the Corne-floures, forth of {ealy heads,confifting of es broad leaues apecce, notched at thetop,ofa fhining golden colour at the firft,which mies a pale,whitifh,or very light yellow,and grow round about alarge yellow ball, of fme ai fweet. The floures paft,thcre commethabundance offeed clofely compact or ie itis fhort,blunt atboth ends, firaked ofa falue colour,fomwhatflat,d< ofa reafonable Dis ey are thought to be ofa meane temperature betweene heatand moifture, Phehate ; f The Vertues, ha i ks andleaues of Corne Marigold, as Diofcorides faith,are eaten as other pot-herbes are. 4: eth ay ns Mixed with wax,oile,rofine, and frankinfence, and made vp intoa feare-cloth, wa- p “way cold andhard fwellings. iaundife etbe it felfe drunke, after the ‘commingforth of the bath,of them tharhaue theyellow & “Ucdothin fhort time make them well coloured. x 3 ee of Matthielus,which is a tranger with vs,andshe leauge ofc arc muchlike thal ofFewesiem,os Chryfanthemuum of chethan waslarger placebut fiftlikey wasinthe Nat‘aes that of Feuesfev, and whollyyellow. fomewhat rh . € HAP, |