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Show ; Theatrum Botanicum, de)PhumajanipoeValeniana maior. Thegreat Valerian. The Theater ofPlants. TrRIisBz.1. 2. Valeriana Creti¢a tuberofa, Knobbed Valerian of Candy; 3+ Valeriana Alpina majorfive latifulia. Broad leafed wild Valerian of the Alpes, Cuar. 43. 4. Valeviana Alpina minar. Sthall wild Valerian of the Alpes. ml] eA Ay, DippyMiya pred Ge i —— > nui 2Ge gO A \ & yy 24 Valeriana Cretied tuberofa, Knobbed Valerian of Candy. This Valerian ofCandyhathhis firft leaves;that {pring up and lie upon the ground roumd aboutthe roote sreeng thickjand round,like urito the leaves of Afarabacca, , and fometimes greater; the next that come after fomewhat longer, and fomewhat divided or cutin them are on the edges, and thofe that follow more and more divided, fo that thofe that growupon theftalke, are very likeunto the hollow, and.tifeth to be two footthighat theleatt, having divided leaves ofthe former Valerian: the ftalke is here and there two {maller leaves thehead'ofthem, like thereunto alfo ; the uppermott rootefr‘om whence theleaves and ftalke doe {pring, roundfhort and tuberous, from whence fhoot fo; is {mall rth round aboutit, divers other fiallet rootes by long ftrings, like as the rootes of Filipendy faare, the {cent whereofis very like unto the , faltned thereunto former great Vales 3. Valeriana Alpina majorfive latifolia. Broad leafed wild Valeri an of the ; Alpes. ¢tian hath manylarge and hatround pale greene leaves, and in fome they rifing from the Foote, lying uponthe grounfomew will be yellowith; d round about , every one having a long footewhereofare verylike unto Ivie leaves, ftalke thereunto, fome but leffer and gentler, and others longer like unto the leaves of Canters bury Bells, but leffer alfo, and notfo hard ; in fomea little dented,in others more divide dente d f dat all : the flalke is round about the edges, but not 0 , and abou’ ta foote anda halfe high,in fome having few leaves thereon, which are {inall greene, in others fomewhat reddith, er, longer, and deeper cut inonthe edges toppe1s branched, whereon {tand diver , than any below, and at the s final] feed like unto the reft : the rooteis {mall-purplifh flowers, like unto the other Valerians : after which come ander them, ofa reafonable good fmell, large, round, and whitith,fet with divers knots or j oynts, and longfibres like re t Valeriana Alpinunto wild Valerians, and ofa bitterith bindingtafte, a minor, Small wild Valerian ofthe éabanees i: aterian hath foure Alpes, orfive {mall long, and fomewhat narrow leaves, with one or two dent S<*; tying on the ground next the roote, and s onely at are fomew biboree een b a are the Nea hatlike unto the leaves ofthe great wild white Dayt but = fewer dents or notch ‘ es ab t or high, having very few leaves thereo pa Fane aie With as few dents n, or hoteles onthe fides as the other which are fmaller, lo nger, and narrower : the toppe ofthe {ta Ike is divided into a is inalt ae es, On every ofwhich srow a few white flowers, like unto > anid creepeth'a littlé pep gtoun the Valerians, b ut {maller ; the roote d, fending forth ; wy 0 aleriana annua five AZ ftivafibres, but no leffe fweet thane he former. Clasy , Sum e ‘This annual Valerian, hath divers long nike When the Shenk all ofGe erian. edges, fomewhat like the'leaves ofthe Starre Thiftle, among which rife up mdomes cut in or gafhed on the round hollo Wftalkes, two or three foote §. Walertang annua five Bffiug Clasy} Summer Valerian, foote high, with fomé léaves growing thereon, two alwayesfer together at ajoynt, as inthe other Valerians » but fmaller and moredivided than the lower ; branching’forth towardsthe tops onthe which {tand many flowers fet’ together in tufts, being {mall and long;divided at the brimmesintofive parts; making a fhewof flowers, confifting of five leaves a piece, fomewhat like unto theflowers ofthe Indian Valerian next following , and are ofa pale red or flefh colour, which afterwards bririg {mall feed, like tinto the red Valetian of Dodoneus ; the rootis {mall, white, and wooddy,but perifheth every yeare; this hatha. {mall weake {cent of Valerian. 6. Valeriana Indica five Mexicara:. Indian Valerian, The Indian Valerian groweth quickly into a ftalke, from the firft leaves that {pring up; which are but few next the ground, fomewhat long and broad, fomewhat like untothe firft leaves of the Mountaine Spiknard, ofa pale greerie colour ; the ftalke is weakeand hollow,not ftanding upright, but leaning or bending downewards, fer with joynts, at the which ftand two. long leaves, like unto thofe below, buta little more cut in or divided at the edges, and at the joynts likewife fhootforth'two branches, fometimes on eachfide one, and {ometimes but one branch onthe one fide, whichare divided, and at the toppes of themdoe bearé many flowers, fet thicke together in-an umbell or tuft, each whereof isfomewhatlong, and endethin five divifions ; twoof the uppermoft whereof are broader and ‘fhorter than the reft, o- ct two hang downeas labels or lips, andthefift is the greateft in the middle, in fome plants ofa deepe réd,or purple being in bud, and of a pale purple colour ‘being open, and in others mulke-white; each ofthefe ftandeth in'a {mall greene huske, wherein after the flower is fallen,the feed groweth, which huske openeth it felfe, and fheddeth the feed on the ground, when iris Tipe, if it be not carefully tended and gathered, which is {pongys It |