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Show Cuar.81, * is fweereintalte Theatrum Botanicum. lus ¢/culentus vulgaris, arden oe . reicie much ufed tobeeaten) TRiB4-5, Trips, 5. a» Rapunculus /picatus 4lopecuroidess Long Foxctaile Rampions, ; : eeante = Rapnnculus jpicatws Alopecuroides, Long Foxtaile Rampions. The Tbeater of Plants. 4. Rapunculus(y'weferis umbellarustriumfpecierum. Buthheaded Ragapionsof three forts ra Thelowerleaves of this Rampionare fomewhat broad and round, yet ending ina point, deéntéd about the edges, of a darke greene colour, in fome places {potted with blacke fpots, and ftanding upon fmall long footeftalkes, but chofe that grow upontheftalkes are fomewhat longerand narrower, yet but {paringly fethere and there, leaving the toppe bare, where ftandeth a {mall {piked head or buth of flowers, feeming likea Foxetaile whereofit tooke thename; at thefirft of adarke greenith colour, for fo ate the huskes of the flowers which breake ont of them, being long and fmall, like unto hornes, biggerbelow and {maller above, ending in foure and fometimesin fivepoints, of a blewith purple colour, in fomepaler in othersdeeper, and in fome of a white colour, which being palt chere appeare in their places, fmall round heads, a little cornered, with brownith feede therein the roote is white greater than the former, butas fullof milke, andas {weeteand fit tobe eatenasir, efpecially whenitis boyled, andafter ftewed withbutter, &c. : } . Rapunculus Alopcesroides orbienlaris. Round Foxtaile Rampions, . This kinde of Rampiondifferethlittle in thew, from the rocke Throateworts, defcribedin thé Chapter before, but that the roote hereof ismore fullof milke, tenderer and {maller, not fo hard or wooddy; the round leaves at the bottomeare pointed and {mooth, not hayrie or hoary : theftalke a foote high os more, fomewhar crefted having narrowerand longer leaves on them than the lower, and fixe or feven ftanding together, at the toppe, underthe {piked but round head of flowers, which arelong and crooked, like unto thofe of the rocke ‘Throateworts, with five pointed ends, of a deepe purple colour infome, and white in others, and fome yellow threds in the middle, the heads and feede are like the other Rampions. . 4. Rapunculus[ylveftris umbellatus trinmfpecierum, Buth headed Rampionsof three forts. The three differences in thefe Rampionsare that the one having fomewhat broade and long leaves,little orno= thing dented about the edges, and.{tanding one above another, uponthe flender lowftalkes, beare at the toppes {mall open flowers, like unto the garden Rampions, but of a bluer colour, manyfet together ina buth : ‘another groweth higher, but hath narrowerleaves and more dented, and flowersat the toppes ftanding thicke together, but much fmaller than the former, ofa blewith colour alfo :_ the third is the leaft of all, having lowerftalkes and natrower Ieayes thereon than any, being almoltlike graffe ; the flowers likewife belittle crooked hornes, poin- ted at the end, andof a pale blewifhcolour. 5. PetromarulaCretica five Rapwaculus Creticw. Candy Rampions. The firft leaves that {pring up from the feede: of thefe Rampions, are roundlike unto Violet leaves, littlé or nothing dented about the edges, which (oabide the firit yeare, but thofe tharrife afterward with the (talkes are muchdifferentfrom them, being much cut in and deeperinto feverall parts, fet on both fides of the middle ribbe, the end being,longeftall of them dented,of adarke greene. colowr on the upper fide, and.reddith oftentimes underneath; from.among whichrife up diverfe crefted ftalkes, two or three foore high, bearingfuch like leaves on Cuar.8i, Sy, Betromarula Cretica five Rapunca lus Creticus. Candy Rampiens, on themas below,but finaller from the middle of themto the toppes, ftored abundantly with many réddifh {mall purple flowers, and fometimes white, one above another ina long fpike, which are very ke unto Rampions, but fomewhatlonger, moredividedin at the corners, and each part turning it felfe alittle backe againe : after which come very {mall brownifh feede in heads, both of them likeuntothe other Rampions: the roote is great and white,parted into many branches, giving milkeas the leaves and ftalkes alfo doe, and abideth many y€ares, althoughthe {talkes and leaves perifh every yeare, frefh {pringing up before. winter againe: thisis. fomewhat tender, and requireth tobealittle defended and preferved in the winter withus, 6. Rapuncalus five Campanula Pyramidalis minor, The lefler fteeple Bell-flower. This {mall Rampionor Bell-flower, cafl ic which you will, hath from.a {mall long white almeft tranfparent Foote, like unto that of the fimaller garden Rampions, and Igng abiding, many long and fomewhat broade leaves little dented about the edges, {et on eachfide of the fingle round ftalke, rifing about a yard high or more, broad buthing with leaves below, and {maller upwards bearing at the toppe afpiked head or bufh with finall Belllike flowers, one above another, {maller belowthanabove,of a fine delayed blewith colour, anda little pointed atthe edges, witha long ftile or pointell, growing out of the middle of everyone, and {melling pretty well : the head and feedeare like the other Peachleafed Bell-owers. d/pinws fu{pected fome venemous qualityto be in this roote, uponthe clammié tafté therein, and doubted whetherit might not bethe Aconitum folio Intubaceo of 7 beophrafts smentioned in his 9, booke, and 14, chap. 7. Rapunculus nemorofis, ‘Wood Rampions, The wood Rampien hath the lowelt leaves fomewhat long and dented about the edges, yet not fo iongas thofe that come after them, which are verylong and dented alfo, ftandinguponfhort ftalkes with fome {mal- ler ones at the foynts with them, the flowersare like the other Rampions, of a pale watcher colour ; the roote hereofis white and long, but not fo tender as the other. 8. Rapunculus nemoro/is magno flore. Wood Rampions with great flowers. The lowerleaves af this Wood Rampionare {mall ,fomewhat long and round at the ends:the other that follow and growafter themupon thé ftalkes,are narrower and longer and pointed alfo, the flowers are longer then others,of a duskie purplith'colour, with purple veines inthem, many ftanding‘togetherlike unto the ordinary Rampions andof the {ame fafhion withfive points, of adceper colour then the flower : the roote is fomewhat thicke and of a whitifh colour enclining to red,full of milke, being {wecte andas fit to be eaten, and more defired whereit is naturall then anyother. E j 9. Campanula Alpina latifolia palloflore, Sullenbroad leafed Bell Sower. _ This littleBellflower hatha very {mall flender ftalke, {carfe an handbreadth high, fet to the middle on both fides thereof,with {mall broad leaves,about an inch broad, and fomewhat round withall; flightly dented about the edges,of a pale greene colour, and bate withoutleaves from the middle tothe toppe, where ufually Ran: KKk eth |