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CHAP. LXXVII. 
Of Columbines. 
‘The Nemes. 
{Here ts great contefting among{t Authors concerning this Plant; whe=> 
ther it were known tothe Ancients or not; One will haveirtobethe — 
| ‘ porbos of Theopbraftus, another his Diefanthos, another would have itto ~ 
be the Hopyrum of Diolcorides, but Cornutws affirms point blanck that ic 
was not knowne; Itis generally called by the Writers of a later date Aguileia, 
Aquilina & Aquilegia,becaufe the tolds of the Leaves do fomewhacrefemblethofe __ 
Pipes called Aquilegess which were made as Pliny mentions, for the conveying 
of water, which they alfo contain in them, as Cornutas feemeth to inferre, efpe- 
cially from that fort of his which came trom Canada; That this Plant fhould — 
have likeneff: of properties with wild Ontes, called in Greek Atzilops,feemeth 
to bealcogether improbable; It knows no other Englith name but Columbines. 
To fet forth the varieties of G li Se eS di ee 
the Task of aFlorifhs If 
totheir colonrs, would bé 
Bive ye fe which have different Termes, 
s- 2Double Columbines. 3 Double inverts 
ibinet. a Rofe Colunbines. 5 Degenerate Columbines. 6 Columbines of 
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~ Jour, alittlerefembling Celandine, from amongft which arife ftalks, fometimes 
The Planer ama Time, eg 
‘The firft fort hath been found to grow wild in the woody mountains of 
‘Germany, but with us they are found only in Gardens, as the reft are, their place 
being otherwife unknowne, only that of thelaft, which was brought from Vir= 
'  ginia, by that indaftrious fearcher after'rarities Mr. Trade (cant the elder; Th 
ad commonly about the end of April, and the beginning of Maysperith be 
“the end of Fune, only the Virginian kind flowreth a Month foonerthen 
EE Oe The Temperatures = 
7 Ciliadpibs ate (aid to bé tempperste in fefpett of coldneffeaad 
moderately digeiting, as a 
