60 ___ Adan in¥iden, Or, 
CHAP. LXXXV. 
{ Of Scabious. fe 
The Names, 
T hath no Greek Name, unle(s it be, as fome chitik,that Herb which e4cins 
calleth Wea :but few dare venter to fay, it is che fame, becaufe there is no- . 
thing but the bare Name, without any Defcription extant inhim ; yet the 
Greek word fignifieth Seabses in Latine. It took che name of Scabiofa, either 
A foliornm (cabritie que prafertim priewo buic generi convenit, or rather, and that 
more ufually, guod Scabiei medesur, which it doth by Signature; for Crollias faith 
pret in furmmis caulimm capitulis florum calices promit compattil: (quams- 
marum ordine firuttos : ideo Scabiei medet wr, chat is, Ic brings forch cups ot Flow- 
ers, which ftand on the tops of the ftalks, like unto {Cales-or {cabs ; and this alfo 
may bea reafon, why it 1s called fo, The Name is applyed to divers Herbs, as ro 
che Jacea’s Stabe’s, and others ; bur there hath much difference been difcovered 
between them bythe modern Herbariffs, as in the Heads of Flowers, and alfo 
by the Leaves, if they be broken ; for the Leaves of Seabsous , being broken eafily, 
ere plainly perceivemany little Films in them, which Knapweed, or Ste 
The Sorts of Scabious are fo many, that they would take up much room to lit- 
tle purpofe;if I fhould but namethem all. I {hall therefore tec down a dozen of 
them,andmo more, 1, Common Scabious. _ 2. The {mall common Scabious. 
3.Middle Scabious, 4. Corn Scabious, 5. Purple flowredScabious. 5. Red 
Scabious of Amfrie, 7. Mountain Scabions. 8, Broad leafed Mountain Sca~ 
5 See 
bious. 9, Spanifh Scabjous. 10, Strange Scabious, i1.Sheeps Scabious. 12. Hair 
ee The Forme, 
Se plainly a : 
Leaves for a good fpace, | 
many fet together in a head, or knop Ourermolt whereof, are larger them 
Iwate > With many threds ao inthe middle, fomewhat flat at the top, 2S 
the Head with Seedis likewile : the Root is grea, white, anid thick, growimg 
down deep inte the id, and abidet ay Years, iF & ; 
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‘MCverylow. The two next srow alfo in Gieasegtields, bansict Sano 
es , a tifally 
