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be Toel tfeo tn pottage anc falatesyas Qtptt i^erbcK of Ube nature 

 fo; m time pad^ our zlms !}aue Co t^feo If* 



Of the Indian Sunne,or Golden floure of . 



Perrowe. Chap, xxxiiij. 



3^ The defcriftiott. 



l^e 3lnt)tan & 



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t!)e golDcn flotirc of p^rrotue 



plant,of fnct) Itature auD tallnefle^tl^at tn one ^ommer it 

 groluet^ to tfje lengtd of tljirteene o^ fourfane ti»te,anu in 

 (btne pla(C0 to tfie fietgti) of foure anD ttDentte^o;; Sue ant) ttoen^ 

 tie f(Dte,I?t0 0al&0 be rtgt)t ftratgt)t anD ttjiche^anD I)tj6 leauesare 

 tert manv^efpectallp tfiei? tijaf groU) tjpmoff , fo^ ^ t)ntitr leaner 

 Do qutcUl^ fall anD bantd^ : efpectall^ t^oG^ great b^oaD leauctf 

 luljtt^ before tbe rp;^tngmg bp of tbe ffalfee, are tn quantttte al^ 

 mod a0 large as tlje leaner of tbe Clote ^urre. %w tf)e ber^ top 

 of tbe CatD bigb ftallte,tbere grotoetb a ber^ large anD moft ^^t^f 

 lent aoure moll ttl^ett to Cammomtl o; Cb^i?fantbemam, but 

 mneb larger^ anD tn quantttte almoft Itbe to a p;»ette b;oaD i)at, 

 fo tbat oftenttme£! tnlien tbe ctrcnit o; bttermoK rontpalTe of t^ 



rai?Daonret0meafureD,itu( fonnbtobeof tbebaeaDtb of M^ ^ 

 fiBte.SHbe mtDDle of tl^e floure in lubicl) tbc feeb grotoeti), is Itlte 



fo a 6ne dotb ln;ongbt as tt Inere lutt^ neeDle loo^fee, tbe fmall 



Ieaue0 tnbub sroln tn rompaflTe about, are of a bngbt fl^tntng ^f 



iotD colo;, anD euer^ one of tbem are tn quantttte like t^e leaued 



oftbeHiilicflourcs, ojratber greafer> anD are almoU fiffte ixi 



number o: tnoXbe feeD is flat anD long,anD fomloliat b^oione o^ 



ftoartjin t[mntiik lil^eto tbe (!5ourD (&D. %hz rote0 are It&e to 



the rates of ^KioeDes 



^ThefU 



SCbis plant grobjetfi in tbe tuett31nDia,tbe inljicb i« callcD A- 

 xnenca , f in tbe countrei? of perrotn j f being fotone tn $?patne^ 

 tt grotoetb to V^z lengtb of foure anb ttoentp f©te,anD it bearet^ 

 floures li!?e to tbe abone feiD t in bate ^aimaigne it groloetb not 



abou6 tlnelne o; tiiixtmztm%z ^ig^^ anb it Dotb (carcel^ b?tng 



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