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_ he Greek Valerian hath many winged leaues lying vpon the ground, that is, many 
fall leaues fet on both fides of a middle ribbe,very like vnto the wilde Valerian,tha 
groweth by the ditch fides, but much fmaller and tenderer, among which rife vp on 
ortworound brittle ftalkes, two foote high orthereabouts, whereon are fer at the 
ioynts, fuch like leaues as grow below, but{maller : thetoppes of the ftalkes are di 
uided into many {mall branches, thicke fettogether, fullwith flowers, confifting of 
fue {mall round leaues a peece, layd open like vnto the Cinquefoile flower,with fome 
white threds in the middle,tipt with yellow pendents ¢ the colour of thefe flowers in 
fome plants, is of a faite bleakeblew colour, andin others pure white : And I doe 
heare of one beyond the Seas (if thereport bee true, for I hauc not feenefucha on 
which fhould beare red flowers: after the flowers are paft, there come yp in their pla. 
ées fimall hard huskes or heads, containing {mall blackifh feedes : the-_roote is com: 
pofed of anumber of fmall long blacki(h threds, faftened together atthe head, with. 
\ out any fent at all of a Valerian, eycher in roote or leafe and why it fhouldbee called 
\ a Valerian! fee no great reafon, for it agreeth with none of them, in flower orfeede, 
and but onely with the wilde Valerian in leafe,as I {aid before: but asit is, wefo giu 
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 alfochat ome would haue itto be Beben rubrum. Some call it Velerienthon, 
~ out | others make ita kinde of Osimatirum aid fome Seponaria altera,with other 
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