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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



453 



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Cemana mtjor ijjcsruleoflore Clufij 



Blew floured Felwoorr. 



4, Gentiana minor Crueiata 



Croflovoorc Gencian. 







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5 Gtmidna Pennei mn$r m 



Spotted Gentian of & Pcnnitl 



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t 2 This defcribed by Cfofins^ hath 

 leaues and ftalkes like tliepreceden^thefe 

 ftalkes are fome cubit and balfe or twocu. 

 bits high, and towards the to; pes they are 

 ingirt with two or three coronets of fa ire 

 purple floures, which are not itarre-fafhio- 

 ned, like thofe of the former, but long and 

 hollow,diuided as it were into fome fiue or 

 fix parts or leaues, which towards the bot- 

 tome on theinfideare fpotted with deepe 

 purple fpots : thefe floures are without 

 fmell,and haue fo many chiues as they 

 hauc jagges,and thefe chiues compafle the 

 head, which is parted into two cells, and 

 containes ftore of a fmooth,chatfie,reddifti 

 feed. The root is large,yeltow on the ouc- 

 fide,and white within, very bitter, and it 

 fends forth euery yeare new fhoots. It 

 growes in diuers places of the Alps * it 



floures in Auguft,and the feeds are ripe in 

 September. $ 



5 Carditis CltfiM alfo fetteth forth a- 

 uothcr fort of a great Gentian, rifing forth 

 of the ground with a ftiffc firmc or folide 

 ftalkc, fet with leaues like vnto -^fclep/a*, 



by couples oneoppofite againft another, 



cuen from the bottometo the top in ?**- 



Wine diftanccs.-from the bofooic of the 



leaues 



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