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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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purpureum mwus.and it is in the Hi ft 



ftalkes fome foot high, fet with many narrow Jeaues like thofe of Toad-flax, of a gray i ft coin 

 andtheftalke is parted into diuers branches, which at their tops vpon long cods carry D urnU 

 fiouresconfiftingoffoure leaues a piece. The root is Iong,yellowrifh,and wooddy. $ P 



9 There isanother baftard Loofe-ftrife or Willow herbe, bauing ftalkes like the otherofFT 

 kmde,whereon are placed long leaues fnipt about the edges,in fhape like the great Veronica -r berk! 

 Fludlen. The floures grow along the fhlkcs,fpike- fafhion, of a blew colour -, after which fucoS 

 fmall cods or pouches. The root is fmall and fibrous : it may be called Lyfimachia carulea or hk 

 Willovv-herbe. J uiew 



ro Wchaue likewife another Willow 



and vvater-courles. This I haue found in a watery lane leading from the Lord Treafurer his ho? 

 called Theobalds, vnto thebackefide of his flaughter-houfe, and mother places,as mall beded 

 red hereafter. Which Label hath called Lyfimachia galericuUta t or hooded Willow-herbe It S 

 many fmall tender ftalkes trailing vpon the ground, befet with diuers leaues fomewhat fnipt abont 

 theedges,ofadeepegreene colour, like to the leaues of Scordium or water Germander -a mo™ 

 which are placed fundry fmall Bell-floutes fafhioned like a little hood, in fhape refemblins thol 

 of Ale-hoofe.The root is fmalland fibrous,difperfingit felfe vnder the earth farreabroad wLehv 

 itgreatly increafeth. * r 



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I Lyfimachia camfejiru. 



Wilde Willow- herbe. 



$13 Lyfimachia purpurea miner Cluf, 



Small purple Willow-herbe, 



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Willow 

 and (bmetimes higher, whereupon do grow 



me ncigut ur a cuoir, ana lomeumes niguer, wucrcupuu uu giuw m** ipe yuiui^u *«~- -- . 



fnipt about theedges,and fet together by couples. There come forth at the firft long /lender x 1 

 wherein is contained fmall feed, wrapped in a cottony or downy wooll, which is carried away 

 the winde when the feed is ripe : at the end of which commeth forth a fmall floure of a pu»^ ^ 

 colour ^ whereupon it was called Filim ante PAtrem,becaufe the floure doth notappeare vn ' 

 ^*A h* 6\leA with his feed. But there is another Sonne before the Father, as hath beene occ 



:iy in that the 



Saffron.The root 



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