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ynlike the fi fh called Stella marina : the floures turn into down a and are carried away with rr «^n 

 The root is fibrous,ofa biting and fharprafte. * wunirevv md. 



' The fecond,ca!led Italian Starwort, hath Ieaues not much vnlike Marigolds hutni 



parte green colour,rou^h,and fomwhat round at the vpperend : the ftalks are many, & grow fnl' 

 cubit high, and attheirtopsarednudedintofundrybrancheswhich beaiefaireblcwfnT™ ? 

 floures.yello^ in their middles,^ fhaped like Marigolds, and almoft of the fame bignes i JEf 

 fome fraue called them blew Marigolds. $ & ,,Ci >»vnence 



;iT The third kind hath Ieaues fo like the Italian Star-wort,that a mancanfearcely at the &A 

 dendiftinguifh the one from the other. The fingle ftalkisacubit lon g ,vpright and flendcronrl," 



Sfflf^Xr 1 ^ floures Iike thofe of En * u *-*-*&&hi -y stt 



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ftalke and Ieaues more hairy,and longer, fomewhat like our fmall Hounds-tongue tndthl 

 are kite fibrous or threddy than the former. e ' c 



5 There is another fort that hath a browne ftalke,with Ieaues like the fmall Con** s thefW 

 are of a darke yelIow,which turne into down that flieth away with the wind like Comza The ™ 

 is full of thredsor firings, it.'i J ' * ucro °t 



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yellow floures ftar-fafhion ; which paft, the cups become fo hard that theywillWebebrabn 

 with ones nails to take forth the feedrthe root is long and ftraight as a finger,with fome few firing 



anexed to the vppermoft part thereof. It growcth wilde in fome parts of Spain 



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, There groweth another kinde of Starr e-woort which hath many Ieaues like Sesbto 05 ' 



thinner, and of a more greene colour, couered with a woolly hairinefle, fharpeand bitter id ^» 

 amongft which fpringcth vp a round ftalke more than a cubit high; often growing vnto a 



