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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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IB. Z. 



t J Ofyris dba,Lob. 



White Tode-flax 





the S fi i . fl0Ur " S row at ^c top of 



the ftalke like vnto the common kindc, but of a 



putple colourdeclir-' ■ • 7 



fmall and threddy. 



root 



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A, f J his J !? athman y<'mali creeping bran, 

 ches fome handfull or bet tcr highland haTh fuch 

 kaues floures.and feed,as theeommon kind.but 

 aHof them much lefTe,and therein confi lh t!i the 



Jt^ ' Ic growes naturall v in thc d f y fields 



about Salamanca in Spaine.and flouresall Sum- 





>fjrufl*v4f y lHeJlru . and 



8 The branches of this eight kind are fprcd 

 ypon the ground ,and of the length oi thofe of the 

 Iaft defenbed : the leaues are lefler than thofe of 



Todc 



grow 



derly vpon the ftalk^but at certain fpaces/ome- 



foure 



floures in fhape are like thofe of the ordinarie 

 kinde, but of a moft perfect Violet co lour, and 

 the lower lip where it eaoesof a eolden vellon 



come 



veflels round & thick>vvhich contain a flat black 

 feed in two partitions or cels:the root is (lender, 

 white, and long lafting,and it floures vnto thc 

 end of Autumne. It growres naturally vpon the 



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Cfofn 



Gefner cals it, Linaria ^ilp, 



t 6 OjyrtiPttrpurot£rule4ref>eits. Purple Tode-flax. 



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Forafmuch as this plant is ftalked and leafed liki common flax e, and thought by jo« 



#r* ; the new writers haue called it £yw0rw .- it hath ftalkes very ftiffe and woodd 

 with Ieaues like the common Lwaria, with floures at the top of the ftalkes of a faint f hir» ^ 

 low coIour,in forme and rtiape fomewhat like vnto Conjza major. The whole P lan ^ r( ? wc xhc 

 height of two cubits, and is intafte fharpe and clammie, or glutinous,and fomewhat bite 

 loot is compact of many ftrings,intangled one within another. . n r . r .j ts h\%W- 



f io GmUfldiw calleth this plant Hyfefut vwbellifera z>,*/Wif,inat is,Di»f«>"«< ^ 



