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19* Of the Hiftorie of Plants! L 



It growes naturall on diucrs places of the Alpes. Gefner called it 7^&Tir~, — 



UHufcofus : and Clufius.CaryophyUus fumilio ^itynus 9 . $ °™K*< flondus : Pe„ dy 0c , 



9 This Ieafe-leiTe Pinke (as the Greeke word doth feerae to irnnnr^ t, i. 

 orbenty leaues rifing immediately froma tough rufhy root • amon* »^?Tr ™? y fma " ri % 

 rufhes,of a fpan high,without any joynt at all,but fraooth and I SSL o !Et VR u a,k " ,ike v ™ 

 afmallfloureofablewimorskycolour,confifting of fourc littlPlM.^. r C0 P thereof groweth 

 edgcs,not vnlike thofe of wrilde flax. The whole plant is very bitte ^IZV^a j ' gged in tfcc 



10 ThewhitemountainePinkehathagreatthickcand wSl fcrf', , 

 diatelyrife vp very many fmalland narrow leaues, finer and leflcr than tSS vh ,'? h imme 

 fmalleft rum : among which rife vp little tender ftalkes, joynS w kief hv ? mt ™ h \ c n lo thc 

 fet with the like leaues euen to the top by couples,onc oproKbft^i^ JrT dl ^ C ^ 

 ofgrow pretty fweet fmelling flouJcom^d of ^U^^^^ 



1 1 There is a vvilde creeping Pinkewhich groweth in our pafturcs ncere ahmir T on i™ 1 ■ 

 other places 5 butefpecially in the great field nex't to Detford, b ? y the ^S^^SSS 

 nffe to Greenewich ; which hath many fmall tender leaues fhorter than any of the^o ZVi t 

 Pinkes, fee vpon little tender ftalkes which lie flat vpon the ground, taking hold of the lm cm 

 fundry places, whereby it greatly encreafeth : whereupon grow little reddifh floures. Th Z S 

 fmall,tougb,and long lafttng. *ucrooris 



12 This Virgin-like Pinke is like vnto the reftof the GardenPinkes in ftalkes, leaues and 



roots. The floures are of a blufh colour, whereof it tooke his name, which fheweth the difference 

 from thc other. 



* This whofc figure I giue you for that fmall leaued one that was formerly in this place, bath 

 flender ftalkes fome fpannehigb, fet with two long narrow hard ftiarpe pointed leaues at each 

 jovnt. The floures (which grow commonly but one on a ftalke) confift of fiue little fnipt leaues 

 of a light purple colour, rough and deeper coloured about their middles, with two little crooked 

 threds or homes : rhe feed is chafiie and blacke : the root long, and creeping : it floures in Aptill 

 and May.and is the Flos caryophy Ileus fyluefir is 1. of clufius. $ 



1 3 Clufius mentions alfo another whofe ftalkes are fome three inches high : thc leaues broa- 

 der,fofter,and greener than the former : the floures alfo that grow vpon the top of the ftalkes are 

 larger than the former, and alfo confift of fiue leaues of a deeper purple than the former, with lon- 

 ger haires finely intermix t with purple and white. 



t 14 This from a hard wooddy root fend s vp fuch ftalkes as the former, which are fet at tbe 

 joynts with fhort narrower and darker greene leaues : the floures are white, fweet- fmelling, confi- 

 ning of fiue much diuided leaues, hauing two threds or homes in their middle. It floures in May, 



and it is the CaryofhyUus fyluefiris quintus oiClufius. $ 



1 5 This wilde fea Pinke hath diuers fmall tender weake branches trailing vpon thc ground, 

 whereupon are fet leaues like thofe of our fmalleft garden Pinke, but of an old hoary colour ten- 

 din°- to whitenefle,as are moft of the fea Plants.The floures grow at the top of the ftalkcs,in ffiape 

 Iike°thofe of Stitch- woort,and of a whitifhcolour.Neither the feeds nor feed-veflcls hauc I as yet 



obferued: the root is tough and {ingle. ; 



16 There is another of thefe wilde Pinkes which is found growing in ploughed fields, yet* 

 fuch as are neere vnto the fea : it hath very many leaues fpread vpon the ground 1 of a fiefn green co- 

 lour ; amongft which rife vp tender ftalkes of the height of a foot, fet with the like leaues by cot 

 plesatcertainediftances. The floures grow at the top many together, in manner of the Swetf- 

 William of a white or fometimes a light red colour. The root is mall, tough and long Iafh*. 



*Thi^ 

 firft booke. 





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mittimus 



fol!ow)a Pinke,calling it Csrytfh^ 



Clufius makes this a Lychnis i and Z^/(whom I here follow* Pintogan ng n c^ 



_ tlili alter exoticuspre candido mano. This from creeping roots fendeth vp euery £ 



many branches fome handfull and better high, fet with two long «™. f^J^pofed 

 k>yni : the floures which grow on the tops of the branches a* of a pleaf.ng white colo U com^ 



of fiue jagged leaues without fmell. After the floures are gone ^^J^^^ or 

 velTels, con taining a fmall blackifh flat feed like to that of the ^^'J^^ 1 ^- 

 dammy juyce likeas thatof the ouufdpula's or Catch- flies, clufius makes this his Ijm p 



/rkdecima. $ 

 q- ThefUce. nrher forts the 



Thefe kindes of Pinkes do grow for the «^^^^«i«M 

 mhich were ouer long to write of particulary. Thofe that be wi we uo grow v^v 



KdiaM *k? «* The "* arc fpedM in " defcnpnons ' * T 



