Li B. 2. 



Of die Hiftorie of Plants 



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HAP.Z49. 

 Of &<£atfellon or Kgapneed. 



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kinde of Scabious. 



tituled with the aame of lacea • yet for diftin ttion I haue thought good to fet them in 

 a feuerall Chapter,beginning with that kind which is called in Englifh Knapweed and 

 Matfcllon,or Materfilm • it hath long and narrow leaues of a blackifh grecne colour, in fhape like 

 Diuels bit,but longer,fet vpon ftalks two cubits high,foraewhat bluntly cut or fnipt about the ed- 

 ges : the floures grow at the top of the ftalkes, beeing firft fmall fcaly knops like to the knops of 

 Corn-Houreor B!ew-Bottles,but greater : outof themidft thereof groweth a purple thrummy or 

 threddy floure.Tlie root is thicke and fhort. 



1 The great Knapweed is very like vnto the former,but that the whole plant is much greater, 

 the leaues b,igger,and more deeply cut euen to the middle rib : the floures come forth of fitch like 

 fcaly beads.of an excellent faire purple coIour,and much greater. 



3 The third kinde of Matfellon or Knapweed is very like vnto the former great Knapweed laft 

 before mentioned, fauing that the floures of this plant are of an excellent faire yellow coIour,pro- 

 ceediog forth of a fcaly head or knop, befet with mod fharpe prickes not to bee touched without 



abioad,by means whereof it greatly encreafeth. 



long and lading 



I lacea nigra. 



Blacke Matfellon. 



t 2 Iaceamajor* 



Great Matfellon 





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Mcif u I S^ lai ^? Cn * pwrced of N ar b° D e in France hath a ftrong (km of 2 cubits bigMa 



vei y plentifuliK r ■ p NarDone in 



,a f orme of Unlhh °~ c °^ my amon S the hed S es and bu(hes ' ^ leaues are very much fagg** 

 colour. * or *pl*encirort \ the floures are like the reft of the Knapweeds , of a purpfe 



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