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734- Of the Hiflorie of Plants. 1 



Ib. 2. 



2 The common Corn-floure hath Ieaues fpred vpon the ground of a «h;»in. »«. I — 



•h« hackt or cut in the edges like thofe of come i^«g%^< SuS^SSf^ 

 ded into diucrs final! branches, whereon do grow long leaues of anlu«worn7gr een cot ^ d '" 1 

 few cursor none atall. The flouresgrowatthetopofthe ftalWnf.hi^^.?'!!"^! 01 ^ »»h 



ny 



fhining,and wrapped in a \ 

 it hath perfected bis feed. 



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3 This Bottle is like to the Iaft defcribed in each refpecVauing in the colour of the fln„ 

 whicharepurple.whereinconfifteththediffercnce. " 0Ur «» 



t , T {t f r h BOt - ,C i df ° H r C the P rcced ent,not differing in any point but in the fiW c 



*£<*$££""* are of a purpIe colour ' contrariwife thJL mi,kc ^Sss 



5 



roots 



leauesJ© 



proportion 



diftinguifhed with words , only the floures hereof are of two aSoSSS^a^^^ 

 ther,wherein it differeth from the reft. sl F mm t0 & e - 



_ 7 There isnodifference to be found in the Ieau«.ftalt« .6*1. **•««»• Ate:.** fl . « 



the othet.but only that the floutes ii^^TuSSS^^^fi^'"*' 



.1. 1 c iSj th „ Corne -fl° l ' re "l'i<;v'itothcprecedeiit«rithoutMydiffereiiceatall twin, i. 



theeoloutof the floure^h cb areof a bright pu,ple,that fetteth forth ehediffcreni ' H 



fiJ! £ T?" r S k kC the W^HfH > but *" theleaues are much fmalletor narrower, alfo the 



£X ^ ? f ar "f! fin f, r W i Ue fiIucr coIour s and ^is plant is not polTeiTed with fuch bitter- 

 neile as the former. Lobtl calls this Cymus minimus repem. $ 



i-t. If The Place. 



TllfX, gr ° W " h ,n ^y f arden » and in tfa c gardens of Herbarifts, but not wilde that I know of. 

 The o hers grow in corn fields among Wheat, Rie,Barle yj and other graine : it is fowne in gardens, 

 and by cunning looking to doth oft times become of other colour S> and fome alfo double, as hath 

 beene touched m their feuerall defcriptions. % The two laft grow wilde about Montpellicr in 



■/• 



^f The Time. 



e beginning of 



<U The Names. 



of 



ter lort roijowmg tne common Germane name,call it Flos ft 

 Cojlt Wumetl J in low-Dutch,CO£t!l)IoemcU : in French.B/4 



efe ,and Slad/feris,i.Certs blaStjnd Battifeculafit Baptifeeula 



becaufeithinderethandannoyeththe Reapers, by dulling and turning the edges of their licks 

 in reaping ofcorne : in Englifh it is called Blew-BottIe,Blew-Blow,Corne-floure,and hurt-Side. 

 ? Fabttu Column* would haue it to be the Papauer (bumeum or Heracleum of the Antients. t 



t Fabitu Column* would haue it to be the Papauer ft 



The faculties of thefe floures *rr 

 ficke,we will leaue the reft that 



no vfe of them in phy 



uc K e,we win leaue the reft that might be faid to a further confederation : notwithftanding locnj 

 uaue thought the common Blew-Bottle to be of temperature fomething cold, and therefore go* 

 agamftthe inflammation oftheeves.as fomethinke. 



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