> 



a 





Of the Hiftorie of Plants 



L 



IE. 1. 



negligence o£Diofcorides and Theophrafttts, who in defcribing Doronicm.. 

 the floures thereof", but haue committed that negligence in many and diucrs other' plants "™'" cd 

 out in many plants which they haue defcribed,tbe fpeciall accidentSjwhich hath not a littler"' '' 

 bled the ftudy and determination of the beft Herbarifts of late yeares,not knowing certainly i * U " 

 to determine and fet downe in fo ambiguous a matter, fome taking it one way, and fomc anorh 

 and fome efteeming it to be Aconitttm. But for the better vnderftanding hereof, know that trf' 

 word Aconitum,9& it is a name attributed todiuers plants, fo it is to be confidered, that all plant"* 

 called by this name are malignant and venomous, as with the juyce and root whereof fuch as hun* 

 ted after wilde and noy fome beafts, were woont to embrue and dip their arrowes, the fooner and" 

 more furely to difpatch and flay the beaft in chafe. But for the proofe of the goodnefle of this j> 

 rmeam y mA the reft of his kinde,know alfo,That Lobelmiteth of one called Iehn de Fr«fc/«,whoate" 

 very many of the roots at fnndry times, and found them very pleafant in taft,and very comfortable 

 ButtoIeauecontrouerfies,circumftances,and obieaions which here might be brought in and al 

 ledged, afTure your felues that this plant Doronicum minus ofjicinarum (whofe roots Pen* reporteth 

 he found plentifully growing vpon the Pede-mountaine hills and certaine high places in France) 

 hath many leaues fpred vpon the ground,fomwhat like Plantaine : among which rife vp many ten- 

 der hairy ftalks fome handfull and an halfe high, bearing at the top certaine fingle yellow floures 

 which when they fade change into downe,and are carried away with the wind. The roots are thick 

 and manv. very crookedlv croflin? and ranol incr on«> within annrW »»r«rr.ht;r.*r « C/.«»^.v„ »., j .-. 



fome yeares do grow in our Englifh gardens into infinite numbers 



3 D oronicu m radice repente . 



Cray, fifh Wolfes bane. 



«1# 





-. 



rod. 



Winged Wolft 



I \o 



^ 



-; 





I If. 



2 The fecond kinde of Deronieum hath larger leaues than the former, but round, and ! broa • 

 almoft like the fraall leaues of the Clotor Bur : among which rifeth vp a ftalk fcarfe a cumt ije 

 r hP fln„f^ *r* 1 \\t» rfc* r — — i. .- s longer and bigger than the f orme r, banred ouer wit ^ 



..j , „-. a v,,«. „. vT U1 t C , aU ainininglike whi tematbIe,hauingon each fide one f 



finne,not vnlike to the fea Shr impe called Squilta marina, or rather like the ribs or icaies oi * 

 pions body, and is fweet in tafte. 



forme 



ny 



3 



The third kinde oi Doronicnm^ growing naturally in great aboundance in tfie moun • ^ 



