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Liny hath fet forth a kind of Blattaria which hath long and fmooth leaucs fbmwhat jag- 

 ged or (nipt about the edges : the ftalk rifeth vp to the height of three cubits,diuiding 

 ft felfc toward the top into fundry armes or branches,befet with yellow leaaes like vnto 



bUcke Mullein. 

 * 2 BUturia. with purple floures hath broad black leaues,without any manifeft (hips or notches 

 by tbcfides,gro\ving flat vpon the ground . among which rifeth vp a ftalkc two cubits high, gar- 

 Dirtied with floures like vnto the common Blattaria, but that they are of a purple colou^and rhofe 

 few threds or chiucs in the middle of a golden colour : the root is as thicke as a mans thumb, with 

 fbme threds hanging thereat,and it endures from yeare to ycarc. 



5 There is another kinde like vnto the blacke Mullein in ftalk s,roots,and leaues,and other rc- 

 fpech, failing that his fmall floures are of a green colour. 



4 There is another like vnto the laft before written, fauing that his leaues are not fo deepefy 

 cut about cheedgcs,and that the fmall floures haue fome purple colour mixed with the greenefle. 



$ 3 Blattaria fioreviridi. 



Greene Moth Mullein. 





t Blattaria flere ex viridi furfur afcentel 

 Moth Mullein with the greenifo purple 

 coloured floure. 



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aJioarJof I? I 5 -" r S meVvh3t Iike the firft ^feribed in leaues and ftalks,but much leflLthe Houres 



o arcof a wrhutifh or gray ifh colour,wherein confifts the greateft difference. 



cit! *' of SI vXvJn/ "IT f C ° f tb ! S kin , de ' which hath vef y faire * od ^ noures,& thefe 

 7 Th - {• Si y elIOW » orelfeofa P»rpIe colour. . 



^ncolour S, IS? narr0w r leaues ,lke **> r * ofthe fccowtfnipt about the edges.and of a dzrkc 

 arc ^rec and VJu ^ f °T e 2 Cubits hi gM nd feldo ™ f «d forth any branches • the floures 

 0rd er that rhil r ' . r , 0ugh threds in their middles "P* with «<» , and thefe grow in fiich an 



ao ArinualS^ 13 ^^ 16 a fl ? ; the fced is ^all,and contained in round buttons. This is 



,ai '>and penfheth when the feed is ripe. * . , 



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