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Of the Hiftorie of Plants, 



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wrapped after a few daies in the fmall ftalkcs , as thred about a bottome, whe reitTcmT — k7 



Af>frr\ApA fmm the. ininrio «f Winter c\nfr> imrinthfarmmA rn.».. J _!/■ :-t_ ., "'"Ctnfo 



of Winter clofe vpon the ground 



..„.„ .„_ ■ ■ ■ •¥ r r o — >%vmvh,u«h)y»iui ijjg Srecnf Iran 



aforefaid,by which meanes it is kept from the froft,euen from the time of his feeding viF 1 

 Septcmber,vntill Iune : at which time the leaues doe fade away,the ftalkes & feed teniaii in b * 

 and naked , whereby it inioyeth the Sun (whereof it was long depriued) the fooner to bring 1 h 

 vnto matur'itie.-rhe root is round like a Turnep,blacke without and white within, with mar* ik u 



redd 



colour, 



firings annexed thereto. M . Aw* 



2 Thefecond kinde of Sowbread hath b 

 fomwhat indented about the edg 



white on the vpper fide,and ofada ... „ m _ _ w _ Afc fcHW &lwuu :a 



rife vp flender foot-ftalkes of two or three inches long : at the tops.whereof ftand fuch floures as tl I 

 precedent, butofafweeter fmel,and more pleafant colour. The feed is alto wrapped vpin the; 

 for his further defence asainft the iniurieftfwi'nrprTh^rnnfi'crrim^iJirK^rrTr^^^^ «J~r_. 5 



tue.asfhall be declared. 



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Land of more 





% 4 CycLmen Vermin album. 



White floured Sowbread, 





% 5 An Cjelaminos altera^ hedeneth 



folijsfUnta? 



■tfy 



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3 There is a third kinde of Sow-bread that hath round leaues without peaked corneri. ^ 

 laft before mentioned, yet fomewbat fnipc about the edges, and fpeckled with white aboi. 

 brims of the. leaues, and of a blackifli colour in the middle ; the floures are like to the reft, ° ai 

 deeper purple : the root alfo like,but fmaller,and this commonly floures in the Spring. - 



* 4 This in leaues and roots is much like the laft defcribedjbut the flours arc fin*"* n0t 

 wbite,andfweetfmelling. There are diuers other varieties of thefe plants, whicM cfafortb 

 neceflary for me to infift vpon: wherefore I referre the curious to the Garden of floures 1 



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. There is a plant which I haue fet forth in this place that may very well be caiica ^^ 

 fhon,and his place alfo.confidering that there hath been great contention about ««*• h ' - 



oil 



I fy determined on either part,whlch hath 1 moued me to'place him with thole plants ^ ^, 



terrible one another,both in fliape and name : this plant hath greene cornered [cane { 



