L i b. z. 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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being parted into flue fmall leaues, ftarre-fafhion: the floures being vaded, there come vp frua 

 knobs or heads,hauing at the end thereof flue or fix little fharpe homes or pointaIs,and euery knob 

 or bead is dimdcd into fundry fmall eels or partitions, wherein the feed is contained, which is of a 

 bladcift co!our,very like vnto Onion feed.in rafte fharpe,and of an excellent fweet fauour. 



The wilde Nigella hath a (freaked ftaIkeafootormorehigh,bcfet full of grayifh leaues 

 lJP finely jagged.almoft like the leaues of Dill : the floures are like the former,faue that they are 

 bleirer : the cods or knops are like the heads or huskes of Columbines, wherein is conteined the 

 fuecr 3nd pleafant feed, like the former. 



5 NigcH.1 f$re alko mult if ltd. 



ParaaskcNigclla. 



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t 6 mgcBaHiftdmcsfion ample. 



Great Spanift Nigclla. 









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J The third kindc of NrgeIIa,vvhich is both faire and pleafant,called Damaske Nigella,is ve- 



al i;. C T t0 r e WlIde Ni S e,,a in his fraa11 cuc and i^gged leaues.but his rtalke is longemhe flours 

 tofi , fo . rmcr » bl ' c g fea ^ and euery floure hath fiuc fmall greene leaues vnder him, as it were 



mpport and beare him vp: which floures being gone, there fucceed and follow knops and feed 

 "Ke the forme^butwithoutfmell or fauour. v 



lafM r ,Ljl in thefma,oc(re . a n d fliapeofthe leaues and the manner of growing is like to the 

 ■r aefcrtbed hauing fmall leaues growing vnder the floure.which is not finglc,as in the laft defcri- 



fucb co mT"? fc * c . onfift i n g of f fiu u c °' rao « ™» kes of little blewifh leaues, which are fucceeded by 

 frncll ± aS ° f thG f0rmCt ' hauin S in tfa€IU a bIac ^c feed without any manifeft 



leaues S^[ th kind ° ° f N, > e "» J« h m 1? y fma11 and flcmJer ftalk «>^t f «» of flender and thinne 



a es d , djQf fcinc i(h coiQur ; thc floures tmnne 



«I oft eer n h»r ° r ' an t d t C T d r ing d ° Ub K C : which bcin 8 v *^> theTe fucceed b£ to« 

 j 7 110 ,wcct olackc feed hke the former : the root is fmall and tender 



*^, and to w e arrh° f rn hi V S ^V^ V* 1 ^ 5 the ftalkeis fomecubit high^ound.green^ 

 *ha ?*, °™ d th 5 t0 P d . luld cd into fundry branches, the leaues toward the bottome Ire fome- 



form 



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