ii8 JOHN GOODYER 



Linaria adulterina. n. d. 



Johnson states that ' Mr. Goodyer found it growing wilde on the 

 side of a chalkie hill in an inclosure on the right hand of the way, 

 as you goe from Droxford to Poppie Hill in Hampshire', — Ger. 

 eviac. 555. 



Dwarf Thistle. Car dims acaidis L. 

 Carduus acaulis septentrionalium L^'obelii. 8° Julij & 5 Sept. 1620 

 Ger. non habet. 



It hath many greene short narrowe leaves, somewhat hairie, 

 spread abroad uppon the ground, seldome above six ynches longe, 

 parted or gashed even to the midle ribbe, sett with sharpe prickles: 

 amongst which groweth one (sometimes more) scaly head without 

 prickles, with a thrum of purple flowers which are nothinge but 

 small cheives, and after turne into downe, contayninge gray seed 

 within : theis hedds growe close to the ground comonly without any 

 stalk, yet sometimes havinge a small smooth footstalk 3 or 4 ynches 

 longe. The root is small crooked scragged, with many out grow- 

 inge branches, reddish in the midle, and of longe continewance. || It 

 groweth wild on the Chalkie downes of Hampsheire plentifullie ; 

 and also at Purflett in Essex. — MS. f. 105. 

 [See 1618.] 



Common Cow wheat. Melampyrnm sylvatiaini L. 

 Melampirum luteum latifolium. Phyto. 444 (3). Pin. 234 (a. 4). 

 Crategonon, Lob. icon. p. '3/^. Parietaria silvestris, 2 Clus. p. xliiij. 

 Ger. p. 84 (2). 22 Julij & 22 Augusti 1620 



It hath a stalk about a cubit high, round close by ye root 

 4 square above, spreading it selfe abroad, often of a browne redd 

 color on ye upper side, ioynted, devided ymediatly from ye root 

 into branches, alwaies one branch growinge right against another, 

 under which branches growe ye leaves, also one opposite against 

 another, ye brodest and lowest are about 3 ynches longe, & one 

 ynch broad, smooth nothinge at all notched b}- the sides, of a darke 

 greene color, of an unpleasant an harsh tast, ye flowers growe neare 

 ye toppes of ye branches, amongst smaller iagged leaves, and 

 opposite against another, yet ye topps hang downwards & ioyne 

 neare together of a yeaiowe color, whicli when they begin to wither 

 are whitish, ye mouth not withstanding remayninge yeaiowe, after 

 which followeth broad, flatt, sharpe pointed seed vessells, wherein 

 is contayned 2 or 3 seeds like wheate cornes. 



The root is small, whitish and threedie, and dieth at winter. — 

 MS. f 83 V. 



