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or devided into two parts at the toppe, ech huske contayninge two 

 flatt yealowish seeds, of a very bitter tast. The root is white and 

 short, with a fewe side branches. The whole herbe perisheth when 

 the seed is ripe. — MS. f. 98. 



[A rough copy of the last five lines is written on MS. f. 11.] 



Asclepias piirpurascens L. 

 Periploca recta Virginiana. 14 Julij 1621 



An Apocynum Syriacum Clusii, p. Ixxxvij. 



The stalk is bluntlie fower squared, upright, strait, not branched 

 fower or 5 foot high, straked, of the bignes of a finger, black 

 spotted, full of spungious white pith within, whereon growe by 

 cooples, one opposite against another, uppon thick short footstalks, 

 large, broad blunt topped leaves, with a whitish softe cotton under- 

 neath, of a light greene above, plaine and smooth not notched by 

 the sides, neare the toppe of ech stalk, exactlie against the leaves 

 (not out of the bosomes of the leaves) groweth forth about two 

 short rough footstalks, but one in a place, ech bearinge 4 or more 

 knapps like small buttons, which by nature turne downe, open and 

 appeare like a greenish flower, with five leaves ; above which 

 groweth the flower of a purple or reddish color, composed of 

 5 round small hollowe leaves sharpe pointed on the outside, ech 

 leafe havinge a short sharpe pointed pointell of the color of the 

 flower, turninge into the umbo or midle of the flower. — MS. f. 98. 



Anchusa angiistifolia L. * 



Buglossum Scorpioides. 14 Julij 1631 



An Echij facie Buglossum minimum flore rubente. Ob. p. 310. 



This is like the common Buglosse in stalks and leaves, but 

 altogether smaller & lower, the topps of the branches whereon the 

 flowers growe, are more crooked, turninge and bowinge inwards, 

 the occasion (as I take it) of the name. The flowers are smaller, 

 the leaves thereof narrower at the toppe, at their first openinge 

 more reddish, and when they are fullie blowne, of a perfecte purple, 

 or black violet color, but in tast, savor, operation and all things else 

 alike.— 1/5. f. 98. 



Ornithopus scorpioides L. 

 Scorpioides Mathioli. 16 Julij 1621 



Math. p. 895. Phyto. 568 (5). Ger. hath it not. 



This hath many small round firme branches proceedinge from 

 one root, and those againe devided into other branches, whereon 

 growe leaves almost round, comonly 3 sometimes 4 together; 

 whereof the midlemost is 4 times as bigge as anie of the other, both 



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