144 JOHN GOODYER 



a small tayle : the seed of this plant is small, flat, and of a blackish 

 gray colour, inclosed in small round huskes, and you shall com- 

 monly have at one time flowers and ripe seed all on a stalke. The 

 whole plant is like to the common Liiiaria, but that it is a great 

 deale lesser, and the flowers are six times as small, and perish at 

 Winter. \ I also received seeds thereof from M''. William Coys. — 

 MS. f. 103; Ger. emac. 1626. 



? Trifoliitm Lagoptis L. 

 Lagopus trifolius flore ruberrimo. 4 Augusti 1621 



This Lagopus sendeth forth many leaves presentlie from the root 

 three growinge together uppon a longe footstalk almost round softe 

 hairie of a light greene amongest which groweth uppe a round 

 hairy reddish stalk of a foot or a cubite high devided into certaine 

 branches under which growe the like leaves not so round but a little 

 longer. At the topps of the stalks and branches growe longe 

 heads or spikes about two ynches longe of a finger bignes made 

 of rough husks ech huske devided into five small narrowe parts 

 at the toppe out of which growe small flowers of a delicate bright 

 redd color, which fallen there succedeth in ech of those husks 

 a round thick yealowe seed. || The root is very small, white, short, 

 and perisheth when the seed is ripe. — MS. f. 106. 



Trifolium ligusticiini Balb. 

 Lagopus trifolius maior Baeticus. [4 Augusti 1621] 



Hath many small round weakc hairy branches about nine ynches 

 longe proceedinge from one root traylinge on the ground and 

 those againe devided into other branches whereon growe small 

 greene round topped hairie leaves three together on a round hairy 

 footstalk like those of Trifolium florc albo but longer. On the 

 topps of the branches growe round hairie woollie heads amongest 

 which come forth small white flowers like those of Trifolium flore 

 albo but smaller, and have allwaies close adioyninge underneath 

 each flower three broad hairy scales and three leaves growinge 

 thereon like the former on a verie short footstalk. 



II The Seeds of this Hares foot were gath; red in Baetica by 

 Boelius, and by him sent to Mr. William Coys, who hath ever 

 since carefullie preserved the plant, and imparted seeds to me in 

 Anno 1620. — MS. f. 106. 



Cnicus pratcnsis Willd. 

 Carduus bulbosus Monspcllicnsium. n. d. 



Hath at the first manic leaves spread abroad uppon or neare the 

 ground greene above & somewhat white underneath and cottonie 



