DESCRIPTIONS OF PLANTS i6i 



Nicotiana Tabaann v^x. fruticosa Hook. f. 

 Petum indicum folio Hydrolapathi acuto. 13 Sept. 162 1 



The stalkes are also round and branched, somewhat hairie and 

 clammie, the leaves growe also without footstalkes half compassinge 

 the stalkes, yet sometimes exceedinge narrowe towards the stalkes, 

 generally much narrower and longer then the former, comonly 

 2 foot, 2 foot and a half and sometimes 3 foot longe, and usuallie 

 6 or 7 ynches broad or broader, not round towards the toppe like 

 the former, but verie sharpe and slender pointed, smoother greener 

 and nothinge so clammie as the other, also of a sharpe bitinge 

 tast, and are in forme like the leaves of the greate water docke, 

 the flowers are also of a light purple colour, but smaller endeinge 

 with 5 sharpe pointed corners, much sharper then the former. 

 The seed is like the former inclosed in the like huskes, but some- 

 what sharper pointed. The roote is also like and must be preserved 

 from the cold as the other. 



In Anno 1619 I receaved the seedes hereof from Mr. Anthony 

 Uvedale who that yere intended to plante greate store hereof, and 

 was hindered of his purpose by a proclamation sett forth by 

 Authoritie. — MS. ff. 93, 114. 



Nepeta tuber osa L. 

 Cattaria tuberosa radice Boetica Boelii. non scripta. 



14 Sept. 1621 

 Hath 2, 3 or more square upright stalks, somewhat hairie, two 

 foot high or higher, sometimes leaninge towards or lyinge flatt on 

 the ground, devided into many square branches growing allwaies 

 one right against another, whereon growe leaves by cooples one 

 right against another, sometimes with short hairie footstalks, but 

 most comonly espetially on the upper parte of the stalk, with very 

 short or no footstalks at all, full of crumpled vaines or sinewes, and 

 large blunt notches by the sides, like those of the comon neppe, 

 but not so broad, of the same pleasant smell, but not so stronge, 

 and but a little hott and bitinge the tonge, sometimes covered 

 all over with a softe hairie cottonie whitenes, as though a white 

 frost laie thereon. On the upper parte of the stalks and branches 

 growe by certaine distances one from another crownetts or whorles 

 of manie small scalie leaves, somewhat reddish at the topps and by 

 the sides, compassinge the stalks : whereof two that are lowest and 

 biggest, and growe allwaies one right against another, amongst 

 which on the upper parte growe many blewish purple flowers 

 (those small scalie leaves and flowers makinge the entier whorle 

 or crownett) in fashion like those of the comon neppe, but neare as 



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