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the lower pte, whereon growe hairy leaves out of order without 

 footstalks, like the other but much shorter and smaller, about an 

 ynch and a half longe, and a quarter of an ynch broad comonly 

 turninge downewards, with other very small short leaves growinge 

 forth of their bosomes, or els very short stubbed branches. On the 

 upper pte the stalke is devided into many small short branches, 

 bearinge at the toppe of ech branch one little head, made on the 

 outside of many verie slender narrowe hairie stalks comonly reddish, 

 on the upper parte of the head groweth verie manie small narrowe 

 short leaves no bigger than cheives of a pale or light purple color, 

 seldome spreadinge abroade, but growinge upright, which together 

 with the head are about half an ynch in lenght : next within these 

 leaves and verie neare of their lenght even at their first openinge, 

 appeareth a round circle of pale yealowish downe, which in the midle 

 of the flower is of a dark browne color and in the ende spreadeth 

 abroad and contayneth underneath much small yealowish seed, 

 which together with the downe is caried away with the wind. The 

 whole head rubbed betwene the fingers is of a good smell. The 

 root is nothinge but small white thredds and dyeth not at winter. 

 II I first found this herbe growinge wild on the walls at Winchester 

 in Hampsheire, afterwards in other places on dry bancks, but very 

 seldome. — MS. f. 95. 



Ivy-leaved Toadflax. L inaria Cyinhalaria Mill. 

 Cymbalaria Italica. 20 Sept. 1621 



Cymbalaria with us in England, where it is sowen runneth and 

 spreadeth on the ground and clymeth and hangeth on walls even 

 as Ivie or Chickweed doth, the branches are verie small round and 

 smooth, limmer and pliant neare like the hampering threeds of 

 Cuscuta devidinge it self plentifullie into other branches and 

 sendinge forth other small threddie roots takinge hold therewith 

 on the earth or walls. The leaves growe on long round footstalks 

 and are like those of Ivie smooth and devided into moe corners, 

 the flowers growe also on longe footstalks forth of the bosomes 

 of the leaves like single violetts but sm.aller, nearer like the flowers 

 of Elatinc consistinge of 1 leaves, whereof the uppermost is on the 

 upper parte of a light purple color and devided at the toppe into 

 a parte, the lower leafe is three times bigger, of a pale or whitish 

 color with a verie light dash of purple, and the midle or chappe is 

 yealowe, devided belowe into 3 pts, with a small purple taile behind 

 hanginge downewards, which fallen there succeedeth in the place of 

 the flower some little round knappe or button contayninge small seed. 



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