I70 JOHN GOODYER 



with small round buds, veric neere as big, and of the colour of 

 Radish seed, and do so continue all the Winter, till about the 

 beginning or middle of Februarie, when they open at the top, 

 sending forth one small sharpe pointell, little longer than the huske, 

 divided into many parts, or garnished towards the top with many 

 small dusty things like flowers, of the colour of the husks ; and if 

 you shall beate or throw stones into this tree about the end of 

 Februarie, or a good space after, there will proceed and fly from 

 these flowers an aboundance of dustie smoke. These dusty flowers 

 continue on the trees till about harvest, and then some and some 

 fall away, and shortly after the round buds come up as aforesaid. 



The Place. 



Theis trees are both very comon in England, in Hampsheire 

 there is good plentie of them growinge wild on the Chalke hills, 

 and in Church yards where they have byn planted. 



The Time. 



The time is expressed in their descriptions. — MS. f. 119; Gcr. 

 emac. 1370-71. 



[The first record of the Male Yew in Hampshire.] 



Calathian Violet. Geiitiana Pnetunonanthc L. 

 Pneumonanthe. [After 9 Nov. 1621] 



hath a small round stalk 3 or 4 ynches high, on wch growe 

 small narrow leaves, half an ynch long, which are curvd in the 

 midle very like y" leaves of savery, sett thick but orderly by 

 cooples one opposite ye other on y'' toppe of ye stalk groweth one 

 flower an ynch longe of the fashion of a bell, devided at y"' brim 

 into 5 sharpe pointed corners of a perfect blevve color, except 5 

 plates or strakes wh. are only to be scene before y'' flower openeth, 

 extending from y® bottome of ye flower to corner, which are not so 

 pleasant a blew color, .the seed I observed not. Ye root is small 

 divided at ye upper parte into a fewe small (yet of a sufficient 

 bignes for ye stature of y'' hcrbe) yealowish lyner branches or 

 fibres. Both leaves and rootes are bitter, and ye root more bitter 

 than the leaves & bitinge ye tonge. — MS. f. 9 v. 



Marsh Cinque foil. Potcntilla Coviariini Nutt. 

 Quinquefolium palustre. [After 9 Nov. 162 1] 



The stalks are lyner bendinge pliant round smooth a foot long 

 as bigg as a wheate straw of a reddish color towards ye root, 

 ioynted, at ech ioynt groweth a [icafc] foot-stalk which whooly be- 

 clippeth the knott or ioynt, on whose toppe groweth five leaves of 



