238 The Garden of p leaf ant Flowers. 



the knowledge thereof, and rather to fatisfie others then my felfe with the place there- 

 of: the defcription whereof is as followeth : It hath diuers broad rough hairy leaues 

 fpread vpon the ground, fomewhat like vnto the leaues of Borage for the roughneffe, 

 but not for the largeneffe ; the leaues hereof being fomewhat rent in fome places at the 

 edges : from among thefe leaues rife vp one, or two, or more brownim, round, and 

 hairy ftalkes, a fpan high or thereabouts, bearing at the toppes three or foure flowers a 

 peece, confifting of fiue large pointed leaues, of a faire blew or light azur colour, with 

 fome fmall yellow threads in the middle, ftanding in fmall greene cups : the roote is 

 long and brownim, hauing many fmall fibres annexed vnto it. 



10. Auricula Vrji maior -fare albo. The great white Beares eare. 



This white Beares eare hath many faire whitifh greene leaues, fomewhat paler then 

 the leaues of any of the kindes of Beares eares, and a little fnipt about the ends, as ma- 

 nie other are : among thefe leaues rife vp ftalkes foure or fiue inches high, bearing at 

 the toppe many flowers like vnto the fmall yellow Beares eare hereafter fet downe, of 

 a pale whitifh colour, tending to yellow at the firft opening of the flower, which after 

 two or three dayes change into a faire white colour, and fo continue all the while it 

 flowreth : the roote is like the purple kinde, as all or moft of the reft are, or very 

 little differing. 



1 1 . Auricula Vrji minor fare albo. The lefTer white Beares eare. 



The leffer Beares eare hath fmaller leaues, of a little darker green colour : the ftalke 

 and flowers are likewife lefTer then the former, and haue no fhew of yellownefle at 

 all, eyther in budde or flower, but is pure white, differing not in other things from 

 the reft. 



12. Auricula Vrji maxima lutea JJore eleganti. 

 The greateft faire yellow Beares eare with eyes. 



This yellow Beares eare hath many faire large thicke leaues, fomewhat mealy or 

 hoary vpon the greenneffe, being larger then any other kinde, except the fixth, and the 

 next yellow that followeth, fmooth about the edges, and without any endenting at all : 

 the ftalke is great, round, and not higher then in other of the former, but bearing ma- 

 nie more flowers thereon then in any other kinde, to the number of thirty many times, 

 ftanding fo round and clofe together, that they feeme to be a Nofegay alone, of the 

 fame fafhion with the former, but that the leaues are fhorter and rounder, yet with a 

 notch in the middle like the reft, of a faire yellow colour, neither very pale nor deepe, 

 with a white eye or circle in the bottome, about the middle of euery flower, which 

 giueth it the greater grace : the feede is of a blackifh browne colour, like vnto others, 

 but contained in greater round heads then any other, with a fmall pointell flicking in 

 the middle : the roote is greater and thicker then any other, with long ftrings or fibres 

 like vnto the other forts, but greater. 



13. Auricula Vrji maior lutea folio incano. The greater yellow Beares eare. 



This greater yellow Beares eare hath his leaues larger, and more mealy or hoarie 

 then the laft, or any other of thefe kindes : the flowers are not fo many, but longer, and 

 not fo thicke thrufting together as the firft, but of a deeper yellow colour, without any 



eye or circle in the middle. 







1 4. Auricula Vrji maior JJore pallido. The great Straw coloured Beares eare. 



This hath almoft as mealy leaues as the laft, but nothing fo large ; the flowers are 

 of a faire ftrawe colour, with a white circle at the bottome of them, thefe three laft 

 haue no fhew or fhadow of any other colour in any part of the edge, as fome others 

 that follow haue. 



15. Auricula 



