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15. Auricula Vrji minor ftore pal lent? . The leflcr flraw coloured Beares care. 



We haue another, whofe leafe is lefle mealy, or rather pale green, and a little mealy 

 withall ; the flowers whereof are of a paler yellow colour then the laft, and bcareth al- 

 moft as many vpon a ftalke as the firft great yellow. 



1 6. Auricula Vrji minor lutea. The lefler yellow Beares cares. 



The leaues of this Beares care are nothing fo large as either of the three former yel- 

 low kindes, but rather of the bignefTe of the firll white kinde, but yet a little larger, 

 thicker, and longer then it, hauing vnder the greennefle a fmall fhew of mealinefle, and 

 lomewh.it fnipt about the edges : the flowers are of a pale yellow colour, with a little 

 white bottome in them : the feed and rootes are like vnto the other kindes. 



17. Auricula Vrji JJore jlauo. The deepe yellow or Cowflip Beares care. 



This kinde hath fomewhat larger leaues then the laft, of a yellowifh greene colour, 

 without any mealinefle on them, or endenting about the edges, but fmooth and whole : 

 the flowers are not larger but longer, and not laide open fo fully as the former, but of 

 as deepe a yellow colour as any Cowflip almoft, without any circle in the bottome : 

 neither of thefe two laft haue any (hew of other colour then yellow in them, fauing 

 the white in the eye. 



1 8. Auricula Vrji ver/ico/or prima Jiue Jiore rubefcente. The blufh Beares eare. 



The blufh Beares eare hath his leaues as large, and as hoary or mealy as the third 

 greater yellow, or ftraw coloured Beares eare ; among which rifeth vp a ftalke about 

 foure inches high, bearing from fix to twelue, or more faire flowers, fomewhat larger 

 then the fmaller yellow Beares eare before defcribed, hauing the ground of the flower 

 of a darke or dunne yellow colour, fhadowed ouer a little with a fhew of light purple, 

 which therefore we call a blufli colour, the edges of the flower being tipt with a little 

 deeper fhew of that purple colour, the bottome of the flower abiding wholly yellow, 

 without any circle, and is of very great beauty, which hath caufed me to place it in the 

 forefront of the variable coloured Beares eares. And although fome might thinke it 

 fhould be placed among the firft ranke of Beares eares, becaufe it is of a blufh colour, 

 yet feeing it is afluredly gained from tome of the yellow kindes by fowing the feede, 

 as many other forts are, as may be feene plainly in the ground of the flower, which is 

 yellow, and but lhadowed ouer with purple, yet more then any of the reft that follow ; 

 I thinke I haue giuen it his right place : let others of skill & experience be iudges herein. 



19. Auricula Vrji crinis coloris. Haire coloured Beares eares. 



The leaues of this kinde are more mealy like then the lalt blufli kinde, but fomewhat 

 longer and larger, and fnipt about the edges in the fame manner, from the middle of 

 the leafe forwards : the flower is vfually of a fine light browne yellow colour, which 

 wee doe vfually call an Haire colour, and fometimes browner, the edges of the flower 

 haue a fliew or fhadow of a light purple or bluih about them, but more on the outfide 

 then on the inlide. 



20. Auricula Vrji vcrjicolor lutea. The yellow variable Beares eare. 



This variable Beares eare hath his greene leaues fomewhat like vnto the deepe yel- 

 low, or Cowflip Beares eare before defcribed, but fomewhat of a frefher greene, more 

 fhining and fmaller, and fnipt about the edges towards the ends, as many of thofe be- 

 fore are : the flowers are of a faire yellow colour, much laid open when it is full 

 blowne, that it feemeth almoft flat, dalht about the edges onely with purple, being 

 more yellow in the bottome of the flower, then in any other part. 



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