24.0 The Garden of p leaf ant Flowers. 



2 1 . Auricula Frft verjicotor lutefcente ijiridi ftore. The variable greene Beares eare. 



This kinde of Beares eare hath greene leaues, very like vnto the laft defcribed, and 

 fnipt in the like manner about the edges, but in this it differeth, that his leaues do turne 

 or fold themfelues a little backwards : the flowers are of a yellowifh greene colour, 

 more clofed then the former, hauing purplifh edges, efpecially after they haue flood 

 blowne fome time, and haue little or none at the firft opening : thefe haue no circles at 

 all in them. 



Many other varieties are to be found, with thofe that are curious conferuers of thefe 

 delights of nature, either naturally growing on the mountaines in feuerall places, 

 from whence they (being fearched out by diuers) haue been taken and brought, or elfe 

 raifed from the feede of fome of them, as it is more probable : for feuerall varieties 

 haue beene obferued (and no doubt many of thefe before fpecified) to bee gotten by 

 fowing of the feedes, euery yeare lightly fhewing a diuedity, not obferued before, ei- 

 ther in the leafe, diuers from that from whence it was taken, or in the flowers. I haue 

 onely fet downe thofe that haue come vnder mine owne view, and not any by relation, 

 euen as I doe with all or moft of the things contained in this worke. 



The Place. 



Many of thefe goodly plants growe naturally on mountaines, efpecially 

 the Alpes, in diuers places ; for fome kindes that growe in fome places, doe 

 not in others, but farre diftant one from the other. There hath likewife 

 fome beene found on the Pyrenasan mountaines, but that kinde with the 

 blew flower and Borage leafe, hath beene gathered on the mountaines in 

 Spaine, and on the Pyrenaeans next vnto Spaine. 



The Time. 



They all flower in Aprill and May, and the feede is ripe in the end of 

 lune, or beginning of luly, and fometimes they will flower againe in the 

 end of Summer, or in Autumne, if the yeare proue temperate, moift, and 

 rainie. 



The Names. 



It is very probable, that none of thefe plants were euer knowne vnto the 

 ancient Writers, becaufe we cannot be affured, that they may be truely re- 

 ferred vnto any plant that they name, vnlefle we beleeue Fabius Columna, 

 that it mould be Alifma of Diofcorides, for thereunto hee doth referre it. 

 Diuers of the later Writers haue giuen vnto them diuers names, euery one 

 according to his owne conceit. For Gefner calleth it Lunaria arthritica, 

 and Paralytica Alpina. Matthiolus accounteth it to bee of the kindred of the 

 Sanicles, and faith, that in his time it was called by diuers Herbarifts, Auri- 

 cula Vrji, which name hath fince bin receiued as moft vfuall. We in Englifh 

 call them Beares eares, according to the Latine, or as they are called by di- 

 uers women, French Cowflips ; they may be called Mountaine Cowflips, 

 if you will, for to diftinguifh betweene them and other Cowflips, whereof 

 thefe are feuerall kindes. 



Sanicula Alpina Jiue Cortufa Matthioli. Beares eare Sanicle. 



I cannot chufe but infert this delicate plant in the end of the Beares eares, for that it 

 is of fo neare affinity, although it differ much in the forme of the leaues, the defcrip- 

 tion whereof is in this manner : The leaues that fpring vp firft are much crumpled, and 

 as it were folded together, which afterwards open themfelues into faire, broad, and 

 roundifh leaues, fomewhat rough or hairy, not onely cut into fine diuifions, but fome- 

 what notched alfo about the edges, of a darke greene colour on the vpperfide, and 



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