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fome ftalkes among thofe greene leaues at the toppe (which are a little larger then 

 when it hath but broken peeces of flowers) doe carry whole flowers in huskes like the 

 fingle kinde. 



17. Paralyjis minor fare rubro. Red Birds eyes. 



This little Cowflippe (which will hardly endure in our gardens, for all the care and 

 induftrie we can vfe to keepe it) hath all the Winter long, and vntill the Spring begin 

 to come on, his leaues fo clofed together, that it feemeth a fmall white head of leaues, 

 which afterwards opening it felfe, fpreadeth round vpon the ground, and hath fmall 

 long and narrow leaues, fnipt about the edges, of a pale greene colour on the vpper- 

 fide, & very white or mealy vnderneath, among thefe leaues rife vp one or two ftalks, 

 fmall & hoary, halfe a foot high, bearing at the top a bufh or tuft of much fmaller flow- 

 ers, ftanding vpon fhort foot ftalkes, fomewhat like vnto Cowflips, but more like vnto 

 the Beares eares, of a fine reddifh purple colour, in fome deeper, in others paler, with a 

 yellowifh circle in the bottomes of the flowers, like vnto many of the Beares eares, of 

 a faint or fmall fent : the feede is fmaller than in any of the former kindes, and fo are 

 the rootes likewife, being fmall, white and threddy. 



1 8. Paralyjis minor jtore albo. White Birds eyes. 



This kinde differeth very little or nothing from the former, fauing that it feemeth 

 a little larger both in leafe and flower, and that the flowers hereof are wholly white, 

 without any great appearance of any circle in the bottome of them, vnleffe it be well 

 obferued, or at leaft being nothing fo confpicuous, as in the former. 



Flare geminate. Thefe two kindes haue fometimes, but very feldome, from among the middle of 

 the flowers on the ftalke, fent out another fmall ftalke, bearing flowers thereon likewife. 



19. Paralyjis hortenjis flore plena. Double Paigles or Cowflips. 



The double Paigle or Cowflip hath fmaller and darker greene leaues then the fin- 

 gle kinde hath, and longer ftalkes alfo whereon the leaues doe ftand : it beareth diuers 

 flowers vpon a ftalke, but not fo many as the fingle kinde, euery one whereof is of a 

 deeper and fairer yellow colour then any of the former, ftanding not much aboue the 

 brimmes of the huskes that hold them, confifting of two or three rowes of leaues fet 

 round together, which maketh it fhew very thicke and double, of a prettie fmall fent, 

 but not heady. 



20. Paralyjis Jlore viridante plena. Double greene Cowflips. 



This double greene Cowflip is fo like vnto the fingle greene kinde formerly ex- 

 prefled, that vntill they be neare flo wring, they can hardly be diftinguifhed : but when 

 it is in flower, it hath large double flowers, of the fame yellowifh greene colour with 

 the fingle, and more laid open then the former double Paigle. 



21. Paralyjis Jlore inridante Jiue calamijlrato. 

 The greene Rofe Cowflip, or double greene feathered Cowllip. 



There is fmall difference in the leaues of this double kinde from the laft, but that 

 they are not of fo darke a greene : the chiefeft difference confifteth in the flowers, 

 which are many, ftanding together at the toppes of the ftalkes, but farre differing from 

 all other of thefe kindes : for euery flower ftanding vpon his owne ftalke, is compofed 

 of many very fmall and narrow leaues, without any huske to containe them, but 

 fpreading open like a little Rofe, of a pale yellowifh greene colour, and without any 

 fent at all, abiding in flower, efpecially if it ftand in a fhadowie place out of the funne, 

 aboue two moneths, almoft in as perfecl beauty, as in the firft weeke. 



The Place. 



All thefe kindes as they haue been found wilde, growing in diuers places 



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