270 The Garden of p leaf ant Flowers. 



The Names. 



The name Antirrhinum is vfually giuen to this plant, although it fully 

 agreeth not eyther with the defcription of Diofcorides, or Theophraftus : 

 It hath alfo diuers other names in Latine, as Oronfium, Cants cerebrum Os 

 Leonis, Leo herba, &c. In Englifh Calues fnout, from the forme of the feede 

 vefTels, and Snapdragon, or Lyons mouth, from the forme of the flowers. 



The Vertues. 

 They are feldome or neuer vfed in Phyficke by any in our dayes. 



CHAP. XLV. 

 Chanuznerium fore delphinij. The Willowe flower. 



THis plant rifeth vp with many ftrong, woddy, round, brownifh great ftalkes, 

 three or foure foote high, befet here and there without order, with one broad 

 and long whitim greene leafe at a ioynt, fomewhat like vnto a Lyjimachia, or 

 Willowe herbe, as alfo vnto a Peach leafe, but larger and longer : at the toppe of the 

 branches ftand many flowers one aboue another, of a pale reddim purple colour, 

 confiding of fiue leaues, fpread open with an heele or fpurre behinde them, with many 

 yellow threads in the middle, much larger then any flower of the Larkes fpurres, and 

 fmelling fomewhat fweete withall ; it beareth a fhew of long pods with feede, but I 

 could neuer obferue the feede : the rootes are like the rootes of Lyjimachia^ or the ordi- 

 nary yellow Loofe-ftrife, or Willowe herbe, but greater : running and fpreading vn- 

 der ground, and mooting vp in many places, whereby it filleth a ground that it likes 

 quickly : the ftalkes dye downe euery yeare, and fpring againe in many places farre 

 afunder. 



The Place. 



Wee haue not knowne where this Willowe flower groweth naturally, 

 but we haue it ftanding in an out corner of our Gardens, to fill vp the num- 

 ber of delightfull flowers. 



The Time. 



It flowreth not vntill May, and abideth a long while flowring. 



The Names. 



It may feeme to diuers, that this is that plant that Dodonseus called Pfeu- 

 dolyjimachium purpureum minus., and Lobel feemeth by the name of Delphi- 

 nium buccinum to aime at this plant, but withall calleth it Chamcenerium 

 Gefneri, and giueth the fame figure that Dodonsus hath for his Pfeudolyji- 

 machium : But that is one kinde of plant (which hath fmaller and fhorter 

 ftalkes, and very narrow long leaues, whofe flowers ftand vpon long (len- 

 der cods, full of downe, with reddim feede, like vnto the Lyfimachia Jili- 

 quofa Jiluejlris^ and rootes that abide many yeares, but creepe not) and this 

 is another, much greater, whofe true figure is not extant in any Author that 

 I know. It is vfually called Chamcenerium flore delphinij ; but the name of 

 Delphinium buccinum in my minde may not fo conueniently be applyed vn- 

 to it. It is called in Englifh, The Willowe flower, for the likenefle of the 

 leaues, and the beauty and refpecl of the flowers. 



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