294 The Garden of p leaf ant Flowers. 



leaning or lying vpon the ground for the moft part, yet fome ftanding vpright, which 

 are as fine, butfhorter then Fenell ; fome of them ending in a fmall tuft of green leaues, 

 and fome hauing at the toppes ot them one large flower a peece, fomewhat reddifh or 

 brownifh on the outfide, while they are in bud, and a while after, and being open, (hew 

 themfelues to confift of twelue or fourteene long leaues, of a faire fhining yellow co- 

 lour, fet in order round about a greene head, with yellow thrums in the middle, laying 

 themfelues open in the funne, or a faire day, but elfe remaining clofe : after the flower 

 is pail, the head growing greater, fheweth it felfe compa6t of many round whitifh 

 feede, very like vnto the head of feede of the Adonis flower laft defcribed, but much 

 greater : the rootes are many long blackifh fibres or ftrings, fet together at the head, 

 very like vnto the rootes of the lefler blacke Hellebor or Bearefoote, but fomewhat 

 harder, ftiffer, or more brittle, and feeming without moifture in them, which abide 

 and encreafe euery yeare. 



2. Buphthalmum minus., feu A nthemls Jiore luteo. Small Oxe eye. 



This plant might feeme to be referred to the Camomils, but that it is not fweete, or 

 to the Corne-Marigolds, but that the ftalkes and leaues are not edible : it is therefore 

 put vnder the Oxe eyes, and fo we will defcribe it ; hauing many weake branches lying 

 vpon the ground, befet with winged leaues, very finely cut and iagged, fomewhat like 

 vnto Mayweede, but a little larger: the flowers are like vnto the Corne Marigold, and 

 larger then any Camomill, being wholly yellow, as well the pale or border of leaues, 

 as the middle thrummes : the rootes are fomewhat tough and long. 



3. Buphthalmum vulgar e. Common Oxe eye. 



This Oxe eye rifeth vp with hard round ftalkes, a foote and a halfe high, hauing 

 many winged leaues vpon them, made of diuers long and fomething broad leaues, 

 fnipt about the edges, fet together fomewhat like vnto Tanfie, but fmaller, and not fo 

 much winged : the flowers ftand at the toppes of the ftalkes, of a full yellow colour, 

 both the outer leaues and the middle thrum, and not altogether fo large as the laft : the 

 rootes of this kinde perifh euery yeare, and require a new fowing againe. 



The Place. 



The firft groweth in diuers places of Auftria, Bohemia, and thofe parts, 

 it hath beene likewife brought out of Spaine. The fecond in Prouence, a 

 country in France. The laft in diuers places, as well of Auftria as Morauia, 

 and about Mentz and Norimberg, as Clufius fetteth downe. We haue them 

 in our Gardens, but the firft is of the greateft refpecl: and beauty. 



The Time. 



The firft flowreth betimes, oftentimes in March, or at the furtheft in A- 

 prill ; the feede is ripe in May, and muft be quickly gathered, left it bee loft. 

 The other two flower not vntill lune. 



The Names. 



The firft is called Buphthalmum of Dodonsus, Pfeudohelleborus of Mat- 

 thiolus, Hellebor us niger ferulaceus Theophrafti by Lobel, of fome others 

 Elleborus niger verus, vfing it for the true blacke Ellebor, but it is much diffe- 

 ring, as well in face as properties. Of others Sefamoides minus. Some haue 

 thought it to be a yellow Anemone, that haue looked on it without further 

 iudgement, and by that name is moft vfually knowne to moft of our Englifh 

 Gentlewomen that know it. But it may moft fitly be called a Buphthalmum, 

 as Dodonsus doth, and Hifpanicum or Aujiriacum, for diftinlions fake. We 

 doe moft vfually call it Hellebor us niger ferulaceus, as Lobel doth : Bauhinus 



calleth 



