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people ^iiiic it the name of Sage, Billing it French Sage (when as it is as great a llr.m- 

 ger in Prance as in England, yet they doe with this as with many other things, cal- 

 ling them French, which come from beyond the Seas ; as for example, all or molt of 

 our bulbous flowers they call French flowers, &c.) at the toppes of the ftalkes and 

 branches, at certuine diltanceN arc placed round about them many gaping flowers, 

 like vntu the flowers of Sage, but yellow : after which now and then come feede, 

 lomewhat bigger then the Moth Mulleins, and lefle then the next Mullein of Ethiopia : 

 the roote is wooddy at the toppe, with diuers blackilh firings growing from it, and en- 

 dureth as well aboue ground with his leaues, as vnder it with his rootes. 



9. SEtMopis. Ethiopian Mullein. 



This Mullein of Ethiopia hath many great, broad, and large leaues lying on the 

 ground, rent or torne in diuers of them very much on the fides, of fo hoary a white 

 greene colour, that it farre palTeth any of the white Mulleins, that growe wilde abroad 

 in our owne Country ; for they are of a yellowifh white hoarineffe, nothing fo plca- 

 fant to looke on as this : in the middle of thefe leaues rifeth vp a fquare ftrong (lalke, 

 foure or Hue foote high, fet full of fuch like leaues as growe belowe, but much lefler, 

 and letter llill vp to the toppe, all hoary and woolly, as the reft, and diuided into ma- 

 nic branches, fpreading farre, and taking vp a great compafle of ground, more then 

 any one roote of Garden Clary, or other fuch like plant : at each of the ftalkes and 

 branches are fet two fmall leaues, and with them, round about the ftalkes, (land many 

 ("mall gaping flowers, of a pale bleake blew colour : the feede is almoft as large as Gar- 

 den Clary feede, and of the fame forme and colour : the roote is wooddy, and peri- 

 (heth as foone as it hath borne feede, which is vfually the fecond yeare after the fow- 

 ing ; for the firft yeare it feldome runneth vp to flower. 



10. Lamium Pa nnonicum Jiue Galeopjis Pannonica. 

 Hungary dead Nettle or the Dragon flower. 



Let mee thruft this plant into this place, rather then make a peculiar Chapter, be- 

 caufe I haue no other of the fame rtocke or kindred to be ioyned with it, and is a pretty 

 ornament in a Garden. The leaues whereof are very large, round, and great, rough 

 or full of veines, which make it feeme crumpled, dented or deepely notched about the 

 edges, and of a very darke greene colour, and fometimes brownifli, or of a darkc 

 reddifh colour withall, euery one (landing on a long foote-ftalke, very like in forme 

 vnto the great white Arch-Angell leaues, but farre larger and blacker : the ftalkes are 

 great and foure fquare, hauing leaues and flowers (landing round about them at the 

 ioynts like coronets, which flowers are very great, long, and wide gaping open, of a 

 darke red or purple colour, with fome whitenefle or fpots in the iawes, and fome hai- 

 rinefle alfo on the fides, which (land in full flower two or three moneths mod vfually, 

 and fometimes longer, after which come brownifh feede : the roote is a great tuft or 

 bufh of long whitifh ftrings, and encreafeth euery yeare, not fearing the greateft 

 injuries of our coldeft and extreameft Winters. 



The Place. 



All thefe plants are llrangers in our Countrey, and onely preferued in 

 Gardens, to furnifh them with variety ; but (as I faid) the cloth of gold 

 Moth Mullein hath been raifed from feed in our'owne Country. 



The Time. 



The la(l flowreth firft, before all the reft, beginning in Aprill. The 

 Moth Mulleins in May and lune. The French Sage in luly. 



The Names. 



All the forts of Blattaria may bee comprehended vnder the kindes of 



C 3 Verbafcum 



