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the day-time, and after the sunne is vp doe open 

 themselues, and towardes euening do shut vp againe : 

 after them come foorth small seede vessels, of the shape 

 of wheate cornes, in which are conteined very little 

 seedes. 



' The yellowe Centorie hath leaues, stalkes, and seede 

 like the other, and is in each respect alike, sauing that 

 the flowers heereof are of a perfect yellowe colour, 

 which setteth foorth the difference.' 



We cannot hesitate to recognise Erythraea Centau- 

 rium and Chlora perfoliata, which stand close together 

 in the Natural Arrangement. 



1. 20. Personacia. 'p is Bete. Below p. 31 Fo'osopes 

 bete, seems connected as 7T/)oo'(W7roi' = persona = mask. 

 In Pliny xxv. 9, Personata is Arctium lappa, the dpKeTov 

 of Dioscorides. 



P. 4, 1. 7. Gain cms. Gerard identifies his ' Ischae- 

 mon vulgare or Cock's-foote grasse ' with Galli cms 

 Apulei, explaining that ' the crest or tuft is spred or 

 stretched out abi-oad like a cock's foote set downe vpon 

 the ground.' He adds, ' the stalke is cleare and vp- 

 right, of a glistering purple colour, or rather violet. 

 The tuft is diuided into fewer or fiue branches.' Syn. 

 Panicum sylvestre, and P. palustre. 



1. 10. Xifion. The ^t<^ioi' of Dioscorides is Gladiolus 

 segetum according to Sibthorp. 



1. II. Gallitricus. ^ is wseter wyrt. This gloss may 

 be due to the words of Pliny xxii. 21 : ' Aliud adianto 

 miraculum : Aestate viret, bruma non marcescit : 

 aquas respuit, perfusum mersumve sicco simile est ; 

 tanta dissociatio deprehenditur, unde et nomen a 

 Graecis . . . Quidam Calitrichon vocant.' He seems to 

 mean an evergreen fern, like Adiantum nigrum or A. 

 capillus Veneris. 



1.26. Uictoriola. j? is cneow holen. HereRuscus is 

 meant, the ddcpvT] ' AAe£Qj/8/3f ms of Dioscorides. But the 



