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sivect purple Tode- flax hath leaves lying on the ground like thofe 
of : Dai fe ba esa with fmaller Bthe ftalk, which is branched at 
the cop, and plentifully farnifhed with mafty {mall (and if the feafon 
be hot) fweer Howers , fomething like chofe of the laft, bit of a 
lighter purple; the feeds are alfo alike, but of a reddifh colour, and 
thé root peritheth iti the like matiner, 
Toad-flax of Valéntia hath more and bigger ftalks than the former, 
ivith leaves like unto thofe of fmall Centory; at the topsof the 
ftalks come forth the flowers, like in fafhion to the common wild 
kind, but leffer, of a fait yellow colour, the gaping mouch down, 
and che heei behind of a purplith colour. 
Broom Tode-flax is onely commendable for the thick ftanding of 
many fmall fair green leeves ina bufh, it rifech up witha ftreight up= 
right ftalk, about a yard high, divided into many branches, and thofé 
thick fet with fair green leaves , long and narrow, like chofe of the 
common Flax 5 at the joynts come forth fmall reddith flowers, not 
worth regarding, which are fucceeded by finall blackifh feeds, and 
the whole Plant dies at the firft approach of Winter, 
They flower in Fuly and Auguff, and the feed is ripe foon after 5 
thofe whofe roots abide the Winter , are fit to be fet together, the 
reft {owed with other annuals or feedlings , in fome place open to the 
Sun ; the beftof them is, they are apt to come up, andneed but 
{mall attendance, ep ee ee z 
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CHAP. vy, 
Digitales. 
ASS) OX-gloves are of thrée feveral forts, 
P a middle kind, and a leffer, and thefe are of three prin, 
cipal colours, which are purple, whice, and yin ; 
the beft that are received into Gardens, are thofe fol- 
lowing, : 
Digitalis major ferruginea. 
He Dn-coloired Fox-glove hath long nicked grayith ereen leaves, 
* aftalk five or fix foot high , beasfab a mile “4 {mall and 
fhort flowers, of a yellowith dun-colour, with along lip at the Jower 
| de of eachof them , the flowers are fucceeded by cods, containing 
{mall dufty feeds; theroots commonly perifh after feeding, but if 
they ftand warm, and are defended from Frofts in Wine ake Plants 
will continue two or three years, 3 : 
Digitalis 
that is, a greater, 
