zi% The (far den of pie a f ant Flowers. 
lcaues,ofawhiti(li yellow blulh colour on the infide wholly,ex'cept fometimes a lit- 
tle ftript. about the edges -.but the outfide of euery Ieafe is finely ftript with crimfen 
ftripes, very thicke, fomewhat like vnto a Gilloflower : in the middle rifeth vp a fmall 
blackc head, compaflcd about with blackifh blew threads or thrums, which head is as 
vnfruitfull for leede in our Countrey as the former. This flower hath no fuch greene 
leaues vnder it, or to enclofe it before it be blovvne open as the former : the rootes are 
in all things like the former. 
1 5 . Ranunculus epaticus flue Tripolitanus {lore rukro. 
The finglc red Crowfootc ofAfia or Tripoli. 
The lower leaues of this red Crowfootearealwayes whole without diulfions be- 
ing onely fomewhat deeply indented about the edges, but the other that rife after 
them are more cut in , fometimes into three , and fometimes into fiue diuifions and 
notched alfo about the edges : the ftalke rifeth higherthenany oftheformer and’hath 
or. it two or three fmaller leaues, more cut inanddiuidedthen thofe belowe : at the 
toppe whereof ftandeth one large flower , made of fiue leaues, eueryone being nar- 
rower at the bottomc then at the toppe, and not ftanding clofe and round one to an- 
other, but with a certaine diftance betweene , of a duskie yellowilh red colour on the 
outfide,andofadcepe red on theinfide, the middle beingfet with many thrums of a 
darke purple colour : the head for feede is long , and fcaly orchaffie , and idle in like 
manner as the reft: the roote is made of many graincsor fmall kernels fee together 
and doling at the head , butfprcadingitfelfe, ifit like the ground, vnder the vpper 
cruft of the earth into many rootes, encreafing from long firings , that runne from the 
middle of the fmall head of graines, as well as at the head it felfe. 
17 . Ranunculus Afiaticus flore amplo rt^ra.The large finglc red Crowfootof Afia. 
There hath come to vs out of T urkie, together with the former, among many other 
rootes , vnderthe fame title , a differing fort of this Crowfootc , whofe leaues weare 
broader, and much goaler ; the flower alfo larger, and the leaues thereof broader 
fometimes eight ina flower, ftanding round and clofe one to another, which maketh 
the fairer Ihew : in all other things it is like the former. 
iS.Ranuuculut Afiaticus flere rubro varie fimplici. 
The red ftript Angle Cro wfoote ofAfia. 
This party coloured Crowfoote differeth not eyther in roote or Ieafe from the for- 
mer, the chiefeft difference is in the flower , which being red , fomewhat like the for- 
mer, hath yet fome yellow ftripes or veines through euery Ieafe, fometimes but little, 
and fometimes fo much , that ip feemeth to bee party coloured red and yellow : this 
fort is very tender $ for we hauc twice had it, and yet perilhed with vs. 
15 ». Ranunculus Afiaticus flore luteo vorio fimplici. 
T he yellow ftript fingle Crowfoote of Afia. 
Thereis little difference in the roote of this Crowfoote from the laft deferibed but 
the leaues are much different, being very much diuided, and the flower is lar°e of a 
fine pale greenilh yellow colour,confiftingoffixandfeuen, and fometimes of eight 
or nine round leaues 5 the toppes whereof haue reddilh fpots,and the edges fometimes 
alfo, with fuch purplifh thrums in the middle that the other haue. None of thefc for- 
mer Crowfeete with kernelly rootes, haue euer beene found to haue giuen fogood 
£ feed in England, as that being fowne, any of them would fpring vp ; for hereof try all 
hath been often made, but all they haue loft their labour, that haue bellowed their 
paines therein, as farre as I know. 
20. Ranunculus 
