The Cj tirdcn of fl leaf ant Flowers, 
Chap. XXIX. 
Hepatica nobilis fine trifolia. Noble Liuerwort. 
N Ext vnto the Crowfeete are to follow the Hepaticas, becaufe of the likeneffe 
with them, feemingto be fmall Crowfeete in all their parts, but of another 
and more wholfome kinde. Their diuerfity among themfclues confifteth 
chiefly in the colour of the flowers, all of them being Angle, except one which is very 
thicke and double. 
i. Hepatica flore caruleo pmplici maior. 
The great Angle blew Hepatica or noble Liuerwort. 
The flowers of this Hepatica doc fpringvp, blow open, and fometimesfhedand 
fallaway, before any leaues appeare or fpreadopen. Therootesarccompofedofa 
bufh of blackifh firings, from the feuerall heads or buttons whereof, after the flow- 
ers arerifen andblowne, arife many frefh greene leaues, each feuerally Handing vpon 
his foot- ftalke, folded together, andfomewhat brownc and hairy at their firft cotn- 
ming , which after are broad , and diuided at the edges into three parts : the flowers 
like wife Hand euery one vpon his owne feuerall foote-ftalke , of the fame height with 
the leaues for the moft part, which is about foure or flue Angers breadth high, made of 
fix leaues moffvfually, but fornetimes it will hauefeuen or eight, ofafaireblew co- 
lour, with many white chiues or threads in the middle, ftanding about a middle green 
head or vmbone, which after the flower is fallen groweth greater, and fhe weth many 
fmall graines or feedefetclofe together (with three fmall greene leaues compafling 
them vnderneath , as they did the flower at the bottome) very like the head of feed of 
manie Crowfeete. 
2. Hepatica minor flore pallido car uleo. The fmall blew Hepatica. 
The leaues of this Hepatica are fmallerby the halfe then the former, and grow 
moreaboundantly , or bufhing thicke together : the flowers (when it fheweth them, 
for I haue had the plant halfe a fcore yeares , and yet neuer faw it beare flower abouc 
onceortwice) areof a pale or bleake blew colour , not fo large as the flowers of the 
former. 
3. Hepatica flore purpureo. Purple Hepaticaor noble Liuerwort. 
This Hepatica is in all things like vnto the firft , but onely the flowers are of a 
deeper blew tending to a Violet purple: and thcreforel fhall not neede to reiterate 
the former defeription. 
4 .Hepatica flore albo minor. The letter white Hepatica. 
The flowers of this Hepatica are wholly white, of the bigneffe of the red or purple, 
and the leaues iomewhat fmaller, and of a little whiter or paler greene colour , elfe in 
all other things agreeing with theformer. 
5. Hepatica alba magno flore. The great white Hepatica. 
There is no other difference herein from the Iaft,but that the flower being as white, 
is as large as the next. 
6 . Hepatica albida flue argentea. Afh- coloured or Argentine Hepatica. 
Both the leaues and the flowers of this Hepatica are larger then any of the former, 
except the laft : the flowers hereof at the firft opening feeme to bee a of blulh alh-co- 
loHr, which doe fo abide three or foure dayes, decaying ftillvntillitturnealmoft 
white. 
