c lbe Cjarcicn of pteafant blowers. up 
5 . Gcr&n'tum 'B Atruho\d,es niter am flore fur pttreoi 
Purple Crowfooce Cranes bill. 
This purple Cranesbill hath many leaues riling from the roote, fet vpon long foot- 
flalkes,fomewhat like vnto the other, yet not fo broad, but more diuided or cut, that 
is, into feuen or mote flits, euen to the middle , each whcreofis likewife cut in o’n the 
edges moredecply then the former j the ftalkes are i'omewhat knobbed attheioy nts, 
fet with leaues like vnto the lower, and bearing a great tuft of buds at the toppes ofthe 
branches, which breake out into faire large flowers, made of flue purple leaues which 
doe fomevvhat referable the flower ofa Mallow , before it betoofull blowne’ each 
whereof hath a reddidi pointell in themiddle , and many fmall threads compaflinp it 
this vmbell or tuft of buds doe flower by degrees, and not all at once, and eucry flower 
abidethopen little more then one day, and then (heddech, fo that eucry day yeelderh 
frelli flowers , which becaufe they arefomany, are a long while before they areall 
paft or fpent : after the flowers are pad, there arife fmall bcake heads or bils, like vnto 
the other Cranes bils, with fmall turning feede : the roote is cornpoled of agreattuft 
of firings, faftened to a knobby head. 
6.GcrtnUm Romanam verfimlor fiu« flrUtum.Thc variable ftript Cranes bill, 
This beautiful! Cranesbill hath many broad yellowifli greene leaues arifing from 
the roote, diuided into flue or fix parts, but not vnto the middle as the firft kindcs are : 
each of thefe leaues hath a blackiihfpot at the'bottome corners of the diuifions, the 
wholeleafe as well in forme as colour and fpots , is very like vnto the leafe of the Ge- 
rgmum fufeunt , or fpotted Cranes bill , next, following to be deferibed , buttharthe 
leaues of this are not fo large as the other : from among theleleaues fpring vp fundry 
ftalkes a foote high and better, ioyntedand knobbed hereand there, bearing atthe 
tops two or three final! white flowers, confiding of flue leaues a peece, fo thickly & va«' 
riably ftriped with fine fmall reddilh veines, that no green leafe that is of that bigneffe 
can fhewfo many veines in it, not fo thick running as eucry leafe of this flower doth: in 
the middle of the flower flandeth a (mail pointell, which when the flower is paft doth 
grow to be the feed veflell,wheron is fet diuci s fmall feeds, like vnto the fmall feedes 
of other Cranes bils: the root is made of many fmall yellow threads or firings. 
7 . Ger aniam fufeum fiae maculosum. Swart tawny or fpotted Cranes bill. 
The leaues of this Cranes bill are in all points like the lad deferibed , as well in the 
formeand diuifions as colour ofthe leaues, being of a yellowifli greene colour , but 
larger and ftronger by much: the ftalkes of this rife much higher, andareioynted or 
knobbed with reddifh knees or ioynts, on the tops whereof fland not many although 
large flowers, confiding of fiue leaues a peece, each whcreofis round at the end, and a 
little fnipt round about, and doe bend orturnethcmfelues backe to the ftalkt wards, 
making the middle to be higheft or moft eminentjthe colour of the flower is ofa darke 
or deepe blackifii purple, thebottomeofeuery leafe being whiter then the reft ; it hath 
alfo a middle pointell ftanding out, which afterwards bring forth feede like vnto o- 
thers of his kinde : the roote confiftcth of diuers great firings, ioyned to a knobby 
head. 1 
8. Geranium Hematodes. The red Rofc Cranesbill. 
This Cranes bill hath diuers leaues fpread vpon the ground, very much cut in or 
diuided into many parts, and each of them againe flit or cut into two or three peeces, 
ftanding vpon (lender long foote- ftalkes, of a faire greene colour all the Spring and 
Summer, but reddifh in Autumne: among thefe leaues fpring vp (lender and weakc 
ftalkes, befet at euery ioynt (which is fomewhat reddifh) with two leaues for the moft 
part, like vnto the lower : the flowers grow feuerally on the toppe of the ftalkes, and 
not many together in bunches or branches , as in all other of the Cranes bils, euery 
flower being as large as a Angle Role Campion flower, confining of fiue large leaues, 
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