The (jar den of pie a/ ant Flowers. 
Csap-XXXI. 
Sank da guttata maior. Spotted Sanicle. 
H Ailing long debated with my felfe, where to place this & the other plants thac 
follow in the two next Chapters, I haue thought it not amide for this worke 
cofetthcm downehere, bothbefore the Beareseares, which are kindes of 
Sanicle, as the bed Authors doe hold, and after the Cranes bils, both for fome quali- 
ties fom’ewhat refemblin'g them, and for fome affinity of the flowers with the former. 
The fpotted Sanicle hath many fmall round leaues, bluntly endented about the 
edges, fomewhat like vnto the leauesofour white Saxifrage, of a full greene colour 
aboue’, and yvhitifh hairy, and lomewhat rcddifh withall vndcrneath : theftalkes are 
fet here and there with the like leaues, rifingafootc andahalfe high ormore, very 
niuchdiuided at the toppe into fundry fmall branches, bearing many very fmall white 
flowers, confiding of fiue fmall leaues , wherein are many fmall red fpots to be feene, 
as fmall as pins points, ofa pretty fweetefcnt,almod like Hawthorne flowers , in the 
middle whereof are many fmall threads compafling a head,which when it is ripe con- - 
taineth fmall blackc feede : the roof e is fcaly, or couered with a chaffie matter, hauing 
many fmall white fibres vnderneath, whereby it is fadened in the ground. 
There is another of this kinde, likeboth in roote, leaf'e,and flower totheformer, Mmrmnyt* 
the onely difference is, that this isleffer then theformer, and hath no fpots in the'"* 
flower, as the other hath. . • 
Wc haue alfo another fmallcr kinde then the Ialt 3 both in Ieafe and flower 3 the leaues Mitttkguttcta} 
whereof are fmaller, but rounder , and more finely fniptor indentedaboutthe edges, 
like the teeth ofa fine fawe : the dalke is little aboue a fpan high , hauing many fmall 
white flowers fpotted as the fird, but with fewer fpots. 
ThePlace. 
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Thefe growe in the fhadowic Woods of the Alpes, indiuers places , and 
with vs they more delight in the (hade then the funne. • i 
The Time. 
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All thefe Sanicles doe flower in May , and continue flowring vntill Iune, 
and the feede fooneripeneth after: the rootes abide all the Winter, with 
fome leaues on them, fpringing a frelh in the beginning of the yeare. 
The Names. 
The former two are called by Clufius Sanieula montana , and by others 
Sanieula guttata : by Lobel Ceum Alpinum. The third or laft hath been fens 
vs vnder the name of Sanieula men tana altera miner. 
ThcVertues. 
The name impofed on thefe plants doe certainly affureys of their ve£ 
tues, from the fird founders, that they are great healers, and from their 
fade, that they are great binders. 
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