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The (jar den of flea) ant F loafers. 
si. Auricula prfiver ficolor lutefccnte viridi flore. The variable green Beares eare. 
This kindeof Beares eare hath greene leaues, very like vnto the laftdefcribed, and 
fnipt in che like manner about the edges, but in this it diftereth, that his leaues do turne 
or fold themfclues a little backwards : the Hovers areof a yc-llowifh greene colour, 
more clofed then the former, hauing purpiiili edges , efpecially after they haue Hood 
blownefome time, and hatte little or noneatthehrft opening : thcfehaueno circles at 
aliinthem. 
Many other varieties are to be found, with thofe that are curious conferuerS of thefe 
delights of nature, either naturally growing on the monntaincs in feuerall places, 
from whence they (being fearched out by diuers) haue been taken and broughr,or elfe 
raifed from the feede of fome of them, as it is more probable : for feuerall varieties 
haue beene obferued (and no doubt many of theie before fpecified) to bee gotten by 
fo wing of the feedes, euery yeare lightly (hewing a diuerfity, not obferued before, ei- 
ther in the leafe, diuers from that from whence it was taken, or in the flowers. I haue 
©nely fet do wne thofe that haue come vnder mine owne view,and not any by relation, 
euen as I doe with all or moft of the things contained in this worfce. 
The Place. 
Many of thefe goodly plants growe naturally on mountaines , ■ efpecially 
the Alpes, in diuers places ; for fome kindes that growe in fomc places, doe 
not in others, but farrediftant one from the other. There hath likewife 
fome beene found onthe Pyrenaean mountaines, but thatkinde with the 
blew flower and Borage lcafe, hath beene gathered onthe mountaines in 
Spaine, and on the Py renatans next vnto Spaine. 
The Time, 
They all flower in Aprilland May, and the feede is ripe in the end of 
June, orbeginning of luly, and fometimesthey will flower againe in the 
end ofSummcr, or in Autumne, if the yeare proue temperate, moift, and 
rainie. 
The Names, 
It is very probable, that none of thefe plants were euer knowne vnto the 
ancient Writers, becaufe we cannot be affiired, that they may be trucly re- 
ferred vnto any plant that they name, vnldfe webeleeuc Fabius Columna, 
that it fhould be -Als[mi of Diofcorides , for thereunto hee doth referre it. 
Diuers of the later Writers haue giuen vnto them diuers names , euery one 
according to his owne conceit. For Gefner calleth it Lunaria arthritica , 
and Paralytica Alpina. Matthiolus accounteth it to bee of the kindred of the 
Sanides, and faith, thatin his time it was called by diuers Herbarifts, Auri- 
cula rrfi, which name hath fince bin receiued as moft vfuall. We in Englifh 
call them Bearcs cares, according to the Latine, or as they arc called by di- 
uers women, French Cowflips; they may be called Mountaine Cowflips, 
if you will, for to diftinguilh betweene them and other Cowflips, whereof 
thefe are feuerall kindes. 
Sanicnla Alpina puecortufa Mi tthioli. Rates eareSanide. 
1 cannot chufe but infert this delicate plant in the end of the Beares eares, for that it 
is of fonearejffinity, although it differ much in the forme of theleaues, thedeferip- 
tion whereof is in this manner: The leaues that fpring vp firft are much crumpled, and 
as it were folded together, which afterwards open themfelues into fairr, broad , and 
roundifh leaues, fomew hat rough or hairy, not onelycut into fine diuifions, but fonic- 
what notched alfoaboudhe edges i of a darkc greene colour on the vpperfide, and 
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