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Chap. XXXVI. 
Pulmwtrii. Lungwort, or Cowflips of Ierufalem. 
, r A Lthoughthcfe plants are generally morevfedas Pot-herbes for the Kitchen 
IX then as flowers for delight, yet becaufe they are both called Cowflips, and are 
•*- J^oflilce forme, but of much lefle beauty, I haue ioynedthem next vnto them in 
a diftin<a Chapter by themfelues,and fo may pafle at this time. 5 
I . P*lmt*ari*mtcuUf*. Common fpotted Cowflips of Ierufalem. 
The Cowflip of Ierufalem hath many rough, large, and round leaucs , but pointed 
at the ends, (landing vpon long foot- (hikes, fpotted with many round white (pots on 
the vppei fides of the fad greene or brownc leaucs, arid of a grayer grtene vnderneath • 
among the leaucs fpring vp diucrsbrowneftalkes,a foote high, bearing many flowers 
at the toppe, very nearc rcfembling the flowers of Cowflips, being of a purple or red- 
difh colour while they are buds, and of a dai kc blewifli colour when they are blowne* 
Handing in brownifli greene huskes, and fometimesit hath beene found with white 
flowers: when the flowers arc part , there come vp fmall round heads, containing 
blackcfeed : the rooteis compofedofmany long and thicke blacke firing's. ® 
i.PulmentruMlurt ntomicalafaM nfpotted Cowflips of Ierufalem. 
the leaues of this other kinde are not much vnlike the former, being rough as they 
are, but fmaller,ofa fairer greene colour aboue, and ofa whiter greene vnderneath 
without any fpots at all vpon the leaues: the flowers alfo are like the former and of 
the fame colour, but a little more branched vpon the fialkes then the former : the 
rootes alfo are blacke like vnto them. 
3 . Palm»* aria angafiiftlu. Narrow leafed Cowflips of Ierufalem. 
The leaues hereofarefomewhat longer, but not fo broad, and fpotted with whitifli 
fpots alfoas the former :theftalke hereof is fet with thelikelong hairy leaues but 
fmaller, being a foote high or better , bcaringat the toppe many flowers, (landing in 
huskes like the firft, being fomewhat rcddifli in the bud, and of a darke purplifli blew 
colour when they are blowne open : thefeedcislike the former, all ofthem doe well 
rcfemble Buglofle and Comfrcy in mod parts , except theroote, which is not like 
them, butftringie, like vnto Cowflips, yet blacke. 
The Place. 
. fhe Cowflips of Ierufalem grow naturally in the Woods of Germany 
in diuers places, and the firft kinde in England alfo, found outbylohn 
Goodier, a great fearchcr and louer of plants, dwellingatMaple-durhaia 
inHamplhire. ‘ 
The Time. 
ApTifr flowerforthcraoft P art very early, that is, in the beginning of 
The Names. 
They aregenerally called in Latine, Pa/mmaria, and macuUft.atntnmt. 
tultjd, is added for diftindtions fake. Of fome it is called Symphitam maca- 
iT^hat is, fpotted Comfrcy. In Engliih it is diuerfl v called • as fpotted 
Cowflips of Ierufalem, Sage of Ierufalem, Sage of Bethlehem, Lungwort 
