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Chap. XLIII. 
Linam filaejlre & Lintri a. Wilde Flaxe and TodeFla*C. 
T 4 Lthough neither the manured Line or Flaxe is a plant fit for our Garden, nor 
many of the wilde forts, yet there are fome, whofe plcafant and delightfull 
J_J^afpe<ft doth entertaine the beholders eyes with good content, and thofe I will 
fetdowne here for varietie, and adioyne vnto them fome of the Linarios, orTode 
Flaxe, for the neare affinity with them. 
I . Linum fdaejlre fare Me. Wilde Flaxe with a white flower. 
Thiskindcof wilde Flaxe rifethvp with diuers flender branches, afoote high or 
better, full of leaues, (landing without order , being broader and longer then the ma- 
nured Flaxe : the tops of the branches haue diuers faire white flowers on them, cora- 
pofed of fine large leaues a peece, with many purple lines or (trikes in them : the fcede 
veflellas well as chefeede, is like vnto the heads and feedeofthe manured Flaxe: the 
rootes are white firings, and abide diuers yeares , fpringing frefh branches and leaues 
euery yeare, but not vntill the Spring of they care. 
a .Linum fduefae luteum. Wilde Flaxe with ayellow flower. 
This wilde Flaxe doth fo well refemble a kinde of St. Iohns wort, that it will foone 
deceiue one that doth not aduifedly regard it: For it hath many reddilhftalkes, and 
fmall leaues on them, broader then the former wilde Flaxe, but not fo long, which ire 
well ftored with yellow flowers, as large as the former , made of fiue leaues a peece, 
which being pad, there come fmall flattifli heads, containing blackifh feede, but not 
(hining like the former : the rootes hereof dye not euery yeare, as many other of the 
wilde kindes doe, but abide and flioote out euery yeare. 
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3 . Linaria purpurea. Purple Tode Flaxe. 
This purple Tode Flaxe hath diuers thicke, fmall, long , and fomewhat narrowifli 
leaues, fniptaboutthcedges, ofawhitilh greene colour, from among which rilevp 
diuers fialkes, replenilhed at the tops with many fmall flowers, (landing together one 
aboue another fpike-fafliion, which are fmall and fomewhat fweete, while they are 
frefh, fafhioned fomewhat like the common T ode flaxe that groweth wilde abroad al- 
moft euery where,but much fmaller, with a gaping mouth , but without any crooked 
fpurrebehinde, like vnto them, fometimesof a fad purple neare vnto a Violet, and 
fometimesofa paler blew colour, hauing a yellow fpot in the middleor gaping place: 
afterthe flowers are pad, there come fmall, hard, round heads, wherein are contained 
fmall, flat, and grayifh feede : the rooteis fmall, and perilhethforthemoft part euery 
yeare,and willlpringagaineofitowne fowing, ifit be differed to (lied it felfe, yet 
fome hard Winters haue killed the feede it (hould feeme , in that fometimes it faileth 
to fpring againe, and therefore had neede to be fo wne anew in the Spring. 
4. Linaria purpurea odorata. S weete purple Tode Flaxe. 
The lower leaues of this purple Tode Flaxe are nothing like any of the reft, bur are 
long and broad, endented about the edges, fomewhat refembling the leaues of the 
greater wilde white Daifie: the ftalke is fetat the bottome with fuch like leaues, but 
a little more diuided and cut in, and ftill fmaller and fmaller vpward , fo that the vp- 
permoft leaues are very like the common Tode Flaxe, the toppe whereof is branched, 
hauinf diuers fmall flowers growing along vpon them , in faflnon and colour almoft 
likethe lafl deferibed Tode Flaxe, but not altogether fo deepea purple: the heads 
andfeedesare very like the former, but that the feede of this is reddifh : the flowers 
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