‘fbe (jar den of pie af ant blower s . 
leaning or lying vpon the ground for the mod part, yet fome Handing vpright, which 
areas fine, but (horter then Fcnell; fome of them ending in a (mall tuft of green leaues, 
and fome hauing atthe toppes of them one large flower apcecc , fome what reddilh or 
brownifn on the ourfide, while they arc in bud, and a while after, and being open, {hew 
themfelues to confid of twelue or fourteene long leaues , of afaire Alining yellow co- 
lour, fet in order round about a greenc h cad, with yellow thrums in the middle, lay ing 
themfelues open in the funne, or a faire day, but elfe remaining clofe : after the flower 
is pad, the head growing greater, (heweth it felfe compact of many round whidfli 
feede, very like vnto the head of feede of the Adonis flower lad deferibed , but much 
greater : the rootes are many long blackifli fibres or firings, fet together at the head, 
very likevntothe rootes af the lefter blacke Helleboror Bearefoote, but fomewhat 
harder, differ, or more brittle, and feeming without moidure in them, which abide 
and encreafe euery yearc. 
2 ,'Buphthtlmum minus, feu Ant h emis flore luteo. Small Oxc eye. 
This plant might feeme to be referred to the Camomils, but that it is not fweete, or 
to the Come- Marigolds, but that the dalkcs and leaues are not edible : it is therefore 
put vnder the Oxc eyes, and fo we will deferibe it ; hauing many weake branches lying 
vpon the ground, befet with winged leaues, very finely cut and iagged, fomewhat like 
vnto May weede, but a little larger : the flowers are likevntothe Corne Marigold, and 
larger then any Camomill, being wholly yellow, as well the pale or border of leaues, 
as the middle thrummes : the rootes are fomewhat tough and long. 
3. Buphth&lmum vulgare. Common Oxecyc. 
This Oxe eye rifeth v p with hard round (hikes , afootcand a halfe high 3 hauing 
many winded leaues vpon them, made of diuers long and fomething broad leaues, 
fnipt about the edges, fet together fomewhat like vnto Tanfie, but fmaller, and not fo 
much winged : the flowers ftand at the toppes of the dalkes , of a full yellow colour, 
both the outer leaues and the middle thrum, and not altogether fo large as the lad : the 
rootes of this kinde perifli cuery y eare,and require a new fowing againe. 
The Place. 
The fird gro weth in diuers places of Audria, Bohemia , and thofe parts, 
it hath beetle likewife brought out of Spaine. The fecond in Prouence , a 
country in France. The lad in diuers places, as well of Audria as Morauia, 
and about Mentz and Norimberg,as Clufius fetteth downe. We haue them 
in our Gardens, but the fird is of the greated refpett and beauty. 
The Time. 
The fird flowreth betimes, oftentimes in March, oratthefurthedinA- 
pill . the feede is ripe in May , 7 and mud be quickly gathered, left it bee loft. 
The” other two flower notvntilllune. 
The Names. 
The fir ft is called Euphthalmum of Dodonaeus, Tfeudohellehorus of Mar- 
thiolus , HeUeborus niger ferulaceus TheophraHi by Lobel, of fome others 
I- lie b or m niger verm, vfing it for the true blacke Ellebor,but it is much diffe- 
rin' 7 , as well in faceas properties. Ofothers Sefamoides minus . Some haue 
thought it to be a yellow Anemone, that haue looked on it without further 
iudgement, and by that name is mod vfually knowne to mod of our Englifh 
Gentlewomen that know it. But it may mod fitly be called a Buphtbalmum, 
as Dodonaeus doth, and Hifpanicum or Auftriacum, for didinftions fake. We 
doc mod vfually call it Hellebore niger ferulaceae, as Lobel doth : Bauhinus 
calleth 
