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Chap. LXIIII. 
lister. Starre-worr. 
D Iofcoridcs and other of the ancient Writers, hauefetforth but onckindeof 
Starre-worr, which they call Aster Atticus, of the place no doubt, wherethc 
greateft plentie was found, which was the Countrey of Athens : the later 
Writers haue found outmany otherplants which they referre to this kinde, calling 
them by the fame name. Itisnotmypurpofe toentreate of them all, neytherdoth 
this garden fitly agree with them : I fiiall therefore fcledt out one or two f rom the reff, 
and giue you the knowledge of them,leauing the reft to their proper place. 
1. Aster At liens flore lute». Yellow Starre-wort. 
This Starre-wort rifeth vp with two or three rough hairy ftalkes, a footeand a halfe 
high, with long, rough or hairie, brownilh, darke greene leaues on them, diuided into 
two or three branches : atthetoppeof cuery one whereof ftandethaflatfealy head, 
compafiTed vnderncat h with flue or fixe long, browne, rough greene leaues, ftanding 
likeaStarre, the flower it felte ftanding in the middle thereof, made as a border of 
narrow, long, pale yellow leaues, fet with a brownilh yellow thrume : theroote dyeth 
euery yearc, hauing giuen his flower. 
a. Apr Atticus It diorum flere purpureo. Purple Italian Starre-wort. 
This Italian Starre-wort hath many wooddy, round brittle ftalkes, rifing from the 
roote, fomewhar higher then the former, foraetimes ftanding vpright, and other- 
whiles leaning downewards, whereon are fet many fomewhat hard, and rough long 
leaues, round pointed, without order vp tothetoppe, where it is diuided into feue- 
rall branches, whereon ftand the flowers, made like vnto a finglc Marigold, with a bor- 
der of blewilh purple leaues, fet about a browne middle thrume, the heads fuftaining 
the flowers, arecompofed of diuersfcalygreeneleaues,asistobefeeneintheKnap- 
weedes or Matfelons, which after the flowers are part yeelde a certaine downe, where- 
in lye fmall blacke and flat feedcs, fomewhat like vnto Lettice feede, which are carried 
away with the winde : the roote is compofed of many white firings, which perilheth 
not as the former, but abideth, and fpringeth afrefheucry y eare. 
The Place. 
The firft is found in Spaine,as Clufius, andinFrance,asLobelfay. The 
other hath beene found in many places in Germany.and Auftria : in Italic 
alfo, and other places 5 we haue it plentifully in our Gardens. 
The Time. 
The firft flowreth in Summer. And the other not vntill Auguft or Sep-' 
rember. 
The Names. 
The firft is called After Atticus flere luteo, Sulonium, ftr Inguimlu, and of 
many is taken to be the true After Atticus of Diofcorides : yet Matrhiolus 
thinketh not fo, for diuers good reafons, which heefetteth downe in the 
Chapter of After Atticus, as any man may vnderftand,if they will but reade 
theplace, which istoo long to bee inferted here. The otheris thought by 
Matthiolus, to bee the truer After Atticus, (vnto whom I muft alfo confent) 
and conftantly alfo affirmed to be the Amellus firgilij ,as may be feene in the 
fame place : but it is vfually called at this day, After It olor urn ftorc curule» or 
purfurcOf 
