‘ The (jar den of plcafant Flowers. 
foote high, the lower parts whereof are furnifhed with many winged leaucs,fomewhat 
like vntoLiquerice, or a finally oung Afhetree, confiftingof fenen, nine, orelcuen 
leauesfet together, which are fomewhat large and long, hard and rough in handling, 
ofadarkifh greene colour, and ol an vnpleafant ftrong refinous fenc : the vpper parts 
of the ftalkes are furnifhed with many flowers.growingfpikefafhion, atccrtaine di- 
ftances one aboue another, confiding of flue long leauesapeece, whereof fourcthac 
ftand on the two fides, are fomewhat-bending vpwards, and the fift hanging downe, 
but turning vp the end of the leafe a little againe, of a faint or pale red colour, idriped 
through euery leafe with a deeper red colour, and hauing in the middle a tafl'ell of fiuc 
or fix long purplifhthreds, that bowedowne withthelower leafe, and turne vpalfo 
theends againe, with a little freefe or tbrume at the ends of euery one :after the flowers 
are paft, arife hard,fliffe, rough, clammy huskes, horned or pointed at the end,fourc or 
fiueftandingtogether, fomewhat like the feedeveffels of the Wolfes-banes, orCo- 
lombines,butgreater, thicker andharder, wherein is contained round (hining blacke 
feede, greater then any Colombine feede by much, and fmaller then Peony feeder 
the roote is white, large, and fpreading many wayes vnder ground, if it ftand long: the 
whole plant, as well roots as leaues and flowers, are of a ftrong Cent, not fo pleafing for 
the fmell,as the flowers are beautifull to the fight. 
2 . FraxineUa flore rubro. Baftard Dittaine with a red flower. 
This differeth not from the former eyther in roote, leafe or flower for the forme, 
bur that the ftalkes and leaues are of a darker greene colour, and that the flowers are of 
a deeper red colour, (and growing in a little longer fpike) wherein the difference chief- 
ly confiftetb, which is fufficient to diftinguifhthem. 
3. FraxineUa flore dbo. Baftard Dittanie with a white flower. 
The white flowred FraxineUa hath his leaues and ftalkes of a frefher greene colour 
then any of the former ; and the flowers arc of a pure white colour, in forme diffe- 
ring nothing at all from the other. 
4 . Fraxinei '* flore albo car aleo. 
Baftard Dittanie with an afh coloured Sower. 
Thecolourof the flower of this FraxineUa onely putteth the difference betweene 
this, and the laft recited with a white flower : for this beareth a very pale, or whitifh 
blew flower, tending to an afh colour. 
The Place. 
All thefe kindesare found growing naturally, in many places both of 
Germany , and Italie : and that with the white flower,about Franckford, 
which being lent me, perifhed by the way by long and cuill carriage. 
The Time. 
They flower in Tune and Iuly, and the feede is ripe in Auguft. 
The Names. 
The name FraxineUa is mod generally impofed on thofe plants, becaufc 
of therefemblanceof them vntoyoung Allies, in their winged leaues. Yet 
fome doe call them DiBamus albus, or Dictamnus albus , and Dipt amas albus, 
as a difference from the DiBamnus Creticus, which is a farre differing plant. 
Some would haue it to be Tragium of Diofcorides, but befide other things 
wherein this differeth from Tragium, this yeeldeth no milkie iuice, as Dio- 
fcorides faith Tragium doth : We in Englifh doe eyther call it FraxineUa, 
or after the other corrupted name of Di flamus, Baftard Dittanie. 
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