c / be (jar den of plea [ant Flowers. 
like vnto the feed ofthe Marian Violets, or Couentry belsitherootsarc fmall and whi- 
tifh,difperfing themfelues diuerfly in the ground, of as bitter a rafte almoft as the reft. 
4. GentianclU Verm. Small Gentian ef the Spring. 
The fmall Gentian of the Spring hath diuers fmall hard greene leaues, lying vpon 
the ground, as it were in heads or tufts, fomewhat broade below, and pointed at the 
end, with fiue ribs or veines therein, as confpicuous as in the former Gentians, among 
which rifeth vp a fmall (hort ftalke, with fome fmaller leaues thereon, at the toppe 
whereof ftandeth one faire, large, hollow flower, made bell fafliion,with wide open 
brimmes, ending in hue corners or diuifions, of the raoft excellent deepe blew colour 
that can be feene in any flower, with fome white fpots in the bottomeonthe infide: 
after the flower is pad, there appearc long and round pods, wherein arecontained 
fmall blackifh feede : the rootes are fmall, long, pale yellow firings, which (hoot forth 
here and there diuers heads of leaues,and thereby encreafe reafonable well, ifit finde 
a fit place, and ground to grow, or clfe will not be nour fed vp, with all the care and di- 
ligence can be vfed: the whole plant is bitter,but not fo ftrong as the former. 
5. Gent Uni Autumnalis fine Pneumonantbe. 
Calathian Violet or Autumne Gentian. 
This Gentian that flowreth in Autumne, hath in fome places higher ftalkes then in 
others, with many leaues thereon, fet by couples as in other Gentians, but long and 
narrow, yet fhewing the three ribbes or veines that arc in each of them : the toppes of 
the ftalkes are furnifhed cuery one with a flower or two, of an excellent blew purple 
colour, ending in fiue corners, and (landing in long huskes : the rootes are fomewhat 
great at the top, and fpreading into many fmall yellow firings, bitter as the reft are. 
6. Saponaris flore duplici. Double flowredSopeworte. 
Vntothefe kindes of Gentians,! muft needes adde thefe following plants, forthac 
theformerisof fome neete refemblance in leafe with fome of the former. Andbe- 
caufe the ordinary Sopeworte or Bruifewortc with Angle flowers is often planted in 
Gardens, and the flowers ferue to decke both the garden andthehoufe; Imay vnder 
the one deferibe them both : for this with double flowers isfarremorerare,and of 
greater beautie. It hath many long an d {lender round ftalkes, fcarceabletofuflaine 
themfelues, and (land vpright,being ful of ioy nts and ribbed leaues at them,euery one 
fomewhat like a fmall Gentian or Plantane leafe : at the toppes of the ftalkes ftand 
many flowers, confiding of two or three ro wes of leaues, of a whitifh or pale purple 
colour, and of a ftrong fweet fent, fomewhat like the fmell of Iafmin flowers, (landing 
in long and thicke pale greene huskes, which fall away without giuing any feede, as 
mod other double flowers doe that encreafe by the roote, which fpreadeth vvithinthe 
ground, and rifeth vp in fundry diftant places like the Angle. 
7 Plant ago Roflea. Rofe Plantane. 
This other plant is inallthingslikerntothe ordinary Plantane orRibworte, that 
growet’nwildeabroade in many places, whofe leaues are very large : but in (lead of 
the long (lender fpike, or eare that the ordinary hath, this hath eyther a thicke long 
fpikeof fmall greene leaues vpon (hort ftalkes, orelfe a number of fuch fmallgreene 
leaues layd round- wife like vnto a Rofe, and fometimes both thefe may bcfeenc vpoa 
one and the fame roote, at one and the fame time, which abide a great while frefli vpoa 
the roote, and fometimes alfo giueth feede, efpecially from the more long andflcndcr 
fpikes. 
The Place. 
Some ofthefe Gentians grow on the toppes of hils,and fome outfit fidei 
and foote of them in Germany and other Countreyes : fome of them alfo 
vpon barren heaths in thofe places, as alfo in out 0 wne Countrey, efpedal- 
