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fide, for the vppcr fides are of a darke firming grecne colour : the ftalkes are diuidcd at 
thctoppe into many (mail branches, each whereof haue many fcaly tufted heads fet 
together, couered ouer with cotton before their opening, and then difteuering one 
fromanother, abiding very white on the outfide, when they are fully growne, but 
withafmall yellow thrume inthemiddeof eueryflower, which in time turne into 
yellow dounc, apt to be blowne away with euery vvinde : the roots are long and black 
on the outfide, creeping vnder ground very much. 
This fmall Cudweede or Cottonweede, hath many fmall white woolly leaues 
growing from the roote, which is compofed of a few fmall blackifh threds,and lying 
vpon the ground fomewhat like vntothe leauesof a fmall Moufe- eare, butfmaller ; 
from among which riferh vp a fmall ftalke of halfe a foote high or thereabouts, befet 
here and there with fome few leaues, at the top whereof commeth forth a tuft of fmall 
flowers, fet clofc together, in fome of a pure white, inothersof apurpleor reddifh 
colour, its fome of a pale red or blufit, and in others of a white and purple mixt toge- 
ther, which for the beauty is much commended and defired, but will hardly abide to 
be kept in Gardens, fo vnwilling they are to leaue their naturali abiding. 
This little rofe Cottonweede hath many fuch like woolly leaues, growing asthe 
former from the roote vpon fmall fiiort branches, not full an hand breadth high, in fa- 
(hion fomewhat like vnto Day fie leaues, but leffer, and round pointed : at the toppe of 
euery ftalke or branch, ftandeth one flower, compofed of tworowesof fmall white 
leaues, lay d open like a Starre or a Rofe, as it beareth the name, hauiag a round head 
in the middle made of many yellow threds or thrumes, which falling away, thereri- 
feth vp a fmall round head,full of fmall feedes : the root is fmall, long and threddy. 
The foure firft plants dee grow naturally in many of the hot Countries 
of Europe, as Spaine, Italie, and Prouince in France ; as alfoin Candy, 
Barbary, and other places, and muft be carefully kept with vs in the winter 
time. The Liuelong was brought out of the Weft Indies, andgroweth 
plentifully in our gardens. The tWoiaftdoegrow as well in the colder 
Countries of Germany, as in France and otherplaces. 
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They all flower in the end of September,if they will fliew out their beaifry’ 
at all with vs, for fometimes it is fo late,that they haue no faire colour at all, 
efpecially the foure firft forts. 
firft forts of plants, as Hcticbryfum, Hehochryfum, or Elichrylum. Eliochryfum, 
Chryfocome, Coma aur e a,Amar anthus lutcut, Stotchas Citrina, and Aurelii, with 
others, needlefle here to be recited : it is fufficient for this worke, to giue 
you knowledge rhattheir names are fufficient as they are expreffed in their 
titles : The fife is called Gnaphaltum by Carolus Clufius, from the likenefle 
of the vmbels or tufts of heads, though greater and white : for as I faid be- 
fore, the Cotton weedes are of kindred with the golden tufts : It hath been 
called by our Englifti Gentlewomen, Liue lojig, and Life euerlafting, be- 
caufe of the durabilitie of the flowers ia their beautiev The two laft are cal- 
6 . Gnaph alium montanum flore albo & flore purpureo. 
Whitcand purple Catsfoote. 
7. Gnapbalium Rofeum. The Cotton Rofe. 
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