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pcoplegaueitthenameof Sage, calling it French Sage (when as it is asgreataftran- 
ger in France as in England, yet they doe with this as with many other things, cal- 
ling them French, which come from beyond the Seas ; as for example , all or moft of 
our bulbous flowers, they call French flowers, &c.) at the toppes of the ftalkes and 
branchcs,atcertainediftances, are placed round about them many gaping flowers, 
like vnto the flowers of Sage , but yellow : after which now and then come feede, 
fomewhat bigger then the Moth Mulleins, and lefle then the next Mullein of Ethiopia: 
the roote is wooddy at the toppe, with diuers blackilh firings growing from it, and en- 
dureth as well abouc ground with his leaues, as vnder it with his rootes. 
9.*&thioj>U. Ethiopian Mullein. 
This Mullein of Ethiopia hath many great, broad, and large leaues lying on the 
ground, rent or torne in diuers of them very much on the fides, of fo hoary a white 
grccnecolour,that it farre pafleth any of the white Mulleins, thatgrowe wilde abroad 
in our o wne Country ; for they are of a yellowifh white hoarinefie , nothing fo plea- 
fanttolookeonas this: in the middle of thefe leaues rileth vp a fquare ftrongftalke, 
foure or flue foote high, fet full of fuch like leaues asgrowe belowe , but much lefier, 
and lefier ftill vp to the toppe, all hoary and woolly, as the reft, and diuided into ma- 
nie branches, fpreading farre, and taking vpagreatcompafieofground, more then 
any one roote of Garden Clary, or other fuch like plant : at each of the ftalkes and 
branches are fet two fmall leaues, and with them, round about the ftalkes, ftand many 
fmall gaping flowers, of a pale bleakc blew colour : the feede is almoft as large as Gar- 
den Clary feede , and of the fame forme and colour : the roote is wooddy , and peri- 
fiiethasfooneasithathbornefeede, which is vfually the fecond yearc after the low- 
ing ; for the firft yeare it feldome runneth vp to flower. 
10. Lamium Pannonicum fine Ga/.copfis P annonica. 
Hungary dead Nettle or theDragon flower. 
Let mcethruft this plant into this place, rat her then make a peculiar Chapter, be- 
caufel haue no other of the fame ftocke or kindred to be ioyned with it, and is a pretty 
ornament in a Garden. The leaues whereof arevery large, round, andgveat, rough 
or full of vcines, which make it feeme crumpled, dented or deepely notched about the 
edges, and of a very darkegreene colour, andfometimesbrownilh , or of a darke 
reddidi colour withall , eueryone Handing on a long foote-ftalke, very like in forme 
vntothegreat white Arch- Angell leaues, but farre larger and blacker: theftalkesare 
great and foure fquare, hauing leaues and flowers (landing round about them at the 
ioynts like coronets, which flowers are very great, long, and wide gaping open, of a 
darke red or purple colour, with fome whiteneffe or fpots in the iawes , and fome hai- 
rinefie alfo on the fides, which ftand in full flower two or three moneths raoft vfually, 
and fometimes longer, after which come brownifh feede : the roote is a great tuft or 
bufhof long whitilh firings , and encreafeth euery yeare, not fearing the greateft 
iaiuries of our coldeft and extreameft Winters. 
The Place. 
All thefe plants are ftrangers in our Countrey, andonely preferuedin 
Gardens, tofurniih them with variety; but (as I faid) the cloth of gold 
Moth Mullein hath been raifed from feed in our owne Country. 
The Time. 
The laft flowreth firft , before all the reft, beginning in Aprill. The 
Moth Mulleins in May and Iune. The French Sage in Iuly. 
The Names. 
All the forts of Platt aria may bee comprehended vnder the kindes of 
K k ferba/ium 
