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thing browner , its FAiwr 0/ a pale purplifh blew 
color ( from whence it is called Ranunculus nemo- 
rofus Hore purpureo coeruleo ) like unto a pale Vio- 
let flower , awrfxwf ***{{■ 
aforegoing lands the Italians call Wild Ginger, ei- 
ther becattfe the Roots of them all are very JharpM, 
and biting the Tongue, like Ginger; or becattfe than 
Roots do grow a little fpreadmg into feveral Arms 
or Tubcrofities, like to Ginger. 
VI. The fourth , or yellow kind, has Roots very 
like to the firft defcribei in this Chap, from whence 
loring forth fuch-like Stalks of Leaves, and growing 
in the fame manner ; but the Leaves are not fo broad, 
nor fo hard in handling, and are more deeply cut in- 
to more long and narrower parts, each a! fo dented a- 
bout the edges, efpecially about the ends of the Leaves, 
which are of a darker green color, from between 
the/e Stalks of Leaves Jhoots forth fometimes but ane 
and fometimes two or three Stalks, at the top of each 
of which grows one flower, fomethtng fmaller than 
the former, confi fling generally of fix or f even, and 
fometimes of eight Leaves, which are of a fair pale 
yellow color, with many J mail Threads in the middle 
which being pafs’daway, there fucceed like Heads of 
Seed, as in the others. Thcfe flowers have the leaf 
Smell of them all. And unto this kind belongs that 
fort of Anemone (but rather Crowfoot) which uo- 
donxus calls Trifolia, having the Leaves parted into 
three , /nipt about the edges , and which bears a wm- 
tijh blujh Flower. 
(j olden haired Croru Jbo* 
on the Stalk,' are fill more divided than the former. 
The flowers are fmall, and of a fair Jhining Gold- 
yellow color , funding at the tops of the Stalks, like 
unto the Common kinds cf Crowfeet. ^ After the 
flowers are pafs’d away, come the rough Heads, like 
a y»M//Strawberry, in like manner as other Crowfeet 
have , in which Heads are contained, the Seed, many 
jet together. 
VIII. The ftxth, or leflTer fmgle white Mountain 
Crowfoot, has Roots greater than any of the kindred 
of Crowfeet •, from which Root fpring forth fur, 
large, well-fpread Leaves, ( Handing upon a long 
fool- jhilk ) which are cut into jive Divifions , and 
fomewhat dented about the edges, green on the upper 
fide, and paler underneath , having many Veins run- 
ning thro 1 the Leaves : thefie Leaves are like thofe 
of the Common Crowfoot, but greater, of a deep 
green color, much like to thofe of the yellow Aconite, 
called Aconitum luteum Ponticum : it has great fat 
Stalks, about two feet or more high , fpreai into ma- 
ny Branches ; at the tops of which come forth white 
flowers, confifting of Jive Leaves apiece, with fmall 
yellow Olives in the middle , fmelling like the flowers 
of May or Haw-Thorn, but more pleafant ; after 
which comes the Seed, which is contained in heads, 
like to the other Crowfeet. 
IX. The fieventh, or Virginian Crowfoot, has a 
reddifb , thick, tuberous Root , with fome fmall fibres 
/bringing from it : from which /boot forth three or 
four fomewhat large, broad, whitijk-green Leaves 
upon long foot-flalks, rent or torn on the edges for 
the moft part , among which rifes up a /lender, round, 
naked Stalk, five, fix or more inches high, bearing 
one white flower at the top, made of ten or twelve 
fmall, narrow and pointed Leaves, with a few yel- 
lowifh Threads in the middle, fet about a greenijb 
Head, which in time grows to be a long ]. tender Tod, 
in which is contained round wbiti/h Seed. 
X. The P laces. They are almoft all found grow- 
ing in Woods, Groves and Orchards in moft places 
of this Land. The fourth is found as well by Brcok- 
fiides, which pafs by Meadows, as in Woods, and 
by Hedge-fides. The fixth, is called Ranuncu- 
lus Alptnus, becaufe that thofe which firft found 
it met with it upon the Alpine Mountains ; how- 
ever, fince it has been found to grow plentifully 
Wild, in 'England, efpecially in HampJleadWood, from 
whence it has been tranfplanted into Gardens. The 
leventh bears in its Name the place of its Growth, 
but it has been found in many other parts of flo- 
rida. 
XI. The Times. They flower pretty early in the 
Spring, fometimes in March, but for the moft part 
in April, and fometimes in May ; and the Seed is 
ripe in June, July and Auguft. 
XII. The Qualities, Specification, Preparations, 
Virtues and Ufes, fee in Chap. 176. thefe being of 
the fame Nature with thofe others, where you may 
have them at large. 
VII. The fifth, or Auricomus of Lobel, which is 
the fweet Wood kind, has a Root compofed of many 
white Strings or Fibres, like unto fome others, but 
neither its Root nor Leaf, has any Jharp biting Tafte 
in them , but are almoft Tajtelefs. from this Root 
fpring up Leaves firft of all, which are round , not 
much unlike to Violet Leaves, and not divided in the 
leaft •, but thofe which fpring up next after them, are 
more divided , and fo alfo thofe which grow after up- 
C H A P. CLXXV. 
Of CROWFOOT Water. 
I.'T' H E Names. It is called in Greek, b«t fyui 
1 Weiti in Latin, Ranunculus aquatic us ; 
and in Engli/h , Water Crowfoot. 
II. The Kinds. Authors make feveral kinds ot 
Water Crowfoot ■, as, 1. Water Spear-wort. 2. Water 
Ivy. 7. Water Star-wort none ol which we can 
admit into this Kindred ; tor tho’ they be hot, like 
the 
