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Rape-Cole. 
IV. Tarkinfon defcrihes this Rape Cole thus. 
It has a Root which is fomewhat long , and 
very bujhy with Threads, fr om the Head oj 
this Root , proceeds another white Head , or 
Headed Stalk above the Ground , as large as 
a reafonable Turnep, but a little longer t and 
from the top thereof proceeds or fprings out 
divers great Leaves like unto Cole worts) 
for which reafon it is accounted one of the 
Kinds of Coleworts:_) from among thefe Leaves , 
rife divers Stalks , which bear yellow Flow- 
ers , con fifing of four Leaves apiece ; and Seed 
in f mall long pods , aim eft as fmall as Muftard 
Seed. 
V. The fecond , or Garden Cole Rape. 
It has a long fibrous Root like unto the for- 
mtr. The Tuberous Stalk is very great and 
long, tbrujltng forth in feme places here and 
there fome foot Stalks, on which do grow 
fmooth Leaves, J lightly indented about the 
edges: on the top of the long Turnep Stalk 
grow Leaves, Stalks, and dowers like the for- 
mer. This differs from the Jirft chiefly in the 
length of the fxnoln Stalk, for which reajon it 
is called by fome Cuulo Rapum longum, or Long 
Cole Rape. 
VI. The third, or Wild Rips, -or Wild 
Cole wort, (which yields the Rape Seed, oj 
which they make Rape OilJ Its Root is white, 
hard, and. fomewhat Woody, from this Root 
fp’ing up many long gray iff round Leaves, 
touch gafhed in, or torn on the edges. 
From among thefe Leaves rife up the Stalks, 
bearing Juch like Leaves, but fmaller ; and 
at their tops yellowiff Flowers, each confiji- 
ing of four Leaves y which are fuceeeded 
Rape Seed Plant. 
by fmall rough Tods , with fmall round Seed, in 
them. 
„ VH. Gerard thus deferibes this Kind. This 
Wild Rape, or Cole-wort has long broad Leaves , 
Rape Seed Plant. 
