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IV. The fecond, or Our lelTer Field Scabious 
It is like in its Root, Stalks, Branches, Leaves, 
tiovoers, form and manner of growing, to the fir ft. 
f aving that the Leaves arc not Jo large > or deev- 
ly jigged, nor do the Stalks rife Jo high, nor arc 
the blowers Jo great or large, but yet of the fame 
bleak blewijh color. Some think this to be the fame 
j pccics witi) the former, but differing only in the 
ranknefs of the Ground where they grow. 
V. The third, or, Our Common Corn Scabious. 
Its Root runs not deep into the Ground, but ra- 
ther creeps under the upper Cruft of the Earth. 
It differs but little from the ftrji before deferibed. 
f aving that it is greater in all ref pells, the 
Leaves being larger, with greater Divrjions. 
and fame whole leaves with them mfo. The Stalks 
are greater and ftronger, and- 1 lie Blowers larger 
and more laid open , and not fo elojely thru ft to- 
gether, but of the fame blewijh color , yet a little 
more declining to Purple. 
VI. The Fourth or Our fmaller Sheeps Scabious. 
The Root is like unto the other Held Scabious's but 
leffer. It has divers whit iff green leaves at the 
ground, divided on both fides of the long pointed 
leaf, only into one • Diviflon , on each Jide, ma- 
king every leaf feem like the frnall Sage leaf, 
called Sage of Virtue, which has fmall pieces oj 
leaves like Ears on each fide thereof ■, but a lit- 
tle dented about the ends . The Stalks are fmall , 
and low, and are furniffed like wife with fuch 
like Leaves , but leffer -, and fmall blewijh Blowers 
or heads on them, like unto the other Bield Sca- 
bious. 
VII. The fifth, or the greater, or middle or hairy 
Sheeps Scabious. This is greater than the former 
fuff now deferibed, growing a foot high or better. 
Its Root is Jingle , and like that oj a Rampion 
Scabious Sheeps Greater. 
( whence Fabius Columna refer' d it to the Ram- 
puns, its Seed and Milky Juice indue eing him 
thereto.) It- has J lender rough Stalks, or Branches, 
Jet wit h leaves not fo much divided , but only me lit 
about the Edges. The Blowers are in Color and 
ffape, like thofe cf the laft deferibed, of a blew- 
tff color, confining of much Thrummy fibres clofe 
thrift together like a Button, not much unlike to 
; that of the blew daify. 
VIH. The Sixth, or Our Common fmall Gar- 
den Scabious. Its Root is long and abides many 
years. It has long Jmooth Leaves below notched, 
about the edges , but otherwife not much divided, 
in firm alm,ofl like a Sage Leaf-, from among 
which rife up a Stalk or Stalks almoji two Beet 
high, pretty Jt iff or Jtrong, and branching them- 
J elves out, not leaning their heads downwards . 
I be leaves upon the Stalks are pretty large ha- 
Scabious Garden fmall Common. 
ving two or more long fmooth Leaves divided to 
the middle rib on both fides, and each part 
divided alfo, or pretty deeply Notched. The Flow- 
ers, which are two upon long foot Stalks at the 
head of each Stalk or Branch , are of a pretty 
large Jize, and round at the head. Sometimes 
there is but one Blower at the tops oj the Branches , 
and fometimes three, but mo ft ufually two, of a fair 
pure white color , which being put away, the heads 
with Seed appear more round and not flat, but 
rather a little Corn faff ion' d, rifwg a little higher 
in the middle. 
IX. The feventh, or Middle fort of Scabious. 
This kind is almoji in all things like unto the 
fecond or our leffer Field Scabious before deferibed 
faving that the knob, or head , does not fpread it 
felf fo much abroad, nor is its Thrums fo thick or 
clofe ly lhrufl together nor are the lower Leaves 
fo deeply cut or jagged , but the upper are much 
fmaller , and alfo more divided. 
X. The 
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