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ILcjz'ts, like unto A farabacca^jdvmg that the up- 
per port of the Leaves bre feme times mixed 
here and there confufcdly with white /pots , and 
■under the Leaves next the Ground of a purple 
< hr. Among which rife up little Stemms like 
unto the Stalks of Violets , bearing at their Tops 
J mall purple blower s, which turn themf elves hack \ 
and ( being full blown) are in form of a Turks 
Cap or Tulip , having but a fmall fmell , or al- 
m off none at ail j which being paf little round 
knobs or heads fuccccd , in which are contained 
i lender brown Seed. Thefe knobs are wrapped 
after a few days in the f 'mall Stalks , cue thread 
about a bottom , where they remain fo defended 
upon the G found, from the Injury of the Win- 
ters cold, covered alfo with the green Leaves a- 
forefiid, by which tneans it is kept from the 
fro!}, even from the time of its Seeding (which, 
is in September) until June*, at which time the 
Leaves : fade away , the Stalks and Leaves re- 
maining bare and naked-, whereby having the 
power of .the Sun upon them, they are the fooncr 
brought to Maturity. 
V: The fecond, or Ivy Leav'd Sow- Bread. 1/s 
Root grows to be great , being round and flat, 
and f a blackifh brown color on the out fide. It 
grows in the fame manner which the others do-, 
and brings forth flowers with the Leaves flome- 
1i7r.es, or 7770J} co 77 imonly before them : whofc flow- 
ers are greater than the common round leav’d 
Sow-Bread, Come what longer than the Roman or 
Italian Sowbreads , and of a Paler purple color, 
dmofl blufh , without that Sweet Scent as is in 
the next following. The greater Leaves hereof, 
Sow-Bread Ivy Leav'd. 
arc tit ore long than round, pointed at the ends, 
and having a! jo one or two corners on each fide, 
/ 77t es much /potted on the upperflde with 
\ V ; tc /pots end marks , end Jomctimes but a lit- 
tle or net at all. And fo like wife, fometimes 
Herbal . * Lib. I. 
more or lefs Purple underneath. All the Leaves 
and Homers do fland ufual/y every one feverally 
by tbemfehes upon their own /lender Lootfialks 
as moft of all the ■ other hinds do. But Jomctimes 
it happens that both Leaves and flowers are 
found growing from one and the fame Stalk 
which 1 take rather to be Accidental than Natural 
fo to continue. The Seed hereof is like the Seed 
of the other kinds , which being Sown produces Vari- 
ety . , both in the form of the Leaves, and color 
and fmell of the flowers, Joine being paler or 
deeper, and fame more or lefs fweet than others. 
The Leaves are fame of them more or lefs cor- 
ner'd than others. 
VI. The third, or Spring Sow-Bread Purple 
Flower’d. T bis has a fmaller Root than mo ft of 
the others, yet round and blackifh on the out fide, 
as all or mofi of the reft are. from whence rife 
up divers round, but pointed Leaves, and fome- 
thing corner’d withal, green above, and f potted 
with white fpots Circlcwfie about the Leaf, and 
reddifb underneath which at their firft coming 
up, are folded together, from among which come 
forth the flowers, of a reddifb purple color , and 
vay fweet, every one upon a fmall, long, and 
) lender reddifb footftalk, which hanging down their 
heads, turn up their Leaves again. After the 
flowers arc paft, the Head or Seed Vcffel /brinks 
down, winding its footftalk, and Coiling it felf 
like a Cable, which when it touches the Ground 
abides there , hid among the Leaves, till it js 
grown great and ripe -, in which are contained 
a few fmall round Seeds, which being prefently 
Sown, will grow firft into round Roots, and after- 
wards from them, Jboot forth Leaves. 
VII. The fourth, or Spring Sow-Bread white 
Flower’d. This is a/moft in all refpeSs like the 
former-, the chief eft differences being in its 
Leaves, which though they are much like the 
hft deferibed, yet are not fully fo much corner’d • 
the flowers are alfo fmall , and Snow White, being 
full out as fweet as the former Purple flow- 
er’d. 
VIII. The fifth, or Roman round Leav’d Sow- 
Bread. Its Root is round and Black, and not fo 
flat as fame are, but growing fometimes to be 
greater than any other hind of Sow-Bread. It 
has round Leaves, fomething like unto the firft 
or Common Sow-Bread, but not fully fo round 
pointed at the' ends, a little corner'd fometimes 
alfo, or as it were indented, with White fpots 
round about the middle of the Leaves , and very 
confpicuous, which makes it feem the more beau- 
tiful. The flowers come forth in Autumn , and 
are jhorter , and of a deeper purplijh red color, 
than the Ivy Leav’d Sow-Bread, rifling up for 
the mo/i part before the Leaves, or at lea) I with 
them, and little or nothing fweet. There is Jome- 
times fome Variety to be feen both in the Leaves 
and flowers of this kind , for that fometimes the 
Leaves have more corners, and are either more 
or lefs f potted with while. The flowers are 
likewje fome larger or leffer , fome longer or 
rounder, and fome paler or deeper colored one 
than another ; which happens very likely from the 
Sowing of the Seed, and quality of the Soil as 
is oftentimes alfo feen in the Ivy Leav’d Sow- 
Bread. The Seed of this, (as of all the reft) 
is fmall and round, contained in fuch like heads 
as the former , J landing abttcft like the head of 
a Snake , which is twined or folded within the 
Body thereof. This and the other Autumnal kinds, 
prefently after their Sowing in Autumn, fhoot 
forth Leaves, and fo abide all the Winter' ac- 
cording to their kind. 
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