L I B X. 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
Chap. zd. Of Italian %ocf$et<. 
^ The Defcription . 
I T Talian Rocket hath long Ieaues cut into many parts or diuifions like thofeof the Afh 
*- X tree, resembling Ruellius his Bucks-horne : among which rife vp ftalks weake and tender, 
but thicke and grofle, two foot high, garmfhed with many fmall yellovvifh floures like 
the middle part of Tanfie floures, of a naughty fauor or fmell. The feed is fmall like fand or dull, 
intafte like Rocket feed, whereof in truth wee fufpect it to be a kinde. The root is long and 
wooddy. 
X Rhefcda flint] . 
Italian Rocket. 
2 Rhcfcditmtiximtti 
Crambling Rocket. 
.* Crambling Rocket hath many large leailes cut into fundry fe&ions, deeply diuided to the 
middle rib, branched like the homes of a flag or hart : among which there do rife vp long fat and 
flefhy ftalkes two cubits high, lying flat vpon the ground by reafon of his weake and feeble bran- 
ches. The floures grow at the top, cluttering thicke together, white of colour , with brovvnifli 
thredsin them. The feed is like the former, f ZflAe/affirmes it growes in the Low-country gar- 
dens with writhen ftalkes, fometimes ten or twelue cubits high, with leaues much diuided, £ 
<|J The Place, 
Thefc Plants grow in fandy,ftony,grauelIy, and chalky barren grounds. I haue found them iri 
un ry places ot Kent, as at South-fleet, vpon Long-field downes, which is a chalkie and hilly 
ground very barren. TheygrowatGreenhithevponthehilk,andinotherplacesofKent. f The 
rlt growes alio vpon the Wolds in Yorke-lhire. Thefecond I haue not feenegrowing exceptiri 
gardens, and much doubt whether it grow wilde with vs or no, £ 
r i IT The Time , 
Theie Plants do fiourifl.i ip Iune, Iuly,and Auguft. 
f T&i 
