zyS Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Li b. z. 
7 he Names. 
.The firft is called o[Pliny,Refeda,Erucapercgrina,&i Erne a Cam air tea: in Englifh , Italian Rocket. 
Thefecond is called Rejeda maxima : of Anguillans, Pignocmon, whereof I finde nothing extant 
worthy the memorie, either of temperature or vertues. 
Chap. ij. Of (jroundfell. 
TheDefcription. 
I ''l ’’He ftalke of Ground fell is round, chamfered and diuided into many branches: the: 
| leaues be greene, long, and cut in the edges almoft like thofe of Succorie, but lefler, , 
like in a ma nner to the leaues of Rocket. The fioures be yellow .and turne to downe, , 
that is carried away with the winde. The root is full of firings and threds. 
I Erigerum'. 
GroundfellJ 
s Erigerum Ttmcntofum, 
Cotton Groundfell. ; 
a Cotton Ground fel hath a ftraight ftalke ofabrowne purple colour, couered with a fine cot- 
ton or downy haire,of the height of two cubits. The leaues are like thofe of S . lames Wort , or 
Rag-wort ; and at the top of the ftalke grow fmall knops,from which come fioures of a pale yellow 
colour • which are no (boner opened and fpred abroad, but they change into downe like that of the 
Thiftle, euen the fame houre of his flouring, and is carried away with the winde : the root is fmall 
and tender. . . . 
t 3 There is another with leaues more iagged,and finelier cut than the laft mentioned, Foft 
alfb and downie : the fioures are fewer, leffe and paler than in the ordinarie,but turne fpeedily into 
downe like as the former, f 
«[ The Place. 
Thefeherbes are very common throughout England, and do grow almoft euery where; 
TheTimc. 
T hey flourifh almoft euery moneth of the yeare. 
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