Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
Lib. i 
white woollineffe or bairinefle, bitter intafte,ofaninche broad. The ftalke is a foot high, at the : 
top whereof doth grow one yellow flourelike that of the gi eat Hawkeweed,wbicbiscaried away 
with the winde when the feed is ripe. The root is blacke and full of milkie juice, and hath cer- ■ 
taine white ftrings annexed thereto. 
3 Thiskindeof Hawkeweed hath blacke roots a fingerthicke, full o r milkie juice, decpely 
thruft into the ground, with fomefmall fibers belonging thereto: from which come vp many long 
leaues halfe an inch or more broad, couered with a (oft downe or hairinefle, of an ouerworne ruf- 
fet colour: and amongft the leaues come vp naked andhard ftalkes, whereupon cloe grow yellow 
floures fetinawoolliecup or chalice, which is turned into downe, and caried away with his feed 
by the winde. 
4 The fourth Hawkeweed hath a thicke rootabouea finger long, blackifh, creeping vpon 
the top of the ground, and putting out fome fibres, and it is diuided into fome heads, each where- 
ofatthetopoftheearthputteth out fome fix or feuen longilh leaues fome halfe an inche broad, 
andfomewhathoarie,hairie,andfoftas are the others precedent, and thefe leaues are fnipt about 
the edges, but the deepeft gafhes are neereft the flalkes, where they are cut in euentothe mid- 
dle rib, which is ftrongand large. The ftalke is fmootb,nakcd,andfomewhat high : thefiouresbe 
yellow and double as the other. 
3 Hitrcaium 6. Clujtj. 
Clufius his 6 .Hawkeweed- 
4 Hitrmum j.Clttfij. 
Clufius his 7. Hawkeweed. 
t 5 The fame Author hath aifo fet forth another Hieracium, wider the name of Hierncium par. 
vuw Crcticum which he thus deferibes ; this is an elegant little plant fpreadina fome fix, or more 
leaues vpon the top of the ground, be.ng narrower at that part whereas they adhere to the root 
and broader at the other end, and cutabout the edges, hatting tbemiddlerib of a purple colour- 
amonglt thefe n fe vp two or three little ftalkes about a foot high, without knot vntill you come 
almoil to the top, whereas they aredtutded into two little branches, atwhich place erowesforth 
leaues much diuided ; the floures grow at the top of a fufficient bienefTe.confidering" the magni. 
tut e o t icpant,an theyconfift of many little leaues lying one vpon another.on the vpper fide 
wholly white.ajtd on the vnder fide of aflefh colour. The root is fingle, longilb, growing fmall 
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