Lib. 2. 
Of he Hiftory of Plants. 
T he description. 
1 rn He great Tornefolehath great ftraight ftalks couered with a white hairy cotton efpe. 
J. cially about the top; the leaues are loft and hairy in handling, in fhape like the leaues 
of Balill : the floures grow at the top of the branches, in coTour white thicke tooc 
ther in rowes vpon one fide of the lialke, which ftalkc doth bend or turne backward 1 ike the talk 
of a fcorpion : the root is finall and hard. 
2 The fmall Tornefole hath many little and weake branches trailing vpon the ground where- 
upon doe grow fmall leaues, like thofe of the lefler Bafill. The floures dde grow without any cer- 
taine order, among!! the leaues and tender branches, gray of colour, with a little foot of yellow 
in the middeft, the which turne into crooked tailes like thoie of the precedent, but not altb cr e<i 
thcrfomuch. 
t 5 H cliotr opium fnpimim Cltif, ij & L'obelij . Hairie Tornefole. 
4 Heliotropium T ricoccum, 
Widowwaile Tornfole 0 
3 Hairy Tornefolehath many feeble and 
weake branches trailing vpon the ground, fet 
with fmall leaues, lefler than the great Tornfole 
of which it is a kinde, hauing the feed in fmall 
chaffie husks, which do turne back like the taile 
ofa fcorpion, iuft after the manner of the firfl: 
deferibed. 
4 T jiis kindeofTornelblehathleaues very 
like to thofe of the great Tornfole, but of a 
blacker greene colour.-the floures be yellow, and 
vnprofi table- for they are notfucceededby the 
fruit, but after them commeth out the fruit 
hanging vpon finall foor-ftalks three fquare,and 
m euery corner there is a fmall feed like to thofe 
oftheTythimales-the root is fmall and threddy. 
The Piece. 
Tornfole, as Diofcorides faith , doth grow in 
fennie grounds and neerevnto pooles and lakes. 
They are ftrangers in Englandas yet: It doth 
grow about Montpelier in Languedock, where 
it is had in great vfe to ftaine and die clouts 
withall, wherewith through Europe meat is co- 
loured. 
51 The Time. 
They flotirifhefpecially in the Sommer fol- 
ftice, or about the time when the fun entreth in- 
to Cancer. 
5F The 'Thames. 
The Grecians call i t Heliotropium : the La- 
tines keepe thefe names, Heliotropium magnum^ 
and 
