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fome foot high. the top whereof is adorned with a floure confiilingof two ranks ofleaues, whereof : 
thofeon the outfideare larger, rounder pointed, and fometimes fnipt in a little • the reft ate nar- 
rower and fharper pointed : the colour of theie leaues is yellow, deeper on the infide,and on the : 
outfide there are fomefmall purple veines running alongft thefe leaues of the floure. The rootis 
fome two inches long, the thickeneffe of ones little finger, with fome tuberous knobs hanging ; 
thcfCcit iji 
8 The eighth hath many large leaues deeply cut or iagged, in fhape like thofe of the Storks bil , 
or Pinke-needle • among which rifethvp a naked ftalke, fet about toward the top with the like : 
leaues but fmaller and more finely cut, bearing at the top of the ftalke a tingle floure conltfting 
of many fmallblew leaues, which do change fometimes into purple, and oftentimes into white, , 
fet about a blackifh pointall,with fome fmall thredslike vntoa pale or border. The root is thick 
and knobby. 
9 The ninth fort of Anemone hath leaues like vnto the garden Crow-foot:the ftalke rifeth 
vp from amongft the leaues, of a foot high, bearing at the top faire white floures made of Hue 1 
fmall leaues • in the middle whereof are many little yellow chines or tlrreds. The root is made of : 
many (lender tlrreds or firings, contrarie to all the reft of the Winde-floures. 
10 Thetenth fort of Anemone hath many leaues like ynto the common medovv Trefoile, . 
fleightly fnipt about the edges likeafaw ton the top of the (lender ftaikes ftandeth a (ingle white 
floure tending to purple, confiding ofeight fmall leaues, refembling in drape the floures of com- ■: 
mon field Crow-foot. The root isknobby,with certaine firings faftned thereto. 
i t Theeleuenth kinde of Anemone hath many iagged leaues curetien to the middle rib, re- ■ 
fembling the leaues otGeramum Columbimim, or Pones foot. The leaues that do embrace the ten- • 
derweake ftaikes arc flat and (leightly cut: t;he floures grow at the topof the ftaikes, of a bright: 
fhining purple colour, fet about a blackifh pointall, with fmall thrums or chines like a pale. The : 
root is knobby, thicke, and very brittle, as are mod of thofe of the Anemones. 
T he Place. 
All the forts of Anemones are ftrangers,and not found growing wilde in England ; notwith- 
flanding all and eucry fort of them do grow in my garden very plentifully. 
9^ The Time. 
They do floure from the beginning of Ianuarie to the end of A prill, at what time the floures do 
fade, and the feed flieth away with the winde,ifthere be any feed at all ; the which I could neuer as : 
yet obferue. 
The Names. 
Anemone, ox. Winde floure is fo called, ; that is to fay, of the wir.de ; for the floure doth 
neuer open it felfe but when the winde doth blow, as P//»ywriteth : whereupon alfoit is named of 
diuers Herbavenri : in Engiifh, Winde-floure. 
Thofe with double floures are called in the Turky tongue Giul, and GulCatamer.a. nd thofe with I 
frrtall iagged leaues and double floures are called tale benzede, and Galipoli laic. They do call thole 
with fmall iagged leaues and Angle floures BiniTate^r binizade, and Bm^antc. 
The Temperature. 
All the kindes of Anemones are (liarpe, biting the tongue^ and of a binding qijalitie. 
«(]■ TheVertttes. 
A The leaues (lamped, and the iuyee fniffed vp into the nofe purgeth the head mightily. 
B The root champed or chewed procurerh fpitting,andcaufeth water and flegmetorun forthouti 
ofthe mouth, as Pellitorie of Spaine doth, 
C It profiteth in collyries for the eyes, to ceafe the inflammation thereof. 
T> The iuyee mundifieth and clenfeth maligne,virulent,and corrofiue vlcers. 
E The leaues and ftaikes boyled and eaten ofNurfescaufe them to hauemuch milke:it prouo- 
keth the termes,and eafeth the leprofie,being bathed therewith^ 
i C h a p. 77. Of diuers other Anemones for W'inde-f cures. 
«f The Kindes. 
$ t-E-sflefe floures which are in fuch efteeme fortheir beauty may well bediuided into two 
i- forts, that is, the Lat: folia, or broad leaued, and the T tnutfoha, or narrow leaued : now 
of each of thefe forts there are infinite varieties, which confiftinthe finglenefle and doubleneua 
effthe floures, and in their diuerfitie of colours -which would aske alarge difeourfe to handle, 
txaftly. Wherefore I onely intend (befides thofe fet downe by our Authour) to giue you the, 
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