Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Lib. 2. 
3 Pulfitillaflorcalho. 
White Paffe floure. 
£ 4 Ptilfatillafioreminore. 
The leffer purple Paffe floure, 
«[[ The Temperature. 
Paffe floure doth extremely bite, and exulcerateth and eateth intotheskinneifitbeftamped 
and applied to any part of the body ; vvhereupon it hath been taken of fome to be a kinde of C row- 
foot,andnotwithoutreafon,forthatitisnotinferiourto the Crowfoots : and therefore it is hoc 
anddrie. 
% The Ter tues. 
There is nothing extant in writing among Authours of any peculiar vertue,but they feme one- 
Iy for the adorning of gardens andgarlands,being flourcs of great beautie. 
Chap. 80. Of <tAdonu floure. 
<^[ The Dtfcription. 
1 'THefirft hath very many flendenveake ftalkes, trailing or leaning to the ground, fet on 
A euerie part with fine iagged leaues very deepely cut like rhofe of Camomill, or rather 
thofe of May-weed :vponwhich ftalkes dogrow fmall red floures, in drape like the field Crow- 
foot, with a blackifh greene pointed in the middle, which being growne to maturitie turneth into 
a fmall greenifh bunch of feeds, in fhapelike a little bunch of grapes. The root is fmall and 
threddie. 
2 The fecond differethnot from the precedent in anyone point, but in the colour of the 
floures,which are ofa perfeft yellow colour, wherein conliftcrh the difference. 
«T The place. 
The red floure of Adonis groweth wilde in the Weft parts of England among their corne,euen 
as May-weed doth in other parts, and is likewifean enemie tocorne as May-rveed is : from thence 
I brought the feed, and haue fowne it in my garden for the beautie of the floures fake. That with 
the yellow floure is a ft ranger in England. 
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