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5 Gentian* maior ij. caruleo JJore Clttjij. 
Blew floured Felwoort. 
4 Gtntianaminor Cruciate, 
Crolfewoort Gentian. 
4 : 2 This defcribed by Clufius, hath 
leaues and ftalkes like the precedent; 
theie ftalkes are fome cubite andhalfeor 
twocubits high, and towards the toppes 
they are ingirt with two or three coronets 
of faire purple floures, which are not ftar- 
fafhionedjlike thole of the former , but 
long and hollow , diuided as it were into 
lome flue or fix parts or lean es, which to- 
wards the bottomebn the infide arefpot- 
tedvvith deepe purple fpots : theie floures 
are without fmell, & haue fomany chines 
as they haue iagges,and thefe chiues com- 
pafle the head, which is parted into two 
cells, and containes ftore of a fm®oth,chaf- 
fie,reddifh feed. The root is large, yellow 
on the outfide,and white within, very bit- 
ter, & it fends forth euery yerenew fhoots. 
It growes in diners places of the Alps ; it 
floures in Auguft,and the feeds are ripe in 
September. | 
3 Carolus Chifitrs alfo fetteth forth a- 
nother fort ofa great Gentian, riling forth 
of the ground with a ftitfe, firme or folide 
ftalke, fet with leaues like vnto c ^ifekpids, 
by couples oneoppofiteagainft another, 
euen from the bottomc to the top in cer- 
taine diftances : from the bofonte Of the 
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