Lib. 2 . 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
C h a p. iod. Of Englijh Felwoort; 
*[ The Defcription, 
H Ollow leafed Felwoort orEngliih Gentian hath many long tough roots, difperfed hither 
and thithervvithin the vpper cruft of theearth; from which immediatly rifetha fatthicke 
ftalke,iointed or kneed-by certainediftances/et at eiiery knot with one leafe, and fometimes 
moe, keeping nocertaine numbers which leaues doe at the firft inclofc the ftalkes round about, be- 
ingone whole and entire leafe without any incifure at all, as it were ahollow trunke • which after 
it is growne to his fulnefle,breaketh in one fide or other, and becommeth a flat ribbed leafe,like vn- 
to the great Gentian or Plantaine. Thefloures come forth ofthebofome of the vpper leaues, fet 
vpon tender foot ftalkes, in fhape like thofe of the fmall Bindweed, or rather the floures of Sope- 
woort,of a vvhitifh colour, waflit about the brims with a little lightcarnation.Then followeth the 
feed, which as yet I hauenot obferued. 
The Time. 
It fpringeth forth of the ground in A- 
pril!,and bringeth forth his floures and 
feed intheendofAuguft. 
*[ The Names. 
I haue thought good to gate vnto this 
plant,in Englilli, the name Gentian,being 
doubtlelfe a kinde therof.The which hath 
not been fet forth, nor remembred by any 
that haue written of plants vntil this time. 
In Latine we may call it Gcntiana concaua , 
of the hollow leaues. It may be called alfo 
hollow leaned Felwoort. 
T he Temper at tre and Vertues. 
Of thefacultiesof this plant as yet I 
can fay nothing,referring it vnto the other 
Gentians, vntill time fhall difclofe that 
which yet is fecretandvnknowne. 
t Bauhine receiued this plant with the 
figure thereof from DoAor Lifter one of 
his Maiefties Phy fitions,and he referres it 
vnto Saponarid , calling it Saponarid concaua t^fnglica • and ( as farre as I can coniedhire) 
hath a gooddefeription thereof inhis Prodrom.pag. 103. Now both by our Authour and Bau- 
hines Defcription, I gather, that the rootein this Figure is not rightly exprefled , for that it 
fhould bee long, thicke, and creeping, with few fibers adhering thereunto; when as thisfigure 
cxprelfeth an annuall vvooddy root. But not hailing ^s yet feene the plant, I can affirme nothing 
of certaintie. £ 
Gentiana concdtid. ■ 
„ Hollow Felwoort. 
o oif? Crr^i. 
The Place. 
I found this ftrangekind of Gentian in 
a fmall groue ofa wood called the Spinie, 
neere vnto a fmall village in Northamp- 
ton fhire called Lichbarrow: elfewhere I 
haue not heard of it. 
Chap. 
