L i b. z. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
X 2 This leffer ofc/«///«his defcriptionhatha ftalkea cubic High, and forUetimes higher 
firme, hard, and downy ; about vvhichat certaine diftances grow commonly foure leaues to°-ether 
yet fometimes but three, and they are loftandfomewhat downy, Idler thanthofe of the former' 
being firft of an acide tafte,and then of an acride ; and they arevfually marked on their lower Tides 
w ith blacke fpots. About the top of the ftalke, out of the bofomes of each leafe come forth little 
branches bearing fbme few floures, orelfe foot-llalkes carrying Tingle floutes, which is more vfuall 
towards the top of the ftalke. The floures are yellow, with fomewhat a ftrong find!, confiding of 
fine tharpe pointed yellow leaues, with fo many yellow threds in their middle. The root is ioyn- 
ted, or creeping here and there, putting vp new lhouts. 
t 3 Lyfimacbia lutea fore globofo. f ^ Lyfimacbia lute a Virginiana. 
Yf*lIrSlV \j\ 1 1 Mail'll hnn/'hptl flrtnfAO 'T^, . ^ Td „ 1 ^ /Z. 
3 This alfo may fitly be referred to the former. The ftalke is a cubit high, ftfaight, and is it 
were ioynted, naked oft times belotv by the falling away of the leaues • but from the middle to the 
top fet with two leaues at a ioynt, like thole ofthe former ; and out of their boforns on fhort ftalks 
grow round tufts of fmall yellow floures as in bunches : the root which creepes fends forth many 
fmall fibres at each ioynt. This was fet forth by Lobelv nder the title of Lyfimacbia lUtca alter a , or 
Lyfimacbia falicaria : hath it by thenameof Lyfimacbnimaqiiatik : and C la fas calls it Ly- 
terti'a,fiue minor. 
4 T his Virginian hath beene deferibed and figured onely by Proper Alpinas, vnder the title of 
Byofcyamtts Virginians : and by M r . Parltinfon, by the name of Lyfimacbia lutea fill quo fa Virginiana : 
Alfo Bauhinc in the Appendix of his Pinax hath a large defeription thereof, by the name of Lyfima- 
cbia lutea corniculata. The root hereof is longifh, white,about the thicknefte ofones thumbe,froni 
whence growes vp a ta! 1 ftalke diuided into many branches of an ouerworne colour, and a little hai- 
rie : the leaues are like thofe of the former, but fomewhat finuated alongft their edges, and hauing 
their middle veine of a whitifh colour : toward the tops of the branches amongft the leaues come 
vp pretty thicke cods, which growing fmaller on their tops fuftaine pretty large yellow floures 
confifting of foure leaues, withapeftill in the middle vpon which ftand foure yellowifh thrums 
Tree Primrofe. 
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