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Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
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t B. 2. 
II Lffimachiacamfejtris. 
Wilde Willow-herbe. 
furpureum minus : and it is in the Hiftor .lugdun. 
vnder the name of Linaria rubra. It groweth vp 
with ftalkes feme foot high, fet with many nar- 
row leaues like thofe of Toad-flax, ofagrayifh 
colonr,and the ftalke is parted into diucrs bran- 
ches, which at their tops vpon long cods carrie 
purple floures confiding of foure leaues apiece. 
The root is long, yellowifh, and wooddy. £ 
9 There is another baftard Loofe-ftrife or 
Willow-herbe hailing ftalkes like the other of 
his kinde. whereon are placed long leaues j'nipt 
about the edges, in fhape like the great reromca 
orherbe Flucllen. The floures grow along the 
ftalkes, fpike-fafhion , of a blew colour; after 
which (t^cceed (mall cods or pouches. The root 
is fmall and fibrous : it may be called Ljfima. 
chin ccerulea,oib\eyf W illow-herbe. 
ro We haue likewife another Willow- 
herbe that groweth neerevnto the bankes of ti- 
llers and water-courfes. This I found in a wa- 
terie lane leading from the Lord Treafurer his 
houfe called Theobalds, vnto the backefide of 
his flaughter-houfe,and in other places, as (hall 
be declared hereafter. Which Label hath cal. 
Ljfirnachiit galcricuUta, or hooded Willow- 
herbe. It hath many fmall tender ftalkes trai- 
ling vpon the ground, befet with diuers leaues 
fomvvhat fnipt about the edges, of a deep green 
colour, like to the leaues of Scordium or water 
Germander : among which are placed fundrie 
fmall blew floures fafhioned like a little hood,- 
in fhape refembling thofe of Ale-hoofe. The’ 
root is fmall and fibrous, dilperfing it felfe vn- 
der the earth farre abroad, whereby it greatly 
increaleth. 
_ The wilde Willow-Herbe hath fraile and very brittle ftalkes, (lender, commonly a- 
boutthe height ot a cubit, and fometimes hither; whereupon doe grow ftiarpe pointed leaues 
fomewhat fnipt about the edges , and fet together by couples. There come forth at the firft 
long ilender eoi des, wherein is contained (mail feed, wrapped in a cottony or downv wool], 
which is carried away with the winde when the feed is ripe.-at the end of which commeth forth a 
(mail floure of a purphfh colour ; whereupon it was called Films ante Pattern, becanfc the floure 
doth not : appeare vntill the cod be filled with his feed. But there is another Sonne before the Fa- 
ther, as hath beene : declared m the Chapter of Medow-Saffron. The root is fmall and thred- 
die. $ This diifereth from the fixrh onely in that the leaues are leflhand Idle hairy and the 
floure is fmaller. £ * • J 
la The Wood \ \ idow-hearbe hath a (lender ftalke diuided into other fmaller bran- 
ches, whereon arc fet long leaues rough and fharpe pointed, of an onerwornegreene colour. 
The floures grow at the tops of the branches, confiding of foure or fine fmall leaues, of a 
pale purphfh colour tending to whiteneffe : after which come long cods, wherein are little feeds 
wrapped m a certame white Downe that is carried away with the winde. The root is threddie. 
$ This differs from the fixrh in that it hath lelTer floures. There is alfoa lefler fort of this hairie 
Lyjimachiaw ith fmall noures. 
There are two more varieties of thefe codded Willow-herbes . the one of which is of a mid- 
dle growth fomewhat like to that which is deferibed in the eleventh place, but lelTe , with the 
leaues a!l° (nipped about the edges, fmoorb, and not hairie : and it may fitly be called Lyfima - 
chui jiliquofa gUbranKfu , or miner , The leffet fmooth-leaued Willow-herbe. The other is 
allofmooth leaned but they are Jelfer and narrower : wherefore it may in Latine be termed, 
m ‘ n0r : in The feffer fmooth and narrow leaned 
f i ^ This letter purple Loofe-ftrife ofc/«/w, hath ftalkes feldome exceeding the height 
ota cubit, they are a I fo (lender, weake and quadrangular, towards the top, diuided into branches 
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