481 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Lib. 2. 
ThcDcfcription. 
j j-pHis great Fleawoort or Fleabane, fromathick long lining fibrous root fends forth ma- 
1 ny ftalkes of i'ome yard high or more ■, hard, wooddy, rough, tat, and of an ou ervvorne co. 
lour : the leaues are many, without order,and alternately embrace the ftalkes, twice as big as thofe 
of the Oliue tree , rough and fat, being as itwere befmcaredtvith a gummineffe or fattinefle, and 
of a yellovviih ° rcene colour ; the floures grow alter a lort fpokc f a th ion, Handing at the ends of 
footftalkes comming out of the bofomes of the leaues, and they are yellow and round alrnoft like 
to Groundfwell, and flic away indownelikeas they doe ; the feedis fmall and aflr coloured. The 
whole plant is fattie and glutinous, with a ftrong,yet not altogether vnpleafant fmell.This growes 
not that I know of in thefecold Countries, vnlefle fowne in gardens. Clujiut found it by Lisbone, 
and in diners places of Spaine. He,asalfoZ>c*»,««,£oW,andothers,call this Coxyzamaior, and it 
is thought to be the Con-fU mM of Theophrajlus,d.n& Cony^a maior of Diofcoridcs . 
2 The lelfer feldome fends vp more than one ftalke,and that of a cubit high, yet vfually not 
fo much :it is diuided into little branches, and alfo rough and glutinous as the precedent, but more 
greene. The leaues are three times leffe than thofe of the former, fomewh at fhaped Idee thofe of 
Toad-flax, yet hairy and vn&ious ; the tops of the branches as in the bigger, carrie lene, and lefle 
fhining and lightly floures, vanifhinginlikefortintodowne. Therootis Angle and annual l,and 
the whole plant more lmelling than the former. This is iudged th eCtwyzafrmwa of Theofhrajtiu- 
■and Con. minorof Diofcoridcs •, it is theCon.minor ofGefrcr,Le/>el,CluJitcsindothei;s. Itgrowes in 
diners parts of Spaine and Prouince in France,but not here,vnleffe in Gardens. 
f3 Cony^a media". 
Middle Fleawoort. 
| 4 Conyrca minima. 
Dvvarfe Fleabane. 
3 The root of this middle kinde is prettie large and fibrous, from whence arifeth a branched 
ftalkeof fome cubitehigh, engirt at certaine fpaces with thicke, rough, grayifh greene leaues :at 
the tops of the branches grow pretty faire yellow floures of the bignes of a little Marigold; which 
fading turne to downe,and are carried away with the winde. This floures in Inly and Auguft, and 
maybe found growing in moft places about riuers and pond fides,as in S.Iames his Parke, Tuthill 
fields 8tc This is ConyXamediaofMatthiohtSjVodonaua, and Others, Some haue referred it vnto the 
3 Mints 
