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fhape vnlike the fiih called Stella marina. The floures turne into dovvne, and are carried away with 
the winde. The root is fibrous, of a binding and ibarpe tafte. 
| 2 The fecond called Italian S tarrtvvoort hath leaues not much vnlike Marigolds, butofa 
darke greene colour, and rough, and they are fomewhat round at the vppcr end : the ftalkes are raa- 
ny,and grow fome cubite high ; and at their tops are ditiided into fundry branches, which beare 
faireblewilh purple floures,yellovv in their middles, and lhaped like Marigolds,and almoft of the 
fame bigneffe, whence feme haue called them blew Marigolds. ± 
^ The third kinde hath leaues fo like Italian Starwort, that a man can fcarcely at the fudden 
diftinguifh the one from the other.The finglc ftalke is a cubit long,vpright and flender ; on the top 
whereof grow faireyellovy floures,likc thofe of EmlaCamfana, and they fly away in dovvne : the 
root is fmall and threddie. 
4 The fourth kinde in talneflc and floure is not much vnlike that laft before fpecified,but in 
ftalke and leaues more hairie, and longer,fomewhat like our fmall Houndf-tongue ; and the rootes 
are lefle fibrous or threddie than the former. 
5 There is another fort that hath a browne ftalke, with leaues like the fmall Coni^a . The floures 
are of a darke yellow, wh ich turne into dovvne that flieth away with the wind like Conyza.’The root 
is fullof threds or firings. 
6 There is alfo another that hath leaues like the great Campion, fomewhat hairie • amongft: 
which come vp crooked crumbling ftalkes, leaning lamely many waies. Whereupon doe growe 
faire yellow floures, Starrc-falhiou ; which paft, the cups become fo hard, that they will fcarcely 
be broken with ones nailes to take forth the feed. The toot is long and ftraight as a finger, with 
fome few firings annexed vnto the vppermoft part thereof. It groweth vvilde in fome parts of 
Spaine. 
I lifter Lyitticus. 
Starrewoort. 
f 2 isfjlcr Ititlonim. 
Italian Starrewoort. 
7 There groweth another kinde of Starrewoort, which hath many leaues like Scabious.but 
thinner, and of a more greene colour, couered with a woollie hairinefle, fliarpe and bitter in tafte; 
amongft which fpringethvp a round ftalke more than a cubite high ; often growing vnto a red- 
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