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I B. 2. 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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t 12 There are kept in the Gardens of M r . T*adeftam, M r . Ttgrye, and others t- ■ V 
woorts different much from all thefe formerly mentioned : the firfl of them is to bee e fte° ’ 
that it floures in October and Nouemberwhenas few other floures are to be found • P' incd ’ . r 
large and lining, which fends vp many fmall ftalks fome two cubits high vvooddy flende—,!* 1S 
hollow, and towards the top they are di aided into aboundance of fmall twi<rgj c benches"' H 
leanes that grow alternately vpon the ftalkes,are long, narrow, and iharpe poinfed, hauine W nr 
fixe fcarce d t fcernab le m ck s on theiredges : the floures which plentifully grow on fmall branrhef 
much after the manner ofthofeof v, irgfaurca,conCi(k of twelue white ieaues fetinarino- with 
ny threds in their middles; which being y.onng are yellow, bur becomming elder and lara er chef 
are of areddi.fh colour, and at length rurne into downe. I haue thought fit to call this plant mr 
yetdefcribed by any that I know of, being reported to be a Virginian, by the name of Alter vUm 
anm fruticofu: , Shrubbte Starwoort. . ^ 
* Z l 7n iS T h a h i\ ga l denS ° UreS ^ m ° neth bef ° re rbe foi ™er,growes not Co high, neither 
are the ftalkes fo Anight, but often crooked, yet are they diuided into many branches which bcare 
fmall blevv.fh floures like thofe of the former: the Ieaues are longifh and narrow This alfois faid 
to haue come from Canada or V rrginta ; and it may be called After ftutictfus minor, S mall flirubb v 
t to After 6 Cluftj. 
Narrow leaued Starwoort. 
+ ir After ■y.C/rtfij. 
Dvvarfe Dafieieaued Starwoort, 
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m T be b ' n . des °f"Stanyoort grow vpon mountaines and hiilie places, and fometimes in woods and 
medoives lying by raters fides. v 
kinde j d -° e gro ' v v P, on Harn pdead heath foure m iles from London.in Kentvpon 
am; of rh c?!^’ and m many -?j b ® r ruch do,vnie P laces - $ 1 could neueryet finde norhea re of 
-rrow Inn S P flour £. s t0 5 r0 v ' vllde in tllls kingdomCjbut haue ofren feene the Italian Stanvort 
an-i ; | ln S ardens - rhefe two ktndes that our Auchour mentions to grow on Hampftead heath 
thefe | eaC ’ ar f n ° ocber t l - in t *vo Hiemcia, or Hiuke-tveedes, which are much differing from 
iL ’ The Time. 
i Bey noure from Iuly to the end of Augtift. 
S f 3 at The 
