Lib; 2 . 
Of the Hiftory of Plants; 
3 Sefimoides parvum Matthioli. 
Bucks-horne Gum-Succoric 
m 
2 Sefimoides Salamanticum pawnm 
Small Baftard Woade. 
t 3 Our Author formerly in the Chapter 
o^ChondrUU {poke (in Dodonxus his words) a- 
gainft the making of this plant a Sefimoides ; for 
of this plant were the words of Dodonaus ., which 
are thefe : Diuers (faith he) haue taken the plant 
with blew floures to be Sefamoides parvum , but 
withoutany jeafon , for that Sefamoides hath bor- 
rowed his name from the likeneffe it hath with 
S cfarmim .-but this herbe is not like to Scfimum in 
any one point, and therefore I thinke it better re- 
ferred vnto the Gum Succories ; for the floures 
haue the formand colour of Gum Succory, and it 
yeeldeth the like milky juyee. Our Authour it 
feemes was either forgetfu 11 or ignorant of what 
he had (aid ; for here hee made it one, and delcri- 
beditmeerly by the figure and his fancie. Now I 
following his trad, haue (though vnfitly) put it 
here,becaufe there was no hiftorie nor figure of it 
formerly there, but both here , though falfe and 
vnperfed:. This plant hath a root fomewhat like 
that of Goatf-beard • from which arife leaues 
rough and hairy, diuided or cut in on both fides 
after the manner of Bucks-horne, and larger than 
they. The ftalke is fome foot high, diuided into 
branches, which on their tops carry floures of a 
faireblew colour like thofe of Succorie, which 
Hand in rough fcaly heads like thofe of Knap- 
weed. ^ 
