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Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
L 1 B. 2 . 
Chip, i 6 j. Of Wilde Flaxe. . 
f Defcription , 
I r T~’His Wilde kinde of Line or Flaxe hath leaues like thofe of garden Flaxe, but narrovv- 
| er, growing vpon round bright and fhining fprigs,a foot long, and floures like the 
manured flaxe, but ofa white colour.The root is tough and fmall, with fome fibres 
annexed thereto. $ This is fometimes found with deep blew floures, with violet coloured floures 
and fometimes with vvhite,ftreaked with purple lines. $ 
t Limmfjlveftn floribtts Mis. 2 Ltnttm fjlvejlre ttnuifoliutn* 
Wilde white flaxe. Thin leaued wilde flaxe. 
2 n i r , r0 'n and tlllnne leafed kinde of Line is ver y like t0 the common flaxe, but in all 
points Idler. The floures confift of fine leaues, which do foone fade and fall away, hailing many 
ltalkes proceeding from one root, of a cubit high, befet with fmall leaues, yea leifer than thofe of 
Linana purpurea. 4 
^ Llr ^ L . ldl0r in the former edition gaue two figures vnder this one title oiLinum ftlveftre 
tenmfolutm, making them the fecond and third ; but the defeription of the third was ofthe Rough 
Dtoad leaued wilde flaxe, whofe figure therefore we haue put in that place. Now the two whofe 
gntes were formerly here are but varieties of one fpecies, and differ thus ; the former of them 
( v 10 c ngure we haue omitted as impertinent) hath fewer leaues, which therefore Hand thinner 
y 10 ]' 1 . 1 r ‘r 3 | i 1 be floures are either blew or elfe white. The later, whofe figure you may 
n e acre et forth, hath more leaues, and thefe growing thicker together : the floure is ofa light 
purple or flefh colour. ^ b b 
3 rhere is a kinde of wilde flaxe which hath many hairy branches, iifing vp from a very fmall 
root, w licli oth continue many yeeres without fowing,incrcafing by roots into many other 
p ants,w it i a kes amounting to the height of one cubite, befet with many rough and hairy broad 
u.aues . at t re top of the ftalkes do grow many blew floures, compaft of fiue leaues, much greater 
r * 1 .. C0 T 11 . 111 ™ 1 ^ ,ne or Aaxepvhich being pad, there lucceed fmall fharpe pointed heads 
lull offeedsjhkc Linefeed, but of a blackifh fhining colour. 
4 Chumdimm 
