Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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It growes naturally on diuers places of theAlpes. Ccfncr called it cMhJcus flortdus : Pena Oci- 
motdes Mufeojus : and Clujius, Caryopbyllus fumilio yt Ifinus g . 4 
9 This leafe-lefle Pinke (as the Greeke word doth feeme to import) hath many fmall rufhy 
or benty leaues rifing immediately from a tough rufhy root : among which rifevp ftalkes likevnto 
rufhes, of a fpan high, without any idynt at all, but fmoothand plaine ; on the t op whereof gi ow- 
ed) a fmall floure of a blewifh or sky colour, confiding of foure little leaues fomewhat iao-ged in 
the edges, not vnlike thofcofwildc flax. The whole plant is very bitter, and ofa hot tafte. ' 
10 The white mountaine Pinke hath a great thickc and vvooddy root , from the which imme- 
diately rife vp very many lmall and narrow leaues, finer and leflerthan gralfc,not vnlike to the 
fmalleft ruflr : amongwhich rifevp little tender ftalkes,ioyntcd or kneed by certaincdi fiances fet 
with the like leaues cuen to the top by couples, one oppofite again ft another : at the top whereof 
grow pretty flveet fmelling fioures compofed of flue little white leaues. The feed is fmall and 
blackifh. 
r t There is a wilde creeping Pinke which groweth in our pafttircs neere about London, and 
in other places, but efpecially in the great field next to Detford, by the path fide as you goe from 
Redriffe to Greenwich • which hath many fmall tender leaues fhorter than any of the other wilde 
Pinkes, fer vpon little tender ftalkes which lie flatvpon the ground, taking hold of the fame in 
fundry places, whereby it greatly encteafeth j whereupon grow little rc-ddifh fioures. The root is 
fmall, tough, and long lading. 
12 This Virgin-like Pinke is likevnto the reft of the garden Pinkesin ftalkes, leaues, and 
toots. The fioures are of a blufh colour, whereof it tooke his name, which fhc vveth the difference 
from the other. 
t T his wbofe figure I giueyou for that fmall leaned one that was former! 5' in this place, hath 
{lender ftalkes fome fpannehigh, fet with two long narrow hardfharpe pointed leaues at each 
ioynt. The fioures (which grow commonly but one on a ftalke) confift of fine little fnipt leaues 
of a light purple colour, rough, and deeper coloured about their middles, with two little crooked 
threds or homes : the feed is chaffie and blacke : the root long , and creeping : it fioures in Aptill 
and May, and is the Flos caryophy Ileus fyltieftrts i.oicluftus. f 
13 Clufius mentions alio another vvhofc ftalkes are fome three inches high :the leaues broa- 
der 3 fofter, and greener than the former : the fioures alfo that grow vpon the top of the ftalkes are 
larger than the former, and alfo confift of flue leaues ofa deeper purple than the former, with lon- 
ger haires finely intermixt with purple and white. 
f 14 This from a hard wooddy root fends vp fuch ftalks as the former, which are fet at the 
ioynts with fhort narrower and darker greene leaues : the fioures are white, fweet-fmelling, confi- 
ning of fine much diuided leaues, hauing two threds or homes intheirmiddle.lt fioures in May, 
and it is the CaryofhyUus fy/siejlris quintas of Clufius. f 
1 5 This wilde fea Pinke hath diuers fmall tender weake branches trailing vpon the ground, 
whereupon are fet leaues like thofe of our fmalleft garden Pinke, but of an old hoary colour ten- 
dmgtowhitenefle, asare.moft of thefea Plants. The fioures grow at the top of the ftalks in (Rape 
like thofe of Stitch-wort, and ofa whitilR colour. Neither the feeds nor feed-veffels haue I as yet 
obfetaed : the root is tough and (ingle. 
1 6 There is another of thefe wilde Pinkes which is/ound growing in ploughed fields, yet in 
fuch as arc neere vnto the fea : it hath very many leaues fpred vpon the ground ofa frefh green co- 
lour 5 amongft which rife vp tender ftalkes of the heightof a foot, fet with the like leaues by cou- 
ples at certaine diftances . The fioures grow at the top many together, in manner of the Sweet- 
William, ofa white, or fometimes alight red colour. The root is fmall, tough, and long lading. 
} This is a kinde of Gramcn Leucanthemum, or Holofieum RueUij, deferibed in the 38. Chapter of the 
firftbooke. 
1 7 Clufus makes this a Lychnis : and Lohel(whom I here follovv)a Pinke, calling it CaryofhyUus 
minimus hurnilis alter cxoticus florc Candida amano. This from creeping roots fi-ndeth vp euery yeare 
many branches fome handfull and better high, fet with two long narrow greene leaues at each 
ioynt : the fiourc-s which grow on the tops of thebranches are of a pleafing white colour, compofed 
of fine iagged leaues without fmell. After the fioures are gone there fucceed round blunt poin- 
ted veflefs, containing a fmall blackiflr flat feed like to that of the other Pinks. This hath a vif- 
cous or clammy iuyee like as that of the OUufcipulds or Catch-flies. Clufius makes this his Lych- 
nis fyltiejlris dtcima. ^ 
The Place. 
i hefekindes of Pinkes do grow forthemoft part in gardens, and likewife many other forts, the 
whichwere oner long to write ofparticularly. Thofe that bewilde doe grow vpon mountaines, 
ftony rockes, and defart places. The reft are fpecified in their deferiptions. 
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