6 oz 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
p hfli colour, with two long fharpe pointed thickc greenc leaues, for at each ioint • from the mi d- 
dk to the top of the ftalke grow little branches, which vpon pretty long ftalkes carry fioures confi- 
ning ot hue htrle round leaues, yet diuided at the tops, they are of a faire incarnate colour, with 
a deepe purple ring in their middles, without fmell : after the fioures are pad luccec-de skinny 
and hard heads, fmaller towards the ftalkes, and thicker aboue ; and in thefe are contained verie 
finall darke red feeds. The root is thickc and blacke.witli many fibers, putting vp new fihootes and 
ltalks alter the hrft yearc,and not dying cilery ycare like as the two laft deferibe d . 
«j[ The Plate. 
Thefe plants do grow wilde in the fields in the Weft parts ofEngIand,among the cornc; wee 
haue them in our London gardens rather for toyes of plealure, than any vertues they are nofiefted 
with, that hath as yet been knovvne. . 1 * 
The Time. 
They floure and flouriflt mod part of the Sommer. 
IT Thames. 
Catch Flies hath beene taken for Behen , commonly fo called, for the likenefla that it hath with 
Bchen rnbente florc , or with Behen that hath the red floure, called of fome Valeria rubra , or red Va- 
lerian ; tor it is Something [ike vntoit in iointed ftalkes and leaues, but mote like in colour : of 
Label Mufc, pn/a and WfcitrU ■ of Dodon.Armenus flos tertim ; of Clu(ius,LycbrMfy/uc{!r;s,Si/c!:e Theo- 
fbrajhjma Bchen rubrmn Salamanticum : in Englifh, Catch Flie, and Limewoort. 
IT TheTiattire and Venues . 
The nature and vertues of thefe wilde Williams are referred tothe Wilde Pinkes and Gil !o 
riotlres. 
At figtrektScrcg uc mttcfMi place k„f ! 
C ii a p. 1S 7. Of Thrift } or our Ladies Qufhion. 
1 Caryephyllus marinas minimus Lcbeld. 
Thrift or Sea Gtllofloure. 
' 3 ~to cLre/Vt. .I/vlcx 1 
bn ul 
2 CarjofhjUus M edit err ancus . 
Leuant Thrift, or Sea Gillofloure 
m The 
