Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Lib. 2. 
Chap. 189. Of Sneejewoort. 
The D efcription . 
1 '-pHe fmal 1 Sneefe-vvoort hath manyround and brittle branches , befet with longand 
r 1 a A nar , 1 '° vv Icaue ?>hackr about the edges like a faw 3 at the tops of the ftalks do grow fmall 
fingle floures like the wilde field Daifie.The root is tenderand full of firings, creeping far abroad 
in the earth,and in Ihort time occupicth very much ground: the whole plant is lharp|biting the 
S n » l ' e a !^ ™°“ th llke Pebuorie of Spaine, for which caufe fome haue called it wilde Pellitorie. 
1 he frnell of this plant procureth fneefmg, whereof it tookc the name Sternutamentoria, that is the 
herbe which doth procure fneefing, or Neefewoort. 
r \ Do . lI ^i e fl ourect Sneefewoort, or Ptarmica, is like vnto the former in leaues, ftalks, and roots, 
fo t lat vnlefte you behold the flotire, you cannot difcerne the one from the other, and it is excee- 
mg white, and double like vnto double Fetherfew. This plant is of great beautie,and if it be cue 
f' ne f c l |' nm ^ °Hus flouring, there w ill come within a month after a fupplie or crop of floures 
2 Ptarmica. 
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2 Ptarmica duj/lici flore. 
Double floured Snecfvvoort. 
3 There is alfo another kind hereof, ofexceeding great beauty, bailing long leaues fomewhat 
narrow like thofe of Oliue tree : the ftalks are of a cubit high, on the top whereof doe growe verie 
beautiful! floures of the bignes ofa fmall fingle Marygold,confifting of fifteene or fixteene large 
Jeaues, ot a bright finning red colour tending to purple } fet about a ball of thrummie fubftance, 
luc basis m the middle oftheDaifie,in manner ofa pale, which floures Hand in fcalieknops like 
thole of Knapweed, or Matfellon. The root is ftraight,and thrufteth deepe into the ground. 
+ Ptarmica- Impcrati ; an Ptarmica Auflriacx Jpecies Cluf.Ctir.pofi.p. 32 . 
4 Thisrifeth vp with a fmall hard tough cornered whitifh woolly ftalke, diuided into many 
branches. 
