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%The Defcripion. 
1 Tjvu firf j P ncle ° f ' VeromCil 1S a ftnall herbe,andcreepeth by the ground, with little fed 
A difliandhatqr branches. The leafe is fomething round and hatTy, indented or fnippej 
round about the edges. The floures are of a light blew colour, declining to purple the feed is con 
tamed rn lictle flat pouches : the root is fibrous and hairy. t r on ' 
. . + . a . The fecond doth alfocreepe ypon the ground,' hading long flenderftemmes,fome foot 
high, and fomewhat large leaues a little hairy, and pleafantly foft.The floures be blew like as thofe 
feed ' wE"’ bUt f ° mCVvhat bj SS er = and of ^brighter colour-and they are alfo fucceeded by round 
3 The third kinde of Veronica Creepeth with branches and leaues like vnto Serf, Hum for which 
caufe it hath beene called Vcronua ScrpHifolia The floures grow along the final! and tender bran- 
ches, ofa vvhitifh colour declining to blewnefle. The root is final! and threddie, taking hold vnon 
mer VPPer ° f earth,whcrc u f P readeth - The feed is contained in finall pouches like the for- 
4 The fourth hath a root fomewhat wooddie, from the which rife vp leaues like vnto the for- 
met The fmall vpright ftalke is befet with the like leaues, but leflTer . at the top whercofcOinmeth 
Jy homS n fSd ?effd C s ' V ?ethCr3anJ ful1 ofble wifli floures, which are fucceeded by ma- 
* 5 This hath many wooddie round fmooth branches, fome handfull and halfehiah or 
better : the leaues are like thofe of wilde Ty me, but longer and ofa blacker colour, fometimes 
lightly fmpt: at the tops of the branches grow floures of a whitifh blew colour, confi fling of foure 
fiuejorelfe fix e little leaues a piece ; which [falling, there follow round feedeveffels, containing a’ 
round fmall and blacke feed. It floures in Auguft.and growes vpon cold and high mountaines as 
VaonlT^frutTclns^ ^ r Al ? ln<l mlnma Serp lit folio : and Clufim hath ft by the namc’of 
; 
3 Veronica, minor. 
Little Fluellen, 
4 Veronica reft* minima. 
The fmalleft Fluellen. 
