Lib. 2. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants; 
Chap. zoj. Of little ‘Daiftes, 
ThcDefcription. 
t rp He Dai fie bringcth forth many leaues from a threddy root, fmooth, fat, long, and fom- 
-I what round withall, very flcightly indented about the edges, for the mod parr I vino- 
a 1 a gr ,°^ nd 1 am ?, ng ^ch n *~ c V P the flourcs 3 cuery one with his owne {lender 
llcm^aliTioft hkethofeof Camomil!,but lefler,ofa perfeft white colour, and very double 
. \ The d f oub ' e red IX V‘' C 15 h t% vnt °^ he P reced . ellt ^ eucry refped , fauing in the colour of 
the floures : for this plant bringeth forth floures of a red colour, and the other white as aforefaid 
t Thefe double Dailies are of two forts, thatis either fmalleror larger : and thefe againe ei- 
ther white or red, or of both mixed together: wherefore I hauegiuen you in the firftplace the fi- 
gure of the final], and in thefecond that of the larger. ; P 6 
3 Furthermore, there is another pretty double daifie which differs from the firft defcribed on- 
ly in the floure, which at the fades thereof puts forth many foot-ftalkes carrying alfo little double 
floures being commonly ofared colour . fo thateach ftalke carries as it were an old one and "the 
brood thereof : whence they haue fatly termed it the childing Daifie. 
I Beilis minor multiplex fiore dbo vel 
rulro. 
The lefler double red or white Daifie. 
a Beilis mcdiomidtiflex flort alto vel 
rutro. 
The larger double white or red Daifie; 
4 The wilde field Daifie hath many leaues fpred vpon the ground like thofeofthe garden 
Daifie : among which tife vp flender ftems 5 on the top whereof do grow final! fingle floures like 
thole of Camomill, fet about a bunch of yellow thrums, with a pale of white leaues fometimes 
white, now and then red, and often ofbotb mixed together. The root is threddy. ’ 
5 There doth likewiie grow in the fields another fort of wilde Daifie, agreeing with the for- 
mer in each refpe£l, fauing that it is fomewhat greater than the other and the leaues are fomwhat 
more cut in the edges, and larger. 
6 The blew Italian Daifie hath many fmall threddy roots, from the which rife vp leaues like 
thole 
