t 8 The white mountaine Scabious hath broad 
leaue s fpred vpon the ground ,Iike thofe of the field 
Pnmrofi^buc greater. Amongft which rifeth vpa 
great ftiffe ftalke fmooth and plain, garnifhed with 
Ieaues not like thofe next the ground, butlefler. 
xnuch more diuided,and ofa greener colour & har- 
er. The floures are like thole of the common Sea- 
bious.but white ofcolour : the root of this perifhes 
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euery yeare after the perfecting of the feed. :f 
9 The ninth kinde of Scabious is like vi 
n vnto the 
mountaine Scabious, but lower and fmaller,hauing 
lundry large and broad Ieaues next the ground. 
Jinpt confufedly and out of order at the edges like 
tiie Oken leafe,amongwhich rifeth vpa Hem two 
cubires high , diuiding it felfe intofundry other 
, , a „ r . , , . branches. The floures are fetatthe top of the na- 
ked ftalkes of a vvhitiih colour . which being paft,the feed appeareth like a tuft offmall bucklers 
round, and lomeu hat hollow within,and made as it were of parchment, very ftrange to beholdiand 
within the bucklers there are fundry fmall croffes of blacke fattened to the bottome, as it were 
the needle in a diall, running vpon the point of a needle. The plant dieth at the beginning of win- 
rer 5 and muft be fovvne in April! in good and fertile ground. 
1 , l°v, ■ 1 *! e ten A is , llke vm .° the bef ° re mentioned, in ftalkes, root, and floures, and differerh 
that this plant hath Ieaues altogether without any cuts or iagges about the edges, but is fmooth 
defenb 1 T lkC thC eaUeS ° f Man § olds ’ or Dluels bit = and the floures are like vnto thofe of the laft 
Sheeps Scabious hath fmall and tender branches trailing vpon the ground, whereupon do 
nail Ieaues very hnelv lao-p-ed or mmrrd mpn ± . u. > . r r 
„ - r V . V V* , Lictmug vpon me ground, vvnereupondc 
grow fmall Ieaues very finely lagged or minced euen almoft to the middle ribbe, of an oumvorm 
eolour.The floures grow arthe top ofa blewilh colour,confifting ofmuch thrummie matter hare 
thruft together like a button ; the root is fmall, and creepeth in th^ground. 
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