I B. 2. 
Of the Hiifory of Plants. 
$ 7 Iacea Auftriacavillofa. 
Rough headed Knapweed . 
7 zp 
$ 5 The white floured Knapweed hath 
Creeping rootsjwhich fend vp pretty large 
whitifh greene leaues,much diuided or cut 
in almolt to the middle rib-from the midit 
of which rifes vp a ftalke fome two foot 
high, fetalfo with the like diuided leaucs, 
but lcffer :the floures arc like thofe of the 
common fort, but ofapleafing white co- 
lour. I firft found this growing wild e in a 
field nigh Martine Abbey in Surrey, and 
fince in the Ifle Tenet, } 
6 The tuberous orknobbie Knapweed 
being fet forth by Tabenam. which and is a 
ftranger in thefe parts, hath many leaueS 
fpred vpon the ground, rough, deeply gafht 
or hackt about the edges, like thofeofSow- 
thiftle : among which rifethvpa ftraight 
ftalke,diuiding it felfe intoother branches, 
whereon do grow the like Ieaues,but fmal- 
ler: the knappie floures Hand on the top 
of the branches, of a bright red colour, in 
fhapelike the other Knapweeds. The, root 
is great, thicke and tuberous, confining of 
many cloggie parcels, like thofe of theXf- 
phodill. 
t 7 This (faith Clufim) is a comely 
plant, halting broad and long lcaues white, 
foft, and lightly fnipt about the edges: 
the tafte is gummy, & not a little bitter: it 
fends vp many crefted ftalks from one root, 
fome cubit high or more: at the toppes of 
them grow the heads fome two or three to- 
gether, confifting of many feales, whofe 
ends are hairy, and they are fet fo orderly, thatby this meanes the heads feeme as they were incio. 
fed in little nets : the floures are purple, and like thofe of the firfl deferibed ■ the feede is fmall and 
long, and of an afh colour.This clupiis calls Iacea 4. Aujlriaca vitlofo capitr 
Iacea cdfitulis hirfitls Boelij. 
8 This hath many fmall cornered flraked hairic trailing branches growing from the root, and 
thole again diuided into many other branches, trailing or fpreading vpon the ground three orfoure 
foot longjimployingor cottering a good plot of ground, whereon grow hairy lcaues diuided or 
iagged into many parts, like the leaues of Iacea Maior, or Rocket, of a very bitter rafte: at the top 
' of each branch groweth one fcaly head,each fcale ending with fiue,lix,or feuen little weake pric- 
kles growing orderly like halfe the rowell of a fpurre,but farre lelfer : the floures grow forth of the 
heads ofa light purple colour, confiding of many final floures, like thofe of the common /<:cor,the 
bordering floures,beingbigger and larger than thofeof the middle of the floure,each fmall floure 
being diuided into flue fmall parts or leaues, not much vnlike thofe of Cyames: the feed is fmall, and 
inclofedin downe. The root periiheth when the feed is ripe. 
This plant hath not been hitherto written of that lean find. Seeds of it I receiuedfrom WL r . Wil- 
liam Coys ,with whom alfo I obferued the plant, O ftober x o . 1621. he receiued it from Boelius a Low 
countreyman. IohnGoodyer. f 
% The Place. 
The two firft grow commonly ineuery fertile pafture:the reft grow in my garden. 
The Time. 
They floure in Inneand Iuly. 
The Names. 
The later age doth call it lactanigra , putting nigra for a difference betweene it and the Hearts- 
eafe or Pancie, which is likewile called Iacea : it is called alfo Mat erf lion, and aviatrejilkn : in En- 
glifh,Matfellon,Bulweed,and Knapweed. 
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