Lib. 2. 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants, 
f 3 Viper ann Pamwnica. 
Auftrian Vipers grafle. 
5 Viper aVia Punnoniu Mgufiifolid', 
Narrow leafed Vipers graffe. 
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t 4 Viperaria angufHfolid eUtior, 
Hungary Vipers grafle,. 
The Description. 
1 'T*He firft of the Viper gra fles hath long 
* broad leaues, fat,or fill bodied, vneuen 
about the edges, fharpe pointed, with a high 
fwolne ribbe downc the middle, and of an ouer- 
worne colour, tending to the colour of Woade • 
among which rifeth vp a ftiffe ftaike, fmooth 
and plaine,of two cubits high, whereon do grow 
filch leaues as thofe next the ground .Tlie flours 
ftand on the top of the ftalkes, confining ol ma- 
ny final! yellow leaues rhicke thruft together, 
very doublets are thofe of Goates beard, where- 
of it is a kinde, as are all the reft that doe follow 
in this prefent chapter : the root is long, thicke, 
very brittle, continuing many yeeres,yee!ding 
great increafe of roots, blacke without, white 
within, and yeelding a milkie juice, as doc the 
leaues alfo,likevnto the Goates beard. 
2 The dwarfe Vipers grafle differeth nor 
from the precedent, failing that it is altogether 
lefler, wherein efpecially confifteth the diffe- 
rence. 
t 3 The broad leafed Auftrian Vipefs-grafle 
hath broad leaues ftiarpe pointed, vneuen about 
the edges, ofablewifh grecne colour : the ftaike 
rifeth vp to the height of a foot or better ; on the 
ropwhereof do ftand faire yellow floures,very 
double, greater and broader than any of the reft 
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