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Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
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1 B. 2. 
high, fomethmghoarie 3 hauing three or foureioynts, out of euery one whereofgrow two le, rues, 
fet one right againft another, and oftentimes little flender Items • on the tops whereof Hand broad 
•/ round floures like thofe of Ox-eye, or thecorne Marigold, hauinga round ball in the middle(fuch 
as is in the middle of thofe of Camomil) bordered about with a pale of bright yellow leaues.The 
whole floure turneth into downe that is carried away with the vvinde ; among which down is found 
long blackifh feed. The root confifteth of threddy firings. 
t i The leffer fort hath foure or flue leaues fpred vpon the ground likevnto thofe of the laft 
defcribed, butaltogether leffer and fhorter : among which rifeth vp a flender ftalke two hands 
high ; on the top whereof ftand fuch floures as the precedent, but not fo large, and of a blew co- 
Thefc two here defcribed, and that defcribed in the ninth place of the foregoing Chapter, 
arc all but the varieties of one and the fame plant, differing as Ihaue fhewed in the foregoing 
Chapter. $ 
I Chryfanthemum latifolium. 
Golden Marigold with the broad leafc. 
2 Chryfanthemum latifolium minus . 
The leffer Dutch Marigold. 
The Place. 
They be found cuery where in vntilled places of Germanie, and in woods, but are ftrangers in 
England. 
«yy The Time. 
They are to be feene with their floures in Iune, in the gardens of the Low-countries. 
The Names. 
Golden Marigold is called in high-Dutch flSalDtblUttie, There are that would haue it to be A- 
lifina Diofcortdu \ which is alfo called Damafimium , but vnproperly ; therefore we mud rather call 
it Chryfanthemum latifolium, than rafhly attribute vnto it the name of /slifma. $ This plant indeed 
is a Doronicnm , and the figure in the precedent chapter by Cluftus is fet forth by the name of Doro- 
nicum 6. Pannrm.cum : CMatthiolus calls this plant Alifma : Gefner,Caltha Alptna : Dodon<wsfhryfan - 
themum Latifolium : Pena and Lobel , Narduo Celtica altera. Now in the Hijloria Lugd. it is fet forth in 
in fomefeuerall places by three of the former names ^and fag. 1169. by the name of Ptarmicamon- 
tanaDalefchampy. 
^y The Temperature. 
It is hot and dry in the fecond degree being greene, but in the third beingdry. 
