i b. j. Of the Hiftory of Plants. 7^ 
Q^The Vert tics. 
The women that line about the Alps wonderfully commend the rOotofthis plant agaiiift the 
fuffocatioriofthe mother, the ftoppings of the courles, and the green fickncffe and Inch like atfefts 
in maids. Hiftor^Litgd. £ 
C h a p. Z5<5. Of QoyM' ~5\'fariyolct. 
*[ The Deft ript ion . 
i Orne Marigold or golden Come floure hath a foft ftaIke,holIow, and of a greene co- 
loti r,wherupon do grow great leaues, much hackt and cut intodiuers feftions, and pla- 
/ ced confufedly or out of orderivpon the top of the branches (land faire flarlike floures , 
yellow in the middle, and fuch likevviie is the pale or border of leaues that compaffeth the foft bal 
in the middle, like that in the middle of Camomill floures.ofareafonablepleafanc fmel.The roots 
are full of firings. 
t i Chrysanthemum fegetum. 2 cbrifanthemumValentinum. 
2 The golden floure of Valentia hath a thiclce fat ftalk,rongh,vneuen,and fomevvhat crooked 
whereupon do grow long Jeaues, confiding ofa long middle rib, with diners little fetherlike leaues 
fet thereon without order. The floures grow at the top of the (talks, compofed ofa yellow thrum- 
mie matter, fuch as in the middle of the Camomill rtouresymd is altogether like the Cornd Ma-' 
rygold laft deferibed, failing it doth want that border or pale of little leaues that do.cornpalfe the 
ball or head: the root is thicke, tough, and difperfeth it feife far abroad. 
t 5 To thefe may beadded diners othcr,as the Chryfmhm.i Clufi us ,&his Chryfanthe- 
mitm Creticumfc others. The firft of thefe final mountain Marigolds of Cliifiut his defeription hath 
leaues like thofe ofvvhite VVonnewood, but greener and thicker • the (talks grow fine handful! 
high, fet with few and much diuided leaues ; and at the tops, as in an vmbell, they carry fome do- 
• zerv 
