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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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root is whitifh, neere a fingers biguefle,<hart 
with many threds hanging thereat, and perilh- 
ethwhen thefeedeisripe ; and at the Sprint 
groweth vp againe by the falling of the feed. ° 
Chryfanthemum B Attaint kozlijjnfinptum. 
The ftalks are round, ftraked,reddifh brown, 
diuided into branches, containmg-a lpungions 
white pith within, acubite high : theleaues 
grow out of order, without footftuLkes, about 
three inches long,and an inch broad, notched 
about the edges, not at all diuided, of a darke 
greene colour : the floures grow at the tops of 
the ftalkes and branches, forth of great fcaly 
heads, containing twentie leaues a piece or 
more, notched at the top, ofa (hilling yellow 
colour, growing about a round yellow Vail, ofa 
reafonable good fmell, very like thofeofthe 
common Chryfanthemum fgetum .■ the feede 
groweth like the other, and is very frnall.long 
round, crooked and vvhitifli : the root is fmall , 
whitifh, threddic,and peri flieth alio when the 
feed is ripe. 
Chrysanthemum tcnuifolium Battictim Boe/ij. 
The ftalks are round, fmall,ftraked,reddi(T], 
fomewhat hairie, branched, a cubit high, or 
highenthe leaues are lmall, much diuided, rag- 
ged, and very like the leaues of Cotulafetida : 
the floures are yellow, fhining like go'd,com- 
pofedof thirteeneor fourtecne leaues apiece, 
notched at the top,fet about a yellow ball,alfo like the common chryfanthemum fe^etum : the feed 
groweth amongft white flattifh feales, which are clofely compafted in a round head together,and 
are fmall, flat, grayifh,and broad at the top : the root is fmall,vvhitifh,witha few threds, and dyerh 
when the feedis ripe.Iuly 28. \6i\.lohn Cooler. X 
ty The Place. 
The firft groweth among corne,and where come hath been growing : it is found in fome places 
with leaues more iagged,and in others lefle. 
The fecond is a ftranger in England. 
«[} The Time. 
They floure in I uly and Auguft. y 
«[T The Names. 
Thefe plants are called by one name in Greeke,ofthe golden glittering colour, ^Ww.- in High 
Butch^antJohanS blunt: in Low Dutch, UOfcelaec : in Englifh, Come Marigold, yellow 
Corne floure, and golden Come floure. 
There be diners other floures called Chryfanthemum alfo,as Batrachion,a. kindc of yellow Crow- 
foot, thefe golden floures differ from them. 
T he Temperature. 
They are thought to be of a meane temperature betweene heat and moifture. 
The Venues. 
The ftalks and leaues of Corne Marigold, as Dio/ corides faith, are eaten as other pot- herbes are. * 
The floures mixed with wax, oile,tofine, and frankinfence, and madevp intoa feare-cloth, wa- t. 
fteth away cold and hard fwellings. 
The herbe it felfe drunke, after the comm ing forth of the bath, of them that haue the yellow q 
uundife,doth inihort time make them well coloured. 
f Vhe figure tine was in the firft place was of the Chryfamhemttm o- Mattbitltu , which is a ftranger with Tljand the Italics of it arc nju*h like chofc ofPeuCifew.or 
.Mnstyactt. rhctfaurcisfomcwhac like, but larger than that of Fcucrfcw, and wholly yellow. 
G h a p t . 
5 Chryfanthermim Crtticum ; 
, Candy Corne Marigold. 
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