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Chap. 158. Of French Mirigold, or s » African FAfarigold. 
T he Vcfcriplon. 
i *"pHe great double African Marigold hath a great long browne reddifli ftalke, crefted, 
A furrovvedand fonjewhat knobby, dinidingitfclfe toward the top into other branches; 
' tvheteupon do grow leanes compofed of many fmall leaues fetvpona middle rib by couples, much 
like vnto the leaues of wilde Valerian, bearing at the top very faire and beautifull double yellow 
floures, greater and more double than thegreateft Damaske Rofe, of aftrong fmelfbutnotvn- 
pleafant.The floures being paft, there fiicceedeth long blacke flat feed : the whole plant peritheth 
at. the firft approach ofwinter. 
i There is little difference betweene this and the precedent, or laftdeferibed, fairing that this 
plant is much Idfer,and bringeth forth more ftore of floures, which maketh the difference, t And 
we may therefore call it Flos Jphricanus minor multi jlorttt , The fmall double Africane Marigold, f 
I Flos ^yiplnic.mut maw Folymthos. 3 Flos ^AphricaHtummr (tmplici flare. 
The great African double Marigold. The great Angle French Marigold, 
3 1 he Angle great Africane Marigold hath a fhicke root, with fome fibres annexed thereto ; 
from which rifeth vp a thicke ftalke chamfered and furrowed, of the height of two cubits, diuided 
into other fmall branches ; whereupon are fet long leaues, conpaQ: or compofed of many little 
leaues like thofe or the A fit tree, of a ftrong fmell, yet not very vnpleafant : on the top of the bran- 
ches do grow yellow finale floures, compofed in the middle ofa bundle of yellow thrummes hard 
thru ft together, paled about the edges with a border of yellow leaues ; after which commeth long 
blacke feed . The whole plant perifheth with the firft frofkadd mult be fownc veei elv as the othe'r 
forts mu ft be. ■ 1 
4 The common Africane or as they vulgarly terme it French Marigold hath fmall weake and 
tender branchestrailing vpon the ground, reeling and leaning this way and that wav, befet with 
leaues con fitting, of many particular leaues, indented about the edges,which being held vp again It 
the fiutne, or to the light, are feene to be full of holes like a fieue, euen as thofe of Saint Ioltns 
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