L I B. 2. 
Of the Hiilory of Plants. 
ThcKindes. 
T Herebediuers forts of Monntaine Cowflips, or Beares-eares, differing efpecially in the co- 
lour of their floures, as fhall be declared, notwithftanding it may appeare to the curious 
that there is great difference in the roots alfo, confidering fome of them haue knobby roots and* 
others threddy : notwithftanding there is no difference in the roots at all. 
| There are diuers varieties of thefe floures, and the chiefe differences arife, either from the 
leaues or floures ; from their leaues, which are either fmooth and greene, or elfe gray and hoary, 
againe they are fmooth about the edges, or fnipt more orleffe ; The floures fome are fairer then 
otherfome,and their colours are fo various, that it is hard tofinde words toexprefle them, but 
they may berefer’d to whites, reds, ycllovves, and purples • for ofall the varieties and mixtures of 
thefe they chiefely confift.Thc gardens of M r . Tradcfcant and M r . Tttggie are at this prefent furnt- 
fhed with very great varieties of thefe floures . f 
3 Auricula Vrfi ij. Clttfij. 
RedBeares eare. 
4 l Auricula Frfi iiij . Clufij . 
Scarlet Beares eare. 
The Defcription. 
i A Vricula Vr(i was called of Matthioha,PeM, and other Herbarifcy S anicula Alpina, by rea- 
fon of his Angular facultie in heajing of wounds, both inward and outward, They 
doallcall itB.rta//Yyoj,becaufeofhisvertuesin curing the palfies, cramps, and con- 
vulfions,and is numbred among the kindes of Cowflips,whereof no doubt they are kinds, as others 
are which do hereafter follow vnder the fame title, although there be fome difference in the co- 
lourofthefloures. This beautifull and braue plant hath thicke, greene, and fat leaues, fomewhac 
finely fnipt about the edges, not altogether vnlikethofeof Cowllips, but ffnoother, greener, and 
nothing rough or crumpled : among which rifethvp a Render round ftem a handfull high, beating 
a tuft of floures at the top, of a faire yellow colour, not muchvnliketo the floures of Oxe-lips, 
but more open and confiding ofoneonly leafelike Cotiledon: the root is very threddy, and like 
vnto the Oxe-lip. 
a The leaues of this kinde which beareth the purple floures are not fo much fnipt about 
the edges : thefe faid purple floures haue alfo fome yellowneffe in the middle, but the floures are 
not fo much laid open as the former, otherwife in all refpe&s they are like. 
V u ii 3 Carolus 
