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are wrapped after a few daies in the fmall ftalkes,as thred about a bottome, where it reraaineth fo 
defended from the iniurie of Winter clofevpon the ground jcouered alfovvith the greene Ieaues a- 
forefaid,by which meanes it is kept from the frOft,euen from the time of his feeding, which is in 
September vntill Iune : at which time the Ieaues do fade away, the ftalkes and feed remaining bare 
and naked, whereby it inioyeththe Sun(whereofitwaslongdepriued) the fooner to bring them 
into maturitie : the root is round like aTurnep.blacke without and white within, with many final 
firings annexed thereto. 
$ 4 Cyclamen Vermim Mum'. J 5 Cyclaminos Altera ybederucch 
White floured Sowbread. fify flam a t 
3 The fecond kinde of Sowbread, hath btoad Ieaues fpred vpon the ground, lharpe pointed.' I 
fomewhat indented about the edges, ofadarke greene colour,wich fome little lines or ftrakes of 
white on the vpper flde,and of a darke reddifh colour on that fide next the ground : among which ! 
rifevp (lender foot-ftalksoftwo or three inches long: at the tops whereof Hand fuch flouresasthe 1 
precedent, but ofa fweeter fmell,and more pleafant colour. The feed is alfo wrapped vp in the ftalk :| 
for his further defence againft the iniurie of winter. The root is fomewhat greater, and of more ver- 
tue,as (hall be declared. 
3 There is a third kinde of Sowbread that hath round Ieaues without peaked corners, as the laft ! 
before mentioned, yet fomewhat fnipt about the edges,and fpeckledw'ith white about the brims 
of the Ieaues,and ofa blackilh colour in the middle:rhe floures are like to the reft, but of a deeper 
purpkithe root alfo like, but lmaller,and this commonly floures in the Spring. 
t 4 This in Ieaues and roots is much like the laft defcribed s but the floures are final !er,fno\v< 
white, and fweet fmelling. There arediuers other varieties of thefe plants, which Ithinkeitnot 
neceffarie for me to infill vpon : wherefore I referre the curious to the Garden of floures fet forth 
by M r . Iohn Parkinfon, where they fhallfinde fatisfadlion. f: 
5 There is a plant which I haue fet forth in this place that may very well be called intoque-; 
flion,and his place alfo,confidering that there hath been great contention about the fame, and not: 
fully determined on either part,which hath moued me to place him with thofe plants that mod do! 
refembleone another, both in fhape and name:this plant hath greene cornered Ieaues like to Iuie, 
long; 
