Of the Htftorie of Plants. 
L IB. i. 
J 7 Ranunculus Afiaiicut grttmcfa rad'tce flore flavovarto. 
Afian Crow-footwith yellow flriped floures. The Description. 
i -r'He double red Crow- foot hath a few 
1 leaues riling imftiediatly forth of the 
ground, cut in tthe edges with deepe gafbes.fome- 
vvhat hollow,andofabright fhining green colour. 
The ftalk rii'eth vp to the height of a foot,fmoorlr 
and very brittle, ditiiding it feifeinto other bran- 
ches, fometimes two,feldome three : whereon do 
grow leaues confufedly, fet without order : the 
floures grow at the tops of the {talks, very double, 
and of great beauty,of a perfect fcarlet colour, 
tending to redneffe. T he root is compaft of ma- 
ny long tough rootSjlike thofc of the yellow Af- 
phodill. 
t 2 Of this kinde thereis alfo afiother, or 
other the fame better expreft ; for C/nJim the au- 
thor of thefeneuer fee the former, but makes it 
onely to differ, in that the floures are of a fanguine 
colour, and thofe of this of a kinde of fcarlet, or 
red lead colour. 
3 This differs nothing from the former, but 
that it fends vp another floure fomewhat leffer, 
out of the middle of the firft floure, which hap- 
pens by the ftrength of the root, and goodneffe of 
thefoilewbereitis planted, t 
4 The Crow-foot of Tripotis or the lingle red 
Ranunculus hath leaues at the firft comming vp 
like vnro thofeof Groundfwell lamongvvhich ri- 
ferh vpa ftalkeoftheheightofhalfea cubit, fom - 
what hairy ,vvheton grow broad leaues deeply cut, 
euentothe middle rib, likethofeof fliecommon 
Crow-foot, but greener: the floure groweth ar the 
ropoftheftalke,confiftingoffiue leaues,ontheoutfideof a darkeouefwornered co'our/in tbein- 
fideofared lead colour, blight and (hining,in lhape like thewilde corne Poppieubeknop or ft e 
inthe middlewhich containeth thefeede isgarnilhed or bedeckt with very rnarty frJall purple 
thrummes tending to blacknelfe: the root is as it werea roundell of little bulbesorgraines like 
thofe of the fmall Celandine or Piiewoort. 
t 5 There be diners other Afian Crow -feet which Clufius hath fet forth, arid which grow in 
the moil part in the gardens of our prime Florifts, and they differ little in theirro'ots,ftalke', or 
leaues, but chiefely in the floures ; wherefore I will onely briefely note their differences, not thin- 
king it pertinent to .land vpon whole dcfcriptions,vnlelfe they were more necelfary :this fift differs 
from the fourrli in that the ftalkes are diuided into fundry branches, which beare like, but ftlfe 
floures than thofe which Hand vpon the main flalkeube colour of thefe differs not from that of' the 
laftdeferibed.. 
<5 This is like the laft defcribed,but the floures arc ofa pure white colour, and fometimes haue 
a few ftreaks of red about their edges. 
7 This in ftalkes and manner of growing is like the precedent : the ftalke feldome parting it 
felfe intobranches ; but on the top thereof it carries a faire floure confifting commonly of round 
topped leaues of a greenifh yellow colour, with diners red veines here and there difperfi'd and run- 
ning alongft the leaues, with fome purple thrums,and ahead {landing vp in the middle as in the 
former. £ 
% The Place. 
The firft groweth naturally in and about Conftantinop!c,and in Afia on the further fide of Bof- 
pho<-us,from u hence there hath been brought plants at diuers times, and by diuers perfons , but 
they haue perifhed by reafon of their long iourney, and want of skill of thofe bringers , that liaue 
fuffered them to lie in a box or fuch like fo long, that when we haue receiued them they haue been 
as dry as ginger- notwitb {landing Clufius faith he receiued a plant frefh and greene,tbe which ado- 
meftical theefe flole forth of his garden. My Lord and Mailer the right Honorable the Lord Trea- 
furer 
