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Chap. 370. Of Speare-woort, or ‘Bane-woort. 
%The Defer ip tien. 
1 r* Peare-woort hath an hollow ilalke full of knees or ioynts,w hereon do grow long Ieaues, 
,ja little hairy,notvn!ike thofe of the willow, of a Chining green colour .-the floures arche- 
ry large,and grow at the tops of the ftalks ,confifting of flue leaues of a faire yellow co- 
I lour,verie like to the field gold cup, or wilde Crow-foot: aftervvhich come round knopsorfeed 
vefTels, wherein is the feed : the root is contract of diners bulbes or long clogs, mixed with an infi- 
| nite number of hairy threds. 
1 Ranunculus flammeus maior. 
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G$eat Speare-woort 
2 Ranunculus flammeus miner. 
The Idler Speare-woort. 
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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
Purer had diners plants fenthim from thence which were drie before they came,as aforesaid. The 
other groweth in Aleppo andTripolis in Syria naturally, from whence we haueteceiued plants for 
our gardens, where they flourifh as in their owne countrey. 
•J" The Time. 
They bring forth their pleafant floures in May and I une, the feed is ripe in Auguft. 
t The Names. 
Thefirftis called Ranunculus Conflantinopolitanus : Of Z.M, Ranunculus feanguinew multiplex. Ra- 
nunculus Biz,antimis , five Afiaticus : in the Turkifh tongue, Terobolos , Catamerlailc : in Englifh,the 
double red Ranunculus, or Crow-foot. 
The fourth is called RanttnculusTripolitanus.o't the place from whence it was firft brought into 
thefe parts : of the Turks,' TaroMos Catamer, without that add it ion A/A .- which is a proper word to 
all floures that are double. 
%T he Temperature and Vert lies. 
Their temperature and vertues are referred to the other Crow-feet, whereof they are thought 
tobekindes. 
