p 85 Of the Hifto-rie of Plants. L i b. 2. 
fomewhat likethecods of Queenes Gillofloures, wherein is contained fmallblackifli feed: the 
root is like the former, but not in euery refpeft much refembling Corail, yet white and tuberous 
notwith (landing. 
3 The third kinde of Dogs-tooth Violet is called otclii[ius,Dentariaheptaphyllos, thatis,corf- 
h fling of feuen leaues faftened vpon one rib, Anew, or fmall ftem : of Lobel with this title, A/abaftri- 
tes alt era fix Dent an a alt era : but Cordm calleth itCor a/lcides altera : in EngIifh,Corallviolet ; it hath 
ftalkes , floures, and roots like vnto the firft of his kinde, failing that the floures are much fairer, and 
. white of colour, and the roots haue a greater rcfemblance of Corail than the other. 
4 The fourth kinde of Dogs-tooth violet, called in Englilh Codded violetfvvhich clttfttu fet- 
teth forth vnder the title Dent aria Matthioh Pentaphy/los-, which Pena doth alfoexprefle vnder the ti- 
tle oiNcmoralis alpina Herbarionius Alabafiritcs j Cordtts calleth it Coralloides , and may very well bee 
called in Englifh Cinkfoile violet) hath leaues fo like the greater Cinkfoile, that it is hard to 
know one from another; therefore if might very well haue been reckoned among the herbes called 
Pentaphylla, that is, flue leaued herbes.This plantgroweth in the fhadowie forreftabout Turin,and 
the mountain Sauena called Calcaris, and by the Rhene not far from Bafiil.The ftalks grow to the 
height ofa cubit,befet with a tuft offloures at the top like to that of the firft, but of a deeper purple 
colour.-which being vaded, there fucceed long and flat cods like vn to Rocket, or the great Celan- 
dine, wherein is contained a fmall feed. All the whole plant is ofa hot and bitter tafte. The roots 
are likevnto Corail, of a pale whitith colour : the leaues are rough and harfh in handling, and of a 
deep greene colour. 
$ 5 Cltifius giues vs another varietie ot Dentariapentaphy!los,\vhok roots are more vneuen and 
knobby than the laft deferibed : the ftalke is fome foot high : the leaues flue vpon a ftalke.but not 
fo rough, nor of fo deepa greene as thofe of the former; yet the floures are of a deep purple colour, 
like thole of the laft; deferibed. t 
% The Place. 
They grow on diners fhadowie and darke hills . Valerius Cordtts writetb, that they are found a- 
bout the foreft Hercinia.not far from Northufium,moft plentifully, in a fat foile that hath quaries 
of lfonein it.The firft I haue in my garden. 
% The Time. 
They floure efpecially in Aprill and Maywhe feed commeth to perfeflion in the end of Auguft. 
% The Names. 
The toothed V iolet,or after fome,Dogs-tooth violet, is commonly called Dent aria .-of Cordusfio- 
r allot desfii the root that is in forme like to Corail . Matthitlus placcth it inter Solidagtnes & Sympby. 
fa, among the Confounds and Comfries. Wee had rather call them Viola Dent art x fit the likenefie 
the floures haue with Stocke-gillofloures. They may be called in Engliib, Toothed Violets, or 
Corall-woorts. 
, ^TheTemperature andvertues. 
A I haue read of few or no vertues contained in thefe herbes, fatting thofe which fome women 
haue experienced to be in the firft kinde thereof, and which Matthiolus atcxibethvtno Pentaphydx 
dent aria the fourth kinde, in the fourth booke of his Commentaries vpon Diofcondis, and in the 
chap.conterning Symphytum , where he faith that the root is vfed in drinkes which are made againft 
Enteroccle and imvajd wounds, but efpecially thofe wounds and hurts which haue entred into the 
hollownefle of the breft. 
Chap. 381. Of (jnkefoilefir fine finger fjrajfe. 
The Defcription._ 
x 'T' He firft kindeof Cinkfoilcisfocommonandfovniuerfallyknowne,thatlthinkeita 
* needlefle trauell to (land about the defeription. f It hath many long flender ftalks, ly- 
ing Ipred vpon the ground, out whereof grow leaues made of flue longifh fnipt leaues faftened to 
one long foot. ftalke: the floures alfo grow vpon the like foot-ftalks, and are compofed of fine yel- 
low leaues. The root is pretty large,of areddifli colour, and round;but dried.it becomes fquare. t 
2 The fecond k hide of C inkfoile or Quinquefoile hath round and final ftalks ofa cubit high; 
the leaues are large,and very much iagged about the edges, very like the common Cinkfoile: the 
floures grow at the top of the ftalks, in fafhion like thecommon kind, but much greater, and of a 
pale or bleake yellow or elfe whitilh colour: the root is blacke without, and full of firings annexed 
thereto, and of a wooddie fubftance. 
t 3 The 
