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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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' floures : the feed is long and rough , like the feed of Carrots, bur greater : the root is (Iraight and 
ftngle growing deepeintQ the ground, of a white colour, and in tafte like the Parfricp. 
2 ’There is another fort like vnto the former, fauing that the leaties thereof are broader, and the 
floures are of a reddifh colour : there hath great controuer fie ri fen about the true determination oi 
Caucdti, becaufe the Latine interpretation of Vrojcorides is greatly fufpefictfcc nteming in it felfe 
much fuoerfluous matter, not pertinent to the hift ory ; but wee decme that this plant is the true 
Cmealts, the notes fetdowne declare it foto be : the floures,faithhe,are reddifh : the feeds couc rcd 
with a rough huske fet about with prickles, which cleaue vnto garments that it touchetlyis doe 
Burs;whichroughnefle being pilled off, the feed appeares likevnto hulled Otes,r.otvnpleafant in 
fafte’all which do drew it to be the fame. , . , 
2 There is Iikewife another fort that hath a long Angle root, thrummed about the vpper end 
with many thrummy threds ofa browne colour : from which rifeth vp diners ftalkes full of joynts 
or knees couered with a fheath or skinnie filme, like vnto that of M cum : the leaues are finely cut 
or jagged ,refembling the leaues of our Englifh Saxifrageithe floures grow at the top of the ftalkes 
in fpoky rundles like Fennell : the feed is fmall like that of Parflcy. 
5 CMCalii minor flopnlis rubentibiu . 
Hedge Parfley. 
f (j Couculisnodoficchinotofeminc. 
Knotted Parfley. 
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$ 4 Clujius vnder the name of Cmcolit muior hath deferibed and figured this, which hath ma 
ny crefted ftraight ftalkes fometwo cubits high or more, which are diuided into fundry branches 
and at each joynt fend forth large & winged leaues fomewhat like thofeof Angelica, but rougher 
and of a darker greene ; at the tops of the branches grow vmbels of whitifh floures, being oi 
fomewhat a purplifir or flefii colour vnderneath ; and thefe are fucceeded by broad feedalmoft 
like thofe of the Cow-Parfnep, but that they are rougher, and forked at the top, and prickly : the 
root is white.hardand wooddy. It floures in Iune, ripens the feed in Iuly and Auguft,and ther 
the root dyes, and the feed muft be fowne in September, and fo it will come vp and Continue greene 
all the winter. > 
y Befides thefe formerly deferibed there are two others growing wilde with vs ; the firftol 
thefe, which I haue thought good to call Hedge.or field Parfley, (becaufe it growes about hedges 
and in plowed fields very plentifully euery where)bath crefted hollow ftalkes growing vp to fonn 
cubit and halfe high, whereon ftand winged leaues made of fundry little longifh ones, feron< 
again! 
