loy 5 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. L I b.z. 
leaues much diuided,tho floures are fmall.ofawhitifh purple colour, parted into fine, and (landing ; 
vpon round rough heads, which when the floures are falne, become ftar-fathioned, diuidcd into fix 
parts : it floures in- Iune,and is an annuall plant. $ 
5 Valeriana Gr.eca. 
^ A Greekifh Valerian. 
0 ^ oPeAA'D C&yrixV-fc u 
$ 6 Valeriana Mexicana. 
Indian Valerian. 
5 The fifth fort of Valerian ha tlf diners final! hollow ftalkes,a foot high and fomewhat more j 
garnifhed with leaues lik&vnto tbofc^ that do grow on the vpper part of the ftalks of common Va- | 
lerian, but fmaller, cut or iagged almoft to the middle rib : atthe top of the.ftalkes doe grow the i 
floures cluttering together, of a blew colour,confi(ling of fine leaues apiecejiauing in the middle i 
thereof fmail white threds tipped with yellow : the feed is fmall, growing in little huskes or feed I 
vettels .-the root is nothingelfeburasitwereall of threds. 
6 I haue another fort of Valerian(the feed whereof was fent me from that reuerend P/hyfition I 
Bernard Palitdavc, vnder the title of ValerianxMexicam:) hailing fmall tender ftalkes trailing vpon I 
the ground , very vveake 'and brittle : whereupon doe grow fmooth greenilh leaues like thofe of i 
Come Sallade. (which vv. • hauc fet forth amongft the Lettuce, vnder thetitl cLatfMa dgninajot i 
. Lambs Lettuce : ) among the leaues come forth the floures cluttering together, like into the great j 
Valerian in forme, but of a deepe purple colour : the root is very fmall and threddie, which perifh- 
eth v ith the reft ofrhc plant, when it hath brought his feed to maturitic or ripeneffe,and mutt bee . 
fowne anew the next yearc in May, and not before. 
7 There is alfo another fort or kinde of Valerian called fay the name Phyttuma, of the learned 
Phyfitions of Montpelier and others (fet forth vnder the ftocke or kindred of the Valerians, refem- 
bling rheaforefaid Corn- (allad, which is called of fome Pro/, fera, from the Greeke title Phytiuma ■ 
as if you (hon'd fay, good to make conception, and to procure loue:)tbe lowed leaues are like thofe 
of the fmall Valerian, of a yellowifh colour : the vpper leaues become more iagged : the ftalks are 
an handfull high : on the tops whereof do ftand fmall round fpokie tufts of white floures ; which 
being part, the feeds asppeare like final! round pearles, which being ripe, grow to be fomewhat flat, 
hailing in the middle, of each feed the print of an hole, as it were grauen or bored therein. The root I 
i, final! and fingle.with (omefibres annexed thereto. 
: ; This fends forth from a white and wooddie root many leaues fpred Vpon the.groimd ; green, 
and 
