L I B; 2, 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
1077 
$ 8 V aleriana annua, Cluf. 
Annua 11 Valerian. 
X 9 V aleriana Ipina latifolia. 
Broad leaned Setwallof the Alps 
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io Valeriana Alpina anguftiftlia. 
and not.vnlike thofeof the Star-ThiftIe:among 
thele rife vp fome round hollow branched ltalks 
two cubiteshigh : at each ioint grow forth two 
leaues lefler, yet like the lower : at the tops of 
the branches grow the floures as it were in little 
vmbels,con(ifting of fine leaues apiece ; and 
thefe of a light red, or flefh colour : and then 
rhefe as it were vmbels grow into longifh bran- 
ches bearing feed almoft like jyet leffe than the 
red Valerian : it floures in Inly, and perifheth. 
when it hath ripened the feed. Clafiu* hath fet 
this forth by the name of Valeriana annua altera, j: 
9 The (ante Author hath alfo'giuen vs the 
Jhiftorieof fome other Plants of this kind ; and 
this he cals Valeriana fyl. Alpena 1 latifol, the (talk 
hereof is fome foot high,round,greene, and cre- 
fted : vpon which {land leaues longifh, fharpe 
pointed, and cut in with two or three deepe ga- 
fhes : but the bottome leaues are more round 
and larger, commingneere to thcleiotTracbeli- 
«»z, yet leffer,flenderer, and bitter of tafle : the 
floures which are white of colour, and the feed, 
are like thofeof the other Valerians : the root 
is fmall,crceping,fibrous, white and aromatick : 
it growes vpon the Alpes , and floures in Iune 
and Inly. 
10 This fendes forth leaues like thofe of 
the mountain Daifie : out of the midft ofwhich 
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