Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
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bf thebranches,ofa faint yellow colour: after which come the feed,round,greene at the firft, after- 
ward red, and laftly ofablackecolour : the root long, fat, full oflubftance,creepeth far abroad with- 
in the vpper cruft of the earth, and is of areddilh colour when it is greeneand frefh. 
j 2 Wilde Madder is like in fomievnto that of the garden, but altogether fmallcr, and the 
ileaues are not forough,but fmoothand lhining : the floures are white : the root is very fmall and 
|tender,and oftentimes of a reddifh colour. 
Kubinmitrina. 
Sea Madden 
£ 4 Rub'hi Ipicata Cretica. 
Small Candie Madder. 
3 Sea Madder hath a root two foot long, with many dry threds hanging thereat, of a reddifh 
colour like Alkanet, on the outfide of the fame forme and bignefie, but within it of thecolourof 
the fcrapilrgs of luniper,or Cedar wood, fending forth diners (lender (talks round and ful of ioints: 
from which come forth fmall thin leaues, ftiffe and fharpe pointed, fo.newhathairie, in number 
commonly foure,ftandinglikea Burgonion erode ; from the bofomeofwhich come forth certain 
tufts of fmaller leaues thru ft together vpon a heape : the floures grow at the top of the (talks, of a 
pale yellowifh colour. 
| Rubu (j>tcata Cretica Cluftj. 
f 4 This hath proceeding from the root many knottie foure fquare rough littleftalks, a 
foot hi hjdiuided immediately from the root into many branches, hailing but one fide branch 
growing forth of one ioint : aboutwhich ioints grow fpred abroad foure or fine, (bmetimes fixe 
narrow, fhort, fharpe pointed leaues, fome'wbat rough : the toppes of the ltalkes and branches are 
nothing but long fmall foure fquare (pikes or cares, made of three leafed greene huskes : out of the 
top of each lmske groweth a very fmall greenifh yellow floure, hailing foure exceeding final leaues 
fcarce to be feene : after which follower'll in each huske one fmall b lack i fh feed, fomewhat long, 
round on the one fide,withadent orhollownelfeon the other. 1 he root is fmall, hard, wooddie, 
crooked or fcragged,with many little branches or threds, red without, and white within, and perifh- 
ethwben the feeis are ripe. Iuly,i?.i6> n 
Synwchici 
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