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‘Theatrum Botanicum. 
Chap. 43. 
1. Pbit Wyu Jive Valeriana major. 
The grcac Valerian. 
Tribe |, 
2 Valeriana Crctica tuber of a. 
Knobbed Valerian of Candy, 
2. Valerian a Cmic a tuber ofa. Knobbed Valerian of Candy. 
This Valerian of Candy hath his firft leavesjthat fpringup and lie upon the ground round about the roote greene, 
thick, and round, like unto the leaves of Afarabacca , and l'ometimes greater; the next that come after them art 
fomewhat longer, and Come what divided or cut in on the edges, and thofe that follow more and more divided, to 
that thole that grow upon the ftalke, are very like unto the divided leaves of the former Valerian: the ftalke is 
hollow, and rifeth to be two foote high at the leaf, having here and there two fmaller leaves fet at ajoynt: at the 
toppe whereof, which is divided into fome lmaller branches, (land many white flowers in an umbell, thick thruft, 
fomewhat larger than thofe of the former, which turne afterwards into fmall and fiat feed with a little downe at 
the head of them, like thereunto alfo : the uppermoft roote from whence the leaves and ftalke doe fpring, is fmall 
round fhort and tuberous, from whence (Tioor forth round about it, divers other fmaller rootes, faftned thereunto 
by long firings, like as the rootes of FilipenduU are, the feent whereof is very like unto the former great Vale¬ 
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3 * Valeriana Alpha major Jive latifolia. Broad leafed wild Valerian of the Alpes. 
This wild Valerian hath many large and fomewhat round pale greene leaves, and in fome they will be yellowifti,' 
rifting from the roote, lying upon the ground round about •, every one having a long foote-ftalke thereunto, fome 
whereof are very like unto Ivie leaves, but leflfer and gentler, and others longer like unto the leaves of Canter¬ 
bury Bells, but lefier alio, and not fo hard j in fome a little dented, in others more dented about the edges, but not 
divided at all: the ftalke is round, and about a foote and a halfe high, in fome greene, in others fomewhat reddifh, 
having few leaves thereon, which are fmaller, longer, and deeper cut in on the edges, than any below, and at the 
toppe is branched, whereon Hand divers fmall purplifh flowers, like unto the other Valerians: after which come 
fmall feed like unto the reft : the roote is large, round, and whitifh, fet with divers knots or joynts, and long fibres 
under them, ofa reafonable good fmell, like unto wild Valerians, and of a bitterifh binding tafte. 
4. Valeriana Alpha minor. Small wild Valerian of the Alpes. 
This final! Valerian hath foure or five fmall long, and fomewhat narrow leaves, with one or two dents onely ac 
the edges, lying on the ground next the roote, and arc fomewhat like unto the leaves of the great wild white Day- 
fie, elpecially thofe that growhigheft, and are the fmalleft, but with fewer dents or notches about the edges: the 
ftalke rifeth not up above a foote high, having very few leaves thereon, which are fmaller, longer, and narrower 
than thofe below, with as few dents or notches on the fides as the other : the toppe of the ftalke is divided into a 
fevv fmall branches, on every of which grow a few white flowers, like unto the Valerians, but fmaller: the roote 
is fmall, and creepeth a little under ground, fending forth fibres, but no lefle fweet than the former. 
y. Valeriana annua Jive cvEjliva Clttsip, Summer Valerian. 
This annuall Valerian, hath divers long leaves lying on the ground, all of them deepely cut in or gafhed on the 
cages, fomewhat like the leaves of the Starre Thiftle^ among which rife up round hollow ftalkcs, two or three 
foote 
