Tbeatmm Botanicum, 
Tribe i 
Chap. 43. 
6. Valerian Indica five Mcxicafla, 
Indian Valerian. _ v 
fpongy, rounder, bigger, and blacker than any of the former 
Valerians, without any downe at the end of them: the roote 
is fmall and ftringy, perilling every yeare with the firft frofts: 
the whole plant is utterly without any fmell, in all that I have 
feene, and almoft without tafte likewife. 
7. Valeriana rubra angufiifolia. Narrow leafed red 
Valerian. 
This fmall red Valerian is very like unto the greater red Va- 
, lerian fet forth in this & my former Book, but differeth chiefly 
^in the fmalnefle, being lower, and the leaves long, and 
very narrow, very like unto the leaves of Line or Flaxe, but 
not fo long, harder or rougher in handling than they, and end¬ 
ing in a point: the flowers are of a pale red, like unto them 
for forme,being long, but fmaller than they, and having as lit- 
tie feent to commend them. 
8. Valeriana Petraa . Rocky Valerian. 
This fmall Valerian hath divers leaves lying upon the 
ground,fome of them little or nothing divided, others as much 
cut in, and gafhed on the edges, as any ofthe other Valerians, 
but they are nothing fo great; the ftalke is branched at the 
toppe, carrying tufts of purplifh flowers, but fmaller : the 
feed that followeth is fmaller, without any downe at the 
head, but in dead thereof ithath little skins, as it were at the 
ends, divided in five parts, making them feeme like a Starre, 
much like unto the toppes of the feed of Scahions: the roote 
is fmall and fibrous, having a fmall feent of Valerian, as the 
leaves and flowers have alio. 
9. Valeriana minor annua. Small Valerian of a yeare. 
This fmall Valerian hath the firft and lower leaves fome- 
what round and dented, but the other that follow, and grow 
upon the ftalke, are divided like unto other Valerians, the 
flowers are fmall and purplifh , which are followed by 
fmall feed that is blowne away with the winde, the roote is 
fmall and threaddy, perifhing every yeare. 
« 10. Valeriana minima. Small Valerian. 
This little Valerian is very like unto the fmall wildc Vale¬ 
rian, but much fmaller, having the leaves much divided like thereunto: the ftalkcs are not above halfe a foot high, 
bearin" tufts of fmall purplifh flowers: the rootes are long and fmall, with fmall white threads or fibres, fmelling 
like unto the fmall wild Valerian. ... . 
There are fome other hearbes fet forth by Lobel and others for Valerians, which in my judgement have fo little 
refemblance thereunto, that I have not thought good to ranke them in their Tribe, but referre them to others, the 
one is called Pbyteuma f JMon(peJienfium : the other Phu minimum alterum ,which ‘Dodanaus calleth ^Alburn olus^vaA 
generally is called of mod, Lattucaagnina lambcs lettice , or Come Sallet; which I have mentioned among the 
kindes of Lettice in this and my other Booke. 
11. Valeriana rubra Dodon&i, Red Valerian- 
This Valerian hath divers hard, but brittle whitifh greene ftalkcs rifing from the roote, full of tuberous or fwei- 
ling joynts, whereat ftand two leaves on each fide one, and now and then fome fmalL leaves trom betweene them, 
which arc fome what long and narrow, broadeft in the middle, and fmall at both ends, without either divifion or 
dent on the ed^es, of a pale greene colour : the ftalkes are three or foure foote high, branched at the toppes, at the 
ends whereoftland many flowers together, fomewhat like unto the flowers of the ordinary Valerian, but with 
longer neckes, of a fine red colour, but without any feent of Valerian : after the flowers have flood blowne a good 
while, they fuddenly fall away, and the feed which is fmall and naked, with a little tuft of downe at the toppe 
thereof, whereby it is eafily carried away with the wind, ripeneth quickly after: the roote is great, thicke, and 
white, continuing long, and (hooting out new branches every yeare. 
12, Valeriana Cjrnca, Greeke Valerian. 
The Greeke Valerian hath many winged leaves lying on the ground,fomewhat like unto the wilde Valerian that 
groweth by the ditch fides,but more tender and fmall,among which rife two or three round hollow brittle ftalkes, 
two or three foote high, whereon are fet at the joynts fuch like leaves as grow below, but fmaller, the toppes of 
the ftalkes are divided into many fmall branches full of flowers, each confifting of five fmall round pointed leaves, 
of a faire bleake blue colour in fome plants, and in others white, with fome white threads tipt with yellow pen¬ 
dents in the middle : after the flowers are paft, there come up in their places fmall hard heads, containing fmall 
blackifh feed: the roote is compofed of a number of fmall long blackifh threads, without any feent of a Vale¬ 
rian. 
13. Valeriana Jy he fir us. Wild Valerian. 
This wild Valerian hath fundry winged leaves fpringing from the roote, whereof the end leafe is the largeft, of a 
fad greene colour, without any dents on the edges, the ftalke hath two fuch like leaves at a joynt as grow below, 
but fmaller, and at the toppe branched, with fundry Imall whitifh purple flowers, but deeper than the Garden Va¬ 
lerian, the roote is a bufli of blackifh threads and ftrings, which fend forth firings of encreafe, befide3 that the ldw- 
- er branches doe fhoot forth fibres alfo. Of this kinde there fs accounted a greater and a Idler. 
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