Tribe 
^flcrfupuius. Low creeping Starreworc. 
Ion" and narrow leaves, a little round at the toppe, very like unto 
the former, but fmaller and greener up to the toppe ; every (lalke 
beareth one fiower which is yellow and large, like unto the flower 
of a corne Marigold, contained in a very hard huske,made of fmall 
greene leaves, which after the flower is paft, becommeth folrard 
and wooddy that one can fcarce open or breake it, to take out the 
feed which lyeth clofe flicking therein ; the roote is long and (len¬ 
der, having a few fibres fet thereat, and abideth divers ycares, if 
it be a little defended from the extremity of Winter. 
4. After luteus major Auftriucut. Great yellow Starrewort of 
Auftria. 
This Starwort hath many long and narrow leaves, of a pale ^ 
greene colour at the ground,fomewhat like unto the leaves ofthat 1 
kind of Scabious, that is called Divels bit,whofe leaves are not;ag 4 
gedatall, but are fometimes covered with a little dovvne, the} 
(lalke is about two foote high, brownifh and round , whereon are \ 
fet fparfedly long narrow pointed leaves, a little dented about the* 
edges, at the toppe whereof it is divided into a few fmall and 
fhortbranches, every one bearing a large yellow flower, compo- 
fed of many fmall flowers, confiding of five leaves apeece, fet to-/ 
gether in a round head, compaffed about with many long, fome- 
what broad and flat leaves, ofamoft excellent yellow colour, ofa . 
weake feent or none at all: after the flower is pall, the feed is con¬ 
tained in the heads, cornered as if it were three fquare, lying di- 
fperfed in a downy fubftance : the roote is fomewhat thicke and 
blackifh, growing aflope in the ground, fending forth many 
firings,& (hooting forth many heads, wherby it may be encreafed. 
y, After montatmsfolijt Salicis. Starwort with Willow leaves. 
This Starwort from a long creeping roote, wonderfully fprea- 
ding under ground, and encreafing: fhooteth up divers crelted 
ftrong greene ftalkes, two foot high, plentifully ftored with leaves 
thereon, being longer, harder, and greener than the lad, without 
any do wne or woollinefle on.them, and a little dented about the 
edges, fomewhat fharpe and hot in tafte: the toppes of the ftalkes are divided into two or three fmall branches, 
each fuftaining divers (mail greene heads, compofed of many fmall leaves fee together, one about another, which 
in time open themfelves into flowers, of as large a fizeas thelaft,but with a fmaller thrum in the middle, and nar¬ 
rower leaves compacting them, parted or divided at the end. 
6 . After luteus lanuginofus, Starwort with woolly leaves. 
This woolly Starwort hath divers fmall and ftrong greene or browne ftalkes, fomewhat woolly, rifing from the 
roote (whichis fpead under ground, and faftned with many longand ftrong fibres, (hooting yearely new fprouts 
for encreafe, but nothing fo much as the laft) befet without order, with many long and narrow greene leaves, 
bowing to the ground, and covered over with a foft woolly downe, comparing the ftalkes at the bottome of 
them; of a fharpe hot tafte, and fomewhat bitter: at the toppe of the ftalke ftandeth a large head, made as it were 
of many fcaly leaves, which fuftaineth a large round flower .confiding of many long,narro w,and pale yellow leaves, 
as a border to the middle, which are a number of fmall moffy flowers fet together, of a deeper yellow than the bor¬ 
der ; the whole flower doth refemble that of Elecampane, and without any feent to commend it: the ftalke bran¬ 
ched forth from the joynts below, into three or foure branches, rifing higher than the middlemoft, every of them 
bearing fuch a flower: which when they are paft, the feed contained in thofe heads, with the woolly or downy 
fubftance therein,is carryed away with the Winter. 
7. esffter lutem anguftifolim. Narrow leafed Starwort. 
This narrow leafed Starwort hath as great a creeping running roote as the fourth, and giveth as plentifull en¬ 
creafe, from whence fpring up many fmall hard greene ftalkes, not much above a foote high, whereon grow many 
long and narrow leaves, without any order one above another, not dented at all about the edges, but elle very like 
Unto the leaves ofthe wild Pcllitory or Ptarmica, up toward the toppes, where they are divided fometimes into 
two or three fmall branches,every one bearing a greene fcaly head, and out thereof a yellow ftarrelike flower, as 
the others have, but leffer than any ofthe former: thefe branches doe fcldome over-toppe their middle or mafter 
branch, as the laft recited doth; the feed that followeth is very like unto the other: and carried away with the 
wind in the fame manner, 
Pena and Lobel in their Adverfariu have fet forth two forts of After, which they call After mtmtanm, and hirfu- 
•' Baubium them both ofthe number of his yellow Afters, but becaufe that, as Clufttu feemeth to fay 
they ate comprehended under the others here let downe, I make no further mention of them. 
8. After Virgineus latifolius luteus repens. Yellow creeping Starwort of Virginia. 
This Starwort rifeth up with a ftrong round ftalke, two or three foote high, hearing at the joynts two faire broad 
leaves like the leaves ofa fmall Flos Solis, but more pointed at the ends, and being harder in feeling, full of veines: 
att J let °PP e °fthe ftalke (which feldohae brancheth) ftandeth one large flower (rifing out of a greene huske 
made of nine or tengreene leaves) compofed of many long and narrow yellow leaves, with a brownifh thrumme 
m the middle: which being paft,there followeth feed like unto a fmall Flos folis as it is faid,for I never faw it beare 
feed: the roote is ftringy, creeping under ground, and fpreading much : it lofeth both [hike and leafe every ycare, 
and fprmgeth a new from the roote. 
y. After 
