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31 . lifter Conyxoidtt. 
FJeabane like Swrrewort. 
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it. After/itpinu: Cpuy^tydec jifricdRU), 
Ficabanc-like Starwort of-Aff/PA- 
12. Afterfupinits Conyz,oides Africanus. Fleabane like Starwort of Africa. 
This hath fundry weake branches riling from a (lender long white roote, with divers fmall and long hoary leaves 
fet thereon without order: both ftalke and branches beare each but one yellow Star-like flower thrummed in the 
middle, which after it is ripe turncth into downe, which with the fmall feed enclofed together, flyeth away 
With the windc. 
15. After Atticfts Itulorum{lorepnrpHreo. Purple Italian Stanvort, or the purple Mangold. 
The Italian Starwort hath many wooddy round and brittle (hikes rifing from the roote, about two footehigh, 
whereon are fet without order to the toppes many fomewhat hard and rough long leaves round pointed, and is di¬ 
vided into fundry branches, bearing fingle flowers like Marigold, the outer border of leaves being of a bluilh pur¬ 
ple colour, and the middle thrum of a brownifh yellow, breaking out of a greenc fcaly head, like unto thofc of 
Knapweed, but leffer : thefe flowers abide long in their beauty, and in the end wither and turne into a foft downe, 
wherein lie fmall blacke and flat feeds, fomewhat like unto Lattice feed, which with the downe is carried away 
with the wind; the roote is compofed of fundry white flrings which perifh not,but abide many yeares with greenc 
leaves on their heads, and fpringafrefh every yeare. 
14. After Atticusceerulem alter. Anotherblue Starwort, or another purple Mangold. 
This other purple Marigold or blue Starwort, is a jpecies or differing fort of the other After Antctts Iuloramftare 
fnrptfreo, fo like thereto in ftalke, leafe and flower, that one would thinke there were no difference, and indeed 
it is not much, but confifteth chiefly in thefe particulars: the leaves ofthis are narrower than the other, and pointed 
at the ends: the ftalke rifeth not up fo high, flowreth fomewhat earlier before the other, and is of a paler purple 
colour, and fometime found white alfo. 
Ofthis Narrow-leafed kinde there is one alfo which groweth lowerthan this, and is therefore called a aytmt Alter 
kinde. _ HumiU* 
15. After Alpinuscaruleomagno flore. The great blue MountaineStarwort. 
From among a number of fmall long and narrow leaves, hoary as well on the under as upperfide, of the forme of 
garden Daifte feaves,being fmall and narrow at the bottome, and growing broader to the end,which is round poin¬ 
ted lying about the roote of this Mountaine Starwort, upon the ground, rifeth up a ftalke fcarfe a foote high, befet 
with the like leaves as grow below, but fmallcr up to the toppe, where there ftandeth a round head, compofed of 
many fmall purplifh leaves fet clofe together, in the midft whereof breaketh forth a large great flower, confiding 
of many long narrow leaves, of a purplifh blue colour, (landing as a pale or border, about a middle yellow thrum, 
which upon the fading, turneth into downe, wherein the (eed iyeth,and both together are difperfed with the wind: 
the roote is fomewhat long, growing aflopc in the ground, with many fmall white fibres annexed thereunto, and 
cjicreafing by the (ides as the roote? of Daifies doe. 
