Tribe 2. 
'X ,be Theater of 'Plants. 
C 
ftede in them, therootes are more ft ringie blacke and 
hard than the former. 
3 . HMomJhr alter trifclim frint/M. Tretoile Prickly 
leafed Bearefoote. 
This fort differeth little in the manner of growing, 
from the laft deferibed, having long flalkes with 
leaves thereon, and flowers at the toppes of the fame 
fafhion and fo is the ieede alio that lolloweth, but the 
leaves arc harder,and only divided into three partes, & 
the dentes about the edges are hardiharpe and prickly; 
the flowers being of a paler or whiter greene colour. 
4 . Helleborafter meiximw five Confiligo. Thegrea- 
teft baft ard blacke Hellebor, or Bearcfoote, 
called alfo Setterwort. 
This great Bearefoote hath diverle fad greene leaves, 
riling from therootes, each upon along ltalke, which 
are divided into 7 or 9 divilions or leaves, each where- 
of is narrower than the teller baftard blacke Hellebor 
or Bearefoote, nicked or dented about the edges, but 
not fo deepcly, and abiding above gronnd greene all the 
winter, whereas the other periflieth as I lard every 
yeare.and rifeth againe in the fpring: this fhooteth up 
a reafonable great and tallftalke, higher by rhehalte 
than the other, with fuchlike leaves thereon as grow 
below, fmaller up tothetoppe, where rt fpreadeth in¬ 
to divers branches,bearing many hollow cup-hke flow¬ 
ers, divided at the brims into S parts, but doefeldorue 
fpread thefelves open.ofa wh tifh yellowgreenecolouf 
fomewh.it like the other baftard kind, Scfometimes pur- 
plifh about the brims or edges,with a greene head mthe 
middle, Scafew white threads about it:(wherby it may 
feemc likely to be that fourth kind of Vnatnim nigrum 
of Clnfim, which he calleth peng-mum , and faith is 
like unto the third of ‘Dodm.tm, v/hofe figure ashee 
faith, he fheweth there, to be knowne which he mea- 
6. HeUcborus tiiger Sanicul£ foli 0 major. . 
The greater purging Sanicle like Hellebor. 
5 . Hel/eborus n igcr jerulasi 
Fennell hated baftard blacke 
