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Chap. XXVII. 
Gmtiola. Hedge Hyffope. 
?F the true Gratiola or Hedge Hyffope, I doe know but one kinde as all the belt authors doeagrec, 
* but yet unto it there are added two or three other hearbes, asneereft thereunto, either in face or 
i qua!itie,fome reckoning the one and fome the other; and I in this place bringing them all as fit to > 
be ranked under this title. 
j. qratiola vulgaris. True hedgeHyflope. 
This hearbe is but a fmall low plant, fcldome growing with his (lender bending fourc fquare branches, above a i 
foote high; having diverfe l'mall leaves let thereon, very like unto thofe of the ordinary garden Hyffope, butat 
little (hotter and broader, and of a pale greene colour, ol a very bitter unpleafant tatle : from about the middle i 
of thefe branches.at the joynts of the leaves up to the toppes of them,come forth the (lowers,every one at a place, 
(landing upon very lhort tooteftalkcs, which are lomewhat long and hollow, ending in foure leaves, two! 
ofthe lowed (landing out as it were lippes, and the other two above, (horter by thebalfe, of a whitilh yellow,' 
colour, tending to a blacke blew, and fometimes more blewifh or purple : after which come fmall round heads,. 
wherein is conteincd fmall (eede : the rootc (liooteth forth too and fro under ground very much, with many] 
joynts and fmall fibres at them, thereby encreafing and quickly fpreading largely, efpcciallyif it (land in any; 
inoyd place, becanfe it will hardly hold long in any dry ground. 
Camercirim faith he found by a brooke fide, not farre from Geneva one of this kind with a yellow flower, not 
differing in any thing elfe. 
2. Gratiola minor five Hyffopoides. Small hedge Hyffope. 
This fmall hedge Hyffope,(liooteth forth fometimes many,and fometimes but one or two round reddilh (lalkcs ] 
halfe a yard high, branched coward the toppes; whereon are (et one above another, and (ometimes one againlll 
anothcr,diverfe fmall andfomewhaf long leaves, fomewhat fmaller than the former, and neere refembling 
Hyfope leaves, of a pale greene colour, joyning clofe unto the (lalkes and branches, and without any foote 
flalke at all: at the joyntes with the leaves come forth flowers, every one by it felfe, (landing in a long huske, 
confiding of foure leaves of an excellent blew colour : after which fucceedc fmall browne (cede, conteincd in 
long round podsthe roote is white and fhooteth forth many fibres, whereby it comprchendcth well in the 
ground : the hearbe and every part hereof is utterly without any fmell, and almod without any taffe, yee 
fome hold it to have a nitrous or little fait, and fome a little fweetilh tafte •• Sometimes and in the moyllet 
grounds, this is found with larger leaves, and growing.higher; fometimes with fmaller and longer leaves, which 
(carle rifeth an handbreadth high, and that in the dry grounds. 
I. Gratiolayulgariie 
The true hedge Hy flu pc. 
2. 4. Gratiola anguflifolia minor : Et latifolia nofhas. 
Small hedge Hyffupe. i he Idler broad leafed hedge Hyilopc 
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