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PRANT^ VENENOSiE 
NARCOTICS NOCIViE, ET 
%A LEXlTHAT^MACJE. 
VENEMOVS SLEEPIE AND H VRT- 
full Tlants, and their Counterpoyfons. 
CLASSIS TERTIA, 
7HE TH1%T> TEJ.be. 
CHAP. I. 
Jconitum LycoElum. Wolfes Bane- 
Have in my former booke given you the knowledge and defcription of fotne of the 
Aconites or Wolfes bane, and therefore I fhall not needeto defcribe themagaine* I 
will onely recite them unto you, and fo follow on with the reft : thofe already let 
forth are thefe, Aconitum hyemttk, Winter Wolfes bane, Aconitum luteum Pontiatm 
prtcox, Theeadierwhitift) yellow Wolfes bane. Napclhu verus flare cxruleo Blew 
Helmet flower, or Monkes hood, and Anthera, the holfonje helmet flower or counter- 
poyfon Monkes hood; yet fome oftheir figures I will inlertamong the reft. 
1. Aconitum Ponticum ferotinum fLore albido, Late flowring Wolfesbane' 
This late pale yellow or whitifh Wolfes bane, hath as large leaves as the other that 
, , I have fet forth in my formerbookc, and divided intoas many partitions, cutalfoon 
thee ges fomewhat deepely,but of a frefher greene colour, and not rifingor fpringing up out of the ground 
foralmoft a moneth after the former is come up; the ftalke with leaves thereon, rifethtobe foure or five foote 
high, as the other doth, and with as long a branched head, of pale yellow coloured flowers, almoft whitifh a- 
other “ ut ™ wredl * ater * :, y a ' mo ^ a moneth, than the other; the cods, feede, and rootes, differ not from "the 
2. Aconitum flore'Delphinii majut . The greater leafed Wolfes bane, 
with Larkes heele flowers. 
This Wolfes bane, hath 1diverfe greene leaves, rifing from the roote, of a very fad ordarke greene colour, 
ltandmgupon realonable long foote ftalkes, cut in on the edge9, into five deepe divifions for the moft part, even 
to.the ftalke,fomewhat rough or hairy, each part whereof is alfo dented about the edges; from among which 
rifetlr up a reafonable great and ftrong hairy round ftalke, about two foote high, having fome fuch like leaves 
thereon, as grow below; at the toppewhereof is fet many flowers fpike fafh ion, one above another, which are 
fafhioned fomewhat like thofe of Larkes heeles but larger and thicker, wich a fhortthicke crooked heele, behind. 
* VCry •„ ? r kl'wlfli P ur P ,e 1 colour, feeming as if they were rugged or crumpled witball, which 
addeth a greater evill favouredneffe unto them, on the outfide, but of a little frefher or more lively blew colour 
andimoothontheinfide: after which doe come diverfe fmall rough cods, Handing together like as other Aco- 
and Columbines doe wherein is conteined a rugged blacke feede: the roote is fomewhat thicke Ion" and 
blackfill, wuh diverfe fibres and long ftringes faftned thereunto, whereby it taketh ftrong hold in the ground: 
both ftalkes and leaves dye all downc to the ground every yeare, and fhoote forth new every fprin". 
, 3- nconitttm jlore De/pbinii minus. The finer leafed Wolfesbane with Larkes heele flowers. 
The leiier Larkes heele Wolfesbane, hath diverfe fmooth greene leaves, upon very long foote ftalkes but 
they are not altogethet fo large,or of fo fad a greene colour, and much more finely cut in and divided into manv 
jaggesor parts, than the former : the ftalke alfo rift th notupfo high, and beareth fome fmallerand finer leaves 
thereon, which endeth in afmaller fpike or head of almoft as large flowers, with a (hort fpnrreor heele be- 
hind.as the other,but ofafairerblewifh purple colour, and more lively, as well on the outfide asinfide.- the 
d?n» In" r,i e ^f are lk - e the n f n rm f ’ ba T e roc f e d L ifFe T eth taving three or foure thicke fhort blackifli rootes, en- 
filing in liHalllong points, faftned together at the head 0 
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