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Chap. 5. 
Tbeatrum Botanicum. 
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3. ‘£>oionnumbracbiotar<idice t 
Scorpion rooted fuppofed Woolfes banc. 
with very fmall blackifh feede.which is carryed away with the 
windeithe rootes are fmall,thicke and fhort,creeping or lying un¬ 
der the upper cruft of the earth, with divers fmall fibres, (hooting 
irom them downe into the ground and increafing divers fuch like 
tuberous rootes round about it, ivhich are tender and not hard 
fomewhat whitifh and with fome Joynts therein, and greenilh oii 
the upper fide next unto the upper face of the ground : Some 
Would make theft rootes torefomble a dead Scorpion, becaufe 
of the joynts, which are like feales therein; the former part next 
the leaves, being thicke to be the body, and the other part, being 
mall to be the taile, which is fomewhat fweete in tafte, and! 
little bitter, with fome auftere clamminefle j'oyned therewith 
J- ThelefferfuppofedVVoolfesbane' 
The Idler Doromum hath divers leaves, longer and narrower, 
then the former, fomewhat like unto Ribwort Plantaine, but hai¬ 
ry and of a yellowi/hgreene colour; the ftalkes are ilendcrand 
rile nothing f 0 high, nor are much branched, but carrying 
the line yellow flowers as the former, fomewhat palerthe roote 
in them lke tbc former kcin S without thofe joynts ft plaine 
3. Dmmcum bmcbUta rttdice. Scorpion rooted 
fuppofed Woolfes bane. 
This Scorpion rooted Doronicxm hath large round hairy leaves] 
like the hrft, fomewhat waved or unevenly dented about the ed¬ 
ges, of a (adder greene colour and fomewhat bigger- the ftalkes 
have divers narrower leaves thereon, the flowers are yellow and 
the leaves thereof dented at the ends, thefeedeis like unto the 
o„ e ,u b " c , th£rootecree P e iIi not fo much, but is fomewhat Ion- 
ward 11 ? d T!f lnW the S roond ’ Wlth )°ynts growing up¬ 
wards, branched as it were on each fide with youn|rootes, and 
ending in a (mall point,with divers long fibres fet unto them. 
4 . Dwanicum Kujlrkmn rnguflifolinm. Small fuppofed 
Woolfes bane of yhtftria. 
Tins fmall'Doroacaw 0 f Aufiria hath fewer leaves then the fe- 
what fiiining on the upper fide, and ofa Oalermeeneundcr&’of?^.^ ^ hke n th ^ m p g r£ “ c wd Corns- 
thenit, hairy alfo but fmooth, and (biped all alon® • * a lharper biting tafte. the ftalke is fhorter 
at the bottome, up to the top, where there ftandetlfbut nntlam/fl' divers narrower leaves, compafiingit 
Doroxicnm , but ofa deeper yellow colour which turnprh ° Wer fortherneft patt, like unto the other 
carryed away with the winde, in the like manner: the roote isfmaUand *“ a11 bk * ke keedc therein, and 
increafing fo fad, with divers long fibres thereat. * ndjoynted fomewhat like unto it, blit not 
This lo Jt> fa g polid Woolfes bane of 
fort before expreffed, ftandinguponhjob footeftalkes • rh«* (T^l D V - S *i cnce< ^ a ^°. ut c _dges like unto the third 
longer and narrower then thofe below,and at the top (not havin® anvbran, ke") ^ p™’ 8 leaV . eS tberC01 l 
the former, but elfe like unto them, with many lone vdlowftaLs ^ °j5, fl £ Wer la Jg er „ thcn an y° f 
the roote is fomewhat long, blackifh on the outfide a = nd joynted but not nlaftelvmhl.e riT Wn '?? ye ? tluu ™ : 
ling up wards, and not do wnewards as they doe, in moft of the reft wi.U^pL'l beedifeerned, the joynts ri- 
having many long white fibres underneath it reft,with fome other rootes,growing from it,and 
The Doyomeum of cTZmjZlh di rcrTfooTdhd^leTvcs^ofY^!^ ^ , - 
whitifh and fmooth underneath,lying on the ground fomewhat 'ike unm brnUfSl * C0 ' 0Ur 1 °" Upper Me ’ 3nd 
unto the Groffeworr Gentian having fome loSbeXrein1 Plantain ? leaves i or rather like 
times many,beating long leaves, at ever^ftynf. at thetonS?f i eaves nfeth u P, a flaIke ' a " d fine- 
fometimes, bearing every one a fairc large flower fetas^ic wer-Vn a tw ? 0 ! t ^ ree rn or moreparts 
pale yellow leaves,dented at the ends,as a pale or border about the midrllp 8 iv r, Up ’ w j 1Icb coufifteth 'of many 
of foure leaves a peece, of a deepe y4llow colour a [t wcrc Z l ’ 7t\' S ^“ an ? fmal! flowers « 
hereof becne found in Stiria) with blew flowers which be in® n faith that there hath a (ort 
away with the fmall blackifh foedethe^fo fte ’roote is fmall C ftvnred T?"? T d ° W ' ie ' and is carricd 
ftalke: but thofe which are let upon the ftalkes which rile three or fo^r* every one (landing upon a longfbotc- 
ger then thofe below, fet withoutorfer and^comn fT.n" ir'.fu °l me °,°, K ^ 0r more ' are lon- 
tle unevenly dented about the edges - the’flowers upon the tnnn bo j?°” e Ilke Tobacco leaves, all of them a lit- 
are large and yellow like unto the common ’DormLm, whillf after ftey'are p°ft *^he^Jree ’“/?”/’^ f l alk f- S> 
among the downe, are conveyd both away together with rhe X! P • . feedcs tbat llc 
tefl-,encre|ing as much as any other. y WItIu ‘! c wmde .the roote is thicke and joynted like the 
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