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Phe Theater of ‘Plantes. 
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heknownc from it: the feed likewifethat followeth is like thereunto: the roote confifteth of many white 
V.; of this lort there is one that beareth double flowers, andis planted in gardens onely for the beauty of glare mU 
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2. Ranunculus pratenfis cretins acres vulgar it. The common upright field Crowfoote. 
Thecommo'n field Crowfoote (whofcbranches Hand upright and bend riot downe againe unto the ground, 
neither creepe thereon, or fpread, taking roote againe in diverfe places, as the next doth) hath many large darke 
Irreene leaves, cut into diverfe parts, fomewhat like unto the lad, that many might judge it a kind of the fame; 
but the tafte dedareth the difference, which isvery violent, (harpe and heating upon the tongue, and buffering 
the skinne, if itbelaydthereon.no lefie than any exulcerating or corroding herbe can doe, and will havefome 
blacke fpots upon them no w and then, but not in all, or all places; the flowers are many, and of a gold yellow co¬ 
lour after which come fmall heads of feedes: the roote is fibrous as other Crowfeete are. Of this kmdealfo 
there is one w ith double flowers,which I have fet forth in my former booke. 
3. Ranunculus pratenfis repens ' The common creeping field Crowfoote. 
F Th : s creepin" Crowfoote, that groweth commonly in fields and gardens alio, is very like unto the lad deferi- 
bed Crowfoote, both forfleafe, flower, feede, and roote, but that this is more hayrie and creepeth with his bran- 
chesupon the "round, taking hold by fmall white fibres which it fliooteth forth at the joynts.and fpreadeth 
firre thereon his branches alfo rather leaning then Handing upright, or rifing fo high but the yellow flower, and Flort 
(harpe biting tafte ofthe leaves is almoft equall With the former. Of this kinde there is alfo one with double 
flowers nuurled in gardens. , . , . 
4. Ranunculus arvorum. Crowfoote ot the plowed lands. 
This Crowfoote hath diverfe fmaller leaves, than any of the former, divided into many narrower parts, of an 
bverworne°reene colour; the ftalke is about a foote or more high, bearing fome leaves thereon, more jagged 
than the lower and more divided at the toppe into other branches, bearing pale yellow flowers after which 
come rough pointed feedes, fet in heads many together: the roote is compofed of many white fibres ot 
^ rin ® 3- 5. Ranunculus bulbofius five tuberofus. Knobbed Crowfoote, 
The knobbed or round rooted Crowfoote, hath diverfe leaves rifing from the roote, much more cut in and di¬ 
vided than anv ofthe former except the laft,every one (landing on a fhort footeftalke.ofan overworne greene co¬ 
lour amon» which rife up diverfe flenderlklkes.afoote.orhalfeayard high, with fome leaves thereon at the 
joynts, more divided, and into longer and narrower parts than thofe below;, atthe toppes whereof, Hand fe. 
verall faire gold yellow ftiining flowers, made of five leaves like the former forts, with many threds in the mid¬ 
dle (landing about a greene head, which after the flowers are pad, groweth to be ipore rough or pricking than 
the’former: the roote is white and round; of the bigneffe iometime of a Wallnut, and often much leffe, being no 
5. Ranunculus bulbofur. 
Knobbed Crowfoote. 
Ranaucuhii Anglicus bulbofut. 
Batchelours buttons. 
