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cVie roote is compofed of many white firings or fibres, faftned to a head which is fotncwhat hairy, and abided? 
many yeares, but the leaves perifh quite in the end of Summer, and are renewed in the fpring. 
Ranunculus Pjrentus albw duplex. Double white Crowfoote of the Pyrenean hills- 
This Crowfoote differcth little from the laftbutin the flowers whi£h are notfo many together, and co'nfift 
of two rowes of white leaves. 
5 . Ranunculus montanus Betomc&foliis. Mountaine Crowfoote with Betony like leaves. 
This finall Crowfoote hath divers leaves riling from the roote, fomewhat broad and long, full of fmall 
veines which make it feeme rugged every one upon a little fhort footeftalke, roundly dented about the edges 
and round at the point or end, very like nnto the leaves of Betony, but that they are fmaller, of a brownifh 
greene colour on the upper fide, and of a filver white fhining colour underneath : the (lender hayrie ftalke that 
rifeth up in the middle of thofe leaves, doth fcarfe exceede the length of ones hand, bare or naked without any 
leaves unto the top, where it beareth one flower onely, like unto the lafi de (bribed Angle Crowfoote but lmal- 
ler, confiding of five fmall white leaves, pointed atthe ends with fome yellow threds in the middle, having 
five fmall greene leaves under it, as a haske wherein it is fet: the feede is concerned in a fmall rough head like 
unto other Crowfeete : the roote is a fmall tuft of white Fibres, fomewhat like unto the roote of Betony : the 
whole plant both leaves and rootes are bitter, with an exceeding audere or aftringent binding tafte, whereby it 
is Judged not to be huftfull or offenfive, but rather acceptable to the ftomacke, and may be profitable for moyft, 
and cold difeafes thereof. 
6 Ranunculusgramineus bulbofus. The bulbed graffeleafed Crowfoote. 
This bulbed graffeleafed Crowfoote hath divers very long and narrow, fmooth,grayifh, greene leaves, fome¬ 
what hairy at the bottome, and with fome long veines therein; from among which rifethupa fiender flalkc, 
about a foote high, with two fmall long leaves thereon, not branched at all, but bearing out of a lmall huskeof 
five greene parts, one fmall faire (hining yellow flower, like unto other Crowfeete, as is the feede alfo, being 
many fet together on a long head, and every one pointed with a crooked end : the roote is fome what round at 
the bottome, with a long necke upward, covered with a blackifli hairy coate or covering, with divers thickc 
and round Fibres growing underneath, thicker at the ends then at the heads with fome fmall hairy fibres at tire 
end of them : within that outer hairy coate is found a round bulbous roote, like unto chat o (Gladiolus or Come 
FlaggCjthe one fet upon the other which was the elder,and feemed as it were fhruiike. 
7 . Ranunculus gramineus perfoliatus . Thorough leafed graffe Crow foote. 
This fmall thorough leafed graffe Crowfoote fendeth forth from a fmall fibrous roote, divers narrow grayifh 
greene graflle leaves, about two inches long, yet fomewhat broader then the laft; from the middle of whom 
rifeth up the ftalke,fcarfe higher then the leaves, having two long leaves about the middle thereof, broad at chc 
bottome and comparing the ftalke, like unto that fmall kind of yellow Centory, that hath his name frpm that, 
effedl, which brancheth it felfe at the top, bearing two or three very fmall gi eemth yellow flowers, confiding 
of five broad leaves,fomewhat foUlded inward,and not layd fully open s the head of feede is fmall, but like unto 
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