Tribe 3. The Theater ofTlants. C ha P.4.. 
the gralfe Crovvfootc defcribed in my former Booke. Of this kinde there is another whofe leaves are fomewhat 
broader, and the flowers more fpread open, and with (harper ends. 
8 . Ranmcttlmpumilus alter augujlifclius. Another fmall narrow leafed Crowfoote. 
There is another of this lad kinde, which groweth a little bigger and higher,and beareth but one yellow flowef 
upon the toppe ofthe dalke, larger than in any other of thefe three laft graffe Crowfeete. 
9 - Ranunculus Afpbodeli radice flare luteo. Yellow Crowfoote with Afphodil/rootes. 
I have in my former Booke fee forth one of this kind,very like hereunto both for forme of flowers and rootes 
whofe figure you have before : this other differeth from it in the leaves (the former being fomewhat broa- 
derthan this, very like unto the Imall, Thalittrum) which are very fmall, narrow ,and much divided, very like 
unto the leaves of the greater 2 ulbacaftamtm, or earth Chefnut; fome lying upon the ground, and others (landing 
more upright, each [landing upon a reddifh hairy foote llalkc, which with the leaves is very nigh halfe a foote 
long, in the middle of whom appeareth a greene head before the ftalke is rifen, and beareth it at the toppe there- 
of, as itrifeth ; which when it is ripe ready to blow, flieweth to be !but one faire Alining yellow flower 
f whereas the other hath many white onesj confiftingof five round pointed leaves; with many yellow threds 
in the middle, [landing about a greene head, which in time groweth fomewhat longer than in other forts of 
Crowfeete, having many crooked feedes fet together thereon, but much fmaller than in many of the other: the 
flalke is lingular, not many, but hairy and reddilh, feldome branched, but bearing two or three divided leaves 
towards the toppes, fomewhat broader that thofe below, upon fhort footeftaikes, at feverall diftances one above 
another,on both Tides thereof: the roote is compofed of diverle tuberous,round and fomewhat Ion" clo»s,ending 
in a very long fibre,very like unto the other. 5 “ ’ b 
I o. Ranunculus alterfasten,lis Afthodeti radicc. The pale Crowfoote of Naples, with Afyhodill roote. 
This Crowfoote of Naples, hath many thicke cloggie rootes, joyned together at the end, greater above and 
fmaller downewards, of about a thummes length, with many fmall fibres among them, from whence the firft 
leaves that rife up are broad, fomewhat deepely cut in on the edges on both fides, but thofe that follow nest are 
much more divided, and into many parts, each part cut in alfo and dented befides on the edges, and [landing 
upon long foote (hikes, which are broader at the botcome than above, and compaffe one another at the foote 
for a little way upward, being fomewhat hairy alfo, greene on the upperfide and whiter underneath : the (hike 
is round and hairy, about a foote and a halfe high, having diverfe leaves thereon, much more divided than 
thofe below; and at the joy nts with the leaves; to ward the toppes come forth long branches, with fmall iWed 
leaves on them,under a fmall tuft of.threc or foure large pale flowers,of five broad or round pointed leaves,of the 
breadth of ones naile, with many yellow threds in the middle : the feede is fmall, round, flat and pointed, many 
let together on a long head- 
cn !I * ^- anHnCfi ^ tiS moy, td nf{ s birfutus latifolius . Great hairy Mountaine Crowfootes. 
The fitft leaves of this Crowfoote are round, like thofe of Doves foote, very hairy, of a blackifh greene c<> 
lour, and foft, divided or cut into three parts, each of them alfo parted into three fmaller divifions, (landing upon 
2. Ranunculus montanusPennxi. 
The great purple mountaine Crowfoote. 
3. Ranunculus plantaginit folio. 
Plantainc leafed Crowfoote. 
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