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4. Biflortaminormfiras. Small Biftorcofourowne Gountric. 
This fmall Briftortt fendeth forth three or foure fmail narrow leaves, fcarfe an inch broad, and almoll foure i 
inches long, greenc above, and gray underneath; the flalkes are (lender, and but with one or two leaves fee 
thereon, at the toppes whereof (land fmall long round fpikie heads of white flowers, with diverlc fmall greene t 
leaves among them ; after which come a reddjfh feede almoll round, which being drie, become blackifh, and ; 
are bigger than thofeof the firft : the roote is fmall in proportion, but lomewhat crooked or turned like the com- 
mon kinde,being oi a blackifh colour without, and fomewhat whitifh within, of the fame auflcr binding tafte 
that the relUuth. ’ ' 
5. Bifiortaminor A/pina. Small Biftort of the Alpes. 
This fmall Biflorthath broader leaves, and not fo long as the lad, the tuft of flowers likewifeat the toppe is 1 
clofer let together,in other things not differing. r 
6 . Bifiorta Alpinapnmilavaria. Variable leafed fmall Bilfort. 
This Bilfort hath not onely two or three broad and (hort almoll round leaves pointed at the ends, but two 
or three very narrow and long leaves alfo with them comming from the roote, theftalke is fcarfe an hand 1 
breadth high, with many luch whitifh flowers thereon as are in theotherfmallor.es. 
The 'Plate. 
1 he two firll grow at the foote of hills, and in the (hadowie moifl woods neare unto them, in many places 
of Germany ; and in our countrie likewife in the like places, butchiefely isnouriflied up in gardens. The third 
growethonthe high hills in bil'fia, and other places: the fourth groweth efpecially in the North, as i- r — 
cxJhire,rorkeJhire, and Cumberland in diverlc places. The two lalt are found likewife on the Alpcs in 
places, but the lalt among the Switzers. 
The Time. 
They all flower about the end of May, and the feede is ripe about the bemnnim? of Inly. / 
The Names, 3 / 
It is called generally ’Bifiorta, ejuodradiceinfeferpentit mode comma, & convoluta confiet, otTrdgw, Lojcerusi 
and others (fiolubrina, from the Cj nonane title of Schlan^entpnrtaoel and 'dfiattertourtzjel • of Fufchiiu Serpentaria, 
cjuodvenenoforitm ferpemium iltibia fuccurrit: of Refiner in hortU (jermanu Limmitm. Fracaftorim calleth it Bn. 
lapathum, as well as Bifioru1. Lobelmi Clufitu thinke it may be Britannic* oiDiofcorides and Pliny. Baahinut 
calleth the firll, 'Bifiorta major radice minus intorta. Some call it Behen rnbrum, others take it to be C Molybden* 
of Phm. Some alfo doe take it to be the fecond Dracunculut 0 f <piiny lib. 4. f «.i g the fecond is called by Traotts 
Cotnbrina minor Bonham calleth it Bifiorta major rad,ce magi, intorta. The third Bauhinus, that hath firft fet 
it forth as I_thinke, calleth it Bifiorta Alpina maxima ; the fourth I take to be differing from the next, and there- 
fore call it Nojtrai . the firth is called by Camerariw } Clnfw 9 Label\ Bmhmw, and all others that have written 
1. 4. Bifiorta major vulgaris & minor. 
Great and fmall Biftorce or Snakcweedc. 
?. 6 . Bifiorta minor Lipina & Alpha pumila varia. 
Small B.flortc of the Alpcs andu^'iabbe leafed Briftorte. 
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