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rife final! little footeftalkes, little more then an inch high, bearing each of them one flower Jarger then the pro- ■ 
portion of the plant may feeme to beare, of a pale blew colour fcarfe appearing out of the huske: the rooteis 
fmall and white. 
The Place, 
The firft groweth upon the Alpes, that are neere unto Switzerland^ Hauhinut faith. The fecond groweth on i: 
the dry cold hils of Savoy, The third Clufius faith he found as well upon the Pyrenean hils neare Spaine. , as alfo > 
upon divers hils of Auflria and Hungary, Gerard faith it is found upon Salisbury plaine, in Sujfex , and nere St. 
Albonsy bnt I doubt he was miftaken, for that which groweth in thofe places, as farre as I can heare or Icarne, . 
as alfo in many other of our owne land, is not this Vernall kinde, but fome other, that flower fome in the Som- : 
mer, fome in Autumne, as you fhall underftandby and by. The laft as Bauhinus faith groweth upon the hilles 
among the Switzers, 
The Time, 
The two firft forts doc ufually flower in Aprill, the third in May, and the laft lateft, and it is but cafuall, if they ; 
flower at any other time,for their leaves abiding greene all the Winter,they do enc reafe at the roote and may be i 
eafily parted. 
The Names, 
Thcfe are called by moft writers, Gentianella quafi Gentiana minor, and vernz becaufe they doe chiefely flower 
in the Spring time. Lugdunenfli faith, they may be called ThyUcitis mayor & minor . The firft Bauhinu 1 in 
his Pinax and Prodr omus calleth Gentianella Alpina latifolia magno flore , as it none had made mention of it before 
himfclfe, but alTuredly it is the fame that Lugdmenfls fetteth forth, although that of Lobel and Clnfiw be a 
lefler of that great fort,which is that 1 have already fet forth in my former booke, which he calleth Gentianella 
Alpma anguft'ifolia magno flore. The fecond is the Cjentianclla angufiifolia of Lugditnenfis , which differeth from 
the Alpina minor ofClujias, although Bauhinw doth not diftinguifh them,but calleth it Gentianella Alpina major y 
when all others call it minor, Cjcfner in hortis Germania calleth it Calathiana verna , and Lugdunenfls Hellcborine 
Talecbampij on Diofcor ides. The third Clnflius calleth Gentianella minor verna ,and is thought by divers to be 
Cantabrica of Pliny. Cafalpintis taketh it to be Vincetoxici fpecies pnfllla. The French by a fpeciall name, call both 
the greater and the lefler of this fort Reperct . The laft' Bauhinus calleth Gentiana omnium minima , as it is in the 
title, and peradventure is the Gentianella'Bavarica of Camerarius in his leones , but that this he faith hath longer 
and that rounder leaves, 
Gentianella xflime. Small Gentians of the .Sommer. 
i. Gentiana Penn A car tile a punclata, Doffcr Pennies blew fpotted Gentian. 
A lthough I am in fome doubt., whether this be a (Bentian,and dare not affirmc it to be any of the great kinds 
of Gentian (and Clafius alfo to whom Dr. Tenny gave both the figure and description, was doubtfull of it 
not to be of the fmaller kinde, let mee therefore place 
it either as the laft of the greateft Sommer forts, andleaft 
of them, or firft of the Sommer kinde, but greater then 
any ofthfc fmaller, whofe defeription is as followeth. It 
hath a joynted ftalke about a foote and a halfe high, foms- 
whatreddifti toward the bottomenext to the roote,with 
two leaves like the great Gentian, fet at each joynt, but 
much fmaller, and with more veines or ribbes therein 
then it, each ftanding upon a reddifh footeftalke, greater 
below then thofe above, where they do in a manner com- 
pafle the ftalke, from the middle of the ftalke upward 
come forth the flowers at the joynts with the leaves, on 
both fides of the ftalke, three for the moft part ftanding 
together, except the uppermoft of all, where they ftand 
five together, each ofthem with a fbort footeftalke under 
them, confifting of five fmall pointed leaves, fpreadlike 
a ftarre, ofa pale blew colour finely fpotted, with many 
fmall blackc prickes on the infide, having a fmall umbone 
in the middle, and five fmall threds, tipt with yellow 
ftanding about it: the feede that follweth, is enclofed in 
fuch heads or huskes, as the Gentians have: the roote is 
fmall and yellow, with many fibres annexed unto it. 
Hereunto I may referre another very like unto it, found 
in the North parts of this land, namely in Lancajbire , by 
Mr .Hesket, a Gentleman in his life time very skilfull in 
the knowledge of Plants, whofe figure I here exhibit, that 
Ctntiina f° mc ot ^ er ma y be ftirred up to finde it out againe,that we 
dubia An may have further knowledge thereof. 
a. gentianella £ ftiva cor data. Small! 
Heartlike Sommer Gentian. 
ThisSommerGcntian, hath a fmall long fibrous, but 
Wooddy yellowifti roote, (and thereby may be judged to 
be but annuall and not abiding) from whence arife fmall 
leaves, fomewhar round pointed, with a greenifh yellow 
•jbbew she middle of them, two waif s fet ©us a gaiag 
1. G ntiana P ennd caruUapuncUt 1. 
Dr. Penny hit blew fpotted Gentian. 
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