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another: the ftalke is fquare,about halfe a foote high, with the like leaves at the joyntes and divided from the 
middle upwards, into divers fmall fhort branches, on the toppes whereof hand very large flowers, in com- 
jj pariion to the fmallneffe of the Plant, which is of a whicifh blew colour before it be open, and writhed toge- 
■ ther like to many ofthe flowers of the fmall Bindeweeds, but being opened confifteth of a long hollow round 
( fj Us p e en ding in five hard leaves, fomewhat broad and pointed likea ftarre, of as brave a deepe blew colour, as 
any of the former: betweene thofe greater leaves, there are other fmaller leaves fet, each ofthem round at the 
i, ends and dented in, making them feeme like unto a heart, as it is painted, from whence the name in the title 
, cor ,l au heart-like, was impofed upon it, the like forme being not obferved in any of the other : the feedevefleil 
after the flower is pad, groweth to have a (mail long neckc, and bigger above, which being ripe openeth it 
I felfeatthehead, contrary to the reft, containing within it much blackefeede.buttwile as bigge and as long as 
II theothcr. GentianelU afliva purpuro-carulca. Small purple Sommer Gentian. 
This purple Sommer Gentian Ihootcth forth a reafonable ftrong ftalke, a foote and a halfe high, with divers 
! joynts, and two leaves at every one of them, fomewhat broad at the bettome, whereit j'oyneth to the ftalke, 
[ not havin'* any footeftalke to (land on, growing fmaller to the end, and long pointed : the ftalke at the toppe 
1 hath fome fhort branches, whereon are fet five or fix or more fmall purplifh blew flowers, ending in five fmall 
pointed leaves, after they are fallen and paft, come up fmall long cornered pods, or feede veflels, con¬ 
taining much fmall feede: the roote is (lender long and fibrous, and perifhetb alter bearing,railing it fclfe againe 
from its owne towin'*. and if it fpring before W inter, it will endure it well and flower the next yeare, die if it 
rife^n^he'spriiK’y it will abide all the firft yeare and flower and feede the next. • 
r . 3 GentianelU eftivaflore lanaginofo. Sommer Gentian with a cottony flower. 
This Sommer Gentian fpringeth up with many long and narrow leaves, lying in tompaffe upon the ground, 
I with three veines in every one ofthem, as is nfuallinall or rnoft of the Gentians, from among which rifethup 
F a fquare ftalke,about a foote high or more .bearing at every joynt two fuch like leaves as grow below, buc Idler 
j and longer pointed : at the joynts with the leaves, toward the toppes of the ftalkes, fhootc forth two or three 
i fhort branches, bearing every of them three or foure flowers, larger then the former and bigger bellycd, 
1 ending in five points or leaves, of a paler purple colour, having a fmall putplilh cottony downynefle, at the 
I bottome of each of the leaves, where they are divided on the inlidc: alter the flowers are fallen, there appeare 
! fmall long huskes, likehornes, full of fmall round feede, the roote is fmall and long, ofa pale colour fomewhat 
Wooddy, perilhing as all the Sommer kindes doe. 
Gentianella aftivaflore breviore. Sommer Gentian with Ihort flowers. 
This kinde of Gentian is fomewhat like unto the laft, but that the leaves are broader by the halfe, two alwaiej 
lhndin™ at a joynt, ofa deeper greene colour, the ftalke is fquare and branched at the toppe in the fame manner, 
bearing divers flowers on every ofthem, which are both fhorter and greater then they, and of a pale blew ill a co¬ 
lour, the feedcs and rootes ate much alikei all thefe kinds as well as the former arc very bitter,which caule them 
to be referred to Gentian. . 
6 . GentianelU efliva minima Neapolitan*. The fmall Sommer G entian of Naples, 
This fmall Gentian hath fmall fquare ftalkes, little more then halfe a foote high, but fuller of branches and 
flowers then the laft, the leaves thereon ate fomewhat long and narrow, the ftalkes are branched from the bot¬ 
tome, with many fmall flowers on them, (landing in fmall huskes, which are long like a cuppe, the brimmes en¬ 
ding in foure parts, fomewhat diftant one from another, making the ends to feeme the longer, ofa purplifh co¬ 
lour enclining to rednelle, with a fmall woollineffe at the bottome ofeach of the foure leaves, where they are 
' divided, and white alfo on the infide, at the lower part ofthem, and of a paler purple about the edges; after 
which come up fmall long heads, forked at the toppe,wherein is contained lmall round Aiming yeltowifh feed, 
yet bigger then anv of the former, the roote is longer and more full of threds or fibres then the laft, Ipreading 
I much under ground. 
The Place, 
Thefirftas ClaOm faith. Dr. Penny of London, (hewed him the figure, and gave him the defeription, and told 
him that he gathered it upon 'Bockmut a hill of the Switzers, and the other ofthat kinde, as is faid in fome places 
of Lancashire, buc we know not where. Columna faith he found the fecond upon the hi\s^£qmcoli in Naples. 
The third and fourth groweth in the meddowes, at the foote of hills in many places of Germany, as Clufius faith. 
The fifth groweth on the toppes of hills onely, in many places of Anftria. And the laft on the hils in Naples & 
Columnd faith. 
7 be Time % 
Thefe doc all flower in the Sommer Moneths of Iuly, and Auguft,and not before,the feede growing ripe foone 
after, which fliedding themfclves continue their kinds, but will hardly endure tranfplantation,or rile of the Iced 
fowen in a Garden, as both Camerariw and others have obferved,and my felfe can fay the fame. 
The Names. 
Thefe are called GentianelU ceftiv<c, and are media inter Gentiana* & Centauria* minora , as partaking of both 
in forme and property, Clufiw calleth them Fugaces , becaufe they abide not a Winter, unlelle it be upon 
their firft yeares fowing, that they doe not runne up to flower, for fo they may be faid to abide two yeares, yet 
they are called annuall in that they perifh after flowring. Baubinus calleth them pratenjes, becaule they grow in 
meddowes, yet fome of them ate onelv found on the toppes ofhils. The firft Dr. Penny called GentianapunPlata-, 
but Clufius referred! it to the Glafiis of his Fugates. Baubinus calleth it in his Phytopsnax Ahfma folioglahro but 
in his Finax, Gentiana pahtftrii Utifolia flore ptmflato. Column* calleth the fecond GentianelU csrulea cor. 
data, for the caufes exprelfed in the defeription,which Baubinus entitleth Qentianella utriculis ventrierfis. The 
third is Clujius his firft kind of Gentiana fugax, which Baubinus calleth Cjentian* autumnali, ramofa ■, which 
title in my judgement is not correlpondent to the Plant, as indeed in thefe lmall Gentians, as well as in many 
others, he is much and often miftaken, making two forts of one, and fometimes mifapplying the authors titles, 
to thofe that are not right, for neither is this plant onely full of branches, to beare the title ramofa, for others of 
1 this fort arc fo alfo, neither doth it Bower fo late to be made an Autumnalis, more then the other in this order, 
which 
