CkaP.28. 41 
'f ri'ee 7 t . The Theater of 1 Plantes . 
Chat. XXVIII. 
Tragopogon, Coates beard, 
a Lthongh it is not certainely knowne, that the Goates beardes have the like Alcxipharmiatll proper¬ 
ty,to expell venome and poyfon,as the Scorfoneras or Vipers graffes,yet becaufc they are fo like unto 
them in outward forme and manner of growing, they being but as [peeks cjpjdem gemrit, the Tra- 
or Goates beard, being the ftandard or genus, and herein principally differing, that all the 
Tratropogms are but annual, or perilhing after they have borne feede, and all the forts of Scorfonern, 
it living after feede time many yeares. I have thought it not amifle to joync them in neighbourhood as they bein 
:! kindred, whereof there be fundry forts, fome delivered in my former worke, others here to be exprefl'cd, and 
I! ofthem fome not written of by any before. 
1. Tmgopogomstivtm. Sommer Goates beard. 
The Sommer Goatesbeard, (which I fo call becaufe it is but annuall, to be fowen in the Spring,and pcrifhing 
in the end of Sommer, when it hath given feed) is a fmall Plant, rifing up with one (hike little above a foote 
I hwh, whereon grow three or foure long and narrow leaves, yet Ihorter then in any of the other, that hath 
; beene deferibed in my former booke, broader at the bottome then they, and growing leffe by little and little to 
1 the end, of a pale grecne colour, with a whitiih ribbe in the middle : the ftalke brancheth out into two or three 
parts, each ofthem bearing a large greene head, wherein is contained a fmall flower, of a pale purplifh aflico- 
; lour, opening onely in the morning, and (hutting up before noone, the long pointed ends of the huske or head, 
; riling above the flower, which is not ufuall in mod of the other Goats beards; which being pad the head grow- 
cth greater, having the outermoft feedes greater and thicker then the reft, fpreading one from another, with no 
downe at all at the ends of them, but the (mailer feede being in the middle, are fmaller then any of the other, the 
roots is fomewhat long wooddy, pcrifhing before winter, andyeeldethbuta very little (hew of milke, when 
the leaves are broken, or the rootes being young. 
2. T ragopogmmimu luteum. Small yellow Goatesbeard. 
The fmall yellow Goates beard, hath a fmall (lender ftalke, about a foote high,with very few leaves thereon,’ 
which are fomewhat long and narrow, as it were dented but rather waved about the edges.and of a pale greene 
^lour, at the toppeofthe ftalke ftandeth one grecne head, like other Goates beards with pointed ends, enclo- 
fiiw a large flower of a pale yellow colour, like unto the greater yellow kinde, which yeeldcth fmall feed with 
downe at the endes of them, and fpreading in the fame manner, the roote is fomewhat long,and yeeldeth milke 
as the other doth. 
3. TragopogonlacimatHmmapu. The greater Goats beard with jagged leaves. 
This jagged Goats beard hath his firft leaves, long, narrow, and fmooth at the edges,like unto the pulple Goats 
i.Tratppogonttftiwm. 3 - Tr.'gopcgonlac nittum majui. 
Sommer Goats beard, The greater Goats beard with Jagged leaves, 
