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Tbeatrum \Botanicnm . 
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8. Linaria minima eretta. The lcaft upright Todeflaxe. 
This Todeflaxe, being the leafl: of all the former, and bur that it doth not creepe, might elfehave beenefetin 
the next ranke; hath one fmall ftalke not above halfe a foote high, whereon grow very many lmall narrow 
blewifh greene leaves, like the common wilde kinde, and at the toppe many fmall pale yellow colour, with a 
fpot in the jaw or mouth; the feede is exceeding fmall blackifh and flat, the roote is lmall and perijTieth every 
yeare, riling againc from its owne fowing. 7 
9> Linaria minor c-erulea retta, Small upright blew Plaxeweede. 
This fmall plant hath fundry fmall ftalkes, of very fmall fhort leaves fet one againft another, of the fame blew- 
lln greene colour with the la ft, from among which rife up two or three ftalkes, fcarfe halfe a foote high, bearing 
longer and narrower leaves thereon,with larger flowers then the lafl,and of a bicwilh colour; after which corrx■ 
lmall feede like the lalhthe roote is threddy and perifheth every yeare. 
The Place , 
Thefirftas I faidgroweth every where throughout the whole land, both in the way fides in medowes, as 
alfo by hedge fides, and upon the fides of banks and borders of fields: the fecond in many places in Germany and 
Hungary ; the third in Candy } the fourth in S paine 3 the fifth is not certainely knowne where : the fixf on the hils- 
,n Saxony , as Iohannes Thahtu faith : the feaventh in barren dry and open places, the eight and the laft we know 
not whence their originall are, but came with divers other feedes that were fent us from beyond the Seas. 
The Time. 
Thefe flower in Sommer, and their feede is ripe ufually before Attgufl be path 
The Names. 
The firfl is called Linaria and Tfcudolimim by Brunfelf w ,Lonicerus and CDodomw ; of CMatthiolttt, Fufchiw ' 
Cordus , and Lobel, Ofyris . The fecond Camerarius menrioneth in his hortus Adcdicw : The third, Clufiws faith 
the feede came from Candy^ and grew in Iohn Boghelandhis Garden ; and is very probable to be both the Linaria 
tetraphylla of Column*, and the arvenjis c&rtilea of Bauhir.us. The fourth is Clujius his H/fpanica tertia. The fifth 
Camerariw in horto medico faith it was fo called in his time. The fixth is mentioned by Iohannes Th* lifts , in the 
defeription o£Harcyni*fylva, by the name of Linaria montana five fylveflrU , and as ‘Bauhir.us thinketh, is the 
Anonym 0 Linifolio of (lujins t and the Linaria adult erina of Tab ermont anus. The feaventh Lugdunenfis calleth 
Linaria tenttifolia , and BmhmiM Linaria capUlaceo folio. The eighth is called minima not having any other epi- 
thite. And the laft minor c&rulearetta. r • 
LinarU minim* repentes. The leafl: and creeping Flaxeweedesi 
T. T.maria Dutni/a FliCri/mir* TVi/- Tt-_ 
I- LwariapttmiU Hifpanictt. The dwarfe SpanishFlaxeweedes. 
T His dwarfe Todeflaxe ofSpaitie, fhooteth up many tender weakc branches, not able to [land upright, and 
rinng to be about an handbreadth or halfe a foote high, whereon grow many long and narrow leaves 
In it 11111:0 t ^ 1C c - ommon WI ^ C hind, as well for forme as colour, and fo are alfo the flowers at the toppes of 
the ftalkes, but letter by much; the heads and feed ate alfo like it, and the toote lmall and white, and creeping 
under ground. 
2 - Linaria parva Hi/panica altera] Another fmall SpanifhFlaxeweede. 
This other fmall Spanifh Flaxeweedc hath divers weake (lender branches, with many fmall narrow leaves fet 
aboutthern,butfatterorthickerinhandling, and fomewhat lefler alfo then the laft, andofanafh colour; the 
toppes of the ftalkes are furniihed with a great many fmall flowers, of a paleblcwifhor aih colcur, withayel- 
lowipottn the month or gaping place, the feed and feede veffcls are fmall according to the proportion of the 
plant, theroote is fmall and white.and perifheth every yeare. 
TI,- c 3 CaariaHifpariicAAttopiirpureanpent. The creeping datkepurple Spanifh Flaxewcede. 
This Spanifh kmde alfo hath many weake trayling branches, whereon grow many fmall foft alh coloured 
leaves;at the toppes of theftalkes grow many flowers,fomewhat larger then the laft ,of a fad purple colour,almoft 
I. lima pmila Hiipmica. The dwarfe Spanijh Flaxewcede. 
blacky 
