The Theater of 'Plants. 
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snd narrower leafed ones, I thinke it the beft method to feparate them, and fpeake of each of them and their 
i. ecies ap.irt, and not confound them together to avoidc miflaking.One of thefe Plantaihes are called Rofe Plan- 
kiine, which although I have let it forth in my former Booke, yet I thinke it fit here to expreffe it againe, and 
I le feverall formes and varieties therein. 
Plantagines latifolU. Broad leafed Plantaines, 
i. Plantago Utlfolia vuigarit. Common Waybredde or Plantaine. 
r T" His common Plantaine 1 here fet in the front of all the reft, becawfe I would ranke it with the reft of the 
A kinde, which is well knowne to all to beare many faire broad almoft round pointed leaves, with feaven 
libbcsor veinesin every of them tor the moft part, running all the length of the leafe, ofafadgreene colour on 
El he upper fide, and more yellow ifti greene underneath; among which rife up divers fmall (lender ftemmes or 
S:alkes, a foote high more or leffe, noteafie to breake, naked or bare of leaves unto thetoppes, where each ftal ke 
j earfcth a fmall long round blackilh greene fpike or fcaly head, whole bloomings or flowers; are fm-all whitifli 
Shreds with aglets hanging at rhe ends of them, almoft like unto the blooming of Corne, after which come 
ftrowne fmall feede, enclofed in the feverall fmall feales or skins 5 the roote is made of many white firings, 
;ro w ing iomew hat deepe, and taking fo fall hold in the ground, that it is not ealie to pull it up. 
2 . plant ago Latifolia maxima. The greateft Plantane. 
1 his great Plantane is in all things Ike the former,but that it exceedeth it in greatnefle and height, for the leaves 
hat lie on the ground arc fixe inches, that is, halfe a foote long many times and more, and foure inches broad, and 
he ftalkes (uftaining every leafe, neare an handbreadth long : the naked (hikes that beare fpiked heads like the o- 
her, are two cubits high, and the head or lpikc a foote long,the roote hereof is blackifh and ftringy : Sometimes LacinksH, i 
his kinde is found to have leaves a foote long and halfe a foote broad, fomewhat tome on the edges, and having fgiijf. 
ome leaves under the (piked heads. 
3 . Plant ago major mean a. Great hoary Plantaine. 
The hoary Plantaine is likewife like the firll, but that the leaves are very hoary white, efpecially in the hotter 
Countries ofSpaine, &c. much more then in thefe colder climates, and (omewhat fmall, it feldome beareth 
my fpiked heads in Spaine as Clnfiw faith, but when it doth, they arc fmaller then the firft, and the rootes are 
dackifhand ftingy. Iohanne,s Tbalim in Harcyniafylva mentioneth a lmaller kinde hereof, both in leaves and^ /W? ' ( ’ 
towers. 
4. Plantago exotica finuofa, The ftrange crumpled Plantaine. 
T his ftrange Plantaine upon the firft yearesfowing of the feede, which was fent from beyond fea, rife tip but 
1. Plantago latifolia vu garis. 2.3. Plantago maxima W fl os incana The greateft 
Common Waybredde or Plantaine. Plantaine and the flower of the great hoary Plantaine: 
