The Theater of'Plants , 
Chap.^8, 55^ 
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Veronica fuminafive SUtine. Vladlen or the female Speedwell. 
* me varieties, obferved by diverfe, namely two forts, but we mult thereunto 
I. Elatimfolio fitbrotnr.do , Round leafed Flvellen. 
« TRis Fluellen fhooteth forth, many long branches, partly lying upon the ground, and part ftan- 
ii dinguprigbt, fet with almoft round leaves, yet a little pointed at the ends, and (ometimes more lone than 
n round, without order thereon, being fomewhat hoary, and of an evill greenifh white colour: atthe/jynts all 
r along the (hikes, and with the leaves come forth fmall flowers,one at a place,upon a very fmall (liortfootefialk, 
J gaping fomewhat like thofe of Snapdragon, or rather Linaria Todefiaxe, whole upper jaw is of a yellow colour. 
and the lower of a purplifh, with a fmall heele, or fpurre behinde, as the Linaria hath : after which come fmall 
j round heads, that containe fmall blackcfeede, the roote is fmall audthreddy, dying every yeere, andraifethit 
t lclfe againe of it owne lowing. 
This other Fluellen hath longer branches, wholly trayling uoon the ground, twoor three footelong, and 
fomecimes more, and more thinntly fet with leaves thereon, upon (mall foote llalkes; which are a little larger 
and fomewhat round, and cut in or cornered fometimes in fome places on the edges, but the lower part of 
them, being the broadefl hath on each fide, a fmall point,making it feeme as if they were eares,fomewhat hayrie 
but not hoary, and of a better greene colour than the former: the flowers come forth at the joynts with the 
leaves, upon little long llalkes, every one by it felfe, one above another, in forme very like unto the other, but 
the colours therein are more white, than yellow, and the purple is not fo faire ; it is a larger flower, and fo 
are the l'eede and feede veffels: the roote is fmall and threddy like the other, and penfheth every yeere 
3. Elatineflore ctruleo foliocjue acumimatc. Cornered Fluellen with blew flowers. 
This third Fluellen differcth little from the la(f,but that the leaves thereon are not fo much cornered about the 
edges, and leffe pointed alfo, at the foote or lowed part of them, and the flower is almoft all blew, with a very 
little whitifh colour therein. ‘ 
Thefe doe all grow in divers cornefields, and in borders about them, and in other fertile grounds, asabout 
Sotithfleete in Kent aboundantly : at Bnckworth alfo, Hamertomni Ricbverfworth in Huntington (hire, anddi- 
vers other places, both there and elfe where. 
They all likewise are in flower about Ime and Inly, and the whole plant is dry and withered before Atttai 
3. Elaiine foliofubrotutido. 
Roond leafed Fluellen. 
E latine folio acminato. 
■fluellenwith cornered leaver. 
