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'Theatrum Botanicum. 
Tribe, 5 
Chap. LXIX. 
Betonica. Wood Betony. 
F Betony wee have foure or five forts,differing ey ther in the Ieafe or flower, or fpikcd head, f 
flowers one from another.as fhall be fihewed you. F Wads ot 
t. Bettmic* vulgarisflorepurpurco. Common Wood Eetony. 
Hie ordinary or common Betony, which becaufe it is frequent in woods, is therefore 
I i y C i d W u°° d j econy ’ hath man y lea ' res riling fr °m the roote, which are fomewhat hr™d 
-, . --and round at the ends, roundly dented about the edges, (landing upon long footdlalkes f a< * 
among which rife up (mail iquare (lender, but yet upright hairy [talks, with fome leaves thereon wn / 
at the joynts/mallcr then the lower, whereon are fet feverall fpiked heads of flowers, like unto thofe nf^ ^ eCCe 
der, but thicker and (hotter for the moll narr. and reddirt, ™ \ tho<c ?! Lavc n- 
ui t ,.u lcl u\vcr, wnereonare let leveraii lpikedheadsot flowers. like unto thnfe nf tT 
™, dCr ,’ bUC ! hl , cker and fll0rtcr for the moft P artd «nd of a reddifh or purple colour. Wed with W ZbllT*. 
" sffl 1 In °'? e n & l,f ’P er P art 0 ? the l,,ficlc y cc there is obferved a different (ort from this, whole head is 
fiowreth u (bally earlier then the former: the feede followcth conteined within the husks that hold the fln 0rter 
which arcb.ackifh, fomewhat long and uneven : the rootes are many white threddy firings like unrn'w-’ 
o Plantamc; the (lalke perifheth, but the rootes with fome leaves thereon abide all the winter ■ the A 0 !® 
plant is fomewhat fmall andof a reimous favour. ’ thc wWe 
, 2 - ^Betmiea flare alio. Wood Betony with white flowers. 
„, ,, ls „ e , ton - v d,f ? £Tet1 ’ ln n? one thing from the former, fo much as in the colour of the flowers whffh - 
vholly white without any fpots at all in them, onely the leaves may fetme to be a little greener and the (nifj 
head of flowers fome wha: fmaller then the other. i, c ™er, and the (piked 
.. . . 3 ■ "Betainca minima Alpina Helvetica. Small Mountains Betony 
leaves'ftalkes and 0 flowersr d *^ erech not ^ rom lke f° r nic r ,neither in forme or colour,' butin the fmalneffeof 
T ,. . 4. Betonica Darica. Broad leafed Betony. 
, 1S Betony like'wife diftereth not from thc ordinary, in any other thing then in the Iarwwtf/* c u- 
IZna’a T^ r ce » md T 1 '°™ at fometim ' 6 ^ee ° r foure times as"large as tlJcomLTn fort/ 3"o l £ the 
ier aIfo.‘ nkln8 ’ a " dthe ftalke whlch ls ftron § er g rowln g Mg*^, and the heads of purple flowers g r °e"? 
TV » , ?• B etor >‘Ca A lope euros montanad'tf a. Foxtaile Betony. 
rvJ. IS ^ uri re n^ n ^ toyour confiderafion, is accounted by Bauhinw as akind of Rernnu ™rr 4 
Lb n" “ ° r the ‘! k u e ? effe °I the lca '-«. Whom I alfo herein follow, and place it with them it h’ha hlflm 
oote, with .ome fibres thereat; from whence rifeupdivers (lender round ftalkes, about a cubit high 1 
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Betonica vulgar it /lore purpnreo. 
Common Wood Betony. 
' ca rimitna Lipina Helvetica, 
omail Mo nntainc Betony 
