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The Theater of Tlants. 
Chap. 77. 637^ 
6. Ijibnis vifcofa labraangnfiifoiid, 
Tlic fed Germane Catchflie. 
y. Lychnis vifcofijlore alia ltalica,jlve Mufcipula Italica alba. Woolly Italian Catchflie. 
This white Ira/hia Catchflie fendeth forth a browne j'oynted ftalke two foote high, branched therefrom m 
livers places, 110 lefle clammy towards the tbppes then the others, ftrwithtwo leaves a peece thereat, which 
re fomewhat long, narrow and hairy, or as it were covered with a loft downe upon the greene and pointed ac 
she ends; at the tops of the flalkes and branches (land many fnow. white flowers ih long ftriped whitilh huskesj 
lonfifting of five round pointed leaves, cut in at the ends to the 
oniddle ol them, making every leafe feeme as ifit were tvyo, and 
n the mi’dft of the flowers ten white threds, tipt with whirilhi 
frendents, five whereof appearing when the flowers doe operi 
Jrnd the other five when they decay and twine themlclves: after 
heflowersare pad come grayiftr feede in hard huskes or heads 
, ike unto the other common forts: the roote perilheth not, blit 
ilibidbth long. 
S. Mtifcifnl.1 altera purpurafienS. Browne Italian Catchflie. 
! This Catchflie like wife hath woolly leaves, fet by couples ori 
:he reddilb greene Italke, fomewhat larger then the former Ita- 
■•liar. kind : the ftalkes and branches that grow up higher and efpe- 
|dally at the toppes are more rcddilh or broWne, and as clammy 
s is any of the other, from whence come forth divers darke 
ebrownifh ftriped ftalkes bearing many flowers, confiding 
jof five narrow leaves, cut into the middle of a fmoakie purpltlh 
ricolourontheoutfide, and white within, with five longer threds 
jin the middle, thicke and purplilh at the ends, and five other 
ofhorter with white tippesrwhen the flowers beginne to decay 
■they twine themi'elves as the laft doth, the heads and feede are 
ilike unto the laft, andfo is the roote likewife which endureth 
llong. 
1 p. Mufcipula Italica fiere cameo. Biufh coloured Catchflie. 
i This bin fli Mufcipula hath woolly ftalkes and leaves let thereon 
at the joynts by couples as in the reft, where alfo toward the 
itoppes on every fide,at every place and j'oynt with the leaves com- 
pneth forth a woolly ftriped fwolne hnske, with purplilh white 
| or blufti coloured flowers, of five leaves a peece, divided at the 
nends in the middle, with fotne threds therein alfo: the roote of this 
is fmalland perilheth the fame yeare itbeareth feede, which is 
1 ufually the iecond or third after the fowing. 
10. Mufcipula altera Lobeliy. The other Catchflie of Lobtl. 
The leaves of this Catchflie are fomewhat broad round pointed 
and of a whitilh greene colour, but not woolly or hairy,not much 
unlike the other ’JMttfcipuU called Benrubrumk t forthas Ifaid 
in my former booke,and the figure alfo here : the ftalkes have two 
or three joynts with leaves at them, and are glutinous towards the tops, where the flowers (land in duffers 
many fet together being very (mail, and of a yellowifh greene colour. 
The Place. 
Thefehave their places fignified in their titles, where they grow except the third, which came among 
other feedes unto me from a friend, the originall place being not knowne, and therefore there needeth no more 
to be fayd thereof. 
The Tithe. 
They all flower in the Summer moneths.and fame not untill winter.efpecia'lly the laft, 
The Names. 
Thefekinds ofwild Campions are called MufcipuU, quia mufeas capiunt, becaufe* they catch fiies,&c.ind 
Vifcaria and Vifcago of Vifcttm, the clamminefle like Birdlime whereby the flies arc caught. Thalitu calleth dome 
of them 1 ’r oMWA at which fignifieth the fame thing, and TSaahinus Lychnis fylvefiris vifeofa. The firft is the Lychnis 
fylvefiris latifolia Auricula vrfifacie ol Clttfius : the fecond is fo called by Alpinist hb. de plantis exoticis, as it is 
ill the title • the third wee ulually call Mufcipula perermis: the fourth and fift are called by Clufiw Sefamoides 
SaUmanticummagnum &parvum, the greater being called by Gamer arias Vifcago major: the fixt is the fourth 
Lychnis fylvefiris of Clttfius : the feventh eighth and ninth are the three forts of Lychnis fylvefiris that fprang 
with C‘ u fi w from the feede he received from Italy : the laft is mentioned by Label by the name of MufcipuU a!, 
terafioremufiofo. which Battkimu in my judgement doth much confound with the Sefamoides maqmm'ialttmanti- 
cum otC/tfJiHr.makingthemtobeboth one, and yet as I fayd in the Chapter before, hemaketh it alfo agree with 
the firft Lychnis tylvefirii of C/affar in his Hiftory, which is the fourth Armerim with Donew, ufually called 
with us 'Bcn-rubrum Monjpelienfium, which all know are farre differing one from another. 
The Venues. 
There are no efpeciall properties allotted to thefe Plants, but may be referred to thofe of the other wild Cam¬ 
pions, whereunto they are likeft in face and outward appearance. 
Chap, 
