63 8 Chap.^S, 
Tbeatrum 'Botaiiicum . 
Trib 
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Chat. LXXVIII. 
Lychnides minores & repentes . Small and creeping wilde Campions. 
He laft kind of wilde Campions are thefe, which eyther lie downe and fpread or crcepe with their bran' 
ches, whether they be greater or 1 mailer, or elfc being fmall (land upright. " ' ^ 
1. Ocimoides repens . Creeping wilde Campion. 
This creeping wilde Campion fendeth forth divers flender weakc trayling flexible branches divided 
into others, fet full of joynts, and two leaves alwayes at them which are fomewhat long like unto Mirtle leaves 
or as Label faith unto knotgrafle.but larger, that is fhorter and broader: at the toppes of the branches ftand fmall 
blufh coloured flowers in hairy long greene huskes, like the common wilde Campion, but letter, confiftinsof 
five fmall round pointed leaves, cut or dented in with feme thredsin the middle, the roote is fmall and long and 
difperfeth fome firings and fibres under ground,abiding divers yeares. u 
2. Ocimoides Lychpitis Columns; five Lychnis incana repens. Hoary creeping wilde Campion. 
This hoary wilde Campion hath fmall hoary leaves fet by couples upon the trayling hairy branches which arc 
fomewhat broad comming neare unto the leaves of Baffin, and a little pointed at the ends, the flowers grow 
many together in hoary long huskes, like the wilde Campions. 5 
3. Lychnis marina repens alba. The white Sea Campion. 
This Sea Campion hath divers weake flexible branches, lying all about upon the ground (much divided into 
other (mailer ones) two or three foote long,thicke fet with fmall long fat and whitifh ercene leaves: at the tons 
of every branch fiandeth one fliortjthicke^vhitifii.greenelniske, parted or dented atthe toppe, out of which 
(hooteth forth a fmall long necked white flower, very like unto that of Spading Poppie, and as white made of 
five (mall round pointed leaves, with fome blackifh threds in the middle : the feede that followeth is* browne 
conteined m fuch like huskes as other wilde Campions have, the roote is flender and long, and abidethma! 
ny yeares. a 
4. Lychnis marina repensfiore rubello . Red flowred Sea Campion. 
This red Sea Campion differeth not from the former in any thing but in the colour of the flower, which in this 
is of a hne delayed red colour as in the other it is white. 
Lychnis arvrnfis minor cAnglica. The fmall white field Campion. 
1 he lower leaves of this our fmall wilde Campion are (mall and hairy, very like untothe fmall Mcufearc hur 
thofe that grow upon the flender fmall iialke, which is fometimes Angle of itlelfe, and fometimes many (mm 
the roote, are not above a foote high, two alwayes being fet together at a joynt, fmaller then thofe below and 
fpotted with white fpots; from the bofome whereof, that is, betweene them and the (hike come forth two 
Other leaves much (mailer then they, without any mamfeft tafle: the flowers are (mall and white like unto the 
other Wilde Campions, alter which come (mall long heads, with grayifl, feede in them : the roote is fmall and 
white and periflieth every yeare. 11 
f „ ... «• The little Spmifl wilde Campion. 
This fmall wilde Campion hath a fmall flender upright ftalkc, about an hand breadth high, or little more 
w.th divers joynts, and two leaves at every of them which are hoary, fomewhat long and nar?ow : the flow- 
ers (land Angle for the mod part, each comming forth at the joynts with the leafe, and fome alio at the toppes 
of the (hikes and branches,fet m fmall long hoary huskes flriped, confiding of five fmall bright red leaves, den- 
ted at the ends m two places fo making three points.- the roote is fmall and dyeth after feede time 
... 7 - Lychnis fjhefir,sm,mmaexigHafior e . The fmall flowred wilde Campion. ' 
. This wilde Campion rileth up with a fmall round brownifh dalke, not halfe a foote high, fpreading from the 
joynts C where there arc two fmall narrow and pointed leaves, fmaller then the lad, otherwife not much unlike) 
very fmall branches fomewhat tough or hairy, on the top of every one whereof flandeth one purplifh flower 
made of five leaves, fo dented in, at the end of every leafe, that it expreffeth the forme of an hart; the feede 
contcined m the (mall heads is like the other: the roote is fmall and endurcth not. 
, lln , , 8 ' Lychnis cxilis rubra. The very fmall red wilde Campion. 
r XL "c aCC0Unte n a , kmd °i { rl' f; inke ’ if tllehead with r « d e did not gainefayit. 
« 1 ? V hc u 0tC °u'n £ rtalke ’ and at the °f' *nn. which (hand thicke 
• n ?T re u 1Ch n hke '^esb^t fmaller: the flowers (land at the toppes ol the dalkes.two or three 
S/ ! r "S !’ H ry lk 5 unt0 tho , c °y ^' at Mufc'rpula or Catchflie, that is called Bcnrubrum 
ASonfpclienfittm of a redd!lh colour dented at the ends, the roote is very fmall and long and lafteth not. 
9 - Lychnis tcnstifolU altera. 1 he lead wilde Campion. 
• Th f re ,'' f ; na11 differtRce in this the lad in the ftnalneffe of the growing or leaves or noflure of rhpm hur 
tnat this hath feldome above two leaves at a joynt, the flowers chiefely diftfnguifh them P W hich are as fmall 
but growing from the upper joynts and fome at the top of the thred like dalkesj of a pale greene colour and 
romels hlT/a^reddik^mo'diefe two laft'. CaVeS ^ Veffd ' S are ,malland like 
1 0; Ocmcdrs mufeow Alfinw. Small mountaine wilde Campion 
pion • thefeedt is fmai«d taS^v^ ,fce ™^V““ ApartTttylfennte t,ie firft ““Png wilde Cam- 
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