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wo leaves about the middle of them, with little or no ftalke at all to them, fomewhat deepelyer dented about 
heedoes- at the toppes of thefc dallies Hand foure or five long and narrow greene leaves, like unto thofc that 
re about the middle of the (hikes, but Idler, narrower and more jagged compelling them at the heads, and 
rom the middle of them dart iorth divers fmall flowers, fet in a tuft together, ofadarke blewifh purple co- 
,our, with very (hort footeftalkes under them, and are fafhioned fomewhat like a biggebellyed bottle, witha 
'i'nall long necke, opening at the brimmes into five points, fomewhat deepely cutdowne, with divers threda 
jr n ^e middle, one being bigger and longer then all the reft, ifiuiug a good way beyond the necke which in the 
opening bccommeth the feede veffdl,biforked like the other: the roote is very rugged whitilh and wooddy, 
‘ 4. TracheliHmmontanummajm . The greater mountaine 1 hroatwort. 
The greater mountaine Throatwort lendeth forth from a long blackilh roote, thicke at the head and growing 
mailer doivnwards,wich many fmall fibres let thereat,and fome bigger,with a number oflong& narrow leaves, 
omewhat like thofe of Alkancc, fet at the bottome of the (lender round reddifh ftalke, which is about a foote 
tor more high, with very few leaves thereon, atthe toppes whereof grow a few long flowers, fomewhatlike 
unto the ordinary forr,of a rale purplifh colour,with a long Peftcll in the middle. 
5. TracheliremmentammTraoopogi fo/ijs. Narrow leafed Throatwort. 
This Throatwort hath fundry narrow long leaves lying next the ground,fomewhat refembling thofe of Goate* 
t jeard, the flowers at the toppes of the ftalke are Bellfafhion and fomewhat fmalt,of a blufh colour the feede that 
I iolloweth is fmall like the reft. 
6 . Trachelixm faxatile jpicatum, The rocke fpiked Throatwort. 
This fpiked Throatwort fendeth forthfroma white great roote full of bunches or knots on the outfide, asfc 
i doth grow old, and fpreading under ground many branches w ith fibres thereat, fundry round and crooked hoary 
iwhitcftalkes,ofan unequall height, fome being a foote and 
ifome lefle high, with broad leaves fet thereon without order, 
iTnoftufuallybutoneata joynt, butfometimes two unevenly 
tdented about the edges, fomewhat like the leaves of Doroni- 
■ ':um, or of that herbe is called by fome P tftmoxarU Caller am, 
by others ‘PilofcUa major, and ChondriHa anna, and we in Eng. 
' li/i as I have (hewed you in my former book Grim the collier, 
ibut hoary, efpecially underneath : from the middle of the 
[ftalkcs upwards,come forth fome flowers at the joynts with 
! the leaves, but elpecially at the toppes many together fpike 
falhion.one above another, which are fmall and of a blewifih 
purple colour, but like in forme unto the ordinary Rampions, 
or Throatwort: after which come filch like feede veffells and 
browne feed in them as is in the (mailer Throatv/ortithis as the 
reft giveth milke both lfalkes and rootes, which is no lefle plea- 
lant and edible then the reft, and endureth many yeares, al¬ 
though the ftalkes dye downe every yeare. 
7. Tracheliftm jpicatum tenuifolium. Thinne leafed 
Throatwort with fpiked heads. 
This thinne leafed Throatwort hath many long and narrow 
hairy greene Ieavesjfomewhat like unto thofe of wilde Baflill, 
but much fmaller, betweene which rifech up a ftrong round 
grecnc ftalke,about a foote high or more,fomewhat ftraked.and 
of the bignefle of a finger, fet with narrower leaves and lon¬ 
ger, from the bottome to the middle of the ftalke and from 
thence up to the toppe,come forth fmall whitifh coloured flow¬ 
ers,like the others, (landing at the joynts with the leaves, en- 
ding in a long fpike of flowers and leaves, fet thicke together 
very orderly : after the flowers are paftcommeth fmall heads, 
conteining very fmall brownifh feede: the roote is thicke and 
white, as bigge as ones finger, and rugged on the outfide,with 
fome bigger fibres fee thereat. 
S. Trachelium umbelliferumcaruletim, Vmbelliferous 
blew Throatwort. 
This Throatwort groweth with a number of fmall fibres fet 
at the roote, from whence rifeth up a ftalke about two foote 
high, having a few hard rough greene, and fomewhat long 
leaves fet one above another,very like unto the ordinary fort, and dented about the edges in the fame manner: 
from the middle of the ftalke up ward at the joynts.it fendeth forth branches,fet with fuch like leaves as grow be¬ 
low, butlclTerandlclfer, every branch being bare or naked of leaves for a little fpace next under the toppe, 
where there (land two fmall narrow leaves, and from thence rife many fmall perfit blew flowers.fet upon little 
(hort footeftalkes in manner of an umbel! or tuft, all of them in a manner (landing to an equal! height.fomewhat 
like to mountaine Spikenard, the headsand feede are like the reft: all the whole plant giveth milke, and is of an 
aftringent and fliarpe tafte, but is very impatient of cold and therefore mull have fome extraordinary care be¬ 
llowed on it in tliefc colder countries,to preferve it in the winter. 
9 - Troche Hum fumilum Alpinxm. Small Mountaine Throatewort. 
This fmall Throatewort hath many leaves rifing from the roote, like the common fmall fort (whofe figure I 
here give the defeription being extant in my former booke) every one (landing upon along foote ftalke, among 
which rifeth upa round ftalke diverfely branched,having all the leaves that grow thereon, narrower and longer 
pointed tljan thofe below, and without any ftalke to compafle the branches at their lower ends; at the toppe of 
every 
»o, Trachelium folijs Echij. ■ 
Wilde Buglofle leafed Throatwort. 
