Theatrum Botanicum, 
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Minor, 
every one ftandeth a rcafonablc large flower in fafhion like the ordinary, ending in fivepoinrTbut of ^ i 
blewifh almoll alhcolour in fome, butof a deeper blewifh purple colour in others: after the flowers a 
the heads wherein the lraall whitilh (eede lyeth, turne downewards when they are ripe, and are three f™ P ' 
therooteiswhtte and great, for the proportion of the plant, having divers heads at the toppe thereof IT' 1 
the leaves Ihooce forth: the whole plant hath a loft doune fomewhatwhitifh upon it, andeiveth milt, n 
the reft doe. b umKcasall 
to. TrAchtl'ittmfohit Ecbii. WildBuglofle leafed Throatewort. 
The lower leaves of this Throatewort or Bell-flower, are many,long,very rough and narrow lying un™ 
ground,like unto Vipers Buglofle but broader andfi,orter, whofe ftalke that rifeth upamongft them isah ' 
foote high, round and rough alfo, fet with few leaves tut fmaller, at the toppe whereof (land five or five hi ' 
flowers Bell-falhion, uponfliort footcftalkeshanging downetheir heads, whofe brimmes as alfo the hi P : 
wherein the flowers ftand.have fomehayrie douninefle upon them. There is a leffer of this fort as B /• ’ 
faith, which hath hayrie fliorter leaves and leffer flowers, found on the hils among the Smtfm 
11 , Tracheliumferotinum,Jive Viola Calathianaforte Gerards. The late flowring Throatewort 
This late fiowring Throatewort hath the lower leaves very like for forme unto the Campanula Pyramid*!' 
fleeple Bell-flower but loficr in handling,the ftalkes rife a yard high being fofc or almoft woolly like the 1 
& divided into fome branches at the tops,bearing many Bell fafiiioned flowers like the ordinary greater fort?*' 
fmaller and of a pale blewifh or purplifh afh colour, which by reafon of their late flowrinn „ n „ r :7 r ’ DUC 
yeare, the roote is thicke and bufliie. ° B “ e 110 kcdc 
la. Rapmculsu Scahiofa capital,ctruleo. Rampions with Scabious like heads 
I was long in fufpence with my felfeand unrefolved, whether I fhonld fet this plant in this place f 
finding good authors to fet it forth as a Scabious, and Column* onely and 'Bauhmu that followeth him rnfoir 
from them and make it a R.ptsntium, firft, btcaufe it giveth milke which no Scabious doth, and then the feed K 
mg altogether Rampton like,wherein I would judge of a plant mod materially,I could notupon thele reafon c , 
joyne it with the reft of the Scabious, but place it here according to thetitle with this defeription It h h ™ y 
many crefted ftalkes, browmfli at the bottome,riling up to be a foote high, from a long white Line room V " y 
milke with many fmall narrow, and fomewhar long leaves,whofe edges are fomewbat dented or rafoer’w"! 
and writhed, than cut m.ftandmg thick thereon,without order on all (ides,and covered with a fmall fofr d VCd 
hayrineffe, unto the toppes almo(f,yet leaving a good fpacc bareithe flowers (land in a round head 7c c° r 
narrow fhort blue leaves, the middle part formed into white ftarres and Handing in greent huskes cur i , r 
or (even points, and a long pointell in the middle, which flowers arc long at the firft, and rife by denreTc ' 
falling away when others are beginning to open thcmfdves ; all of them when they are paft,and fallenJeaVeX 
greenehnske (landing like a ftarre, in the middle whereof groweth a f mall head, conteining fuch like n 
browne leedc as the others have. b KC ima11 
, , CampanulaDrdamimriefo/ijt. Eellflowers with fmall dented leaves 
The leaves of this Bellflower arc rough or hairy, greene and fmall, about an inch long, and halfe an inch hr„,a 
fmpt about the edges,and pointed at the ends, (landing on each fide of the hairy ftalkes that arc fcarfr7 ’ 
high,without footefta kesthe flowers are tut few,of a meane fife, formed like Bellflowers, Tut endi nP 
corners or points.of a blewifh colour fet upon long footeffalkes: the roote is white and long like the 2 
14. Viola Mariana peregrin*. The Syrian Coventry Bells cions. 
Vnto thefe kind of Plants may very well fort the Coventry Belh, as being near'efl unto them, and therefore 
I thought it notamifle to joyne this unto them, in this Chapter, fet forth by divers, after W/&, had fidh' 
declared,r,ashe found it at the foote of Mount lihanus in Syria, in the fhadowy woods. It hath faith hemarS 
long and narrow leaves riling from the roote which ,s fomewhat great and long, very like thole of the S 
Rtbbe wort Plantame, but more cut m unevenly on the edges, and hairy alfo, but upon foe flalkcs thofe Ie”ve 
arc fmaller,and not cut in at all, bearing the flowers at the joynts with them up to the toppes, which are llZll 
and more open then the ordinary fort,and parted into feaven or eight corners of a pale purplifh colour ■ S 
he could not obferve,being not the time of ripening! r r v meieeue 
15. TraehehumfubrotHnditfolijs, Round leafed Throatwort. 
From a fmall creeping roote.a ftalke of halfe a foote highbeing a little hairy rifeth up, with a few fomewhar 
round leaves let thereon, hairy or rough alfo.of about two inches broad, and as long, and little dented abound 
edges, at the toppe whereof Hand a few fmall blew pendulous flowers like untothe others “ 
Tbel lace. 
Thefe grow naturally in divers places as fome in Car dp,(owe upon UoamSMue, andothers of the allpet in 
Germany Italj alfo and in Naples, as C/ufim and Column* hath fet it downe onelv theiaft J p ’ 
is aforefayd,and the laft was fent Hauhinui from Helmjlade, ’ ' 010 ln ^J nu aa 
The Time , 
They all flower in the Summer Moneths of Iune and Inly, but yet fotre of them flnmcr m 11 • n 
are pa ft,and fcarfe perfeft their feede.but are encrealed by their roote ° C Unt ‘" tne rcft 
^ ( The Names . 
It is called r f’/y r t.s,Teas helium both in Greekc and Latin, or Cervicaria forthar irhclncrf, ,w r.i . 
and tbroate, either Inward or outward; it is alfo called Yvnlaria becaule it helnerh K / h T ? e f k 
mouth (which hath the diminitive from Vva) for the likenefle unto a nratie when irt r ^ s . of tbc 
others cal, them C^,„„/* 0 f thelikenefle if the flowersunto^ 
which generall name not onely thefe but the others in the next Chapter and manv Th d B /, 7 
whereof 
