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hanging downe their head, like in forme and bigneffe unto thcfe laft Bell-flowers, but of a reddilb purple colour- 
the whole Plant doth forefemble wild Time, that but the flowers onely can or doe diftinguifh them. 3 
\6. CampanulaCymbaUriefoliis, Ivie leafed Bell-flower. 
The ftalkes of this Bell-flower rile up to be fcarfe halfe afoote high,yet leanedownewards upon what ftandeth 
next it, and brancheth forth from the bottome almoft, fet very fparingly and without order, with round and cor¬ 
nered leaves, unevenly dented about the edges, like unto thole of ground Ivie, or the Cymbalaria, which leafe r 
fomewhat like it, every one upon a (mall long footcftalke : at the toppes of the ftalkes, and fometimes alfo from 
the fades of them, ftand fomewhat long blue flowers, like unto the other Bell-flowers, upon lone fnnre 
ftalkes. 6 1 
17. Rapmcuhttpetrtui. Rocke Ramrions. 
The roote of this Rampion is long white and of a fingers thickenelfe, growing fo faft into the Rockes that 1 
With much labour it can be drawne out whole, being of afweetifh and fharpe tafte, often taken as alallet: ic i 
hath divers thicke, and fomewhat broade leaves, ending in a point, from whence rife two or three (lender ftalkes ' 
fcarfe a foote high, having narrower and longer leaves on them fet oppofite, at the toppes whereof ftand round t 
heads, of many blewifh flowers fee together without fmell, after which follow very imall ycllowifh feedc as 
bigge as Poppie feede. There is another with thinner leaves and fmaller flowers. 
The Place. 
Many of thefeare (hangers to us not growing wilde in our Land tbatT can heareof, but fome in Candy ■ 
others in Italy,mi fome in ferrn.iny-gcc.yci feme of them in divers places of this Land,as the fir(t,fecond fevenrh 
eleventh,and twelfth. ’ 
The Time, 
They flower all the Sommer long, fome abiding long, and lafting untill the Autumne cold dewes doe take them 
away, others l'ooner fpent. “• 
The Names, 
Some call thcfe Rapmculiy and Rapuntia, Gefner, Dodonans and others call them Rapa fjlvejlrla. having little 
likeneffe at all with Rapum, the Turnep, but in the cdiblenefTc of the roote, although the name be a diminitive 
thereof. Others call them Campanula's? the forme of the flowers, being like little Bells. Columna taketh the 
Rapmculus minor, to be Erinus of Nlcander and Diotcorides, and the other Rapunculi to be kindes thereof t 
Matthialm taketh the Campanula perfei folia, to be Phyteuma of Diofcorides-, and Ctfalpinus calleth the Katun, 
culm fpicatus five A/opecuroides, phytenma folils Rapunculi, ebiefely becaufe the heads withfeedehave holes in 
them, as Diojcorides faith the feede of his Thyteuma hath. The firff is called Rapmculus and Rapmculus minor 
by Matthiolus, Camcrarius, Dodesneus, and others; Tragus calleth it Rapunculum vulgar', and Libel Rapuntium 
parvum five Res locufta Avicenna, The fecond is called Rapunculum fyIveftre by Tragus , and by Dodonaus Rapum 
fylveflremdjus,smi%apmculnm Alopecuron, by Label Rapuntium majus Alopecurtudes comofo flore by CluTius 
Rapmculus A/apecuradcs longa/pica, by Thai,us Rapuncnlus fylvefiris Sficatus, and by Tabermontanus Rapmculus 
nemorofus primus : the third is called by Clufms Rapunculus Alopccuroides orbicular, penefisica, by Columna Rapum. 
tium corniculatummontanum : the firff of the fourth kinde Thalms calleth Rapmculus fylvefiriscsrulew umbeflatut 
minor, and is the fecond Rapmculus umbtllatus in Camcrarius his figures,at the end of his bonus medicus which 
Bauhinus calleth Rapmculus umbeffatus latifolius: the fecond of the fourth kinde, is the fuff umbeUatusof 
thole three figures of Camcrarius, and is the %•puvculus fylvefiris ceruleus umbeUatus major of Thalms which 
Bauhinus calleth umbellattu angnfiifeslm ; and the third of the fayd fourth kinde, is the feventh umbella’tus w j t h 
Thahus, and the third of Camcrarius his figures, which Columna calleth Rapuntium alterum angufiifolium A/pi. 
vum, and Ranh,mu Rapunculu, umbellatus folio gramineo ; the fift is PetromaruU,feu Latlucapetrea Cretica both 
by Homriu, Bellas, in his firff E pilfle to C‘"fius, and by 7’«in his Mens Baldus, and by Terr antes fmperatm in 
bis general! Hiftory, which thereupon Bauhinus calleth Rapmculus Creticus,fe,s Trramidali, altera ■ the fixtis 
called by Bauhinus Rapmculus Alpines feu Pyramidalis minor, and thinketh it to be the Campanulafolii, Cerruti, ct 
rulea oCBcJlerus ,n horto Eyiletenfi.The feventh is called by Thahus Rapmculus Campanula,us Ncrie Mils tertius 
and by Tabermontanus Rapmculus nemorofus. The eighth is called by Columna Rapuntium five Erinus maono flore’ 
and by Bauhinus Rapmculus ncmcrofus magno flore minor. The ninth and tenth are io called by Bauhinus 
as they are in their titles: Angmllara taketh the eleventh to be Cantabrica pliniy, and Ctfalpinus Phyteuma 
unices flore, in fummis caulicults, and is alfo the Campanula minor rotundfoha of' 'Label, or A/pina rotundiori. 
bus,mis foliis of Clufms which Bauhinus would diffinguilh, and thereupon hath given as he faith, a truer figure 
of that Alpma rotund,folia minor, but afiuredly they cannot differ, otherwife than the place may give it fortbat 
I have feene and gathered both thele forts, with the differences fpecified, in one and the fame ground almoft 
The twelfth is called by Tabermomanus Rapmculus fylvefiris flore ex pnrpurco cand.cante, and by Gerard Cam,a. 
uulamimr,alba&purpurea for that they grow ufually on the barren dry Heath of Hampfled, and other grounds 
under the buflies. The thirteenth is called by Bauhinus Campanula A/pina linif.Ua cerulea- the fourteenth by Ta- 
bcrmontamis Rapunculus nemorofus tertius ,and by Bauhinus Rapmculus nemorofus angufiifolius parvo flore and faith 
it is the fame with Cjcrards Campanula lutea l.nifolia. The fifteenth and fixteenth are fo named as their titlesdc- 
monftrate them by Bauhinus, who onely remembreth them : thelaftisremembredby^/mwwin lib deexoticis. ' 
The Vertues. 
The rootes ofall the forts of Rampions.and folikewife fomeof the Bell-flowers, efpecialiy if they haveany 
greater rootes, than the ordinary flringieones,are ufed for fallets either cold with vinegar oyle and pepper, or 
boyled and (tewed with butter or oyle,and fome blackc or long pepper call on them; either way or any way elfe 
they are familiar to the ilomacke, flirnng up the appetite, and by reafon of their temperate quality, caufetha 
good digeltion, and engendreth (lore of cniltte in nurfes breaftts; the rootes beaten fmall, and mixed with fome 
meale of Lupines, clenfeth the skinnefrom fpots, markes, or other difcolourings The diftilled water of the 
whole plants, rootes and all, performed) the fame, and maketh the face very fplendent and clears 
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