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Theatrum Botanicum , 
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Chap. XCVIII. 
Lcmtof odwm. Lyons foote, or Mountaine Cottonweede. 
§rj$jfi£ ^caufe the was called Lcentopodium alfo by divers, I thinke it fitted to bring it next to co« '■ 
si fidcration, and bccaufe lc is a kind ofCottenweedeor Cudwort, I will in the next Chaptet fpeakeof 
the other forts of Cudworts,Golden Tufts, andMoufeare, as being neared in forme and vertues nn.- 
wrtisou unto another. un * 
1. Leoutsfodiummajui. The greater Lyons foote or Mountaine Cottenweede. 
This greater (forfolcallitin regard of the next which is fmaller then it)Lyons foote or Mountaine Cotton > 
weede, hath divers f mall and fomewhat narrow leaves lying upon the ground, hoary or woolly all over 
more hairy white underneath then above : the (hikes rife up about halfe a foote or more high Let with furhlilr ■ 
leaves thereon unto the toppes, where ftandethone great btowne head apcecc, compafied’ about with mano 
wool y or hoary white leaves, reprefenting the hairy foote of a Lyon,Hare or Dove,or fuch like bead, whereof 
it tooke the name ; out of which head come forth many fhort threds.which make the flowers feeme to have hole.- 
therein, wherein lyethafterwards fmall brownifli feede, wrapped in fo much downe, thatitishardlvtnhee 
found or feene : therootcis fmall and long and fomewhat wooddy, with divers firings and fibres thereat/ * 
2. Leontopodium mtnw. The lefTcr Lyons foote. 
The leller Lyons foote rifeth up with one fmall ftalke for the mod part, with divers leaves thereon fomewhs.. 
longer ,but not broader then the former, at the toppes wheteof fiand divers woolly leaves, and in the middle J 
than three or tom e or more heads of flowers, like unto the other fmall Cudworts confifting of thrums, of a Dale 1 
> cllow colour, with fomeblacke haircs among them : the feede is like the other,andfo is the roote alfo P ' 
The Place. 
and^f/alfo 0Und ° UAlpCS ° f G ‘ rm “" h and ' BMm of h “ l l ; th ® &condondivers mountaincs in Germany , 
t The Time, 
They flower in lalj and fometimes in 
, The Thames, 
It is called in Grecke MwnmJ'to* Lcontopodium , and fo in Latinc alfo, which is as much as Prr ■ 
Lyons foote, for the caufes declared in the delcriptions, and y.nn& Cemos y as it is among the other nam mntu . 
given tt as DUfM ailh; yet feme affitme th£ the title of Leonid,L is wSK,® 
8 CC \y 01 m £* m0! £° that f and Lemupdium be one thing,and therefore Pliny in his 2 y Booke and 
•Chap.fpeakingof Catammce, which was onely ufed aboudove matters,faith, that for the fame canfc Cmo* 
1 . Ltontopodim mojui. 
^ I'hc greater Lyons foote or mountaine Cottonweede. 
z. LeoBiopodiunwtinui , 
The lefl'er Lyons foote. 
