Tbsatrum Botanicum. 
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have formerly done, I will diltrihute them into threerankes or orders, the tirdfhallbc of thofe that beate broad 
leaves.like the Aconites or Crowfoot: the next {hall be of fitch as have round leaves like unto Mallowcs, and 1 
the lafk of thofe that have their leaves much cut in and jagged. 
Gerania 'Batrachia. Crowfootc Cranes bill. 
I. Geranium pu Ho flor?. 
Red Cranes bill. 
Geranium fufeum. 
Spotted Cranes bill. 
I. Geranium btilbofum Penntijivegrumofa radice, Doftor Pennyhl* bulbous Cranes bill. 
This Cranes bill hath for the roote many fmall long bulbes or kernells iffuing from a long whitifh roote, and 
divers fmall fibres let both above them and at their ends: the ftalke is about a cubit high, with joynts or knees in 
fevetall places, at each whereofcome forth fmall fhort and pointed leaves, as alfo two great leaves upon long 
footeflalkes, divided into five parts, eachofthem cut in fomewhaton the edges; at the toppes of the (lalkes 
and branches,and from the upper joynts likewife come forth divers Bowers together, each Handing on fhorc 
footftaIkcs,confidmg offive leaves a peece, of a reddifh purple or rofe colour, not fo large as thofe of the Crow- 
foote Cranes bill. 
a, Geraniumuodofnm, Knotted Cranes bill. 
The knotted Cranes bill fendeth forth certainc leaves upon long footftalkes from the roote, which is knotted 
and jointed,with divers long fibres growing therefrom,among which rile up two or three (lender (hikes a foote 
high, with great joynts like knees (banding forth, and reddifh ; toward the bottome there ufually Band two 
leaves upon long footelfalkes at a joyntcut into three parts, yet (hewing to bee five, for that the two lowed are 
cut in a little: from the uppermoft jaynt of leaves come forth two flowers fur the mod part and no more, Ban- 
ding upon longer footedales made of five leaves a peece, dented in the middle like a Mallow, of a pnrplifh co¬ 
lour, with veines of a deeper purple running there through, having a reddidi umbone in the middle, cut into 
five parts at the toppe, which being pad there come in their places long beake heads,fomewhat great atthe bot¬ 
tome, whereon the feeds ate fer,as in the other fort of Cranes bills. 
3. Geranium pullo jlore. Darke red Cranes bill. 
The darkered Cranes bill hath divers broad !pread,foft, and fomewhat hairy leaves riling immediatly from the 
roote, upon long footflalkes cut into five or fix or feven deepegadies ordivifions, with a blackifttfpot atthe 
bottome of every one of them,and dented alfo about their edges •• the dalke rifeth up about two foote high, fpot- 
red with many blooddyfpots, and is drong fomewhat hairy, and parted into three or foure branches with fnch 
like_ leaves on them but leder,and at their ends two or three Bowers a peece, each of them confiding of five leaves 
cut in on the edges( which is a fafhion different from all other Cranes bills) of a deepe red colour aimod blackifh, 
and in the middle a long Bile with many writhed threds about it:the feede that followeth is browne, & like unto 
the other forts: the roote hath great reddilh heads above,and many long Brings and fibres defending from it. 
4. Geranium Batracboides minw. Small Crowfootc Cranes bill. 
This Crowfootc Cranes bill is fomewhat like the other deferibed in my former booke, having large rough and 
hairy leaves upon long f ootdalkes, cut in more deepely on the e dges, and dented alfo round abonc,the dalke is a 
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