The Theater of Tlants, 
Chap, 14, 
I. Blitum mbius album fylvefire. 
The fmali wilde white Elite. 
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tie greater fort of the garden : the flowers and feede are like it alfo, and the roote but fmaller in every part. 
° j. Blitum rubrum fyhcjtre minw. The fmali wilde red Blite. 
i The leaves of this fort are fometimes and in fome places more red than in other, and giving a fine red juyce as. 
, jit to write with (being ordered accordingly ) as the red incite made of Braffill, this is in all other things like 
into the greater garden red kinde. 
I 3, Blitum Poiyffcrmon. Wilde Elites with much feede. 
The lower leaves hereof are very like unto the leaves of the former wilde fort, yet a little rounder and fmaller 
ilfo on the ftalkes that are much branched, at the toppes whereof grow long and lpikie greeniih heads of feede 
rery thicke fet together feeming to be all feede .whereof came the name Peljjpcrmtm and is like unto the others; 
;he rootes are wholly white and fomewhat long. 
4. Blitum VirgixUmtm mttjtu. The greater Virginian Elite. 
This Kirgimm Blite rifeth up with one great thicke round, yet alrnoft Iquare tall ftalke five or fixe footc high,, 
full of fmali branches on all fides from thebottome to the toppe, fet with larger leaves than in any of the garden 
kindes, and of a lad greene colour, elfe fo like them, that they plainefy declare themfelves: the feede groweth 
in finall fpikes,at the toppes of the ftalke and branches which being ripe is fmali blacke and fhining like the reft, 
5, Blitum Virginianum minus Amarantbi fpecies* The fmaller Virginian Blite. 
The fmaller fort of Virginia is very like the laft fort but much fmaller and lower,having ftalkes and leaves fome- 
}what redd ifli with the greene, branched alfo butlefle, and with fmali long tufts of reddifh foft (cales as ic 
3were, and fmali blackifh fomewhat ftiining feede after¬ 
wards, but neither fo blackc nor ftiining as the laft : the 
roote is fmali and fibrous perifhing every yeare, yet often is 
j railed againe from its owne fowing. 
6 . Amarantbm coccinew eUgans maximum. 
The greateft fcarlet F lower gentle. 
This great Flower-gentle rifeth up with very great thicke 
■ round tali ftalkes, racher higher and greater than theraoft: 
j) ordinary great red Flower-gentle, with as large great leaves 
n on it, or rather bigger, but both the ftalkes and they are of a 
>f. frefh yellowilh pale greene colour, with very little or no 
i redneffe in them at all ( and this is one proper marke to 
* know this fort from others before it come to flower), the 
4 flowers ftand at the toppes of the ftalke and branches more 
r fpread at the bottome into fundry parts, the middle being 
longeft, and nfually when ic is in the perfe&ion hanging 
1 downe like a talfell, the other parts like fhorter fpikes com- 
| palling it round which even for the proportion is very 
| beaudfull, but much more for the colour which is of a more 
j excellent bright fcarlet red colour, which being gathered in 
the prime will hold the colour a good while before it decay, 
; elpecially if it be kept from the Sunne and windie aire : the 
feede indofed in thefe tufts is almoft as white and fmali as 
| the great red fort, yet a little redder whereby it may be 
knowne to differ. The deferiptions of the other forts of 
Amaranthm are extant in my former Booke. 
The Place and Time , 
Some of thele grow in our owne land in divers waft pla¬ 
ces, and in gardens alio as a weede, namely the three firft 
forts; the other forts are broughtus from fundry parts be¬ 
yond feas,as the fife from Virginia the laft from Brafill , or 
fome other part of America 3 znd feede in Augufi & September . 
The Thames . 
All our moderne Wri- 2. Blitum minm fylve fire rubrum. 
ters(for none of the anci¬ 
ents have made any men¬ 
tion of them) doe agree 
in calling them Tilt a 
fylvefiria minora^x\d the 
firft two forts Blitum 
fylve fire minus album & 
rubrum • yczTragtn cal¬ 
led] the red fort nigrum, 
and faith it is called San- 
guinarta by fome,which 
word Sanguinaria , is as 
he faith referred to five 
feverall forts of herbes, 
every country having 
their proper Sanguina- 
n*, which are this wilde 
red or blacke Blite, 
Jormentill, Shepherds 
'Ibcfmall wilde red Blite. 
