Tribe 6 . 
The Theater of Tlants. 
Chap. 18. 763 
7. Afne parrs. Rockie Chickweede, 
five blew leaves,after which come fmall flat feede veflells like pouches, wherein is conteined Imall round yel~ 
lowifh feeder the rooteis fmall and thrcddy,and perifheth notin Winter. 
5. Alfine montana capiVaceo folio. Small narrow leafed Chick weede. 
This fmall duckweed hath divers fmal branches but rifing a little above the ground,with fmal fomewhat long 
1 and narrow (mooch whitifh leaves,fet by couples at the joynts.from betweene which i i(e fmaller branches, with 
the like leaves on them, and at their ends two or three fmall white flowers made of foure leaves apeece, the 
feede that followeth is fmall and browne conteined in round heads: the roote is fmall and thrcddy. 
6 , A!fine repens angnfiifiliafiore fttave-rnhente , 
Klufh narrow leafed Chickweede. 
ThisChickweede creepeth with the branches upon the 
I ground, bearing fuch like final! long and whitifh leaves, fee 
by couples as in the lalfbut both branches and leaves are big- 
1 ger then they : the flowers grow at the ends of the branches 
1 of a blufli colour, which give long and point*! feede vef- 
1 fels, wherein is contained fmall feede like the common 
1 Chickweede. 
7 Alfine Petrea. Rockie Chickweede. 
This is a fmall Chickweede but groweth fo full of fmall 
t; upright branches thicke fit, and enterlaced one within ano¬ 
ther, that it feemeth like unto a fmall bulb, the leaves are 
j imall and pointed,and the flowers fmall and white like other 
: fmall Chickweedes, bearing round heads like unto Line or 
1 Flax, wherein the fmall lcede is contained: the roote is fmall 
1 and thrcddy. 
8. A/fineAlpinaglahra. Smoothleafed 
mountaine Chickweedei 
This Mountaine Chickweede is like unto the other final! 
’ Chickweedes, rifing up with the branches fiarfe halfe a 
I foote high, let with Imall long and fmooth leaves like 
thofeofLincorFlax, of a pale greene colour, but (horter 
and fharpe pointed, the flowers are white, Stirre fafhion 
like others (landing upon fmall long footeftalkes: the heads 
and feede arc like the reft and fo is the fmall fibrous roote. 
9. Alfine Alpina minim* glabra. The fmal left 
mountaine Chickweede. 
This other mountaine Chickweede is fmaller then the laft, 
but more beautifull in regard of the flowers which are made 
of foure leaves a peece, either white or whitifh.fpotted with fir.all prickesor fpots ofa deeper red colour ftatf 
ding three or foure together,each feverally upon a fmall footeftalke and they all upon fmall branches fcarfe foure 
inches long fet with the like pale greene narrow leaves, yet bare toward the toppes neare unto the flowers. 
10. A/fine Alpinalunceofolio. Rufh leafed mountaine Chickweede. 
The Rufh leafed Chickweede groweth little above an handbreadthhigh, fpreading from the flalke a couple 
of branches which are divided againe into fmaller, whereof fome onely and not all doe beare a flower or two ac 
the end, fomewhat large for the proportion of the plant, made of five white leaves ftandinv in fmall greene 
cups, the leaves on the branches are very narrow, fmall, and very greene, hard alfo in handling, and fee with¬ 
out order. ° 
Ii. Alfine nodofa GaUica. French Chickweede with knotted heads of feede. 
This fmall Chickweede groweth fometimes a foote high,having many long and narrow leaves lyin'* next the 
ground, from whence rife divers upright ftalkes fet with fmaller leaves without order, from the middle up- 
vvards one above another: at the j'oynts ftandeth one fmall white flower a peece, compofid of five white leaves, 
after which come fmall heads of feede (landing one above another, as if they had beenc ftrung upon a firing, and 
fomewhat crefted or furrowed : the roote is fmall and full of fibres ofa yellowifh colour on the outfide. 
The fPUce. 
All thefe forts of Chickweedes grow upon hills and mountaines in divers places, fome in Italy, Spaine and 
France ,and many of them in our owne Land; 
■ Time. [ 
They doe all flower in lane and Inly except the lixt. which flowreth not uiuill Autumns, 
The Names, 
, e . u ' S fi!i C ffty, it is in the title, who faith it was not mentioned by any before him : the fe= 
cotld is toe Alfimfolu HedentU altera of Lotet, the third is called by tfgdmenfis and Thalim Elatin - prior, by 
JJoaonaus Alfine jpuriapnor, by Camerarius Alfine hirfiuta, by LoielMerfxs gaUina folio hederwU, thought to be 
nippago PUnijby Angmlara, and called Ce»f*»raA« hirfutior by Cefa!pinas ■ but generally A/fine bederacca and 
heaernafolio, rs-minor I have added to diftinguifli it from the greater; the roll have their denominations by 
hmm as they are fet do wne in their titles. 
The Verities] 
All thele herbes being but lately fofind out and to be referred to the family of Chickweeds,are not of fuch erfi 
penenced ule,as thefe of an ancienter knowledge: but it is moft probable that being in tafie fomewhat agreeing 
unto the common fort,their qualities are not much differing,and therefore untill wee have learned fome certaine 
rffiit being W " ereU!lt0 ** let this be fufficient at this time to have given yoiuhe knowledge o£ 
