Til IBS 6. 
TbeTheater ofTlants. 
Chap. 20. 
The Thee. 
f Thefe Chickweedes grow in Fields ai well tilled as untilled, and by the wayes Tides, &c. 
The Time % 
T They flower in Sohimer, fome a little earlier or later than others, and their feede is ripe quickly after. 
The Names. 
ifj-Thefirft Bmhimu calleth Alfine hirfutaaltera vifeo/a, andC^wrMri<« Alfinevtfema, ‘Dothmatu Alfine Jparid 
Mqnarta,' and Gefner in collatione flirpiam Alfine Jpecies glatinofa, yet this is Hot the LycHnit vifeofa or any lore 
thereof, although for the propenie it might be called cJW«/r«n<!:the Tccond Lftgdnnenfis calleth Alfine mnfco/aahe 
third is called by Batthinus Aljine nodofa qermamca, and differed! from the nodoja Galliot, whole heads of feedcs are 
like knottes upon a thread or If ring, as is (hewed in the Chapter before: the fourth is the third Morfue galling of 
I Tracts, the A!finefpnria altera of Dodemcui,cMed by Lohel and others Alfine folto Triffacinis, taken to be Antirrhi- 
non Diefcoridu by Cxfalpinut, and by ’Banhretii Afine Chamedrifoliafiofcalu pedicnlU oblongis infidentHnu dam furely if 
ever he Taw any whofe flowers had long [hikes, I did never: the lad is To called, firlt by Clufinu, and after him by 
all others, as it is in the title, yet fome fuppofed it might be a kind of Nigellaftriim or Cockle. 
The Vertues. 
There is little ufe in Phyficke of thefe Chickweedcs, yet the two firff are of the tafte of Burrage, and the red 
ofC'nickweedc. 
Chit, XX. 
’Borrugotf Bttglofttm. Borrage and Bugloffe,,' 
Lthough I have given you in my former Booke the knowledge of the Garden Borrage and flu ■ 
gloile, and fome other forts of them, yet there doe remaine fome others both of the Garden and 
1 " wilde kindes, whereof I meane now to fpeake. 
I. BttgloffiummiuwfativHm, Small Garden Bugloffe. 
_ This Garden Euglofl'c is very like the ordinary garden kinde tor the manner ofgrowtb, but that 
it is (mailer in all the parts thereof, the leaves are narrower and (horter, the flowers are fmaller, fome of a blew 
colour, and fome purple;(and Lobe! mentioneth one with a red flower, which he ffileth Eckij facie Bagldfittns Bayloffi in 
mininum fore mbreteijihe feedc is likewife blacke but fmaller: the rocre peridieth not, and is like the other. 
a. Bughffumfyheftremajw fore nigro. Great wilde Bugloffe. 
This kinde of Ruglofle differeth not from the lad in any thing but in the greatnefle, being greater in every part, 
; and in the colour of the flowers which are of fo deepe a purple colour,that it is called blacke,and that it is found 
! growing naturally in fome places of Italy, and the other not but in Gardens. 
Blughfumfylveflre minm. Small wilde Bugloffe. 
This other wilde Bugloffe hath fomewhat broad fhort and 
rough leaves, fmaller than either the garden or the lad 
wilde kinde, and fomewhat more unevenly cut in on the 
edges: the flowers grow at the toppes of a blewifh purple co- 
four but fmaller, and the feedegroweth three or foure together 
like it, and blackifh all’o : the roote is fmalland long. 
4 . Blugloffum fylvefire minus altemm. 
The rougher wilde Buglofle, 
This rougher kind differeth from the lad in thefe particulars: 
the leaves are much rougher than it, and (harper or fmaller 
at the ends alfo: the flowers on the toppes of the branches are 
marc like the flowers of Galiopfir Stincking dead Nettle than 
of any of the former forts of Buglofle, fome plants being of a 
blewifh purple, colour and fome white,and not of both thefe co¬ 
lours in one plant. 
5. Baglojfitm dulce ex Infulis Lam.tfirix, 
Lane afire Bugloffe. 
Ltincafiire Buglofle flaooteth forth many (lender dalkcs-ofa 
cubire high, foire more, fome lefle, the lower leaves where¬ 
of next the ground are much lefler than thofe of Borrage, and of 
a whiter greene, fomewhat rough, but thofe that grow on the 
dalkes ate leffer, having the flowers fet at the joynts with them, 
whofe buds before they are blowen are of a reddifli colour, but 
when they are open, are of a blewifh purple, fomewhat like 
thofe of Vipers Bugloffe, or betweene them.and Borrage flow-, 
ers, of a very tvveete tafte like hony, the roote groweth great 
and blackifh on the outfide, divided dovvnewatds into fome 
great langes. 
0. Torrago miner(ylycftm. Small wilde Borage. 
This fmall Borage is very like the garden kinde, but that it is 
much fmaller and flenderer, the leaves alfo are much f-mailer,- 
narrower, (horttr, rougher and more prickly, and ofa paler 
greene colour, thinner fet likewife upon the dalkes, for it hath 
hut few branches: the flowers grow atthe joynts with the 
leaves from the middleofthcftalkeupwards, three or foure fee 
together, andare blew like the other, but mote pale and toun; 
Buglo/ftm mininum Echij facie fioribfa rubtntibui 
Small Buglofll- with rid flowers. 
