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The Theater of Tlants. 
Chap. 15. 
Cha r. XV. 
Thlafpi cljpeatum. Buckler-like Thlafpi or Treakle-Muflard. 
g Fourth kind of Thlafpi is to be fpoken of,whole difference from others confifleth chiefly irr 
the feede veffells which are formed fomewhar like a buckler , and thereof talteth the 
'tj name of which we have not many to entreat, but as they are they (hall here follow- 
Y' -r-j J 1. Thlafpi cljpeatum Hieraeifoliummajus. The great Buckler-Muftard. 
This Thlafpi hath divers long leaves lying neijt to the ground, fomew hat like unto thofe 
rt f common Hawkeweede,but Icffer and unevenly dented or rather waved about the edges, 
dBBal &rrf=%J an d a little hairy alfo, among which rife up two or three weake trayling ftalkcs, with a few 
,. wt thereon much linaller then thofe below, without any dent or inciliori in them at all, at the toppes they 
^wCnches, whereon are let many pale yellow flowers made of foure leaves apeece, which arter- 
JTards eive flat round powches dividcdas it were into two round parts like bucklers,the footeflalke ftandit^ be- 
weene thenfland ending in a fniall pointell, in each flde whereof is contemed one feede oflittleorno fharpe 
aftr at all ;the roote is fmall and (lender penfhing every yeare. _ 
a e 2. Thlafpiclypeattint afperummintH. The lefler Buckler-Muftard. 
1,,-r nr teller Buckle-Milliard hath lell'er leaves but more rough and hairy then the former, decpely 
, Mahout the edges, and from them rifeth a fmall weake flalke, divided at the toppe into two or three bran- 
frr wirh narrow leaves and fmall yellowifh flowcrs.made of five leaves a peece at the toppes one above ano- 
C ’ Minn where afterwards (land fmall Buckler-like heads, and pointed in the lame manner as are m 
ther lpue . (miller as the feede is alfo: the roote is fmall and perifheth. 
the fonnei ^lafpi btfcutattmviUofumprecalcftri Spurre flowred Buckler Thlafpi. 
, A’1,:, rhlafoi that !ve on the eround next the rooteare about two inches long & halfe an inch broad, 
The leaV r ^ed4s into ddme gafhes being hairy and ofa light hoary greene colour: the flalke is likewife hoary 
rutin on tl * ^ . p e P t | ic h -hch like torne leaves butleffer and comparing it about at the bottome bran- 
T lnr and bearing lar"C pale yellow flowers confiding of foure leaves a peece, with a fmall hceleor 
ched at the topei and Tod eflaxe, with a fmall pointell and feme threads about it in the middle Handing, 
fpurre behind like flowers arc app care fuch like buckler-like feede veffels as are in the former, parted 
in rough husk , ^ ; n £ mi adle betweene them (landing forth: the roote is thickc and long of the big- 
neffcof onesTittle finger of a tafle betweene fweet and fharpe, but the leaves and feede much more fharpe and bi- 
ting upon the tongue. ScrpiUifolio. Small Buckler-Mulfard with wild Time leaves. 
This is a very fmall herbe not above foure or five inches high whofe lower leaves are as fmall as thofe of Mo- 
theT of Time ofawhitifh yellow greene colour,thofe on the ftalkes arc like the other but (mailer, and thickly 
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