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Theatrnm Botanicum. 
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i. Antirrhinum fylveflre medium. 
The greater wild Snapdragon. 
Antirrhinum fjlvtpre rr,mnrm\ 
The lcaft Snapdragon. 
Sdx.it lie 
Bduhini 
(mail and blacker then the former,and the toote perilhe n aiuw anu »m corner 
of this fort with red flowers,whofe leaves he lauh are like S erpiff*w s Mothcr of Time. 
ThclPloci ar.d Time. 
Thele crow wilde in SptineJulj.Fmnctpni other places,but we have them onely in Cardens, where they 
that once fow them, fliall lightly have them continually, if they will fufher them to (hed their Icedc being ripe, 
and are in flower from 1 * 1 ) unto the end of Angnfi. 
The Names. 
They are called Antirrhinum Mvejlre, and *rve»[c majtu, and medium & min w,or minimum by all our moderre 
Writers, yet fome call them Orontium or Aurantium, tnd Ot Irrnit : Hottohw Bcllm in his iccoud dpit[c to C7«- 
r>*> .calleth it Phytcttmt, and faith that in Caniy the people call it 
The Vertttcs. 
There is as little ule of thefe wilde kindes in Phyficke.as of the garden kindes in our dayes,although c JMnttbiolm 
faith that the leaves, flowers, and feede are good for the rifing of the mother, to be mixed with Rofc water and 
honey, and that the heib: doth caule the Scorpion prefently to lofe the force of hispoyion, aslooneas he feeth 
it, and that the herbe applyed to the forehead taketh away the pin and webin the eyes. 
Chap. V II. 
Ltnum [ativum <5- fjlvcflrc . Manured and wilde Fiaxe, 
Wing divers forts of wilde Tlaxe to flic w you in this Chapter,! thought it fit to prevene them with 
che manuied kmde,and rather lpeake thereof together,then diflinffly inaChaptcrby it felfe. 
1 . Linumfativum. Manured Fiaxe. 
The manured Fiaxehathallenderround pliant (hike threefoote high, betcr with narrow long 
and foft leaves without order, branchedat the toppe into three or foure fmall branches, each of 
them bearing two or three faire blew flowers,made of five round pointed leaves apcecc,with fome 
thredsinthe middle, afeer which come round buttons pointed above, wherein is contained flat (Fining fmcoth 
browne (cede : the roote is fm ill and threddy,perilling every yeare. 
a Linrtm[jlveftrc vulyatiw. The more common wilde Fiaxe. 
This wild Fiaxe groweth like the former,but hath greaterand higher ftalkes,more branched at the toppes, and 
more (fore of blew flowers on them, the feede alfo is like the former, but the feede Veflels will hold the feede 
therein,and not breake open with the heate of the Sunne, when it is ripe, as the manured kinde will dee, which 
mud be prefently gathered and kept. 
3 . Ltnum 
