¶ The Description.
1 COuentry-Bells haue broad leaues rough and hairy, not vnlike to those of the Garden Buglosse, of a swart greene colour: among which do rise vp stiffe hairie stalks the se∣cond yeare after the sowing of the seed: which stalkes diuide themselues into sundry branches, whereupon grow many faire and pleasant bell-floures, long, hollow, and cut on the brim with fiue sleight gashes, ending in fiue corners toward night, when the floure shutteth it selfe vp, as do most of the Bell-floures: in the middle of the floures be three or foure whitish chiues, as also much downy haire, such as is in the eares of a Dog or such like beast. The whole floure is of a blew purple colour: which being past, there succeed great square or cornered seed-vessels, diuided on the inside into diuers cels or chambers, wherein doe lie scatteringly many small browne flat seeds. The root is long and great like a Parsenep, garnished with many threddy strings, which pe∣risheth when it hath perfected his seed, which is in the second yeare after his sowing, and recoue∣reth it selfe againe by the falling of the seed.
2 The second agreeth with the first in each respect, as well in leaues, stalkes, or roots, and dif∣fereth in that, that this plant bringeth forth milke-white floures, and the other not so.