¶ The Description.
1 THe plant which the new writers haue called Serratula differeth from Betonica, although the Antients haue so called Betony; It hath large leaues somewhat snipt about the edges like a saw (whereof it tooke his name) rising immediately from the root: a∣mong which come vp stalkes of a cubite high, beset with leaues very deepely cut or jagged euen to the middle of the rib, not much vnlike the male Scabious. The stalkes towards the top diuide themselues into other small bran∣ches, at the top 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of they beare floures somewhat scaly, like the Knapweed, but not so great nor hard: at the top of the knap commeth forth a bushie or thrummy floure, of a purple colour. The root is threddy, and thereby in∣creaseth and becommeth of a great quantity.
2 Sawewoort with white floures differeth not from the precedent, but in the colour of the floures: for as the other bringeth forth a bush of purple floures; in a manner this plant bringeth forth floures of the same fashion, but of a snow white colour, wherein consisteth the difference.
‡ Our Authour out of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 us gaue three figures, with as many descriptions of this plant, yet made it onely to vary in the colour of the floures, being either purple, white, or red; but he did not touch the difference which Tabernamontanus by his figures exprest, which was, the first had all the leaues whole, being only snipt about the edges; the lower leaues of the se∣cond were most of them whole, and those vpon the stalkes deepely cut in, or diuided, and the third had the leaues both below and aboue all cut in or deepely diuided. The figure which we here giue you expresses the first and third varieties, and if you please, the one may be with white, and the other with red or purple floures. ‡