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¶ The Description.
1 PLinie hath set forth a kinde of Blattaria, which hath long and smooth leaues, somewhat iagged or snipt about the edges: the stalke riseth vp tothe height of three cubits; di∣uiding it selfe toward the top into sundry armes or branches, beset with yellow floures like vnto blacke Mullein.
2 Blattaria with purple floures hath broad blacke leaues, without any manifest snips or not∣ches by the sides, growing flat vpon the ground: among which riseth vp a stalke two cubits high, garnished with floures like vnto the common Blattaria, but that they are of a purple colour, and those few threds or chiues in the middle of a golden colour: the root is as thick as a mans thumb, with some threds hanging thereat, and it indureth from yeare to yeare.
3 There is another kinde like vnto the blacke Mullein, in stalks, roots, and leaues, and other respects, sauing that his small floures are of a greene colour.
4 There is another like vnto the last before written, sauing that his leaues are not so deepely cut about the edges, and that the small floures haue some purple colour mixed with the green∣nesse.
‡ 5 This is somewhat like the first described in leaues and stalks, but much lesse, the floures also are of a whitish or grayish colour, and therein consists the chiefest difference.
6 There is also another varietie of this kinde, which hath very faire and large floures, and these either of a bright yellow, or else of a purple colour.
7 This hath long narrow leaues like those of the second, snipt about the edges, and of a darke greene colour: the stalkes grow some two cubits high, and seldome send forth any branches; the floures are large and yellow, with rough threddes in their middles 〈◊〉〈◊〉 with red, and these grow in such an order that they somewhat resemble a flie: the seed is small, and contained in round buttons. This is an annuall, and perisheth when the seed is ripe. ‡