The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London

¶ The Description.

1 THe great Celandine hath a tender brittle stalke, round, hairie, and full of branches, each whereof hath diuers knees or knottie ioints, set with leaues not vnlike to those of Co∣lumbine, but tenderer and deeper cut or iagged, of a grayish greene vnder, and greene on the other side tending to blewnesse: the floures do grow at the top of the stalkes, of a gold yellow colour, in shape like those of the Wall-floure: after which come long cods, full of bleake or pale seeds: the whole plant is of a strong smell, nothing pleasant, and yeeldeth a thicke iuice of a milkie substance, of the colour of Saffron: the root is thicke and knobbie, with some threds annexed thereto, which being broken or bruised, yeeldeth a sap or iuice of the colour of gold.

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1 Chelidoniummaius. Great Celandine.

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‡ 2 Chelidonium majus folio magis dissecto. Great Celandine with more cut leaues.

‡ 2 This other doth not in forme and magnitude differ from the former, but in the leaues, which are finelier cut and iagged, and somewhat in their shape resemble an Oken lease: the floures

also are a little iagged or cut about the edges: and in these two particulars 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 dif∣ference. Clusius calls it 〈◊〉〈◊〉 maius lacintato flore; and 〈◊〉〈◊〉, 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 quernis. ‡