♄ Campions wild.
Descriptions.
THe white wild Campion hath many long and somwhat broad dark green Leavs, lying upon the ground with divers Ribs ther∣in somwhat like Plantane, but somwhat hairy, broader, and not so long: The hairy Stalks rise up in the middle of them three or four foot high, and somtimes more, with divers great white Joynts at several places theron, and two such like Leavs therat up to the top, sen∣ding forth Branches at the several Joynts also; al which bear on several Footstalks white Flo∣wers at the tops of them, consisting of five broad pointed Leavs, every one cut in on the end unto the middle, making them seem to be two apiece, smelling somwhat sweet, and each of them standing in large green striped hairy Husks, large and round below next to the Stalk: The Seed is smal and grayish in the hard Heads that come up afterwards: The Root is white and long, spreading divers fangs in the ground.
The Red Wild Campion groweth in the same manner as the White, but his Leavs are not so plainly ribbed, somwhat shorter, roun∣der and more woolly in handling: The Flo∣wers are of the same form and bigness, but in som of a pale, in others of a bright red colour, cut in at ends more finely, which maketh the Leavs seem more in number than the other. The Seed and the Roots are alike: The Roots of both sorts abiding many years.
Ther are forty five kinds of Campions more, those of them which are of Physical uses ha∣ving the like Vertues with these above descri∣bed, which I take to be the two chiefest kinds.