Description.
THis riseth up with a round, green, smooth Stalk about two soot high, set with divers long and somwhat narrow, smooth, dark, green Leavs, somwhat snip'd about the edges for the most part, being els al whol and not divided at al or but very seldom, even to the tops of the Branches which yet are smaller than chose be∣low, with one Rib only in the middle: At the end of each Branch standeth a round Head of many Flowers set together in the same man∣ner or more nearly than the Scabious, and of a more blewish purple colour; which being past there followeth Seed that falleth away. The Root is somwhat thick, but short and blackish with may Strings, abiding after Seed time many yeers.* 1.1 This Root was longer un∣tillthe Devil (as the Fryars say) hit away the rest of it for spight, envying its usefulness un∣to Man-kind. Foe sure he was not troubled with any Diseas for which it is proper.
There are two other sorts hereof in nothing unlike the former, save that the one beareth White, and the other Blush colour'd Flo∣wers.