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Title:  The academy of armory, or, A storehouse of armory and blazon containing the several variety of created beings, and how born in coats of arms, both foreign and domestick : with the instruments used in all trades and sciences, together with their their terms of art : also the etymologies, definitions, and historical observations on the same, explicated and explained according to our modern language : very usefel [sic] for all gentlemen, scholars, divines, and all such as desire any knowledge in arts and sciences / by Randle Holme ...
Author: Holme, Randle, 1627-1699.
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pale yellow thrums in the middle, standing about a green head, which after groweth to be the seed Vessel, di∣viding it self into several Cells, like the Columbine Seed Pod. Some call this the Christmas or New-Years Rose. Some are red, yellow, &c.The Bastard black Hellobor, hath a smooth divi∣ded leaf, and is both longer and narrower, with flowers like the former, but of a pale green colour, growing in branches with small leaves amongst them; This is also called Bears-foot, and Setterwort.Purging Sanicle-like Hellebor, hath a like divi∣ded leaf of five parts, endented about the edges, but not so deep; from among these leaves riseth a stalk with some small leaves on, at the top 2 or 3 or more flowers, each of them consisting of many small hard whitish leaves, as a pale or border, compassing many threads in the mid∣dle.Stavesacre, or Louse-wort, the stalk brancheth forth diverse ways, whereon grow large leaves, cut into five divisions (sometimes more) each again being trible pointed, the middle longer than those on each side; the flowers grow in spiked heads, and are somewhat like a Larks Heel, or Larks Spur-flower, for it hath a spur or heel behind it, of a deep dark blew colour; af∣ter which comes 3 or 4 horned seed Vessels.Cinquefoil Avens, hath a leaf divided into 5 parts, and dented; each on a foot-stalk from the ground, the stalks have such like leaves at the joints where it branch∣eth forth, at the tops stand pale yellow flowers, very small, consisting of 5 round pointed leaves, with many yellow threds somewhat downy in the middle.XXXII. A five parted leaf, tripointed; or a di∣vided parted leaf into five, each having 3 dents at the top, or 3 divisions or subdivisions apiece.Hathorne, hath diverse Shoots, Arms and Branches, whereon are set in diverse places sharp Thorns, the leaves are cut in on the edges into diverse parts, and they again dented at the top; the Flowers are many, standing toge∣ther in a bunch, coming out with the leaves at the up∣per joints, consisting of 5 white leaves apiece, with di∣vers white threds in the middle, tipt with red; of a plea∣sant smell; after which comes Berries somewhat longer than round, being red when fully ripe.XXXIII. A five parted, feathered, or jagged leaf, a jagged fingered leaf.Wolfs-Bane, hath 5 jagged or deep cut leaves, fix∣ed to a stalk as it were in the center of them; the top a long branched head with diverse coloured flowers, some purple, some white and yellow, growing spirall many together, the bottom blooming first.White Wood Crowfoot, the leaf cut in five parts, and then dented; the like divided leaf hath the common Field Crowfoot.Helmet Flower, hath a like jagged 5 pointed leaf, with purple flowers like Helmets growing spiked on a stalk.Hemp, the stalk set with many leaves at distances, every one divided into 5, 6, or 7 leaves joined together at the bottom, and dented about the edges.XXXIV. A Star Leaf, or a leaf divided into several parts, or cut into seven divisions, or several leaves standing together.Lupine, hath a strong upright stalk, set confusedly, with divers soft woolly leaves upon long foot-stalks, each leaf being divided into five, seven, or nine several parts, green on the upper side, and woolly underneath; the flowers grow from the tops of the branches, in Spikes; and are some yellow, others white, spotted with purple, and others blue; which after groweth to a soft woolly cod, and hath in them 3 or 4 flat and round pease, the flower is like to that of the Field Bean.Madder, the stalk is trailing, rough or hairy, set a every joint with long and narrow leaves in form of a Star or Rowel of a Spur, at the top come forth small pale yellow flowers growing in branches, each on a foot-sta.Wild Madder hath the Flowers white, each consing of five round leaves, some of six.Small creeping Madder, hath the leaves smooth, and the flowers of a blewish purple colour, made of five round pointed leaves, with some small threds in the mid∣dle.XXXV. A Sept foile, or seven pointed leaf, a Setfoil Leaf or seven ends all dented. Such a Leaf I find born by the name of Setfell of Spain.XXXVI. A round eight pointed jagged leaf, Spur-Rowel leaf.Navel-Wort, the leaves lie round on the ground, with ribs or veins like to a Plantan Leaf, and uneven∣ly dented about the edges, out of the middle riseth up divers round stalks somewhat hairy, but bare and naked without any leaves up to the top, where stands 4 or 5▪ leaves like those below, amongst them starts forth divers▪ foot-stalks, having small white flowers of 5 small noth∣ed leaves standing in a green husk, divided at the top in∣to five parts, where after the Flower standeth a round Seed-Pod.Tormentil, or Set-foile, the leaves have their own foot-stalks from the ground, being round and divided into seven, others eight parts, dented about the edges; at the tops of the stalks, which is in branches, groweth small yellow flowers, consisting of five leaves; at every joint the stalk is surrounded with a leaf, and where the branches shoot forth also.Silver leafed Tormentill, hath the leaf smooth save the points which are a little snipt, being green on the upper side, and silver shining white underneath; the flowers are small and white, set about the top of the stalk at several distances, and standing in small husks.Winter Wolfs-Bane, hath each part of the leaf dented into three at the points, all standing upon their own stalks.Ladies Mantle, or great Sanicle, the leaves rise from the root upon long hairy stalks, being almost round, but a little cut into on the edges into 8 or 10 parts (cor∣ners or points) and then dented round; and then plated or crumpled in divers places; the flower stalk is compas∣sed in the joints with small leaves, and divided at the top into three or four branches with small yellowish green heads, and whitish green flowers breaking out of them.Cinquefoil Ladjes Mantle, hath the leaf divided in the edges into five points or corners.Palma Christi, or great Spurge, the leaves grow on stalks in branches, from the back of the leaf, being round, and divided into eight or more parts, with a small 0