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III. The Defcription. Red Birds-Eye, which U 

 the fmaller 2lant, hat Roots fmall, white and threa- 

 dy, from which arlfes up a head hf Leaves fo clofed 



thefe Lav2 rife up' one or nw Sta/ks, fmlu and 

 hoary, half afoot high, bearing at top a bulh or tuft 

 of much fmaller flowers, ftanding upon Jhort loot- 

 to Bears-Ears, of a fine reddljh purple colour. In feme 

 deeper. In others paler, with ayellowlfh Circle m 



Bears-Ears, of a faint, but htlefcent ; after which 

 tomes a Seed, fmaller than that of Cowflips. 



IV. White Birds-Eye, which Is the greater of the 



^uTeffiT^elllbftrv"! ' "ijcafi It is not fo con- 

 fplcuous as the former : both thefe Kinds oj Cow- 

 ifips have fometlmes, though but feldom, from the 

 mldft of the Flower on the StalA, fent^ forth another 



V. The Places. They have been found" 

 wild in Clofes and Pajittre Grounds in ma 

 of England, bom whence they ■- — '- 



v'CTl)e Times. The Red Birds-Eye, for all the 



