Ghap.269. ~Td^l4 Jiefh7_~~^i 





aimolt and large as MaUows,lometimes of a deeper 

 and fomecimjs oi: a Paler blew; confifting of t5ve 

 Leaves a piece ; which being paft away, there fuc- 

 ceeds fma I fliarp pointed heads ( in the green husk 

 which held the flowers) which are fuU of Seed •, 

 fiat, and of a blackifh ihiniiig Coloui ' 

 VII. The Fifth, <7r Broad leav'd yelk 

 bres thereat, zahich perils 'nZ'kaZ 



Stalks, being compofed of five Leaves apiece, 

 are large, of a fair, fhining, yellow Color, ,.,.„ 

 five threads, coming forth in their middle, having 

 alfoas many fmaller and fhorter hairs. The Seed 

 IS contained in Heads, flatter than in any of the 

 other, and is of a blacker Color, but not fhining 



VIIL The Sixth, or Dwarf Wild Flax 

 Root which IS fmallani threiiy, which fen. 

 manyflenicr Stalks, of about jive, fix, f even, eight, 

 or nine Inches high, furnifhed with feveralfmall, 

 long Leaves, mdgrowing on them by Couples. M the 

 tops oi the Branches grow the Flowers, which are 

 Wliite, or of a pale yeUow, lefler than thofeof " 

 The Seed is contained in little round heads, an 

 fmall. The whole plant is in aU things like . 

 Flax; but in its Stalks, Leaves and Flowers, 

 all other parts thereof, it is four times leffer. 



IX. The Seventh, or more Common Wild F 

 has a Root like the manured Kind, and grows alfo 

 it, but has greater and higher Stalks, more brant 

 ersonthem, with Seed alfo like to the fame : But' 

 S^o'^f ii Jr? *''-'^°"^^^" ^^^ ^^"^' ^""t 



as the manured kind will do. ^ ' 



X. The Places. The firft grows plentifully in 

 the unmanured Inclofures of Kampfhire^ onChalky 

 Downs, and on Purfeet hills, in EJex, as alfo in 

 many other places of this Kingdom : Gf/«^r would 

 would have it to be the Helleborine of the Ancients, 

 and feventh, in well manured Places, as alfo in Gar- 

 dens and other the like Soils. The fourth and fixth, 



Effex, and in many places in the Ifle of Sheppy : 

 They grow alfo between ^ueenborough aniSherland 

 Houfe. The third and fifth, in Borders of Fields, 

 '"xiV^/S.^'The'fi^ftpZ^g; out of the 

 Ground at the beginning of the Spring,and flowers all 

 ^July,T^^Augufi., the Seed^rlpening b tS meTr 

 • Xil. The Qualities, Specifications,Preparations., 

 the fame with thofe of the"" manured Rax^Xj-' 



iltefi 



III. The ^Mlities. It is hot and dry, 

 Jken notice of, Mr. Goodyer (m Joh^on 



^hmt of it; he roiJ me, it was railed 

 w,^nA that DoaorL^/f^'sManhad 

 ; Doclor (who was afterwards Bifhop 

 Virtues and Ufe Take a Handful of 

 /TT the whole Pbnc, Leaves, Seeds, 



cleanfes the Stomach and Bowels admirabWvve 

 dwatSfo^lS'p^u'rt"'^ *' ^''"^ DoaorL./ 



CHAP. CCLXIX. 

 (7/FLAXWEED Narrow Ieav*d, 



T O A D--F L AX Narrow leav'd. 



■ T Gr../Name,^'andTe't?u°tte^^JrcaUeI 

 ""- "' """- : in Latin, Pfeudolinum,3ni 





of this Plant, viz. i. *..Aaw ««.vA^cr, Lmanj, 

 anguftifolia, narrow leaved Fla)tweed,.orToad Flax, 

 of which in this Chapter. 2. Pfeudolinum, vel Lt- 



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