Chap. 27] 



Herbs. 



3^9 



CHAP. CCLXXI. 

 Qf FLAXWEED Creeping, 



TOAD-FLAX Dwarf. 



Tfeudonmm 



ce fix or more kinds. 



The Qeeping, or Dwarf, blew, or purple Flaxweed' 

 Dwarf Flaxweed, or ToadTlax. Thts'is^Of^nTfla- 



Alpinal Linaria Alpim Gejneri; UnanatertiaSty- 

 Mountain Toad Flax. 



Dwarf, blew, or purple Flaxweed,' his a Root which 

 is made up of many iibres, and abides, not perifhing 

 in the Winter; this Root fends forth a number off mall 

 weak Stalks, leaning dtwn to the Ground, fcarcely 

 being able to ftand upright; fet very full and with- 



F/ax, zehich are very narrow, and AJhcolored, and 

 are continued up to the tops of the Stalks , where they 

 divide them/elves into feveral other Branches, which 

 have all of them long Heads or Spikes of i lowers, ve- 

 ry fmdl, andof a fine blewifh purple color, with a 

 yellow Spot in the Mouths of them. The Seed is 

 kind,in Chap. 369. Sea. 4. aforegoing. 

 Ground, and perifhing every Tear; from which Thoot 

 rifing to be about fix Inches or more high : on whicli 

 do grow many long and narow Leaves, very like 

 fom as color ; fo alfo the Flowers at tops of the 





from this Root JJmt forth/everalfmall weak Stalks. 

 cf the length of ihofe laji defcnbed, lying ulmoji up- 

 on the Ground, and feverally divided into many 



four, not keeping always exaftly to the fame num- 

 ber, efpecially below,they growing more exaftly up- 



a molt perfea Violet color ■ They are fom 

 jreat, and ftand not fo thick cluftering tog 

 Sor to w\^ "thl '' ^"^"'h M°^ X^"^^ ^' 



barren Fields,'^and along by Hedge^ fides. Th^feSd 

 is a Native of Spam. The third groins upon tlii 



'nijhe -J?;;;r.!"'They all Flower fromtlicer.d 



VIII. The Qualities. Specifications, Pnfannions, 



CHAP. CCLXXII. 

 Of FLEBANE Greater. 



1 in Latin Qonyza ; and in Englifii llebane. 



mz' X. Conyll major,\he'gTe^mIlehmi 2'."^- 

 nyza minor. The leffer Flebane. 3- Conyza pumila. 



