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leaves come forth small flowers, one at a place, upon a 

 Tcry small short foot-stalk, gaping somewhat like snap- 

 dragons, or rather like toad-tlax, with the upper jaw of 

 a yellow colour, and the lower pf a purplish, with a 

 small heel or spur behind ; after which come forth small 

 brown heads, containing small black seed. The root is 

 small and thready, dying every year, and raiseth itself 

 again of its own sowing. 



The other sort of Flucllin, hath longer branches, 

 wholly trailing upon the ground, two or three feet long, 

 and somewhat more thin, set with leaves thereon, upon 

 small foot-stalks. The leaves are a little larger, and 

 somewhat round, and cornered sometime in some places 

 OH the edges ; but the lower part of them being the 

 broadest, hath on each side a small point, making it seem 

 as if they were ears, sometimes hairy, but not hoary, 

 and a better green colour than the former. The flowers 

 come forth like the former ; but the colours therein are 

 more white than yellow, and the purple not so fair; it is 

 a large flower, and so are the seed and seed vessels. The 

 root is like the other, and p>erishcth every year. 



Place.'] They grow in divers corn-fields, and in borders 

 about them, and in other fertile grounds about Southfleet 

 in Kent, abundant ; at Buchrite, Ifamerton, and llich- 

 manworth in Huntingdonshire, and in divers other places. 



Time] They are in flower about June and July, and 

 the whole plant is dry and withered before August be 

 done. 



Government and Virtues.] It is a Lunar herb. The 

 leaves bruised and applied with barley meal to watering 

 eyes that are hot and inflamed by defluxions from the 

 head, do very much help them, as also the fluxes o^ 

 blood or humours, as the lask, bloody-flux, women's 

 courses, and stayeth all manner of bleeding at the nose, 

 mouth, or any other place, or that coraeth by any bruise 

 or hurt, or bursting a vein ; it wonderfully helpcth all 

 those inward parts that need consolidating or strength- 

 ening, and is no less cfle6tiial both to heal and close 

 green wounds, than to cleanse and heal all foul or old 

 wlcers, fretting or spreading cankers or the like. Bees 

 are industrious, and go abroad to gather honey from each 

 plant and flower, but drones lie at home, and eat up 



