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The BRITISH HE R B A L. 
4. The leaft Cudweed. 
Gnaphalium minimjm- . . 
The root is (lender, and has a few fibres. 
■ The ftalk is tough, white, four inches high, 
and very much branched. 
The leaves are fliort and white. 
The Bowers grow in very fmall heads on the 
tops of the-Hatiis ; and are fmalt, and pale co- 
loured. 
k is common in dry grounds, flowering m 
June. 
C. Bauhinc calls it Gnaphalhrn minus repens. 
5. Black-headed, long- leaved Cudweed. 
CnapbaUum lo'ngifollwn hianile ramcfiim. 
The root is compofed of numerous long fibres. 
The ftaiks are round, tough, fix or eight inches 
high, and whitilh i branched, and befet irregu- 
larly with leaves. 
Thefe are long, narrow, fuft to the touch, and 
of a whitiili colour. 
The flowers Ihnd in numerous, fmall, black 
heads at the tops of the ftalks and branches. 
It is common in damp places, and flowers in 
C. Bauhine calls iiGnaphalium- medium. Others, 
FHago minor. 
6. Narrow-leaved Dwarf Cudweed. 
Gnaphalium pumilum ramcjijimm [o'.yf-ermim. 
The root is flendcr, and hung with' a few 
£bres. 
The flalks are numerou?, three inches' high, 
very much branched, and of a white colour. 
The leaves are oblong, extremely narrow, and 
fhai-p-pointcd : they are placed irregularly, and 
are of a whitifli colour. 
The flowers ftand in the bofoms nf the leaves 
in fmall heads, and in vaft numbers. 
It is common in corn-fields in SuiTex, and 
flowers in Jiily- 
Ray calls it Gnaphalium pa-rjtim ramofi^.mum. 
J. Gre:it-headed Cudweed. 
Gnaphalium ca.\:ulis nhyavihiis laiifolium. 
The root is long, and has many fibres. 
The flalk is round, whitifli, tough, and not 
much branched. 
The leaves are numerous, broad, oblong, ob- 
lufe at tlie ends, and wliite. 
The flowers fl:and in large, brown heads, and 
are very permanenc. 
We have it in fandy grounds in Suficx. It 
flowers in Auguft. 
Petiver calls it Gnaphalium Germanicmn. 
8. Mountain-Cudweed. 
Gna^'baliiwi moritannm flore magno. 
The root is compofed of many brown, tough 
fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous ; and of thefe the 
greater part lie upon the glound, and do not ex- 
ceed an Inch and half in length : one or two rile 
up, and are four or five inches- high : thefe are 
ruund, of a whitifli green, and not branched, 
y 
The leaves are oblong, broad, h:\iry, of a pale 
green on the upper-fide, and whicifh under- 
neath. 
The flowers fl;and at the tops of the flalks ; 
and they are very large, of a filvery white, or 
faintly daflied with purple. 
We have it on mountainous heaths, but not 
common. It flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Gnaphalium mmtamm folio 
rotundiore. Others, Fes Cati^ Cat's foot. 
There is a variety of this with longer leaves, 
which authors have erroneoufly defcribed as a 
diftindt rpecies. 
9. Tall American Cudweed. 
Gnaphalium majus longifoliim. 
The root is compofed of nuruerous, flvnder 
fibres. 
The ftalk is round, thick, upright, and two 
feet high. 
The leaves are very numerous ; and they are 
oblong, narrow, and fharp-pointed, waved at the 
edges, and of a beautiful lilvery white. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks in 
round filvery heads. 
It is an undoubted native both of England and 
Wales, and is found in many places by the fides 
of rivers, flowering in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Gnaphalium j^mericamm la- 
iifolium. Others, Gnaphalium Americamon. 
10. Clufter-Ieaved Cudweed. 
Gnaphalium laiifolium capitulis conglohatts. 
The root is long, flender, and hung with a 
few fibres. 
The ftalk is round, upi-ight, and whitifli. 
The leaves are placed alternately, and at con- 
fiderable diftances : they are oblong, broad, 
pointed at the end, and of a whitifli green. 
The flowers ftand in round clufters at the tops 
of the branches ; and are of a fiivcry white, with 
a tinge of ftraw-colour. 
It is frequent in the Ifle of Jerfey, and in 
Ireland. It flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Gnaphalium majus lata oh- 
longo folia. 
All the cudzvccds pofTefs the fame virtues ; bur 
thofe are not enough regarded. They are re- 
commended as vulneraries ; and they are excel- 
lent agatnfl hemorrhages. 
The common cudweed, called herba ijnpia^ I had 
an opportunity of feeing lately tried with vaft fuc- 
cefs. It is a known remedy in Suffex for cattle 
when they have bloody ftools; and this led a 
farmer, whofe name is Martin Wakes, to try it 
himfelf in an habitual flux of the belly, attended 
frequently with bloody ftools. He dried the 
whole plant in an oven, and powdered it, fifting 
out the fine part, and throwing away the ftring=. 
He boiled alio the frefli plant, cut to pieces, 
four handfuls to two quarts of vratcr, till it was 
very ftrong. 
He then took as much as would lie on a fix- 
pence of the powder, and a glafs of the decoiftion 
warm, whenever the bloody ftools returned. 
This proved always a temporary, and in the end 
