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'anguftifolia, G.E.280. angufti folia Pannonica non 
laciniata^ P.668. Mountain Ragwort, with an un- | 
divided leaf. On Gog- Magog hills, Newmarket 
heath, the Devih-Bitch^ and other like places. 
Senecio, Groundlel. It has a monophyllous cylin- 
drical empalement, divided into many fegments, i 
whofe under part is a little fcaly : The flowers j 
are either naked, or the rays very fmall : After I 
■ they die, the empalement turns into the form of | 
a cone, for the mofl: part hanging downwards. j 
The fpecies are : 
^ 1, Senicio vulgaris^ R.178, P.671. Erigeron, 
G. 217. Comm6n Groundfel, or Simfon. Com- 
mon in gardens and fat places. 
2. Senecio hirfutus vifcidus major odor at us ^ R. 178. 
fcetidus^ P.67 1. Erigeron tomentofum^ G. 217, E. 
278. Cotton Groundfel, or Strong Rented Groundfel. 
3. Senecio minor latiore folio ^ five montana^ R. 
178. The Lefler broad-leav’d Groundfel, or Moun- 
tain Groundfel. Near Hornfey j and on Blackheath, 
along the road to Charlton. 
The juice taken in ale is accounted a gentle vomit, and of 
ufe to help pains in the ftomach and the jaundice ; it likevvife 
deft toys worms. 
Petasites, Butter-bur. The roots are perennial ; 
the leaves large, hoary and roundifh ; the em- 
palement cylindrical, fcaly, and cut into many 
fegments, containing feveral florets colledfed into 
one head. The flowers are produced in a thyrfe 
before the leaves appear. The fpecies are : 
^ I. Petafites., R. 179, G.668. vulgaris.^ P.419. 
Butter-bur, Peftilent-wort. 
2. Petafites majors floribus pediculis longis infiden- 
tihus., R. 1 79. The Greater Butter-bur, with flowers 
on long pedicles. 
1 he roots are fudorifick, alexipharmic, and good for all kinds 
of fevers, malignant infedlions, and peftilential diftempers. They 
are outwardly applied in form of a cataplafm to peftilential bu- 
boes, and plague fores. 
Baccharis, 
