C 3 
. Petasites^^’^. i<7p. (Jer: vulgaris. Pa 
Butter Btirr j PejHknt-w-ort. Ic commogly grows 
in moill Places and near^River fides, I fiaye ob- 
lerved it in great plenty by the Leen fide^oppo- 
fite to the Oficr holt in the Foot-way to Lenton^ 
in BasforH-Oamch yard, on the Water fide going 
Irom Radford towards W-^boz/i^^o^new' Lodge. In 
the Yard oi the Mill in t-htHole and leyeral other 
Places. 
Petasites major, floribus pediculis longis 
infidentibus. Syn. ibid. This grows plentifully 
in the Yard of rhe Mill at Lenton in the Road to 
Woollaton Hall. The Stalk of the Flowers is 
fbmetimes above two Feet long, the Flowers ' 
are lefs and paler than thole of the preceeding 
and not fo thick placed together, but there is 
hardly any Difference in the Leaves. They both 
belong to Cl, I. Gen. VII. Their Flowers ap- 
pear in March before the Leaves, and go offfome- 
times before Hpril. 
Df the ‘Butter Burr., the Root only is ufed in Phy~ 
lick, it is intcnfely bitter, pungent and lomewhat aro- 
niatick a good and MlexiphariniCy its Efficacy 
in malignant Fevers and of them the worfl the Plagus 
itlelf has been much tryed by the whence the 
Englifh Name is borrowed, being a 
Corruption of the German Name Pefiilentz Wurtz lig- 
nifying Plague Root. It enters into various Diipenlatory 
Compolitions, and fZfr. very juftly f ^kes No- 
ticethatthe Hqua Petfftidis compojita deikrvcs x 
more frequent Uie than it is moft commonly ’put to. This 
Root is a good IDetergcnt and of great Service in Ob~ 
Jirublions of any kind, 
Z. 
Peta- 
