i\. Gerard will be ue a to be a kind of Sweet 
Williams, and fays , it hen many broad Leaves like 
the Sweet Williams, but fhorter, fet upon a flifj 
an {brittle Stalk, from the bofom of which Leaves 
firing forth J' mailer Branches , clothed with the like 
Leaves , but much lejs : the f lowers grow at top of 
the Stalks, many together. Tuft fafhion, of a bright 
red color. The whole Plant is ppfjeffed of a Vfcouf- 
nefs, or Clammynefs , like the other Kinds, but in a 
left proportion. 
V. The fecond has a Root fmall and fibrous, from 
whence come forth many Leaves lying upon the 
ground, which are thick , fat, and hoary, ivhite, font e- 
what like to the Leaves of the yellow Auriculi Urfi, 
Bears Ears, or French Cowllips, fmooth on the edges, 
and a little pointed, Which do fo abide the firfl Lear 
of the Springing : the Stalk rifles up the next Lear 
to the height of three or four Feet, with two Leaves 
at each Joint, and Spreading on both ftdes into 
Branches front the ground, which are Vifcous, Glu- 
tinous and Clammy, emtfitig every light or fmall 
thing to cleave thereto, rut Flies, Rif mires, Down, 
Straits, &c. at the tops whereof, and at the Joints 
next below them come forth many Flowers together , 
flan ling in Cluflers, but very fmalf whofe fmall 
husks contain every one of them a fmall greenifh 
yellow Flower, parted in two at the broad end : the 
Seed is fmall and blackifh in the Husks, and gene- 
rally Sows it fe,lf. 
VI. The third, which is GerardV firfl, and by him 
called Vifcaria or Lime-wort, and which he will have 
to be of the Stock and Kindred of Wild Gilliflowers, 
( not with ft a tiding Clufius has joined it with the 
Wild Campions, and Lobel among the Sweet Wil- 
liams ) has a Root which is large, with many Fibres, 
from whence Spring many Leaves like thofe of the 
Crow-flower, or Wild Sweet William, among which ' 
rije up many reddifh Stalks, with Knees or Joints 
at certain Spaces, fet with Leaves by couples one 
againfl another, at the Top of which come forth fine 
Red blowers. They being pafl, there comes in place 
fmall blackifh Seed. The whole Plant, as well 
Leaves and Stalks as Flowers, are in mofl places 
overfpread with a vety thick and vifcous or clammy 
matter, like to Bird-lime, which if you touch or take 
on your Fingers, the vifcoufnefs is fuch, that your 
Fingers will flick and cleave together, as if you had 
touched Bird-lime. If Flies alfo do light upon it, 
they will be fo intangled therewith, that they cannot 
flie away,Jo that in fome hot Days you may fee many 
Flies caught thereby, from whence came the names. 
Catch-die or Lime-wort. 
VII. The fourth, or Narrow-leav’d Catch-flie, 
has a Root thick and black, with many Fibres, put- 
ting up new Shoots and Stalks after the firfl Lear, 
and not dying every Lear, as the two lafl deferibed : 
From this comes forth one Stalk a foot, or more, high , 
of a green, purplifh color : But Parkinfon fays, that 
the Root fends forth divers long and narrow dark 
green Leaves, lying upon the ground, pointed at the 
ends,fomewhat rough or rugged, and not fully fmooth, 
as many of the other forts are •, and from among thefe 
Leaves, there fprings up one Stalk, and fome times 
two or three, brown of color, and two or three feet 
high , having two fmall Leaves fet at their Joints , 
but much fe par ate one from another, and which will 
be clammy like the other in the hot Summer time : 
From the middle to the top of the Stalk grow little 
Branches , which upon pretty long Footflalks bear 
Flowers, every Stalk one Flower by it felf , confi fling 
of five little round Leaves, yet divided in the mid- 
dle at the tops. Thefe Flowers are of a lively deep 
red color, almofl like the Single Red Role Campion, 
but with a paler red Circle at bottom, fet in green 
Husks , fmaller at bottom and larger at head, in 
which ( after the Flowers are pafl ) there grows fmall 
Seed, and of a brownifh color. 
VIII. The Places. Thefe Plants, fays Gerard, grow 
wild in the Weft of England, among Corn : But 
they are alfo nurfed up in Gardens, merely for plea- 
fure fake, more than for any Virtues they are hither- 
to known to poflefs. 
IX. The Times. They flourifh and flower in the 
Summer Months j and they laft not until near the 
Winter Seafon ; and their Seed ripens in the mean 
while. 
X. As to their Vitalities, Specification, Prepara- 
tions and Virtues, they may be referr’d, lays Parkin- 
fon, to thofe of the other Wild Campions, where- 
unto they are likeft in face, and outward appear- 
ance. But Gerard fays, the Virtues of thele Wild 
Williams are to be referred to the Wild Pinks and 
Gilliflowers. 
CHAP. CXIII. 
Of CATS-TAIL. 
1. 'T' H E Names. It is called in Greek , Tt/>w ; [ n 
JL Latin, Typha, and by fome Ceftrum Morio- 
nis, as Dodonms faith ; by fome Typha aquatics, 
or Paluflris, to put a difference between it, and 
that kind of Typha which is among Corn, called 
Typhe Cerealis : and in Englifh it is called Cats-taily 
from its foft downinefs, and Reed Mace. 
II. The Kinds. Authors fay it is a mean between 
the Rufhes and the Reeds ■, and is threefold, i. Ty- 
pha maxima. The greater, or greateft Cats-taiL 
2. Typha minor. The lefler Cats-tail. 3. Typha 
minima. The leaft Cats-tail. 
III. The Defcriptions. The firfl of thefe has a 
Root which is white, fomewhat thick, hard, knobby , 
jointed, fpreading much in the Water, full of many 
long Fibres, and fweet in Tafle, if it is chewed ■, of 
good ufe to burn, where there is plertty of it : From, 
this Root fhoots forth feveral very long, foft and 
narrow Leaves, pointed at the Ends, in a manner 
three fquare, becaufe the middle on the back fide is 
great, and flicks much out. Among which Leaves 
rife up divers fmooth, round, and taper Stalks, fluf- 
fed 
