Chap. 
1 3 °- 
Herb, 
s. 
VIII. The iixrh, or Scone Chickweed, a /mall , 
and tl) ready Root , which fends forth marry /mail and j 
upright Branches , thick Jet •, which fo interfere one ' 
with another , fte to/wVi? P/j^t ( which is indeed 
but a J, 'mall Herb ) feems like unto a [mail Bujh. The 
Leaves are J mall and pointed ^ and the Blowers f 'mall 
and white , //&? other Small Chickweeds. Which 
being paft away , round Heads or Husks come forth, 
like time -thtfe of Line w- in s whiclJ fk''Seef 
( which is very f mall ) is contained. 
IX. The feventh is a Ballard kind of Qiick weed. 
growing by River fide 4-, it is a very /mail Riant, 
but hew an admirable thick mailed Rodtf like a Haf- 
fock ,- made up of a vafi number of fibrous or thready 
firings , from whence rife up many fmafl tender 
Branches , ftrfUhing or trailing along the Stream , 
upon which grow long Leaves , having a long middle 
Rib , upon poftidh grows on each fide thereof a great 
number of other j mailer Leaves , like thofe of Lentils, 
or the Wild Vetch. The flowers grow at %e tops 
of the Stalks , which are fmall and white , after which 
comes in husky Heads a fmall Seed. 
X. The P laces. Th t fixth grows on Mountains , 
and in Stoney and Rocky places : the feventh grows 
in Rivers : the others grow in Fields, as well Till ,/, 
as U mill'd , and by Wayftdes , &c. 
XI. The Times. They do all Flower in Summer, 
fome in the latter end of May h and fome In June 
and July •, fome earlier, and lonie later than others * 
and their Seed is ripe quickly after •, but th z fourth 
or hairy Chic kneed Flowers not till Autumn. 
XII. The 'utilities , Specification , Preparations , 
and Virtues , Authors aflent to be the lame 'With 
thofe of the Common Cbickweed, to which you are 
referred •, and therefore we Ihall fay no more of 
them in this place. 
chap. exxx. 
Of C I N K F O I L. 
L 
T H E Names. It is called in Greek , lUtyr ia- 
xk. : In Latin, Fentapbyllum, and gjuinque- 
folium , a mtmero foliorum : In Eng/ifl, Cinkfoil, and 
Five-leav’d Grafs. 
II. T he Kinds. Authors make at lead fixteen 
Kinds, or more ■, many of which grow not in Eng- 
land, nor any place belonging to our Territories : 
The moil ufual with us are, i. Pentaphyllum Vul- 
gatifftnmm , Our mod Common Cinkfoil. 2. Fen 
tapbyllum me] ns album Vulgare , The Greater Com- 
mon white Cinkfoil. 5. Fentaphyllon magnum Jlore 
luteo vel alba. The Great Common Cinkfoil with 
a white or yellow Flower. 4. Fentapbyllum rubrum 
Fa/ujire, Red Mardi Cinkfoil. y. Fentapbyllum fu- 
pinum Fotentilln facie. Low Silver-weed Cinkfoil. 
6. Fentapbyllum incanum repens majus Cf minus. The 
Greater and Lefs creeping hoary Cinkfoil. 7. Fenta- 
pbyllum reBum majus IS minus, She Greater and Lefler 
Upright Cinkfoil. The fird of thefe is called general- 
ly by all, Fentapbyllum , or Qttinquefolium vulgare , 
and Quinquefolium majus repens Bauhini, Common 
Cinkfoil. The fecond, Quinquefolium album, and 
Sfiinquefolium album majus alterum Bauhini. The 
third is called, Sfiiinquefolium album ntajus caulef- 
cens Bauhini. 
III. The Defcriptions. The fird has a Root of a 
blackijh brown color, very rarely fo large as ones lit- 
tle finger, but growing long, with J'everal fibres 
Jpnnging from it ; and by which fmall firings it 
quickly Jpreads macr the place it grows on : From 
this Root rfes up Several weak Stalks , lying on. 
l8:> 
jpreading and creeping on the Earth , with lone flen- 
der Branches, or Strings, like to the Strawberry 
F/anr, which take Root again, and float forth many 
Leaves. Thefe Leaves are five in number, ( feme- 
times feven, though but rarely ) long , finely dented 
about the edges, and ending in a pretty (harp point 
Somewhat hard, and of a light fl green 'color. The 
Stalks are fender, leaning downwards, and bear ma- 
ny fmall yellow Flowers , with fome yellow threads 
m the middle, funding about a fmooth green Head 
which when it is ripe is a little rough , and contains 
fmall browmfh Seed. 
WXh* Gnffoil. 
IV. The 
