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under them at Jet Spaces about the Stalks , of a whi- 
tifh purple color, f mailer than the Flowers of any 
other J or t of Clary, and funding in brownifh purple 
Husks , which after the Jaid Flowers are paf , whilfl 
the Seed ripens ( which is then black ) turn them- 
f elves downwards , by reafon zvhereof if it is not 
gathered in due time , it is /of. Gerard fays the 
Leaves are fomewhat rounds and lay'd over with a 
hoary Cottony fub [lance, not much unlike Horehound : 
the Stalks are fquare, f nail and hairy -, and the Flow- 
ers coming forth between thofe beautiful purple 
Leaves , towards the tops , are fnall , of a blewifh or 
watched color , in fafhion like to Rofemary-flowers. 
V. The third, or Colus Jovis, has a knobby Root , 
which is compofed of many long f rings, by which it 
takes flrong hold in the Earth , and abides many 
Tears : from whence rife up feveral four fquare 
rough Stalks, a yard high, or more, which branch 
forth the mf elves into divers four fquare Stalks or 
Branches. The Leaves are many, large, hoary, or of 
a whitifh green, dented about the edges, and fund- 
ing upon long Footflalks, rifing fome from the Root , 
and fome from the Joints of the Stalks, which are \ 
broader at the bottom, fnoother alfo, and fomewhat 
fat or clammy in handling, and fomewhat hairy, as 
the fquare Stalks alfo are. Thefe Leaves upon the 
Stalks fund by Couples, and are like the Leaves 
which grow below, but fomewhat leffer. At the tops 
of the Stalks the Flowers come forth at fet Spaces, 
fet round about in Coronets or Wharls, which are 
gaping, and like unto thofe of Common Clary, but 
of a faint yellow color, after which comes brown 
blackijh Seed. Gerard fays, that this kind of Clary, 
called Colus Jovis, reprefents in the very top of the 
Stalk, a Difaff, wrapped about with yellow Flax, and 
that from thence it took its name ■, and that the 
Leaves are like thofe of Nettles,rough, fharp pointed, 
and of an overworn green color : both Leaves and 
Flowers have fomewhat a frong Smell. 
t VI. The fourth, or Small Clary, has a Root of the 
thicknefs of a Alan's Thumb, black on the outfide. 
with divers fibres Jpringing therefrom, which perifh 
not, but abide many years : from this Root come forth 
feveral fquare and fomewhat hairy Stalks, a foot and 
half high , on which do grow large Leaves, very like 
unto our common Garden Clary, hairy, rough, and 
rugged, but not all out fo large, nor of fo white a 
color, growing two at a Joint, on the contrary part 
thereof, one unto another, and fomewhat cut in on 
the edges, and deeply dented likewife, having alfo a 
lefs frong feent than they. The Flowers grow at 
Spaces about the Stalks, to the tops, bowing their 
fpiky Heads , which are of a purple color, not much 
larger than Lavender-flowers, which being paf away , 
there comes after them,fmall blackijh Seed. 
VII. The Places. Thefe are all nourifhed up with 
us in Gardens, the fourth of them being brought to 
us out of Germany and all of them ( except the 
third ) are fometimes found to grow Wild in feve- 
ral places. The Colus Jovis, which only grows in 
Gardens here, is found to grow in great plenty 
throughout all Hungary and Au/iria, and in many 
other places. 
VIII. The Times. The firf is moft ufually fown, 
for the Seed rifes of its own (hedding : The fecond 
alfo requires to be new fown in the Spring, for it 
feldom comes up of the Seed which falls, the Frofts 
and Winter with us, for the moft part, killing of it. 
They all Flower in the Summer Months, as in June, 
July and Augufl, fome a little later than others, and 
their Seed is ripe in Augufl, or September. 
IX. The Vitalities. Gerard fays, Clary is hot and 
dry in the third Degree ; Aperitive, Abfterfive, A- 
ftr ingen t, Tr3umatick or Vulnerary 5 Pectoral, Hy- 
fterick, Alterative, Analeptick, and Spermatoge- 
netick. 
X. The Specification. It ftrengthens weak Backs, 
ftimulates to Venery, and caufes fruitfulnefs. 
XI. The Preparations. You may have therefrom, 
1. The green Leaves. 2. A liquid Juice of the 
Herb . 3. An Ejfence. 4. A Syrup. 5. A Deco- 
if ion. 
