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V. T be fecomt, which is lhe Primrofe Cowflip. 
or many Tlowred, has a Root like lhe former , from 
which Jfring forth Leaves , which are larger than 
lhe Common Field Cowflip, and of a dark yellowijh 
green color ; from the midjl of which Jfring up fe- 
veral Stalks like the other ; at the tops of which are 
the flowers , which are manifold , ana growing toge- 
ther in Husks like the former , Jometimes to the 
number of thirty in one Head, at the top of one Stalk , 
and Jometimes more, every one of them having a 
longer f'ootftalk than the Common Kind , which is 
requifite by redfon-cf their great number : they are 
of a pale yellowijh color, almoft like thofe of the Field 
Primrofe, with yellow Jpots at the bottom of the 
Leaves , as the Common Kind have , and of afweet 
Smell. 
VI. The third , or Single Green Cowflip, has a 
Root like the firft , with many fibres annexed, and 
from which there is but little difference either in its 
Root, or Leaf ■, the chief difference in this Kind be- 
ing, that the Leaves are fomewbat greater 5 the 
flowers being in all refpetls like inform to the fir ft 
f ield Kind, but fomewbat larger, and of the 
fame color with the whitijh yellpwifh green Husks, 
or rather a little yellower, and of very little Smell: 
In any other thing there is no dwerjtty , but that it 
is much longer in flower, before it fades, efpecia/ly 
if >t grows out of the Sun. 
VII. The fourth , or Curled Cowllip, differs chief- 
ly in the f lowers, which are folded or crumpled at 
the edges, the Husks of the flowers being larger 
than any of the former, more f welling out in the 
middle, ns it were Ribs, and crumpled on the fides 
of the Husks. 
VIII. The fifth, or Double Cowflip, one in another , 
which fame call hoje in hofe, has each Single flower 
growing out of another, which makes the fame Dou- 
ble ; for which reafon Pena calls it Geminata, for 
that the flowers are brought forth like Tains : The 
Smell is the fame with the common Field Cowflip 
but Jomething weaker. r ’ 
IX. Theftxth, or Single Oxflip, is a kind of 
Cowllip, which has Roots, and Leaves, and Stalks 
like the firjl Kind, but fomewbat fmaller : the flow- 
ers are yellow like the firjl Cowflip, and fmaller 
aljo, jlanding many upon a Stalk , but bare or naked 
without any Husk to contain them, and having no 
other thing beftdes differing from the Common, or 
Field Cowflip. 
■ J he f eventh : ° r Double Oxlip, called, Hofe 
m Hofe, is almoft like the. former Double Cowflip 
or Hole in Hole, having its Jingle flowers cne with- 
in another, faving that this has no Husks to con- 
tain them, no more than the former Oxlips but 
flands bare or naked, and of the very fame bignefs 
each of them, and of the fame deep yellow color with 
it, and with as little Smell as the Single. There is 
another of this Species whofe Leaves are fomewbat 
larger, as alfo the flowers , but of a paler yellow 
color. J 
XI. The eighth, or Oxlip with Jagged Leaves 
differs not from the firft Single Oxlip in thefmali 
nefs of the green Leaves, but in the flower, which 
ftanding many of them together on a reafonable high 
Stalk , are very f mall and yellow, and. fcarce open or 
lay abroad thenif elves, but appear only , as having a 
green Husk under each Flower, which is divided into 
fix fever al fmall long pieces. 
XII. Tide ninth , or Foolifh Cowllip, differs not 
much in Leaves from the former Cowflip, but bears 
at the top of the Stalk a Tuft or Bufh of fmall. lone 
green Leaves , with Come yellow Leaves , as it were 
pieces of flowers broken, and Jlanding among the 
Leaves. And Jometimes fome Stalks among 
tnoje green Leaves at the Top ( which are a little 
larger than when it has but broken pieces of Flow 
ers ) do carry whole Flowers in Husks like the 
Single Kind. 
XIII. The tenth , or Double Garden Cowflip, has 
fmaller and darker green Leaves , than the firjl 
Single Field Kind has , and longer Foot ft a Iks alfo , on 
which the Leaves do fi and : It bears fever al Flowers 
upon a Stalk , but not fo many as the Single Kind , 
every one of which is of a much deeper and fairer 
yellow color than any of the former, / landing not 
much above the brims of the Husks which hold them , 
conjijhng each oj two or three rows of Leaves, fet 
round together, which makes it very thick and dou- 
ble, of a pretty pleafant fweet Smell, but not 
Heady. 
XI V. The eleventh, or Double green Cowflip, 
is fo like to the fmgle green kind, before Aefcribed, 
that until it is near flowering, it can hardly be di- 
ftmguifhed from the Single Kind : but when it is in 
flower, it has large Double Flowers, of the fame yel- 
lowifh green color, with the Single Green, and more 
laid open orfpreading than the Flowers of the former 
Double Cowflip. J 
XV. The twelfth, or Double Green Feathered 
Cowflip hasjfut little difference in the Leaves from 
the Double Green laft deferibed, but that they are 
not of fo dark a Green. The principal difference 
confijls in the Flowers, which are many, Jlanding toge- 
ther at the tops of the Stalks, but far differing from 
all others of thefe kinds for every Flower Jlanding 
upon its own Stalk , is compofed of many very fmall 
and narrow Leaves, without any Husk to contain 
them, but fpreading open like a little Rofe,( whence 
came the name of Role Cowflip ) of a pale yellow iff) 
green color, and without any Smell at all, abiding ' in 
Flower ( efpecially if it fiends in a fhadowy place out 
oj the Sun ) above two Months , almojl in as per fell 
beauty , as in the firjl Week. 
XVI. The P laces. All thefe Kinds have been found 
growing Wild in England, and from their natural 
places of growth, they have been tranfplanted into 
our Gardens,wheie they abide * and being in a richer 
Mould, grow larger and fairer than in their natural 
places. 
XVIL The Times. They all Flower in the Spring 
ol the Year, fome earlier, and fome later, according 
as they are defended from Cold and Froft, and as the 
mildnefs of the Seafon will permit. They Flower 
at the latter end of April and in May , ( later than 
Primrofes do) and the Single and Double green 
Cowjlips the lateft, and continue flowering a nretiv 
while after all the reft. r 1 
. XVIII. The Qualities. They are all hot and dry 
in the firft Degree, They are Aperitive, do Atte- 
nuate, are Digeftive, Difcuffive, Incarnative, Trau- 
matick or Vulnerary ^ Cephalick, Neurotick and 
Arthritick. 
XIX. The Specification. They are lingular for the 
cure of Pallies and Gouts. 
XX. The Preparations. You may have therefrom 
i . A liquid Juice. 2. An Efjence. 3. A Wine of 
the Flowers. 4. A Pouder 0} the Leaves. 5. An 
Ointment of the Flowers. 6 . A Cataplafm of the 
Wlfole Plant. 7. A Dijlilled Water of the Whole. 
8. A Spirituous Tintlure of Leaves and Flowers 
9. An Oily Tintlure of the fame. 10. A Saline Tin- 
cture. u . A Spirit. 12. A Fixed Salt. 12. A 
Balfam . 
The Virtues. 
. Lhe liquid Juice. Snufft up the Noftlils, 
it is an excellent Errhine to purge the Head and 
Brain of cold, grofs, vifeous Humors, which ob- 
ltruLt the Roots of the Nerves, and parts adjacent. 
Given inwardly from two ounces to four, it cafes 
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