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CHAP. CCVII. 
Of D A I S I E Thorney. 
I. np H E Names. It is called in Latin , Beilis 
1 fpinofa flore luted nudo , alfo Beilis major 
fpinofa : in Englifh , The Thorney Daifie , or The 
naked-jlowred yellow Daifie , with prickly Leaves. 
II. 'The Kinds. It is a fingular Plant of its kind, 
and noted becaufe of its naked Flower. 
VI. As to its Vitalities , Specification , Preparati- 
ons and Virtues , Authors have faid nothing , and 
therefore we fhall be filent concerning the fame. It 
is a Curiofity valued by Florifts , and lerves chiefly 
as an Ornament for the Garden. 
CHAP. CCVIII. 
Of D A I S I E American. 
III. The Defcription. It has a Root confining of 
a great Tuft or Bufh of long blackifh Strings , 
long Fibres , whofe Tafle is bitter and unpleafant , 
and its Smell fomething firong -, from the Head oj 
ivhich firingy Root , fpring up divers Heads of very 
fmall green Leaves , dented about the edges , and e- 
very dent fharp at the point , which Jhooting up into 
Stalks , with the like , but lejfer Leaves on them , be- 
come hard and woody up to the tops , fometimes 
branched and fometimes not , but bearing on their va- 
rious tops feveral fmall round Flowers on feveral 
fmall Foot-fialks, , ivhich Flowers have no Border oj 
Leaves , either white or yellow, to encompafs them , 
but are like to thofe oj the Naked Cammomil or 
Fetherfew, fomewhat lejfer , being a yellow round 
Knob , fomething hollow in the middle. When the 
Flower is pafi, there come in their places fmall Heads 
with Seed, each oj ivhich is fmall, long and whitijh , 
which mujj be quickly gathred widen it is ripe, or o- 
therwife it quickly falls, or is blown away with the 
Wind. 
IV. The Places. It was firft brought out of Italy 
by Dr. Find, from the Garden of Pifa, in the Duke 
of Florence his Dominions j but is only nurs’d up 
with us in Gardens. 
V. The Times. It is in its Vigor in June, and 
flowers in June, July and Auguft ■, and feeds' in 
fome little time after. 
T H E Names. It is called in Latin, Beilis A- 
mericana, Beilis Americana Umbel/if era, and 
Beilis major Ramofa Americana : in Englifh, The 
great white, or American Daifie. 
II. The Kinds. This is alfo Jingularis fui gene- 
ris, and therefore admits but of a Angle Delcrip- 
tion. 
III. The Defcription. It has a fibrous or firingy 
Root , from which fpring up one, two or more Stalks^ 
which grow higher and greater than the Great Daifie 
in Chap. 206. aforegoing : the Leaves are alfo larger, 
and broadefi towai'ds the ends, but longer and f mai- 
ler at the bottoms, dented like wife about the edges, 
jhooting forth feveral Branches, and all of them 
bearing many white Flowers at their tops, as it were 
in an XJmb/e, yet not fo great , nor the ivhite Leaves 
fo large as it, but fmaller, and more in number, 
with a grecnifb yellow Thrum in the middle, fome of 
which are a little larger than others : the Seed is al- 
fo fmaller than that in Maudlin-wort. 
IV. Tide Places. It was firft brought to us from 
Virginia, and grows well enough in our Gardens, 
being looked after with a little Care : I alfo found 
it growing in leveral places in the Southern parts of 
Carolina, and other parrs adjacent thereto. 
V. The Times. It flowers in May and June, and 
the Seed is ripe in fome fhort time after. 
VI. The Qualities, Specification, Preparations 
and Virtues, are the lame with thole of the Great 
Daifie in Chap. 20 6. aforementioned. It is indeed 
a fingular Wound-Herb, and ought to be commend- 
ed for the fpeedy curing of Ample green Wounds, 
being made into proper Ointments or Balfams , or 
applied in the Form of a Cataplafm . 
CHAP. CCIX. 
Of DANDELION, 
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PI S S-A-BE D Common. 
I . / “| ~^HE Names. This Plant feems to be un- 
1 known to the Greeks, and therefore can have 
no Greek Denomination, tho’ fome Authors will 
have it to be the 'hN-ttvoi©-, Plinii lib. 20. cup. 8 . 
and others, that it is the ’a Thcophrajh, which 
is Ambubeia , a kind of Cichory, or Priefis Crown : 
but in Latin it is called, Dens Leonis, Rojh um Por- 
cinum, and Corona vel Caput Alonachi and in Eng- 
lijh. Dandelion, or Pifs-a-bed. 
II. The Kinds. It is doubtlels one of the kinds 
of Wild Succory -, of which there are feveial Spe- 
cies, viz. 1. Dens Leonis vulgaris , Our common 
Dandelion, 
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