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of them confifiing of feveral fmallTubers , with many 
Strings among them. Their Leaves are winged, and 
like in their Divifions to the former, but both lrnal- 
Ier bv much, and more green, the one of thefe being 
alfo fmaller than the other ; and the lefler of them 
a little finer jagged, which evidently ftiews the Dif- 
ference as well as the Seed : the Flowers in both 
are white, but differing in Greatnefs. The Seed ot 
the greater of thefe is fmaller by half than the Seed 
of the former Great kind ; and the Seed of the lef- 
ler is yet fmaller and rounder, and fomething like 
unto Dill Seed. 
- c H A P. ccxxxln. *■ 
O/DROPWORT Hemlock like. 
1 . ' | ■' l / E Names. It is called in Latin , Oenantbe 
_L Cicuta facie $ alio Filipendula Cicuta facie : 
and in . Englifh , Hemlock-leaved. Droputort , LobcFs 
Hemlock like Dropwort. 
II. The Kinds. It is fmgularis.fm generis , there 
being neither a greater nor Idler fort of it. 
LobelV 
Qiyyt&orl 
V. The third , or Lobel’r Narrow-leav’d Drop- 
Wort, has a Root compofei of many white , long, tu- 
berous parts , fending forth many Strings from their 
lower parts , and on their tops all uniting in one 
Head of a Root. From this Head or Root arifes a 
ffrong crelted Stalk, two feet high, dividing it felf 
towards the top into feveral Arms or Branches. 
From the hollow Place or Bofom of every Joint, 
out of which do grow thofe Branches ; the Leaves 
do alfo proceed, very much cut or jagged, like Fen- 
nel. At the tops of thefe Branches come forth 
fpoky Rundles or Umbles of white Flowers, faftfi- 
oned like Stars. 
VI. The Places. They grow in many places of 
England , but for the moft part near Ditch-fides, and 
Brooks or Rivers lides, and upon the Borders of 
Ground near ftanding Waters. 
VII. The Times. They flower from May to the 
end of June , and the Seed is ripe not long after. 
VIII. The Qualities, Specification , Preparations 
and Virtues , ate the fame with the Common Drop- 
wort in Chap. 231. fo that no more need be faid of 
them here. 
III. The Defaiption. This Plant has a R 00t 
which is white and glandulous , or repleat with , na „y 
long and gouty Glandules , Afphodil like , which are 
foft and tender , but Jharp and unpleafant in Tafte 
yielding a white Milk at the firft , and turning yellow 
afterwards , which is faid to be poyfonous , virulent 
and exulccrating. From this Head or Root fpring 
forth feveral winged Leaves, ftanding upon a lone 
Foot-ftalk, more like Meadow Rue than Smallage or 
Hemlock , having many fmall ones let together of 
3 dull, dark green, and fomewhat like Hemlock in 
color, as alfo in the Flowers ; but mote in its Ef- 
fects. 
IV. The Places. It grows many times in moift 
Plowed Land, as in the moift and wet Furrows of a 
Field belonging to Batterfea near London : it grows 
alfo in great abundance in many places by the 
Thames-iide, as a little above the Horfe-Fcrry againlt 
Lambeth , 8 tc. 
V. The Times. It flowers in May and June , and 
fome part of July ; and the Seed is ripe in July and 
Auguft. 
VI. The Qualities. It is hot and dry in the 
fount 
