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kind of Crattogonon , againlt rhe Evidence ot Dado- 
nem, which is indeed an Error. The fecond is the 
hr unella, Italic a Bauhini , ( in his Phytcpinax ; ) but 
the Eupbrnjiii pratenfis hit folia Italica , ( in his P/- 
nax ; ) and Eufrajiu purpurea minor , ( in his Pto- 
dromiu i ) and the Eufrafia non Jcnpta tertia Co- 
lumn te. , ; 
IV. The Defcriptions. The fitji of theft , nr 
Greater red woody Eye-bright, Iw a Root which ts 
made of fever al hard 'and woody Strings ; /tow Mcb 
rifes up one woody , fquare , brownijh Stalky divided 
into fcveral Branches , a /rfr/e sAoun rfe Ground , /> 
rbar it feems to be a pretty Bujh , nfeart half a 
or two feet high, fet with fomewhat long and nar- 
row Leaves, pointed at the ends, and a little dented 
in about the edges, two always fet together at a 
Joint, one againlt another, which will, in the Heat 
of Summer, turn reddifh •• the Flowers are gaping 
and Hooded, of a purplilh red color. 
V. The fecond, or Smaller red woody Eye-bright, 
holt a fmall woody Root, jiringy and black , ; from 
whence rifes up one fquare, reddifh , hairy Stalk, an 
handful or more high, fometimes without Branches , 
and uf tally but with two, very feldom^ more, which 
are compared with a tew thick, hairy and almoft 
round Leaves, fet two together, and deeply cut in- 
to parts ; the lower Leaves, which are the lefs, but 
into three parts, but the upper, which are the great- 
er, into five or fix parts. The Flowers come forth 
fometimes from between the Leaves and the Stalks, 
and fometimes they Hand in Tufts at the tops, two 
ftanding together. Hooded, and of a purplilh color, 
coming out of long green Husks ; fometimes the 
Flowers have been obferved to he white, yet but 
very feldom : which being faded or pafs’d away, 
there comes after them ( contained in the faid Husks) 
long and cornered white Seed. 
VI. The Places. They are found in feveral parts 
of England, the firft chiefly in many places of Kent, 
in barren Fields and walte Grounds, and in feme 
places near and about Gravefend. 
VII. The Times. They flower about the latter 
end of July, and in Attguji, the Seed ripening foon 
after. 
VIII. The Qualities, Specification, Preparations 
and Virtues of thefe Plants, are much one and the 
fame with thofe in the former Chapter, fo that no 
more need be faid thereof in this place. 
CHAP. CCXLIX. 
Of FETHERFEW Garden. 
1 . '"p H E Names. It is called in Greek, 
(quafi plant a Virgin alls, quia mulierum mor- 
bis liter mis medetur , Lf inde vulgo matricaria: ) in 
Latin , Parthenium , Matricaria Of Pebrifuga : in 
Englijb , Fetherfew and Feverfew , (from the Latin 
Name ) it being good againlt Fevers or Agues. 
II. The Kinds. It is twofold, viz. 1. Partheni- 
um , vel Matricaria hortenfis , The Garden Fether- 
few, of which in this Chapter. 2. Parthenium , 
vel Febrifuga fylveflris , Wild Fetherfew, of which 
in the next Chapter. 
III. The Garden kind is alfo twofold, viz. I . Par- 
thenium, Matricaria , vel Febrifuga vulgaris flore fim- 
plici, Thecommon Fetherfew, with a fingle Flower. 
Galen fays this was called Anthemisfielxine and Li- 
nozofiis in his time: Pliny fays, that Helxine was cal- 
led rer dictum wAPartbenium,AFoLeucantbemum and 
T amnacum, fo that it leenis Parthenium was a word 
applied to many Herbs but it is only proper to our 
Matricaria. 2. Parthenium, vel Matricaria fore 
pleno •, Ar theme fia tenui folia fldre plenc , Doublfe* 
flowered Fetherfew. 
IV. The Defcriptions. The jtrft, or Single- 
flowred , has a Root which is fomewhat hard ana 
fhort, with a multitude of ftrong Fibres at it, making 
it like a Bujh of them. : from the Head of this “Root 
Spring up many large, frefh , green, winged Leaves , 
very much cut in on the edges : the Stalks are hard 
and round, fet with many fuch like Leaves, but 
fomething fmaller, and at the tops Hand many An- 
gle Flowers, growing upon many Imall Foot-lfalks, 
confifting of feveral fmall white Leaves, longifh and 
pointed, ftanding about a yellow Thrum in the mid- 
dle. The Smell of the whole Plant is ftrong, but 
agreeable enough to that Senfe, and of a very bitter 
Tafte, 
V. The fecond , or Double-flowred Fetherfew, haf 
a Root like the former ■, and in its Stalk and Leaves , 
as alfo the Smell and Manner of Growing, it is Jo 
like the other , as not to be eafily difeerned from it 
till it comes into Flower, and in that is the only Dif- 
ference for whereas in the former the Flower was 
only fingle, in this they are very thick, and double 
filled, as it were, with white Leaves, fo that only 
a little yellow Spot is to be ieen in the middle. 
VI. The Places. They both grow in Gardens 
with us, and yet they have both been found grow- 
ing Wild in this Kingdom, which is a Rarity. I 
rather think, that where they have been found grow- 
ing fo, that it was by fome Accident they grew 
there, as the Mattering of fome Seed, or Weeding 
the Plants out, and calling them into fome other 
place, where polfibly they might take root again, 
and fo grow up and feed, and Ihed their Seed in the 
fame place. 
VII. The Times * They flower in June and July , 
and their Seed is ripe not long after. 
VIII. The Qualities. They are hot in the third 
Degree, and dry in the fecond •, are Aperitive, Incj* 
x 2 five, 
