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Salmons 'Herbal. 
Lib. I. 
Ui. Of the greater kinds of flebane , thefe offer 
themfelves, viz. i. Conyza Major vera Dwfcondis, 
Tire true gtearer Fleabane of Diofcoridis. 2. Cony- 
zti major Montana Germanica , great Mountain 
Flebane of Germany. 5. Conyza He/enitis melhta 
incana , Hoary mullet Flebane, with Elecampane 
Leaves. 4. Conyza He/enitis fohis laciniatis , Great 
jagged Flebane. ;. Conyza He/enitis pilofi, Fjairy 
'Mullet Flebane. 6 . Conyza media, The middle kina 
of Flebane. 
IV The Defcriptions. The firft, or true greater 
Flebane, has a thief l dng , durable and Fibious 
Root , which fends forth many Stalks , two or three 
Vert or more high, which are hard, woody, rough, hairy, 
fat and of an overworn color. The Leaves grow with- 
out order, alternately embrace the Stalks, and are 
many, long, fomewhat narrow, and of a yellowim 
green color, dented a little about the edges, twice 
as large as thofe of the Olive-tree, which are rough 
or hairy, and very fat or clammy, being as it were 
befmeared with a fattinefs or gumminefs, which is 
much more in hot Countries than it is in this of 
ours -, thefe Leaves are fomething like unto thofe of 
the Italian Star Wort, but larger, and more pointed 
at the ends. Towards the tops of the Stalks come 
forth the Bowers, at every joint with the leaves a 
yellow Bower, which is fomewhat large,and round, 
almoii like the Flower of Hawkweed or Groundfel, 
which when it is full ripe, turns into Down, and 
fiies away with the Wind. The fmell hereof is 
fomewhat ftrong, but fweet withal, and not unplea- 
fint -. It is fo glutinous and clammy, that what 
fmall thing foever, as Flies, Fleas, C/c. fhall hap- 
pen to fall ot light thereon, are held fall and 
caught ; and for this reafon it was called flebane, 
not for that it has any quality, of otherwife poy- 
foning or killing them. 
Vi 
fet thereon without order , of a fad, or dark green 
color, each of which is four or Jive Inches long, and 
an Inch and half broad. The Flowers are yellow, 
fomewhat larger than the other, every one Banding 
at the tops of the Branches, upon a long Stalk, in 
the fame manner as the former do, viz. with aPale 
or Bordet of Leaves, and many l'mall thrums in the 
middle, which pafs into Down, and are carried a- 
way with the Wind, as the former are. Note. There 
is another of this fort with longer leaves, and lef- 
fer flowers 
VI. T be third, or Hoary Mullet Fleabane, with 
Elecampane Leaves, has a Root which is cbtnpofed of 
many black Strings or fibres, by which it takes f aft 
hold of the Ground, which fends up feveral long, 
and fomewhat broad Leaves, almoft in fajhion like 
to foxglove Leaves, but that thefe are hoary or grey 
on the upper fide, and of a broanijb green on the 
under file, herein fomewhat like to the Leaves of 
Rha Helemi folio, or Baftard R bttburb with Ele- 
campane Leaves. The Leaves are very Hoary alfo, 
the Plant riling to be two or three Feet high, fet 
with the like Leaves as grow below, but fmaller and 
Smaller as they grow towards the tops, where many 
Flowers ftand together, like unto the former fle- 
banes, and much greater than thofe of Gromwel , 
which rum into Down, and By away with the Wind. 
The whole Plant is fomewhat clammy, yet much 
lefs than the firft, and much fweeter thau it, fmel- 
ling much like Honey. 
Flea, 
* ammon, , 
Fleabane great Jagged. 
V. The fecund, or Great Mountain,' a Fi- 
brous Root which fends forth feveral round green 
Stalks , two feet or more high, but not near fo clam- 
my its the former, hewing many long pointed Leaves 
XU. The fourth or Gieat Jagged Flebane, has a 
bufhy fibrous Root, from which arife thick, crefted, 
and hollow Stalks, divided towards the tops, into fe- 
veral Branches. The Leaves which encompafs the 
Stalk are deeply gafht or cut in on the edges, being of 
a very confiderable length, and broad inrefpeato 
that length, all of them extended to a lharp point. 
The Flowers are Star fafhion, of a yellow color, 
turn into Down, and By away with the Wind. 
The 
