Chap. ^ i g. Englijh Herbs. 
4 2 7 
Kingdom, and are to be found in the Flower Gar- 
dens of molt other parts of Europe. 
XXXVIII. The Times. They begin to Flower 
about the end of June , and keep on Flowering thro’ 
all July and Auguft , and many times thro’ all Sep- 
tember, even almoft to the latter end of October , if 
the Weather is mild. 
XXXIX. The Vitalities , Specification , T repara- 
tions and Virtues , are the fame with thofe of the 
Chmegilliflower in Chap. 159. from Sect. 9. to Sect. 
20. to which I refer you; but thefe wanting that 
wonderful deep Red , cannot give fo admirable a 
Tinfture to a Syrup, as the C/ovegil/iflower can do, 
and therefore (tho’ full as Cordial, yet) are lefs ufed 
in Phyfick. 
XL. Nota. It is laid by our Moderns, that none 
of thefe Flowers were in the leall known to the An- 
cients, and yet fome will have them to be the Can- 
tabrian P/im 7, others to be the Ipbium Theophrafti , 
mentioned in Lib. 6 . Cap. 6 . and 7. among his Gar- 
den and Summer Flowers ; others to be his Dios Au- 
thor, or Flos Jovis, mentioned in the former and 0- 
tlier places ; we will not determine the Controver- 
iie, but leave every one to his Conje&ures. 
GLADDON Stinking. See FLOWER- 
D E L U C E Wild Chap. 294. 
GLADIOLUS. See CORN-FLAG Chap. i J4 . 
CHAP. CCCXIX. 
Of G O A T S-B EARD, 
0 R, 
N O O N-F LOWER. 
I.'T' H E Karnes. It is called in Greek T&yudyv, 
X *1 T y.ymyiv, in Latin Tragopogon , Barba 
Un ci, Barbu/a Min i, alfo Tiegrmmyuv, Barba Sends, 
in Eng/ijh Goats-Beari, Koon-F/omer , Noon-Tide, 
Jofephs Flower, and Star of Jerufalem. 
II. The Kinds. There are feveral Kinds hereof, 
vis. 1. Tragopogon luteum , Garden Yellow Goats- 
Beard. 2. Tragopogon purpureum. Purple Goats- 
Beard. 3. Tragopogon luteum angujlifolium. Com- 
mon Goats-Beard with narrow Leaves. 4. Trago- 
pogon Flore cdtruleo. Blew Goats-Beard. 7. Trago- 
pogon Apu him fuavc rube ns, Tragopogon Amcrica- 
ntm , American or Rofe colored Goats-Beard. There 
are five or fix other Kinds , but not being found 
growing in our Country, or in our Gardens, nor in 
any of our American Plantations, we lhall here pals 
them by. 
Hi. The Defcriptions. The fir ft, or Garden Yel- 
low Goats-Beard, has a Root which is long and. round, 
fomewhat like unto a Parfnep, but far f mailer, black- 
ijh on the out fide and while within, which being bro- 
ken yields a milky Juice , as all the reft of the Plant 
does, and of a very good and pleafant tafie-, from 
which Root riles up a Stalk , or Stalks , of two or 
three Feet high, fmootlt and hollow, bearing many 
long and narrow Leaves, broader at the bottom, and 
ibarper at the end , with a ridge down the back of 
the Leaf, and of a pale green color ; the higher 
thefe Leaves grow on the Stalks, the Imaller and 
fhorter they are , and at the tops on every Branch 
grows a great double yellow Flower, like almoft to 
the Flower of a Dandelion, which turns into a head, 
ftored with Down, and long whitilh Seed therein 
having on the head of every one fome part of tire 
Down, which (if aeglefted) is carried away with 
the Wind. 
Goats-Beard Telloty. 
IV. The fecond, or Purple Goats-Beard, hat a 
Root which is long andftngle, ( much like to the for- 
mer) with fome few Threads thereto adjoining, which 
perifbes when it hat perfetted its Seed , yielding a 
great quantity of a milky Juice when it i s cut or bro- 
ken, m does all the rejl of the P lant • from whence 
rifes a hollow Stalk, or Stalks, fmooth, and of a 
whitilh green color, which fpreads it felf out into 
other Branches, on which Stalks and Branches do 
grow long Leaves, crelfed down the middle with a 
fwelling Rib, and fharp pointed, yielding a milky 
Juice when it is broken, and are in lhape like thole 
of Gar lick ; from the bottom of which Leaves finall 
tender Stalks fpring forth, fet with the like Leaves, 
but lefler ; the Flowers grow at the tops of the 
Stalks , confiding of a number of Purple Leaves, 
dallied over, as it were, with a little yellow dull, 
let about with nine or ten fharp pointed green 
Leaves; the whole Flower rdembles a Star when 
it is fpread abroad , for it fhuts its felf at Twelve 
of the Clock, and fhews not its open face until the 
next days Sun doth make it fpread its felf, or open 
again, for which reafon it was called Noon-Flower, 
and by fome go to Bed at Noon: when thefe Flow- 
ers are come to their full maturity, they grow into a 
Downy Head , like thofe of Dandelion , which is 
carried away with the Wind; the Seed is long, ha- 
ving at its upper end fome fmall portion of that 
downy matter faftned to it. 
V- The third, or Common Goats-Beard with nar- 
row Leaves, is very much like to the firft Yellow 
Kind, it hits a thick Root full of a milky Sap, front 
which rifes up many Leaves fpread upon the Ground, 
very long, narrow, thin, and like unto thofe n/' Grals, 
/uz>ing, that they are thicker and gruffer-, from a- 
mong which rife up tender Stalks , in the tops of 
I i i 2 which 
