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up many large hairy Leaves , lying on the Ground , 
much rent or torn on the fides into feveral gafhes 
and jags, fomewhat like unto Dandelion , but with 
greater parts, more like unto thofe of the Smooth 
Sow-Thijile, the whole Plant being full of a bitter 
Milk ; from among which rifes up a hollow rough 
Stalk, two or three Feet high, Branched forth from 
the middle upwards, on which are fet, at every Joint 
where it Brancheth, longer Leaves, little or nothing 
rent or cut in, bearing at their tops feveral pale yel- 
low Flowers, confifting of many fmall narrow Leaves, 
brpad pointed, and notched in at the ends, fet in a 
double row , or more , the outermoft being larger 
than the inner, which form moft of the Hawkweeds 
do keep in all their Sorts or Varieties, which being 
paft away turn into Down, and with its fmall brown- 
i(h Seed is blown away with the Wind. 
V. The fecond , or Rough Dandelion like Hawk- 
Weed. It has a Root which is fmall . , fomewhat like a 
Linger , with a few Fibres adjoining thereto , from 
whence , fpring up feveral long and narrow hairy 
Leaves, reddilh at the bottom next the Root, deep- 
ly waved or tom in on the edges, being about two 
Inches long, from among which rife up one, or two, 
or more bare or naked Stalks, rough or hairy, bear- 
ing each of them a double yellow Flower, like unto 
the Hawkweeds , which being paft away turns into 
Down, as the former does. 
VI. The third , or Dandelion like Hawkweed, has 
a fmall and f Irons Root , which fends forth fix or 
feven thick rough Leaves , lying on the Ground , a- 
bout two Inches long, and half an Inch broad, round 
pointed, and jagged about the edges, as other Hawk- 
weeds are ; the Stalk is hoary alfo, and Branched, 
about a Span , or eight or nine Inches high, having 
1 fmaller Leaves thereon , with fmalier divifions ; at 
the tops hand very yellow Flowers on very Ihort 
Footftalks, (hooting out vefy fine hoary Husks, point- 
ed at the brims with many points. , 
VII. The fourth , or Dandelion Hawkweed with 
fmall Flowers , has a Root which is fmall , white , 
woody, and fibrous-, the Stalk is round, a Foot high, 
and fomewhat hoary, at the bottom of which grow 
a few rough Leaves, bitten in (as it were) about the 
edges, and about three Inches long, and half an Inch 
broad, having but few Leaves thereon, and thole 
about tile middle, which are but only dented, and 
encompals it at the bottom, bearing very many fmall 
yellow Flowers together at the tops thereof, which 
grow upon very (hort Footftalks. 
VIII. the fifth, or Swines Hawkweed with rough 
Leaves. It has a fmall and long Root, and is but a 
fmall Riant , having feveral fomewhat long and rough 
Leaves lying on the Ground, fmaller at the bottoms, 
and broader towards their ends , unevenly waved a* 
bout the edges; the Stalks are a little rough, (len- 
der, and bare of Leaves, Branching into feveral long 
Stalks, about half a Foot in length, bearing every 
one a large yellow Flower, like unto the Hawkweeds. 
There is another Plant of this fort ; whofe Leaves 
are fmooth and narrower, but differing little in any 
thing elfe. 
IX. The fixth, or Gum Succory like Hawkweed. 
This grows not fo high as fome others, and has its 
Leaves thicker jagged, but not fo large , each jag 
fomething dented alfo, and fomething hairy ; the 
Flowers are yellow, but not fo thick or double, but 
growing in a Tuft together, which being ripe, and 
turned into Down , are , With its Seed at bottom , 
blown away with the Wind, as the Down of other 
Hawkweeds are. 
X. The feventh, or Smooth deep jagged Hawk- 
weed. This differs not much from the la] f, but that 
the Leaves hereof are fmooth, and very much and 
very deeply jagged, even to the middle Rib , each 
jag being fmall, narrow, and pointed; its Stalks, 
Flowers, Down, and Seeds are like unto the former. 
Small Hares Hawkweed. 
Devils-Bit. Its Root is made up of many Strings , like 
a Planrane Root , but the tniddlemoft part , which is 
great eft,, is fhort, as if it had been bitten oft, like the 
Root ^/Devils-Bit: This Root fends up many Leaves, 
of which thole which lye next the Ground are fome- 
what long and narrow, cut in on the edges into filial} 
