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red Leaves, fomewhat fweer, Handing above the 
Husks and green Leaves which grow among them, 
with ted Ribs in them, which in the (hadow, where 
it delights to grow, is the more confpicuous and 
beauriiul ; after which in the faid Husks come long- 
er Seed than in the Common Kind , four ufually toge- 
ther, which on the upper fide are flat, and circled 
about with a few Ihort prickles, whereby it com- 
monly cleaves faft to Peoples Garments if it touches 
them. 
VI. The fourth, br Ever green Houndlfongue. It 
hat a Root which is thick , and blackijh on the out- 
fide, like the others going before ; nor does it much 
differ from the Common or Ordinary fort of Hounds- 
tongue firit defcribed, but that the Leaves are always 
ftefh and green, fomewhat long and narrow, with a 
great whitifh green Rib in the middle, fmooth on 
the upper fide, and more hoary underneath; the 
Stalk at firft is but low, with many narrow long 
Leaves compaffing it about, but more thinly than in 
lbme other Kinds ; the Flowers ate red, but fome- 
what larger than the Ordinary , Handing in like man- 
ner upon fmall Branches, which are writhed or turn- 
ed like the Heliotropium , or the firff Kind ; the Seed 
which follows Hands all on the one fide, and is final 
ler, and lels tough, but the Stalk will then be grown 
much higher ; this has no manner of hoarinefs, nor 
has it fo Hrong or rank a fmell as the former have ; 
it does alfo fpring forth with frelh Leaves, before 
the old Stalk with its Seed is quite dry and wither’d 
away. 
VII. The fifth , or Small Houndflongue. It has 
a fmall black Root , not much differing from Our Com- 
mon Kind, but it is every ways fmaller in all its par- 
ticulars , having fuch like Leaves, but fmaller and 
Ihorter , yet greener, and more lhining, the Flowers 
being fmall, are alfo of a pale red color ; the whole 
Plant has not fo Hrong or rank a fmell as have fome 
of the former, but this fmallnefs may be thought by 
fome to be from the barrennefs of the Soil in which 
it grows, which is not fo, becaufe it is oftentimes 
found in the fame Ground where the greater grows, 
and befides, being either tranfplanted, or the Seed’ 
fown in Gardens, it will continue much fmaller than 
the other. 
VIII. The fixth, or Small Houndlfongue with 
blew Flowers. It has a fmall long Root , bat annual , 
which fends forth one round, fmall, hairy Stalk, fome- 
t totes but a Foot, and fometimes two Feet high, brown- 
ijh below, and green above, on which are ler on both 
fides without order feveral fmall, and fomerhing 
long, but natfow Leaves, of a blewilh green colon 
covered with a long hairy down , which is tough 
and flicking, the middle Rib is fomew hat great and 
eminent, and the whole Plant of a hot bitter tafle; 
from the bottom of thefe Leaves, efpecially upwards, 
come forth fometimes other fmaller Leaves in a 
Tuft together, and is parted into divers Branches, 
the tops of which are bended, as in feveral other 
forts, bringing forth very fmall Flowers, of a fair 
blew color, with a yellow Star in the bottom, Hand- 
ing in fuch like Husks, in which after they are paft 
is contained very fmall toundilh Seed , without any 
prick in the middle, as fome others have, but very 
rough or prickly, and ready to flick upon Garments 
or Cloaths, as the others will. 
IX. An Obfervation. There has been a great Con- 
troverfie amongfl Botanifls whether the Cynoglofum 
here firfl defcribed, which is our Ordinary and Com- 
mon, and is the molt common in all Countries, be 
the Cynogloffum verum Diofcoridis, becaufe he fays 
it bears neither Stalk nor Flowers, which this does, 
which Plant, wanting Stalks and Flowers, Mattbio- 
Uts fays he found in fome landy Grounds in Rome 
behind or beyond Mount Adrianas , but botli Rena 
and Lobel tax him with want of knowledge, for fay 
they it will in the fame and other places bear both 
Stalk and Flowers, altho’ in divers Years and places 
it does not bear, yet will after fome refpite of time 
in any place, as not only they, but feveral other 
good Authors have acknowledged, as well in this as 
in other Plants; I confefs I my felf have oftentimes 
found the firfl defcribed Plant, viz. Our Common 
Houndflongue, in feveral parts of England without 
either Flowers or Stalk, and that at the fame time, 
and near the fame places, where other Plants of the 
fame Species have had both, and therefore udthout 
all doubt Our Common Kind is the true Plant which 
Diofcoridis has defcribed under that Name fo defe- 
clivdy. 
X. The Tlacet. The firfl grows in moft places 
of England, in wafte and unfilled Grounds, alfo by 
high Ways, Lanes, and Hedge fides; the lecond 
grows in the Low Countries, but chiefly in their 
and our Gardens; the third grows on Mountains 
near Naples , with us only as it is manured in Gar- 
dens; the fourth in fhadowy Woods in Germany, 
&c : the fifth grows in many places of England, as 
alfo in Germany, difcourfed of by Cor dm upon Diof 
corides, and poifibly is that fame Kind, which in the 
Adverfaria is laid to grow about Mompelier, and 
called Tuftllum Narbonenfe-, the fixth grows in Au- 
flrta, as Clufim fays, and in other parts of Germa- 
ny, as Tragus fays, and at Naples, as Columna fays, 
alfo very plentifully in England \ by high Way fides, 
as you go from London towards Colchefler, between 
Efterford and Wittam in Effex, as Gerard fays. 
XI. The Times. They all Flower about May and 
June, and fome in July, if the Seafon and place be 
cold, and the Seed is ripe not long after. 
XII. The Qualities. Houndflongue is temperate 
in refpefl to heat and cold , and dry in the firft de- 
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