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The Flowers Hand upon the tops of the fmaller 
Sprigs or Stems* each beating one alone by it felt, 
upon a bare or naked Stalk, void of Leaves for a 
good fpace, which are of a paler yellow Color than 
the others, and much larger, and giving Seed of 
fomewhat a daiker Color. 
Lavender-Cotton Trench . 
VI. The fourth, or Heath-leaved Lavender-Cotton. 
T his has a Root much like for Form and. Subfiance to 
the others : but the Plant it felf grows not l'o great 
or high as the Trench Kind does * but has many 
Ihort woody Branches, on which do fperfedly grow 
fmaller, Ihorter and finer whitifh green Leaves, ve- 
ry like to the Leaves of our Com mon Heath. The 
Flowers are yellow. Handing in like manner as all 
the former do. And the whole Herb has a very 
pleafing (but not ftrong) Smell to commend it, 
fomewhat refinous, and not very faintilh or weak. 
VII. T be fifth \ or Rofemary-leaved Lavender- 
Cotton both Greater and Lcffer. The Greater Kind 
has a woody fpreading Root , like to the others afore- 
going : and it fhoots forth from this Root many 
lender hoary Stalks, fomething above a Foot long 5 
about which grow many very narrow, fmall and Hat 
Leaves, like unto the Leaves of Rojemary , which 
while they are young, are of a more hoary white, 
and have but a fmall Shew of denting about the 
edges ^ but when they. are grown old, they are more 
green, and the denting about the edges is more ap- 
parent, of a fweet Smell and bitter Tafte. From 
thefe Stalks come forth feveral Ihort Stems, with 
very few Leaves on them, on the tops of which 
Hand feveral yellow Flowers, like to Common La- 
vender-Cotton. , but much larger, which die d^wn to 
the main Stalks every Year, after perfec^ 0[ 4 the 
Seed as the others do. The Lejfer Rojem \ t jp aved 
Kind , differs not from the Greater ir ^ Gves 
and Flowers, but in their Smallnefs, this w- 
er, more (lender and fmall in every part, \ > ir C:s 
not by realon of the place, its being more e 
barren, (as fome have thought) but it ha “e'en 
found, that growing in the fame place with the for- 
mer or Greater Kind , and the Seed being fown in 
the fame places, that it Hill retains the Form and 
Magnitude it had, as growing in its natural 
place. 
VIII. The fixth, or Small green Lavender-Cotton. 
The Root is woody , like the former, and replenifhed 
with fmall Fibres. This Plant is very like to the 
la ft Small Kind, but that it grows fomewhat greater 
and higher, having green, and not hoary Sralks at 
all as the Leaves alio are, being a little longer, 
and as bitter in Tafte as the others, but not of fo 
Ivveet a Smell, having rather an Oily Scent. The 
blowers grow in the fame manner upon (lender 
Stalks, and or' the fame Fafliion, but of a paler yel- 
low Color. 
IX. The Rlaces. The firft grows naturally in 
Germany. The fecond in the Low-Countries. The 
third about Narbone in France. The fourth and 
fifth Clufius found growing about Salamanca in Spain. 
The fixth is unknown, as in what place it is a Na- 
tive : but they all grow well with us, being nurfed 
up in Gardens. 
X. The Times. They all of them flower in July 
and Augufi, and the Seed is ripe in fome little time 
after. 
XL The Qualities. Lavender-Cotton, hut more 
efpecially the Flowers and Seed, are hot and dry in 
the third Degree. It is Altringent, Dilcuilive, 
Neurotick, Hyfterick, and Alexipharmick. 
XII. The Specification. It ltops the Whites, re- 
fills the Poylon of Serpents and 'other Venomous 
Creatures, kills Worms in Children, and cures Itch 
and Scabs of all forts in whomfoever. Diof cor ides, 
and fo all other Writers generally after him, fay, 
that the Virtues of Lavender-Cottoned of Southern- 
wood, are the fame, and of like Effefts, and that 
the Medicines made from this Plant are applied to 
all the Difeafes to which Southernwood is appro- 
priate. 
XIII. The Preparations. You may make all the 
fame Preparations hereof as we teach you to make 
from Southernwood, which lee hereafter in its pro- 
per Chapter. But thefe following Preparations are 
more particular and fpecial, viz. 1. A Pouder of 
the dried Leaves. 1. An lnfufion of the Leaves. 
3 . A Pouder of the Seed. 4. A Spirituous Tintture 
of the dried Leaves or Seed. 
The Virtues. 
XIV. The Pouder of the Seed. It kills Worms, 
( as will alfo the green Seed, being bruifed and 
drank.) It is thought to be equal, if not fuperior 
to our Vfual or Common Wormfecd, and has the fame 
Virtues again!! Worms, avoiding them with greater 
Force. Dofe from half a Dram to a Dram in the 
Morning faffing, ancl at Night going to Bed, in a- 
ny proper Vehicle. It is good alfo againft the Bi- 
tings of Serpents, Mad Dogs, or any other Veno- 
mous Creatures, being inwardly given as aforefaid, 
and applied Pultice-wile to the Part wounded. 
XV. The Pouder of the Leaves.. Malthiolus fays, 
that being given to half a Dram ( it may be given to 
a Dram) in Featherfew- Water, every Morning fatt- 
ing for ten Days at leaf! together, and afterwards 
every other Day, for fome time. It is a very pro- 
fitable Medicine to ftop the Whites in Women, and 
to cure them. Pliny lays it is alfo good againft the 
Poyfon of all Venomous Serpents and Scorpions, 
being taken in Wine. It kills Worms alfo, and has 
all the Virtues of the Seed, but not altogether fo 
powerful and therefore may very well be ufed. 
when the Seed cannot be gotten, but in lomewhat a 
greater Dofe, 
XVI. The 
