Chap* 455 s ‘EngUJh Herls. 
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hardly allow of-, Willow-Flower, or Leffer purple 
Ballard Loofe-ftrife. 8. Lyfimacbia cxrulea galeri- 
culata , Hooded Loofe-ftrife. This is taken to be a 
Kind of Gratiola , and which we have already de- 
fcribed in Chap. 589. Sett. 4. aforegoing 5 and it 
fecms that it is rather a Kind of Hedge- Hyjfop, than 
any of the forts of Loofe-ftrife , becaufe of its ex- 
tream Bitternefs, and that it has hooded Flowers 5 
both which are proper to the Gratiola , and not to 
the Lyfimacbia : and fome have properly enough 
called it Gratiola car idea , Blew Hedge-Hyffop, 
with other Names, as you may fee in Sett. 2. of the 
aforefaid Chapter : However, in this Chapter we 
fhall give you the proper Cut or Figure of the laid 
Plant, which was omitted there. 
T he Descriptions, 
III. The fir ft ^ or Narrow-leaved Codded Loofe- 
ftrife. It has a Root which creeps after the fame 
manner which the Yellow and Blew do. It rifes up 
with hard Stalks , fometimes two , and fometimes 
three feet higf\ with many very narrow long green 
Leaves thereon , fomething like unto Rofemary 
Leaves , fet very thick , two at a Joint ^ thofe below 
being fhorter than thofe higher up. At the tops of 
the Stalks come forth many Flowers, made of four 
fmall round pointed Leaves, of a fine reddifh Color, 
and fome Threads in the middle, every one Hand- 
ing on the top of a fmall, long, almoft fquare Cod, 
whitifh on the outfide, and fluffed with fine Cotton 
or Down ^ within which does lie bright red Seeds. 
Thefe Cods with Seeds therein appear before the 
Flowers break forth at end of them, upon which 
fome have called it Fill vs ante Fatrem. This Codded 
Loofe-ftrife we have put in the firft place, for its 
Rarity and Beauty, as well as for its fpecial Quali- 
ties and Virtues. Gefner , Clufivs and Thalius fay, 
that there is another of this Species, fiore albo , 
with white Flowers,onot differing in any thing elfe 
from that even now deferibed. 
IV. The fccond , or Mountain Codded Loofe- 
ftrife. It has a Root which creeps not , but is eom- 
pbfed of many Fibres , which whether it be Annual or 
Perennial has not yet been obferved. It has very 
lhort Stalks, feldom exceeding a Foot in Height, 
on which grow very narrow Leaves, like unto the 
former, yet fome longer than others, and let with- 
out Order ; for the fmaller come fometimes from 
the middle of the longer, and fometimes Hand at 
the Joints. At the tops of the Stalks Hand the 
Flowers, upon flender long purplilh Stalks, and 
fometimes whitifh, of a purplilh or reddifh blew 
Color, and in fome of a whitifh blew Color, con- 
lifting of four pretty large Leaves, even as great as 
the former, which the Smallnefs of the Plant does 
fcarcely admit of, with fome Threads in the middle, 
every one of them Handing in a fmall Husk, com- 
pofed of four fhort green Leaves, in which, after 
the Flowers are fallen, grow up fmall long Pods or 
Cods, with fmall Seed in them, enclofed in Down 
like the other. 
V. The third , or Greater Codded Loofe-ftrife. 
It has a Root which is fomewhat great and white , 
creeping every way under the Earth , and quickly 
pojfejfmg a good quantity of Ground , which ( tho 3 the 
Stalks die away every Tear) abides all the Winter. 
This Greater Loofe-ftrife (hoots forth fevtfral round 
green Stalks, a Yard high at the leaft, bearing there- 
on at the feveral Joints, two Leaves apiece, which 
are fomewhat like to the Common yellow Loofe-ftrife , 
but fmaller and fmoother, green on the upper fide, 
and of a yellowifh green underneath, and dented a- 
bout the edges. The Stalks fend out from the mid- 
dle upwards, many Branches at the tops whereof 
come forth many, fmall long Pods or Cods, of a 
whitifh green purple Color, wherein the reddifh 
Seed lying in its Down, is contained. And at their 
ends, after they have appeared a good whHe, come 
forth the Flowers, confiiling of four round pointed 
Leaves apiece, with fome Threads in the middle, 
of a faint reddifh or purplilh Color. Of this Kind 
there is another fort found, fiore albo , with white 
Flowers, but it is very rare. 
Greater Codded Loofe-ftrife. 
VI. The 
