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Salmons “Herbal. 
VI. The fourth , <?/■ Wild leffer Codded Loofe- 
ftrife. Its Root is but J mall and fibrous , dying a- 
tuay every Tear. This lelfer fort grows Wild in 
many places, and rifes up nearly two Feet high, 
but in fome places not above a Foot high, with 
fmaller Stalks and narrower Leaves, not fo green, 
but rather of a greyifh dufty green Color, l'pread 
out into feveral Branches, bearing its Flowers, of 
four Leaves apiece, at the ends of long Pods or ' 
Cods, of a deeper red Color, as the former does, 
and has like Seed involved in Down, but fmaller. 
VII. The fifth , or Hairy Wild Codded Loofe- 
ftrife. This in its Leaves , Cods and Flowers , man- 
ner of Growing , Height , and yearly Dying away , is 
like unto the lajl deferibed -, the only Difference be- 
tween them, is, that the Leaves are more hairy, and 
as it were woolly, and the Flowers alfo fmall and 
paler. 
VIII. The fixth , or Virginian Codded Loofe-ftrife. 
Its Root is longifh , white, and about the thicknefs of 
ones Thumb ; from whence groios up a tall Stalk , di- 
vided into many Branches , of an over-worn Color , 
and a little hairy. The Leaves are like^kpfe of the 
Globe-headed yellow Kind, but fomewyat finuated 
along the edges , and having their middle Veimof a 
wh'ttifh Color. Towards the tops of the Branches, 
among the Leaves, come forth very pretty thick 
Cods, which growing fmaller on their tops, fuftain 
very fine large Flowers, conlifting of four Leaves a- 
piece, with a Peltle in the middle, upon which 
Itand four yellowifh Thrumbs in fafhion of a Crofs. 
And there are alfo eight Threads, with their Poin- 
tels in the middle of them. Thefe Flowers have 
fomething-of the Smell of a Primrcfe , w r hence Par- 
kin] on gave it the Name of Tree Pnmrqfe of Vir- 
ginia. After the Flowers are fallen, the Cods grow 
to be about two Inches long, being thicker below, 
and fharper on the top or end, and fomething twi- 
ned, which at length open themfelves into four 
parrs, to fcatter their Seed, which is black and 
fmall: this being -fown, grows not the firft Year 
into a Stalk, but fends up many Ia*geT.ehves, ly- 
ing handfomely one upon another, R^fafhdon. 
IX. The /event h, or Willow-Flower,' or Leffer 
purple Baftard Loofe-ftrife, called alfo by Gerard, 
Role-bay Willow-Herb. Its Roots are like the Roots 
oj Lyfimachia, or Common yellow Loofe-ftrife, 
but greater , running and fpr ending under Ground , 
and J. hooting up in many places , whereby it quickly 
fills a Ground which it is pleafed to grow in : the 
Root is perennial , but the Stalks die away every 
Tear, Spring ing up ajrefh in many places far af un- 
der. This Root fends up many .ftrong, woody, 
round, brownifh great Stalks, three or four Feet 
high, befet here and there without Order, with one 
broad and 1 g uhitilh green Leaf at each Joint, 
loir, e thing like unto Loofe-ftrife or Willow-Herb, as 
alio unto a Peach Leaf, but larger and longer. At 
the tops of the Branches Itand many Flowers, one 
above another, of a pale, reddifh, purple Color, 
confiding of live L : , l'pread open, with an Heel 
or Spur beh‘ hem, and many yellow Threads in 
the middle, much larger than any Larksfpur Flow- 
er, ar.d fmelling fr .nething fweet withal. It bears 
a fiiew of long Pods or Cods with Seed, but the 
Seed has never been obiervable. 
X. The eighth , or Hooded Loofe-ftrife. It has 
a Root which is Jr; all and fibrous , difperfing it J elf 
under the Earth Jar abroad , by which it much in- 
creafes. It has many fmall tender Stalks trailing 
upon the Ground, befet with divers Leaves, fome- 
what fnipt about the edges, of a deep green Color, 
like i’ i he Leaves of Scordium or Water Germander 
am.::: which are placed feveral lmall Bell-Flowers’ 
faftiioned like a little Hood, in fhape refembling 
thole of Ale-hoof. Thus Gerard. Bui efteeming 
this Plant to be rather a Kind of Gratioia than a 
Lyfimachia , we have given a more ample Defcripti- 
on thereof in Chap. 389. Sell. 4. aforegoing, to 
which you are referred; but whereas the Figure is 
wanting in that place, we have caufed it to be put 
in here. 
Hooded Loofe-ftrife, 
XL The Places. The firft grows more often in 
moift Grounds, than in dry ; but Gefner and others 
Hy, that it grows in fuch places as. are open to the 
Sun all Day, yet it will fcarcely live in our Gar- 
dens, unlefs it be put in Tome fhady place. The 
iecondis a Native of the Alps , with us it is nurfed 
in Gardens. The third grows in feveral moift pla- 
ces, and in the Shade. The fourth, fifth and fixth 
grow Wild in -dry Grounds, as by the Way-fides 
and in Lanes and Borders of Fields. . But the Virgi- 
nian grows with, us only in Gardens. The feventh 
grows in Torkfhire in a place called the Hook , near 
to a Clofe called the Cow-Piflure/from whence it 
has' been tranfplanted into Gardens, it being a very 
goodly Plant to behold for Ornament fake, and 
ir generally grows in the out Corners of 
Gardens , to augment the Number of pleafant 
Flowers. The eighth grows by Ponds and Water 
fides, alfo in St. fames' s Park , and In Tuthil-Fields , 
and many otherplaces, in wet low Grounds, and by 
Warer-fides. The firft is alfo found growing in 
moift Medows, efpecially in the Grounds as you 
go from Lambeth to Batter fey , and in many other 
places throughout the Kingdom. The third grows 
near Water, and in • Watery places, and fometimes 
in the Water it felf for the moft part. The fourth 
grows near the Thames fide, near Redriffe , and up- 
on the Bank of the' Thames, _ among the Planks 
which hold up the fame Bank. The eighth grows 
near to the Banks of Rivers and Water-Courfes ; 
and it has been found growing in a watery Lane 
leading from Theobalds to the backfide of formerly 
the Lord Treafurefs Houfe. The feventh is ‘ ac- 
counted a Baftard Kind of Loofe -fir if e, but it is the 
molt 
