Chap. 456. ‘Englijb Herbs. 
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moft goodly and ftately Plant of all the reft, having 
Leaves like the Greateft or Largeft Willow : the 
Branches co?ne out of the Ground in great Numbers , 
growing to the height of about fix Feet, adorned with 
brave Flowers , of great Beauty , conjifting of four 
Leaves apiece ( as aforefaid ) of an Orient purple 
Color , having fome Threads in the middle , of a yel- 
low Color ; after "which are Cods , long and full of 
Down, which when opened , flies away with the 
Wind. 
XII. The Times. Moft of thefe Herbs flower 
thro’ all June and July , and fometimes till Auguft -, 
hut the leventh, or Willow-flower, flowers in May, 
and continues a long time in flowering. 
XIII. The Qualities, Specification , Preparations , 
and Virtues of thefe Codded Loofe-JIr/fes, are the 
. lame with thofe of the Common yellow Loof e fir if e 
in Chap. 45:2. aforegoing : but the Virtues, &c. of 
the Hooded Loof e-flrife, being the fame with Gra- 
tiola or Hedge- Hyffop , you may fee them in Chap. 
588. and 389. aforegoing of this Work. 
CHAP. CCCCLVI. 
Of L O V 
AGE Common 
German. 
and 
I. 'T' HE Names. 
_L known to the Creeks. 
This is a Plant which was un- 
and therefore can 
have no Greek Name ; hut it is called in Letine, 
Levifiicttm. , Libyfticum O’ Smyrmum Fucbfij , Lafer- 
pi ham tertium Dodonjei, Hippofelinum Diofeoridis , 
according to Lugdunenfis , but this I believe is a 
Miltake, for I cannot find that thofe Ancients knew 
any thing of it ; it is alfo by Bauhinu s accounted a- 
mong the Libanotiies , and is thought to be the Li- 
banotis ferti/is Theophrafii : in Englijh , Lovage. 
II. The Kinds. We have only two Species of 
this Plant, viz. I. LeviJUcum vulgare , LeviJUcum 
bortenfe vel fativum , Our Common Garden Lovage. 
2. LeviJUcum Germanicum, LeviJUcum vulgare 
Germamcum , German Lovage. 
Tbht Descriptions. 
III. Tl. iefirft, or Our Common Garden Lovage. 
It has a Root which grows great and deep , fpreading 
much, and enduring long , of a brovmijh Color on the 
out fide, and whitijh within. It has many long and 
great Stalks of winged Leaves , divided into many 
parts, fomewhat like unto Smallage, but much larger 
and greater , every Leaf being cut about the edges, 
broadell at or towards the end , and fmallefi at the 
Stalk , of a fad green Color , fmooth and Jhining. 
From among which rife up feveral ftrong and hol- 
low green Stalks, five or fix Feet high, and fome- 
times feven or eight Feet high, according to the 
Goodnefs of the Soil, full of Joints and fuch like, 
but lelTer Leaves fet at them than thofe which grow 
below. And with the Leaves come forth towards 
the tops, long Branches, bearing at their tops large 
Umbels of yellow Flowers, like unto thofe of the 
Wild Tarfnep ; and after them fiat brownilh Seed, 
huger by much than Dill, but leffer than that of 
garfneps, and tjiicket alfo. 
Common Lota age. 
German Lovage. 
IV. The fecond, or German Lovagf It differ : 
not much from the aforegoing, but chiefly in the fol- 
lowing things. Whereas the Roots of the former are 
great and thick, and not at all fibrous, in this they 
are fnall and very full of fibrous Strings : and the 
Flowers of the former are yellowifh, but in this they 
| are Vihitej as Dodonzus fays, and of the fame Mag- 
niutde 
