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it is fit id to he a Kind,) and has fomewhat long 
and narrow Leaves, fnipt about the edges-, The 
Stalks are about 2 ieec high, bearing at the tops 
many yellow Flowers let round together, and all 
inlimbles. oh an equal height, much like to Tanfe-, 
after which follows fmall whitilh Seed, alrnolt as 
large as Wbim-Sced the whole lderb, is Street 
M A V D L I N. 
fcented and of a bitter talte, and is increafedaswell 
by flipping, as by lowing. Gerttrd lays it is fome- 
thing like to C ojlmary in color, fmell, talfe, and 
in the golden Flow eis let upon the tops of the Stalks 
in round Clutters, or Tufts. 
IV. 'The Jecond , or Our white Flowered 
Maudlin. T he Root is fmall and Fibrous or Jlrinsy, 
like the other. It has woody Stalks, and many' 
final! Leaves let thereon like the other, butfome- 
thing lmaller, and letter dented in on the edges. 
White MAV D LIN. 
At the tops of the Stalks grow many Flowers, as 
it were in an Umble or Tult together, like to the 
former Common Maudlin, but in a manner wholly 
white, exepr a little drew of yellow in the middle. 
The fmell of the whole Plant' is not fo ftrong as 
the other, yet very fweet and pleafant. 
V. T he third, or Small Maudlin. The Root is 
fmall and white, with many Fibres adjoined to it. It 
is but a fmall Plant , and has ieveral hoary Stalks, 
not riling much above a foot high, befet as thick 
with Leaves, or thicker than the former, upon all 
(ides of the Stalk, or rather round the Stalk, 
which are fmaller, longer, narrower, and whiter 
than the other , and not dented at all about the 
edges, but fomething like unto the Leaves of yel- 
low or golden CajjUony or Gold-Locks, in Chap. sot. 
Seif, t.' Tig- I. aforegoing. At the tops of the 
Stalks Hand many yellow Flowers thruft thick to- 
gether in an Umble or Tufr, very well refembling 
the tirtt or Common Garden Maudlin, of a very 
good and Quick fmell, which convert into Down, 
and is carried away with the Wind. The flowers of 
this and the firtt Kind , are very Beautiful , and 
will not lofe their glory in growing, till they are 
very old, from whence came the Name d-fyntr or 
*>> ’gpir, non fenefeens, and arc like in the Tufr to 
Eliochryfon Theophrafti , which fome will have to 
be the Gold-Locks aforenamed, others the Aurelia, 
Coma attrea, or Golden Moth- wort. 
VI. The 
