WVJH&'fW Common Wale. 
■more paler, con fifing of Jive pointed Leaves-, which 
afterwards give fmall round Heads, which contain 
within them fmall brownifh Seed. 
V. The fecond, or Our white Mullein with 
long Leaves, which is the Female white Mullein. 
Its Root is fomewhat long, thick and hard, but not 
woody , with fever al long fibres adjoining thereto, 
from whence rife up many thick, white , woolly 
Leaves, lying upon the Ground , like unto the Cona- 
tion Male white Mullein in the former Settion , 
but that they "are fomewhat narrower, and thereby 
fecming longer : from among which, fprings up, a 
round, hard, woolly Stalk, about three feet high, 
fct with the like Leaves, asthofe which grow below , 
but f mailer unto the middle thereof, where it begins 
to give Flowers and in fome FI ants and P laces, to 
divide it felf into Branches, whereon grow many 
Flowers , Standing round about the Stalks or 
Branches, thick Jet together confifling every one of 
five round pointed Leaves, of a whitifh color , and 
in fome Plants and Places more yellow, with a few 
yellow Threads in the middle which being pajl away, 
round, hard. Seed Veffels come in their places, very 
like unto the Seed Veffels of Fox- Gloves, or Finger 
blowers, but not fo long, in which is contained very 
fmall and brownijh Seed. 
VI. The third, or Sweet white Mullein. It 
has a Root like the former , from which fpring up 
white, hoary, and woolly Leaves, like the other, 
but longer , narower, and more indented about 
the edges , and not fo many grouing below on the 
Ground. The Stalk is woolly, and rifes higher 
than the former, having greater Flowers growing 
at the tops, much f wee ter alfo than it, and of a 
white color , wherein fometimes fome reddifh lines 
are to be Jeen: in other particulars , it differs not 
from the former. 
VII. The Places. The firft grows plentifully in 
Florida in the IVeJf-Jndies, and 1 faw it grow in 
great plenty in the Southern Carolina. It grows by 
Way fides and in Lanes, as alfo in the borders of 
Fields and Failures, Ploughed Fields, Cawlies, and 
in dry fandy Ditch Banks, and other untilled places 
in molt parts of England. The two laft grow alfo 
in many places in England, but not fo univerfally 
and plentifully as the firlt. 
VIII. The Times . They all Flower about July, 
and from July to September, and bring forth Seed, 
the fecond year after their Sowing. 
IX. The Vitalities. Mullein is Temperate in 
refpefl to heat or cold, and -dry in the firlt Degree : 
Aperitive, Aftringent, Pectoral, Hylterick, and 
Nephritick. 
X. The Specification. It prevails againft 
Coughs, Colds, Obltru&ions of the Lungs, 
Althma’s, Fluxes of the Bowels, the Strangury; 
cures Agues and the Piles, and gives eafe in pains 
of the Gout. 
XI. The Preparations. They are manifold, as, 
i. A Liquid Juice or E /fence of the Herb. 2. A 
DccoJion in Wine or Water of the fame. 3. A 
compound Decoction. 4. A Ponder of the Roots* 
5. A Ponder of the Flowers. 6 . A Fume. 7. Tap- 
fimcl. 8. Tapfroa/entia. 9. An Infolated or De- 
coded Oil. ic. AnOintment of the Flowers. 1 1. 
A Cataplafm. 12. AD filled Water. 19. A Spi- 
rituous Tintturc. 14 .An Oily Tintfure. 
'the Virtues. 
XII. The Juice or Ejfcncc. Taken from a Spoon- 
ful to three Spoonfuls in a Itrong 'Bodied or Styp- 
tick red Wine, it cures Diarrhea’s, Dyfenteria’s, 
Lienteria’s, and the Heparick Flux; and is good 
againtt a Rupture or Burftennefs .- they cure Ca- 
tarrhs, and Defiuxions of Rheum upon the Lungs; 
and ufed as a Gargle, heal a lore Mouth and 
Throat. And being drunk Morning and Night for 
30 Days together, it cures the Gout. The Juice or 
E/fence of the Roots, made before it Lears a Stalk, and 
taken in a draught of Aluskadine, for three or four 
times 
