Leaves are of a barker color than the former, and 
fometimes brownijh , or red, as large, rough, an djl ing- 
in as the former, but not fo deeply dented on the edges. 
At the tops of the Branches and like wife, from the 
Joints with the Leaves underneath, come forth ) mall, 
long. Branches of F lowers , and Seeds after them, 
in fafhion very like to the Branches of the Fe- 
male Mercury, in which is contained, fmall , flat, 
whitifh Seed. . . 
V. The third , or Our middle fort of Stinging 
Wild Nettle. This in its Creeping, flringy and 
fibrous Root , Stalk, Branches , flowers , Seed, and 
manner of growing feems not to differ from the 
former laft defenbed, excepting that This is lower, 
and fmaller, and thinner Jet with Branches: for 
this reafon , it is thought by many, that it is 
one and the fame Kind with the Greater /aft 
defenbed , and differs nothing from it, faving that 
it grows not full out fo great, which may be with 
refpett to the Soil, being poorer, and not fo fat 
and good. _ ,, 
VI. T be fourth, or Our Leffer, or imall 
flinging Nettle. Its Roots are fmaller than any 
of the former , and perifh every Tear , yea twice 
or thrice fometimes in a Tear , for it has been 
cbferved to Jhed its Seed twice in a hot hear, 
and fpring up again the third lime of the 
Jhed Seed, which being near Winter, perifhes 
with the firft T 'rofts , but Springs up again the 
next Tear. This Nettle is in mofi things like 
to the two laft, but rifes feldom above half 
aTard high, and is nothing Jo much Branched as 
the great Kind. Its Leaves alfo are much 
fmaller, rounder, much Jbarper notched on the 
edges , and of a frejher or lighter green color 
and. more Jharply flinging than any of the 
VII. The Places. The firft is ufually Sown in 
Gardens with us, as it is alio in Upper and Lower 
Germany, and in moll places of Trance-, but in 
Italy Wild in the Woods. It has alfo been found 
naturally growing Wild, time out of mind, both 
at the Town of Lidde by Romney, and in the Streets 
of the Town of Romney in Kent, where it is faid 
that Julius Cxfar with his Soldiers Landed and [laid 
for a time, whence it is thought the place took its 
Name, being by them called Romania, and we for 
(hortnefs Romney, and alfo obtained the firft pro- 
duce of the Plant ; ever fince which time, it is 
thought that it has continued there, growing, and 
rifing Yearly of its own Sowing. But it has been 
found growing Wild alfo in other parts of this 
Kingdom, as in the Street of Bardney in Lincoln- 
t hire . The other three forts grow inwafte Grounds, 
"by Hedges, and on Ditch Banks, by High-ways 
and Walls fides, and in many other places both 
till’d and untill’d, and in Paftures, and in Gardens, 
and in all forts of Grounds both rich and poor, 
good and bad, where if they be fuflered to grow 
a while , it will be difficult to clear the place of 
them. , ... „ 
VIII. The Times. They come up plentifully 
early in the Spring, and through all the Summer 
Months, and they Flower and Seed in July , Au- 
guft and September -, but the fmaller Kind more 
early , becaufe it many times Flowers and Seeds 
twice a Year, as was before obferved. 
IX. The Qualities. Kettle is hot and dry in 
the firft Degree, and is of thin and fubtil parts: 
now it does not burn and fling, becaufe of its ex- 
tream heat; but becaufe its downy or Imall prickles 
are hard and fluff, piercing like a Sting or the fine 
Points of Needles ; for if it is once withered, 
it flings not at all, becaufe its fine hard Prickles 
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