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CHAP. DLI1I. 
PELLITORY of Spain : 
0 R, 
SNEESEWORT. 
I. Names. It is called by the Arabi- 
X ans , Macarcaraha , or liacharcharha : in 
Creek , x) rit??e 9 d?v '• in Latine , Ftarmica , 
£/ Fyrethrum : in Englijh , Pellitory of Spain , and 
Sneefewort. 
II. Tfo Kinds. There are feveral forts of 
this Plant , as , 1 . Ftarmica vulgaris Farkin- 
font-, Ft ar mica Fuchfij , Gefneri , Matthioli j 
Ftarmica Sylvefirk Germanica Thalij P/or- 
Fratenfis Cluftj * Ftarmica folio Taraconis 
vcl Sternutamentoria Lobelij •, Fyrethrum Brum- 
felfij •, Fyrethrum Sylvcflre Cordi } Ftarmica 
five Draco Sylvefirk Dodon&i \ Tanacetum album 
vel acutum vcl Millefolium Primum Tragi • 
T arachon Sylvejire vel Aquaticum , C'* Drooo 
Aquaticus Gefneri Dracunculus Fratenfis fcr- 
rato folio Bauhini Common Field Pellitory or 
Sneefewort. 2. Ftarmica Sylvefirk Flore plena 
Sternutamentoria Flore pie no , Pyre 1 brum Flore 
pleno Sylvejire , Common Field Pellitory with 
a double Flower. 3. n-nte^w), Ftarmica vul- 
garis Ojficinarum , Fyrethrum vulgaris Offici- 
narum Fyrethrum aliorum , £? Salivaris ■, Py- 
re thrum alter urn Lugdunenfis , Matthioli alio- 
rumque $ Fyrethrum Ojficinarum Lobelij •, £ 5 " 
F/oro Bellidis , Bauhini , The Common Shop 
Pellitory of Spain. 4. fiu'fn!),^ , f ob radicis 
igneum fe>~uorem , * rrop , F/>r J Pyro- 
thrum, G? Fyrethrum verum Diofcoridis Mat- 
thiolo , Fyrethrum alterum Lobelij , Salivaris , 
( from its quality of attracting Spittle in the 
Mouth ) Fyrethrum Diofcoridis Camerario • Py- 
rethrum Umbelliferum , Umbelliferum pri- 
mum j The true Pellitory of Spain. 5. Pyro- 
/&r#;» Umbelliferum alterum , Fyrethrum Gef- 
neri , 0 Z Dalechampij , The other true Pellitory 
of Spain. 
T/;e Defcriptionr . 
III. T/;o firj ?, or Common Field Pellitory 
or Sneefewort. Its Root is long and vthitiff , 
Jointed at feveral dijlanccs , creeping far about 
under Ground. It fhoots forth divers little 
Stalks a Tard high and more , fprea'd out in- 
to feveral Branches , o/z which are fct narrow 
long Leaves pointed at the ends , and finely 
dented about the edges , (landing one above 
another up to the tops , where grow many white 
Flowers , //z a round Tuft together , fomething 
like to thofe of Yarrow or Millfoil, 
a wry fmall yellowijh Thrum in the middle , 
bordered about with very fhort whitijh Leaves , 
dented in at the broad ends , which pajfing away , 
/oow behind them fmall Heads , with Chaffy Seed 
therein. Both Leaf and Root are op an hot 
fijarp biting Tafie , /i^<? azz/o //;<? True Pelli- 
tory of Spain z/z Sefl. 6. following ■, and of which 
it took its Name, 
Pellitory of Spain Field. 
IV. T/;o fecond , or Common Field Pellitory 
with a double Flower. Irx Poo/x are many long 
Strings , running here and there in the Ground. 
: It has Jlraight and fender Stalks , befet with 
long and narrow Leaves , /zz/r ro/zzzrf about 
| the edges , 770/ unlike the former , and as 
it were in all points like the firfi defer ibed 
Wild Kind, ^rozox zzx almojt every 
where. On the Tops of the Stalks fldnd four 
or five , or woro ztw/Vo Flowers , one above ano- 
ther , with a green Leaf at the bottom of the 
foot Stalk of every one of them, being fmall, \ 
thick, and very double , w///; little yellownefs 
in the middle of every Flower , Zz/fco, both for 
form and color unto the Flower of the double 
Featherfew, but fmdller. This Plant has no 
Smell at all , but is very pleafant to behold , /or 
//x double white Flowers fake. 
V. T/;o ?/;/></ or Common Shop Pellitory 
of Spain. Its Root is long , and growing down 
right , of the bignefs of a Mans Finger or 
1 humb , growing in our Country , but not half 
fo great where it grows naturally , with fome 
Fibres and Branches from the ftdes thereof , of 
a very hot , fharp , and biting Tafie , drawing 
much Water into the Mouth , after it has been 
chewed a while. It is a fmall and low Plant , 
bearing many fine green Leaves , upon its fender 
Branches , which lean , or lye down upon the 
Ground , divided into many parts , 4-0/ fome- 
what larger and broader , than Camomil, 
iS/ a Iks whereof are bigger, and more full of 
Juice than they. The Flowers grow at the 
Tops of the Stalks , and are Jingle , but much 
larger than any Camomil Flowers , having a 
Pale, or Border of many Leaves , ivhite on 
the upper fide, and reddifh underneath , fct 
about a middle yellow Head or Thrum j but 
not funding fo elefe together joining at the 
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