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Chap .627. EngUjh Herbs. 
Comic ul it af peris, Scorpioides b up I cur if oli a r opens 
Lobelij, fmall ordinary Caterpillers with many 
Cods : fome, as Guilandmus , Anguilara , bauhinus 
and Ctfalpinus , will have this to be Telephium Di- 
of cor ides, but Uodonjzus was of another opinion. 
4. Scorpioidcs Bupleurifolio filiquk lenibus , lmooth 
Codded lmall Caterpillers. 5. Scorpioides Mat- 
tbioli, Scorpioidcs Portulaae folio ,% Matthiolus his 
Scorpion Grafs with Purflane like Leaves. 6 . My- 
ofotis Scorpioides paluftris. Water Scorpion Grafs. 
7. My of otis Scorpioidcs arvenfis , Moufe Ear Scor- 
pion Grafs. 
T/ae Descriptions: 
III. The firlt or great Scorpion Grafs, or rough 
Caterpillers. Its Roots arc fault and fibrous , pe- 
rifhing every fear. It is but a fmall low Plant , 
with Branches lying upon the Ground , which have 
fometbing long , broad and hard Leaves growing 
thereon from among which come forth fmall Stalks , 
bearing at their ends for the mofl part , two fmall 
pale ycllowifh flowers , like unto Tares or Vetches , 
but fmall cr, which turn into Writhed or Crooked rough 
Cods , pretty thick, round, and white , and not Jo 
much t uni dor wound together as thofe of the J mailer 
next following in which are contained brownifh 
yellow Seed, much like unto a Mcdica. 
<3 IV. The fecond, or lelfer Scorpion Grafs, or 
letter Caterpillers. This in its Roots, Branches, 
Leavesy Stalks, flowers and Seed , is much like the 
former, faving that it is every way lefs : but in 
this the Cods are more Writhed or Crooked, much 
flenderer and rounder, and more wound or turned 
together than thofe of the greater , yet not cloftng 
like unto Snails, but blacker and more like unto a 
Caterpiller than the former. 
V. The third, or fmall ordinary Caterpillers with 
many Cods. The Root is Annual and very Stringy. 
This fmall Caterpiller grows in the fame manner 
with trailing long Branches as the fir ft fmall rough 
fort does. The Leaves are likcwife of a frefh green 
Color, and of the fame fafhion, but fomewhat leffer. 
The flowers alfo are fmall, and of a deep fellow, 
four or five oftentimes {landing together, which are 
of the fame largenefs and fafhion with the other, on- 
ly this has as many Crooked Cods together as there 
are flowers. 
VI. The fourth or fmooth Codded fmall Qter- 
pillers. 'This is in all things like the former fort 
faving that it 'has feldom two flowers together on a 
Stalk, and the Caterpillers whiefy follow as few be- 
ing Crooked and Winding- in the •■very f ame manner 
and fmall and fmooth without any rough.ncfs at all 
upon them, and of the fame pale brown Color. 
VII. The fifth or Matthiolus his Scorpion Grafs 
with Purflane like Leaves. Its Ryot is. long and fi- 
brous perifhing Yearly. It has fever al upright pale 
green Stalks, with pale green Leaves fet thereon 
each of which is fometbing long, broad, and round 
pointed, like a Purflane Leaf , fometimes having two 
fmall Leaves joined together at the bottom of the 
greater , and oftentimes in many without them. At 
the Tops of the Stalks, and out at the joints like- 
wife, come forth fmall pale yellow flowers, much 
refembling thofe of Medica or Snail Clover Grafs. 
Af ter which follow fmall long J, lender and Crooked 
Horns, fmall at the end , jointed or parted as it 
were, all the length of it, fometbing refembling 
the long Crooked Cods of the Colutffi Scorpioides, 
but that this is more confpicuoufly jointed, and of 
a pale Color, within which, lye J mall long whit ijb 
yellow Seed. 
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Scorpion Herb. 
VIII. Thu fifth kind , becaufe it has fome refem- 
0 lance of Teafe, and therefore called by fonts Sr.j- 
pioides Legumniofa, as Gerard fays, is by him t ns 
defer ibed. It has fmall and tender Koors like fmall 
Threads. Jr has many Branches, weak and render 
Trailing upon the Ground, if there is nothing tor 
it to tafe hold of with its Clafping and-Qooked 
beed Veilels; otherwife it rampeth upon whatfo- 
ever is near unto it. Its Leaves are few and lmall 
The Flowers very litrl*. and yellow of Color. And 
the Seed follows little and b'lackjfh, contained 
m little Cods like unto a Storpions Tai#> 
IX. The fixth or Water Scorpion Grafs. This 
grows in almoft every Shallow gravelly running 
Stream, having Leaves like to Brooklime. The 
Flowers grew at the Top of tender Fat green Stalks 
of a Blew Color , and fount hues with a foot of yellow 
among the blew, and the whole Branch of Flowers 
does turn it felf round like a Scorpions Tail. There 
is another fpecies of this Water Plant, which hot 
Leaves like unto Anagalis aquacica, or IF, iter Chick- 
weed, having like Jlender Stalks and Branches at 
the former?, and the Flowers not unlike, faving that 
theje. are of a Watcher or light blew Color, fometbing 
bigger and laid more open, mbereby-ibe yellow foot 
is feen. ' ’ J1 
•> ^ IWentTr,- or Moufe Ear Scorpion Grafs 
It a Root which conffis of a Buff of /mail Fi- 
bres or Strings, b has rough and hairy Leaves of 
an Overworn ruffet Co/or. The Flowers grow upon 
weak feeble rough Branches, as Is all tie reft of the 
Plant. And they grow likewfe for the mot) part on 
one fide of the Stalk of a blew Color with a little 
fpot of yellow on the fame, turning themfelves round 
backwards, not much unlike the Tail of Scorpion 
There is another Jort of this fpecies, much like this 
now defer, bed, ca/ledMy . Tot is Scoroioides repens ■ 
in which the Flowers are thicker thrujl together, and 
do not Grow all upon one fide aa the forme r do ■ 
