Chap. 6^6. Englijh ‘Herls. 
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/mail Jingle flowers, like tbofe of the Wild Daify. 
The whole Plant is Jharp , biting the Tongue end 
Mouth. And the fmell thereof provokes Sneejing , 
from whence it took its Marne Sternutamentoria, or 
Snees-zvort. 
IV. The fecond, or Snees-wort with double 
flowers. Its Roots are many long firings , running 
here and there in the Ground. It has firaight 
and fiender Stalks , befct with long and narrow 
leaves , fnipt round about the edges in all refpetts 
like to the former fingle Wild Kind, which grows 
common with us almofi every where : on the Tops 
of the Stalks grozo four , five, or more white flowers , 
one above another , with a green leaf at the 
Bottom of the footfialk of every one of them • 
being fmall , thick, and very double , with a little 
yellowifhnejs in the middle of every flower , like 
both for form and color to the flower of the 
Double Fetherfew, but fmaller. This Plant has 
no fmell at all ', but is delightful only for the 
double white flowers. 
V. The third, or Snees-wort of Auttria. Its 
Root is hard and black , with fome Fibres ad- 
joining to it , perifhing every year. It fends 
forth many Leaves , lying upon the Ground , being 
foft and Jmooth , fome what long and narrow , green 
on the upper fide , and hoary underneath , of a lit- 
tle fowre rclifh or Tafie. From among which 
rifes up an hoary Stalk , about two feet high or bet- 
ter , having divers fuch like Leaves thereon , but 
lejfer, fpreading out into fome few fiender Branch- 
es , with every one for the mo ft part , a fmall fcaly 
white Silver head on them-, from whence fpring 
forth about twelve or fourteen hard , and fmall 
long pointed leaves, as a border or Pale, about a 
number of fmall fhort Thrums in the Middle, 
almofi like, or as if they were made of Parch- 
ment -, whitifh at the firft appearing -, but after- 
wards being come to their maturity, of a moft 
fair bleak blewifh purple color, without any fmell 
to commend it -, pleafant only by the Profpctt of 
its form and color, and by its Durability $ for 
being gathered in its perfettion, it withers not, 
or loofes its color in a long time-, but keeps 
the fame hue and afpett without changing, for 
many years together , being put into a Paper 
Book: otherwife being let fiand upon the Stalks, 
they become fomething brownifh , having many 
fmall blackifh long Seeds, lying among a great 
deal of White Down. 
VI. The fourth, or fmall Spanifh or Naples 
Snees-wort. Its Root is like the former , but 
fmaller , and perifhes in the fame manner every 
year. It has fuch like long and narrow foft 
hoary Leaves, but not full out fo large as the 
former: the Stalk rifes not fo high, but is di- 
vided into more, and more fiender hard Branches : 
at the Tops whereof fiand fuch like Scaly heads, 
but not fo white or Silver like, from whence 
fhoot forth fuch like ft iff hard Leaves, as the 
Border or Pale, but neither fo large nor fo ma- 
ny, being feldom above 8 or 10: neither are they 
of fo fair a blewifh purple color, but of a more 
pale diluted color, having many Thrums in the 
Middle. The Seed which follows is like the laft 
aforegoing, but fmaller. This Plant being a lit- 
tle handled or rubbed between ones fingers , gives 
forth a pretty fweet fmell, or what is not un- 
p leaf ant. 
VII. This laft in Gerard, is thus defer ibed. 
The Root is fmall, whitifh , hard and threddy, pe- 
rifhing when- the Seed is ripe-, foon fpringing 
up again by the fall of the Seed. It rifes up 
with a fmall , hard, tough , corner'd, whit iff) 
woolly Stalk , divided into many Branches, and 
tbofe again divided into other branches like thofe 
of Cyanus, or Blew bottle, about two feet high 
on which grow long, narrow, whitifh Cottony 
leaves, without order , and of a bitter Tafie- 
whiter below than above, of the color of Worm- 
wood leaves, haying but one Rib or Sinew, and 
that in the middle of the leaf, and commonly 
turn downwards: on the Top of each / lender 
Branch grows one fmall Scaley head or knobb, like 
that of Cyanus, which brings forth a pale Pur- 
ple flower, without fmell, containing fix, feven 
eight, or more, fmall, hard, dry, Jharp pointed. 
^ V Jr S ru m the i mid %? °f, which £ rom ma *y 
Stiff Chives, their Tops being of the Color of 
the flowers, which flowers fall not away, till the 
whole Herb perifhes , but change into a Rufiy color. 
Among thofe Chives grow long, flat, blackijh teed 
with a little beard at the Top. It remains green 
all the Wmter and the next fpring fends forth 
a Stalk as aforefaid. The Herb being touched 
or rubbed , fends forth a pleafant Aromatick 
fmell. 
VIII. The Pleea. The firft grows Wild in 
dry and barren Pattures and other places .■ and 
has been found in the three great Fields next 
adjoining to Kentijh-Town near London : and in 
leveral fields in Kent about South-fleet. It is 
alfo brought into Gardens in many places The 
fecond grows here in Gardens. The third grows 
as ^ at Ou°lus %s, in Italy ; Clufius found it in 
Aujtna ; it has been found growing alfo in Hun- 
gary, and as Lobel lays in Prance. The fourth 
grows in Spain and Naples, from whence the 
Seed has been brought to us, thefe two laft 
grow with us only in Gardens. 
IX. The Times. They flower in the end 
of June, and in July and Auguft , and the 
Seed is ripe in fome little time after, as in Au- 
gufi or September. 
X. The Vitalities, Specification , Preparations 
Virtues and Ufes of the firft and fecond Species 
we have declared at large in Chap. 553. afbre- 
going, under the Title of Pellitory of Spain 
Wild : fo that we fhall fay nothing more of 
them in this place. 
XI. The two latter, Parkinfon fays have not 
been much ufed in Phyfick, but Clufius fays 
that about Vienna in Auflria, the People fell it 
to the Apothecaries for Scabious ; and that the 
Pecotiwn of them , given to Children, is very 
good to eafe them of pains and Torments in 
the Stomach and Bowels.* and fome Authors 
think, that it may have fome of the Properties 
of Scabious , or of Jacea at leaft, becaufe it fo 
near approaches to them both in its form and 
Temperature. 
CHAP DCXXXVII. 
Of SOLOMONS - SEAL. 
L 'T'f/E Names. It is called in Greek, nunyimm: 
_L in Latine, Polygonatum ( x Radicis genicu- 
locum frequentibus nodis, from the many Nodes 
or Knots in the Roots;) of fome Scale Cieli 
Heavens Ladder, from the form of the Stalks* 
of Leaves , being fet one above another : alfo 
Sigi/lum Solomoyis ; in Englith , Solomons Seal, 
4 R 2 from 
