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narrow Leaves, Jet fingly thereon without order , 
not much untike to thofe of the fmall Conyza. The 
Joiners grow fingly at the Tops of the Stalks and 
Branches , ccmpofed of many dark or dusky yellow 
Leaves , with a browner Thrum in the middle , 
which turn into Down , and their fmall Seed , 
is carried away with the Wind. There is another 
fort a/fo of this Species , which has been brought to 
us from V irginia, and is very like to this now de- 
fer i bed, but it has f mailer flowers. 
VII. The fourth, or Yellow Creeping Starwort 
of Virginia. Its Root is Stringy , creeping under 
Ground, and fpreading much. It rifes up with a 
firong round Stalk 2 or 0 , feet high, bearing at 
the joints two fair broad Leaves, like the Leaves 
°f fmall Flos Solis, but more pointed at the ends, 
and harder in feeling, being full of Veins : at the 
Top of the Stalk, which feldom Branches out, grows 
one large flower, (riftng out of a green husk, made 
of Nine or Ten green Leaves ) compofcd of many 
long and narrow yellow Leaves , with a brownifh 
l brum in the middle: which being pafl, there fol- 
lows Seed like to that of a fmall Flos Solis. 
_ VIII. The fifth, or Yellow Starwort of Virgi- 
nia with a Skinny Stalk. Its Root is knobbed and 
woody, with fever al long Strings adjoining thereto , 
and encreafes much at the /ides, but creeps not, 
taking fajl hold in the Ground. It grows to be 
6 or 7 feet high , with many Stalks , whofe lower 
parts thereof, almoft to the half, is round, hard, 
and firong, the other part upwards , having a 
fmall film or skin on four fidcs thereof ( as is to 
be jeen in fome other V lants) up to the Top, which 
branches not, but bears fever al fmall flowers, as if 
they were Tufts at the fir ft, but being blown open, 
each flower is a yellow Star, confifting of y or 6 
fmall and long yellow Leaves, with fmall, thick, 
yellow Tointels in the middle, each having a black- 
ifh 1 ip or Point, rcfembling flowers , which after- 
wards turn to be flat Seed, broad at the head, 
which are fo fingly fet together, that they refem- 
ble the head of Seed of a Ranunculus, but greater. 
The Leaves ft and fingly on a fmall Foot ft alk, on 
each fide of the Stalk, being very like to the former, 
of a dead or fullen green color, yet not altogether fo 
large and broad, but a little longer pointed, and 
snore rough in handling. 
r IX. The fixth, or LefTer Yellow Starwort of 
Virginia. Its Root confifts of feveral white and 
long bardifh Strings, with fmall fibres adjoining 
to them, abiding many years, and encreafing it felf 
by the fide s. 'This as alfo the t wo former Virginia 
kinds at Seft. VII. and VIII. Ioofe all their Stalks 
and Leaves every year, and fhoot forth the next 
Spring from the Old Root. It grows up but with 
one upright fmall round Stiff Stalk 4 or 5 Feet 
high, bearing two fair, green, long, Jhining Leaves 
at every joint, dented about the edges, but fmaller 
than the former, funding on fmall Footftalks, and 
fomewhat hard in feeling. At every joint with 
the Leaves on both fides, from the very bottom, 
come forth Branches half a yard long at leaf, with 
the like Leaves on them. At the Top of each 
Stalk and Branch, grows one flower, whofe fmall, 
round , green button under it, has feveral fmall 
green Leaves on the head thereof , out of which 
breaks the flower, confifling of a dozen yellow fmall 
and long Leaves, cncompajfing a middle deep yellow 
Thrum. The Seed, by reafon it flowers late with 
us in England, has not been obferved. 
X. The feventh, or more early broad Leav’d 
Purplifh Virginian Starwort. Its Root is hard and 
Woody at its head, fending forth long whitifh 
Strings, and abides all Winter with green Leaves 
upon it, when the Stalks are withered, and deat- 
hs Leaves funding upon fhort Footftalks, grow 
fingly on the feveral hard, ft iff, brown grecnifh 
Stalks of a yard high , they are broad and round 
at the bottom, growing narrower towards the Point, 
and a little dented about the edges, of a frefb green 
color on the upper fide, and fomething yellowifh un- 
derneath. Each great Stalk towards the Top 
Branches forth into flowers , which ft and in a 
Lift or Spike, with feveral fmall green Leaves 
below them on the Stalk : and the flowers ban* 
many, fet on feveral fmall Branches ', have a fmall 
grecnifh Scaly husk, and a fmall pale Purplifh 
flower coming out of it, confifting of feveral fmall 
Leaves laid open like a Star , with feveral pale 
yellow 1 breds riftng up like a Thrum , which turn 
into Down , with fmall Seed therein. 
XI. The eighth, or later flowering narrow 
LeavM Starwort of Virginia. Its Root is com- 
pojed of feveral long white Strings , which lives 
long and encreafes much , loafing all its Stalks in 
the Winter but keeping a Tuft of green Leaves 
all the cold fcafon, till tt / loots forth new Stalks 
the next Spring. It grows up with many Stalks, 
and higher than any of the others , bearing fingle 
Leaves at every joint , which are long and narrow, 
without any dents on their edges ; and without any 
Loot ji alk at the bottom. At every joint , from the 
middle upwards , it fhoot s out very long Branches 
and they oftentimes branched again: at each 
joint whereof ftand fingle Leaves , but much 
fmaller , and thicker fet than below. The flowers 
Jiand fingly at the joints and Tops of every Stalk 
and branch , which are fmall and Star like inform , 
of a pale white color , with a fingle Purple Thrum 
m the middle, rifing out of a fmall green husk, 
which turn into Down like the former. 
XII. The ninth , or Lefler Purple Starwort. 
Its Root confijls of a bufh of Strings and fmall 
Fibres-, from which rife up many fender, ftrar-b 
upright Stalks half a yard high, each Stalk fet 
many Leaves up to the Top, longer and narrower 
than any of the Blew or Purple Star-worts, and fome. 
thing like to the Leaves of Linaria, or Toad-Flax 
At the Top of each Stalk, flani three or four flow- 
ers, confifting of many fmall Leaves in a Starlike 
form, of a very pale blewifli color, with a yellow 
Thrum in the middle, which pafses into Down and 
is earned away with the Wind as the others are. 
XIII. The Places. The firft, fecond and ninth 
grow in Germany, France and Italy, but with us 
only in Gardens. The third grows in many places 
in England, in moift and lhady grounds, but is al- 
fo Nurft up in Gardens. All the relt'grow in 
Virginia, as their Titles declare, as alfo in feveral 
other parts of Florida. 
XIV. The Times. The three firft and the Iaft 
or ninth, flower in the Summer Months, viz in 
June and July : The fourth and fifth flower in 
July, the fixth in Auguft, the feventh in the 
end or Auguft, or later if the year prove not 
warm ; and the eighth, much later, viz. fome- 
times not till the end of Ottober , or beginning of 
November, but yet fometimes a Month fooner if 
the feafon be warm. 
XV. The Qualities. They are temperate in re- 
fpett to heat or coldnefs, diynefs or moifture di- 
geftive and maturative. 
XVI. ^ The Specification. Starwort is dedicated 
to the Cure of Buboes and other Tumors in the 
Groin, as Galen faith, whence came the Names 
Bubomum and Inguinalis. It alfo abates Inflama- 
tions and eafes pain. 
XVII. The Preparations. You may makethere- 
7 A from. 
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