iii8 Salmon s 
drilla c&rulea fore Camerarij ■, A pate Dalechampij 
Lugduncnfe Cbondrilla c&rulea altera Cichorij 
Sylvefrii fo/ijs Bauhini Purple Flowerd Gum 
Succory, or Succory with deep jagged Leaves. 
3. Cbondrilla c&rulea latifolia Cbondrilla c&rulea 
latifolia Laciniata • Cbondrilla prim a Lacuna ; 
Broad Leav’d Purple Gum Succory. 4. Chondril- 
la Scfamoides diila, Sefamoidcs parvunt Mattbioli , 
Camerarij , Column a U? Taber n&mont an i (but 
Columna thinks it may be Cyanus Plinij ■ ) Seja- 
moides parva Diofcoridis Lobelia -, Cbondrilla ter * 
[pecks Dodon.f i ■, Catenance quorundam Lt/gdu- 
nenfis ; (Baubinus makes two forts of this Species, 
calling the firft Cbondrilla c&rulea Cyani c apt lulu-, 
and the other, Cbondrilla c&rulea Cyani Capitu/is 
altera : ) Strange Gum Succory. 
The Descriptions. 
III. The firft , or true Gum Succory of 
Diofcorides. Its Root is of a Lingers tbickncfs , 
blackif) on the out fide, with fame Librcs adjoining 
to it, and parted at the top into fome Heads, which 
fend forth Leaves, Sic till it is full of Juice , 
which is yellowijh when it is dry. It bar many long , 
Succory Cum True of Diofcorides. 
and fometbing broad hoary Leaves lying upon the 
Ground , covered with a thick Down, cut in on the 
edges, fometbing like tbofe of Succory : From a- 
mong which , rifes up an hoary Stalk a Foot or more 
high, parted into a few Branches ivith fmaller and 
narrower Leaves fet withopt order, on which are 
fometimes found yellowifh Grains like unto fmall 
pieces of Gum, 1 ohich grow quickly to be hard. 
At the tops of the Branches J} and ftngly yellow 
Flowers like tbofe of Camomil, which when they 
are ripe turn into Down, and with the Seed are 
carried away with the Wind. 
IV. The fecond, or Pu’p’e Flower’d Gum Suc- 
cory, or Gum Succory with deep jagged Leaves. 
Herbal Lib. I. 
Its Root grows deep down into the Ground, and 
fpread into many thick Branches like Dandelion, 
blackijl) on the out fide, and yielding much Milk in 
every part when broken or cut ■, which are fo apt 
to grow , that every little piece in the Ground will 
fpring again , and bear Leaves. It J hoots forth in 
• 
Succory Gum Fur pie F lower d. 
the beginning of the Spring , fever al long winged, 
or rather jagged Leaves -, conffling of many long 
and narrow jaggs , cut in on both fides to the mid- 
dle Rib , and equally ft a! mo ft one again fl another, 
of a blewifh green color , very tender, and full of 
Milk .when broken or cut. From among which , 
rife up weak and tender Stalks 3 or 4 Feet high , 
fcarce able to Jland upright, very brittle alfo, and 
apt to be broken , and as full of Milk as the Leaves, 
which divides it f elf towards the tops into a few 
other fmaller Branches , with fmaller and lefs 
jagged Leaves upon them at the top of which grow 
fmall blewifh Purple Flowers, and fometimes white, 
confining of ten or twelve fmall narrow Leaves, 
fan ding round about the middle, which when they 
are ripe, fall away of themflves. 
V. The third, or Broad Leav’d Purple Gum 
Succory. This Gum Succory is very like the for- 
mer in every refpeft, faving that in this, the Leoves 
are fometbing broader and fhorter, and the GaJh- 
es alfo larger ; in which particulars, the chief 
difference conffts. 
VI. The fourth, or Strange Gum Succory. 
The Root is fmall and long, yielding a Milky 
Juice. It has many long and narrow rough Leaves , 
pointed at the ends, and jagged in two or three 
places on the edges , fometimes more or lefs , lying 
on the Ground, rejembling very much the Leaves uf 
Coronopus, or Buckshorn Plantane *, but with few- 
er , greater , and longer cuts or jaggs. The 
branched Stalks are Jet from their middle , with 
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