Chap. 6 7 8. EngUjb Her Is . 1 1 2 ] 
This dyeth not , but abides many Tears , increaftng 
in Branches , a Vijcous or Mucilaginous 
Juice , '/?£<? Comfrey, an A(lringent and 
Auftere Tajle /or which reafon I believe it was 
called by divers ( as Cordus fays ) Confolida aurea, 
and fo fays Clufius alfo •, and fonts have called it 
Panax, and Panaces Chironium, but falfcly. 
IV. The fecond, or our white Creeping, or 
Dwarf Sun-Flower. Its Root is thick , and of a 
Woody Subfiance like the former. It is a low a?id 
humble Riant , creeping upon the Ground , differing 
but little from the former , faving that this rifes 
fomewhat higher. It has many fmall tough Branches 
S it n-Y lower Creeping Englifh, 
Tello® and White. 
of a brown colour , on which gr oio little Leaves fel 
by Couples , thick , fat , and full of Juice , covered 
over with a foft Dozen , from whoje bofoms come 
forth other leffer Leaves. Tbefc Leaves are a lit- 
tle whiter and longer , and not Jet fo thick toge- 
gether as tlw former , but are more Woolly. The 
Flower is alfo fomething larger , and of a white 
Color , in which confifts the chief Difference. In 
fome R laces or Grounds , it is a little Sweety but 
in fome other Soils little or nothing at all : and 
its Juice is of an Ajiringent and Auflere Tajle 
like the other. 
V. the third, or Creeping Sun-Flower with 
Time-like Leaves. Its Root is very Fibrous , and 
fpreads much under Ground , and the Plant creeps 
upon the Ground , much like unto Wild Thyme, 
with fuch like [mall Leaves, f t upon reddifh 
Branches very thick , or as it were in a double row, 
of a dark green Colour , and a little hairy withal , 
which are a little longer and whiter next to, or near 
the Flowers , which grow thrte or four together , 
each one on a pretty long haipy Footffalk , confiffirg 
of five fmall yellow Leaves like unto the other , 
and fomething Sweet. 
VJ. The fourth, or Yellow Creeping, or Dwarf- 
Sun-Flower of Germany. Its Root is /lender. Woody, 
and fomething red. The Riant is fa id to 'be much 
like to a Ciltus, but lejjer by much , and creeping 
upon the Ground un/efs it be prop\l up, having 7; 
multitude oj twiggy Branches , fender and fine, on 
Sim - Flower Creeping of Germany, 
Yellorp and W hit e. 
’which grow Leaves leffer than thofe of Ledon or 
Ciftus, and very like to our Englifh White Creep- 
ing, or Dwarf Sun-Flower, at Sell. IV. above ‘ of 
a full or mucilaginous Juicy Subff ancc, and fight ly 
haired ■, The Flowers are like unto little Rcfes , or 
the Wild Tanfie Flower of a yellow Color. 
VII. The fifth, or White Dwarf, or Creeping 
Sun - Flower of Germany. This in its Roots , 
Branches , Leaves , Flowers, and manner of grow- 
ing, is fo like the luff Defc'riked, that they are not 
to be difinguijhed af under till the time of Flower- 
ing, the Flowers in this being White , whereas in the, 
former they are Tellow ■, this being the chief, or 
only difference. 
VIIL The Rlaces. The firlt and fecond grow in 
feveral places of England, but efpecially in Kent, 
in almolt every Tratt thereof throughout ^ which 
in fome places is greater than in fome others, yet 
that with the white Flowers is not altogether fd 
common as thofe with the yellow. Gerard fays he 
has found them in many places in Kent , upon the 
Chalky Banks about Gravefend and Southffeet ; 
and for the molt part all the way from thence ro 
Canterbury and Dover. The fourth and fifth dif- 
fer hot much from our Englifh , and I am told,’ 
have been found in feveral parts of this Kingdom - y 
and by reafon they fo little differ from our ffng/ifh 
7 D i Specie^ 
