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thefe I think good to add, ;. Myagrum Sylvejlre, 
Pfeudomyogrum -, Pin aria quinta Tragi ■, Sefama 
'Tragi , Wild Gold of Pleafure, or Oily Seed. The 
Seed of this ’tis true, when perfe&ly ripe and dry, 
has no Bitternefs in it, but is Sweet and very plea- 
fa nt, and a moft acceptable Food to fmall Birds, 
as Finches , Linnets , and the like ^ but both Herb 
and Seed while they are green, have an unaccount- 
able Bitternefs beyond Exprefiion, and therefore 
whilft it is Green, it isufedas Wormfeed , and will 
indeed do the fame thing. 
The Defcriptions. 
III. The firft, or Shop Wormfeed. It has a 
■plentiful Stringy and Fibrous Root , fp reading it 
felf far and deep in the Ground -, from whence 
rifes up a little fhort Stock , which afterwards 
fpreads it felf out into many Stalks , and [mailer 
Wormfeed Tranfmarine : 
Or, Santonicum . 
Ramifications , infomuch that it is very full of 
Branches , but with very few Leaves , and thoje 
very fmall, and finely cut at the bottom , of an Afh 
color -, out jlored fo plentifully with Seed upwards , 
that it feems to be there without Leaves , and whol- 
ly to confifi of Seed , which as Rauwolfius fays, 
are fomewhat bitter in their Natural Places , and 
of a rcaf enable lively and quick Smell with us, 
efpecially if they be frefh and not old but are in- 
deed much ftronger where they grow , and are but 
newly gathered. 
IV. The fecond, or Englifh Wormfeed, (which 
Gerard calls Treacle W or m feed .) Its Root is fmall 
and Woody , perifhing every Pear after Seed time , 
and then rifing again of its own Seed. It grows 
with pretty tall upright Stalks , branching them] elves 
out towards the top , and thicker fet with long nar- 
row green Leaves than the next , fomewhat like to 
thofc of the Single Wall-flower, but f mailer , and 
of a whiter green color, and at the tops of the 
Stalks and Branches , come forth many very fmall 
Wormfeed Englifh. 
pale yellow Flowers , confi fling of 4 Leaves apiece ■> 
very like to thofe of Leucoium Sylveftre, or Wild 
Single Wall-flower, but much f mailer, even by more 
than half-, which being pafi away, after them come 
fmall long Cods, containing within them a very pale 
colored Seed, of a very bitter Tafle. 
The other Wormfeed Englifh. 
V. Ths 
