Chap. 749. Englijh Herbs. 
The Descriptions. 
III. The firft, or Grafs Wrack, or Sea Weed. 
Its Roots are roandifh and hairy , and blackifh on 
the out fide : From whence rife up J mall round and 
white hairy Heads , breaking out at the fides as it 
were into Branches 3 on the tops whereof Jiand 3 
or 4 very long and narrow fojt green Leaves, fome 
WRACK-SEA Grafs : 
OR, • 
Sea Weed Grafs. 
Icing 4 or 5 Feet or more long, and about an Inch 
more or lejs broad. It has neither Stalk nor Seed, 
but lyes on the Ground till the Tide raife it on the 
top of the Water ; which being broken off by the 
force of the Waves, is carried to the Shore, where 
it is Gather'd, and kept for many things. 
IV. The fecond, or broad thick Sea Wrack, or 
Girdle. This differs from the former, in that the 
Root is wholly Fibrous ; the Stalk rtfingfrm thence 
thick and round, 2 or 3 Inches high, and the Leaf, 
which is fometimes but one, (very feldom two ) of 
a very great length. Sometimes 6 , 8, or 10 Feet, 
or divers Ells long, and above 4 Inches broad ; 
equal from a little above the Setting on to the end, 
but Somewhat waved, or crumpled on the edges, 
being thick, and of a deep green color : fo foft or 
tnoift wbiljl it is frejh, that it is almoji like to 
(oft Glew-, and will hardly dry, unlefs it lies long 
in the Sun ; and wilt not be fit to be kept, till af- 
ter many Days drying. 
V. The third, or broad and thin Sea Wrack, or 
Girdle. This is in all things like the laft, faving 
that the Leaves are thinner , broader, andfhorter ; 
yet crumpled or waved on the edges, and of a paler 
green color ; which when dryed, is almoft like un- 
to thin Varchment. 
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VI. The fourth, or narrow long and thick Sea- 
Wrack, or Girdles. Its Root is round and. flat 3 from 
whence fpring 2 or 3 narrow thick Leaves, about a 
Foot and half long, divided into fever al fiat, thick 
Thongs like Leather , fame long, and fome Jhorier •, 
and they again divided into other f mailer and long- 
er ones , almoft like a Bufh. 
VII. The fifth, or long Fennel like Sea Wrack, 
or Sea Mols. The Leaves hereof are very long 
and fine, like to thofe cf /fo* Ferula, or Fennel Gi- 
ant, growing from Stalks near a Foot long , which 
Wrack or Mop Sea Fennnel like. 
are divided into many Branches , at whofe tops , white 
Flowers and the faid Fennel like Leaves grow. Its 
Root is manifold, fometimes a Tard, 2, or 3 long, 
and flender , extending and creeping much about. 
VIII. The fixth, or Dying Sea Wrack, or red 
Dying Sea Mofs or Alga 3 the Dyers Sea Wrack. 
It rifes up with 4, y, 6 , or more Stalks, 4, 5, or 
6 Inches high , each Stalk fpread out into fome few 
Branches, each of which are well re pie at with a 
fort of fine Leaves on them, not much unlike to 
Fennel, of a reddijh color, but with fome whitenefs 
mixed together. This is ufed by divers forts of 
Mechanicks , to flrike a deep Crimfon color, or red- 
difh Purple Dye ■, which will not quickly nor eafily 
decay, but laJI long. 
IX. The Places. Moft of thefe are found on 
our Englijh and Scotch Coalt •, but they are alfo 
found in the Levant or Mediterranean Seas 3 and 
Coafts of other warmer Climates. 
X. The Times. They perifh not in Winter 3 
but their chiefeft time of Beauty, life, and Ga- 
thering, is in the Summer Seafon, and latter end 
of Summer. 
XI. The Qualities. Sea Wrack is cold in the 
firft Degree, and dry in the fecond 3 Aftringent, 
and Anodyn. 
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