L, l B. 2. 
Of the Hiflorie of Plants. 
4.8 5 
7 The ftalkes of this are about a foot high,ftraighc, ilifte, hard, and cowered with a wC 7th 
dovvne : the leaues at the root grow vponlong ftalkes, and are foftand haine ■ but thafewhi i 
higher vp, haue a fhorr, or elfe no ftalke at all, and rubbed, they y eeld no vnpleaftuu line ! 1 anH f 0 
fted, they are fomwhat bitter andacride. The fioures that grow vpon the tops of the brand™' 
large, and fafhioned like thofe of Elecampane, and are of the fame yellow color The root is lo 
fiender and blackilh, creeping and putting vp new ftalkes 5 it hath many white fibres and a re fin„,f= 
frnell. Cluf/i(s found it growing on dry hilly placesin Auftria,and calls it Comza P fa 
firiaca. ' J !• 03 
8 This which Label fets forth vnder the title of Cony\a Mentis mellitaincana , I take tobethe 
fame Plant that I laft figured and defcribed out ofc/«/?w,onely the root is better expreft in clnfi. 
m his figure^otherwife by the figures I cannot find any difference, though Bauhine reckon it vd in 
his / > 7 wa.v,as differing therefrom. P 
9 This alfofeemes notimichtodifferfromthelaftmentioned,butonely in the hairinefleof 
the leaues and ftalkes, and that tile fioures are finaller. This Lohel cals Cony 7U H olenitis me Hit nine a- 
■ n.t : He lenitis^ becaufc the fioures and leaues haue fome femblance ofElecampane- and cm ell ta for 
that they fmell fomewhat like Honie.Thefe laft grow vpon mountaines,but none of them with vs 
m England that I can yet beare of. 
10 This harh a finall fibrous and yellowifl-. root, of a very hot ahd biting tafte, which fends vd 
diners longifh leaues about the head thereof 5 the ftalke is fome foot and halfe high, and fet alter- 
nately with twined, longifh, narrow and fomewhat rough leaues of an ouerworne greene colour- the 
top of the ftalke and branches are adorned with fioures fet in longifh fcaly heads like thofe of fie 
rat mm: the outer little leaues are of a faint blew colour, and the inner threds are yellow. It fioures 
in Augu ft, and the fioures quickly turne into downe,andare carried away with the wind. It grows 
in many Chalkiehils,and I firft obferued it in the company of W.Georae BowlesM'-Iohn Btwsand 
others, clofe by Farmingham in Kent ; and the laft yeare M r .William Broad found it growing at the 
Blockehoufe at Grauefend. Tragus calls it Tinilorms flos alter : Dodonxus becaufe the floure'tiu ck 
1 y tllrns t0 dovvne makes it trigeron quartum.-and Gefner for that the root is hot, and drawes rheum" 
like as Pellitorie of Spaine, which therefore is vfed againft the Tooth-ache, names it Vxntellria- he 
alfocals it Cony z, a mural is, and Cony zoides Carulea : T ahernamontanus alfo calls it ConyTa candca and 
laftly ,Fahius Columnahph it by the name of eyimellus Mont anus , to which kinde it may in mine o 
pinion be as fitly referred, as tothefe Conyzas. Our Authour had the figure hereof' in rh- third 
place in this Chapter. 
51 T he Place fTimc, and Names. 
All thefe haue beene fufficiently fhewne in thc-ir particular Titles and Defections, f 
%The Mature. 
Conyza is hot and drie in the third degree. 
5f The Venues. 
of thebenie 5 3nd fl ° UreS bC S °° d the ftran§Urie ’ Clle i ‘ umdir Gand the gnawing or griping A 
The fame taken with V ineger, helpeth the Epilepfie or falling, ficknefle. R 
the- W ° mendoe fit0l,cr thc ^ eco ^j on thereof, it greatly eafeth their paines of the Mo- c 
The Herbe burned, where flies. Gnats, fleas, or anyvenemoias things are, doth driue them D 
2W JV« 
1 
t The firil ivas Formerly of for; fa m ,iu ; the fccond was of Cmsli minim ; and the third of f «jCi O -air* mis. 
Chap. 152. Of Starre-woor^ l 
51 TheDcfcripion. 
1 Hr He fir ft kinde of^/tror Inguinalu ,hath large broad leaues like Verlafcum Salvi folium 
° r th f gre f . Con 1~ a - 'among which rifeth vp a ftalke foure or fiue handfuls high, hard,, 
the tonofthSft"! le ’ b f C 'y“ Illeaues Iike Rofe Campions, of a darke greene colour. Ac 
derneathabn . n f come forth fioures, of a Aiming and glittering golden colour ; and vn- 
derneath about thefe fioures grow hue or fix long leaues, fnarpe pointed and rough, not much in 
S f ' fiiape 
