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1 fT , He great Moufe earehath greatand large leaues greater than our common Pylofe/fa, 
or Moufe-eare, thicke, and full of fubltance :the ftalkes and Igaues be hoarie and 
white, with a filken moftineflcin handling like filke,plcafantand faire in view :itbea- 
teth three or foure quadranglec! ftalkes, fornevvhat knotty, a foot long : the roots are hard ; vvooddy, 
and full of ftrings : the floures come forth at the top of the ftalke. like vnto the fmall Pifleabed,or 
Dandelion, of a bright yellow colour. 
2 The fecood kinde of Py’ofella is that which we call Auricula mnris , or Moufe-eare, being a 
very common herb, but few more worthy of confideration becaufc of his good effect, and yet clean 
vnremembred of the old Writers. It is called Pyloftllaolxlvi rough hairy ar.d whitifh (ubftance 
growing on the leaues, which are fomewhat long like the little Daifie, but that they bane a fmall 
hollownefle in them refembling the eare of a Moufe : vpon thewhich confideration fome liaue 
called it •JW'wfons ; wherein they were greatly decciued,forit is nothing like vnto the Mycfotu of 
Dicf.ondes ■ his fmall ftalkes are likewife hairy , (lender, and creeping vpon the ground ; his 
flouresaredouolc,andofapaleyelloiv colour,much like vnto Smtimjat Hierac;um , or Hawke- 
weed. 
1 P'/lof l’ am mo*. 
Great Moufe-eare. 
2 Pflo fella refens. 
Creeping Moufe-eare. 
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