Li 
B. 2„ 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
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t This herbe varies, in that it is found fometimes with narrower, atnd dtherwhiles with broa- 
der leaues ; as alfo with a ftrong vnpleafant fmell, or without any fmell at ail the floures ailo are 
Angle, or elfe (which is feldome found) very double. $ 
2 The yellow May-weed hath a fmall and tender root, from which rifeth vp a feeble ftalke di- 
uiding it felfe into many other branches, whereupon do grow leaues not vnlike to Cammomill 
but thinner, and fewer id number. The floures grow atthe top oftheftalkesyofa gold yellow co- 
lour, t This I take to be no other than the Euphthnlmum verum of our Author, formerly defcribc-d 
in the fecond place of the 257. chapter. 
3 This mountaine Cammomill hath leaues fomewhat deepely cut in almoft to the middle 
rib, thickealfo and iuycie,ofa bitteriih tafte,and of nopleafant fmell : theibalkes are weake,and 
fomefoot high, carrying at their tops Angle floures, bigger, yet like thofe of Cammomill, yel'ow 
in the middle, with a border of twenty or more long white leaues, encompa fling it. it increafeth 
much, as Cammomill doth, and hath creeping roots. It is found vpon the Stirian Alpes,and flou- 
reth in Iuly and Auguft. Cliifuss hath fee this forth by the name of Leucnnthemum Alpimm. f 
I Cotulafatida. 
' lay-weed. 
£ 3 Leuciinthemum AlpinumClufij. 
Wilde Mountaine Cammomill. 
f The Vince. 
They grow in Come fields neere vnto path wayes, and in the borders of fields. 
The Time. 
Thee floure in Iuly and Auguft. 
The Names. 
May-weed is called in fhops CotuUfatida : of htonhartus Ftichfius, Vnrthenium, and virginea , hut 
not truly: of others, «.,».>/ in high-Duteh, fetOtCtlOtll : in low-Dutch, ^ahileblOeitlCn 5 in 
f rench, EJpargoiittc : inEnglifh, May-weed, vvilde Cammomill, and ftinking Mathes, 
The T emperature and Vert ties. 
May-weed is not vfed for meate nor medicine, and therefore the faculties are vnknowne • yet all A 
of them are thought tobehot and dry, and like after a fort in operation to Cammomill, bur no- 
thing at all agreeing with mans nature • notwithftandingit is commended againft the infirmities 
of the mother, feeing all ftinking things are good againft thofe dtfeafes. 
it is 
