i . it 
f The Place. . 
t The firftand fiftof thefe grow wilde in fun- 
urie places,and the reft oneiy in gardens with vs. 
The Time. 
They floure in Iuly and Aiiguft. 
The Names. 
The later Herbariftscali Moth Mullein by the 
name of Blatt, inland doe truly take it to bee that: 
which Plinie defcribeth in his 2 2. book e,eaf.g . in 
thefe words. [There is an herbe like Mullein, or 
V trbafcum nigrum, which oftentimes deceiueth.be- 
ing taken for the fame, with leaues not fo white, 
moe ftalks,and with yellow floures (as weehaue 
written; which do agree with blacke Mullein,but 
wehauenot as yet learned by obferuation that 
they dogather mothes and flies vnto them, as wee 
haue faid.j Valerius Cordas names it Verbafcum 
TeptophyltmflT narrow leafed Mullein.-their feueral 
titles fufficiently fet forth their Englifh names, 
_ «[]' The Tiature and Vertu es. 
Concerning the plants comprehended vnder the 
titles o£ Blattaria,or MothMulleins,I find nothing 
written of them, failing that moths, butterflies, and 
allmannerof fmall flies and bats do refort tothe 
place where thefe herbs are laied or ftrewed. 
fThedccodtio of the floures or leaues of the firft 
elcribed opens the obftrtnftions of the bowels, as 
alfo of the Meferaicke veins, as Canter ar. affirmes. £ 
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