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Unto the feed veffell of Foxe-gW^Finger-fiowers.bM not fo long, wherein is contained very fmall and bt^wT 
m£h feed . the roote is fomewhat long, thicke and hard, but not wooddy, with divers long fibres let thereunto 
4 - J erbafeum faminapare albo velpallido. Sweet white Mullein 
The fweet white Mullein hath white hoary and woolly leaves like the other, but longer, narrower and more 
indented about the edges, and not lo many growing betow on the ground ; the ftalke is woolly and ri’feth hiuher 
than the former, having greater flowers growing at the toppes, much fwceter alfo than it,and of a white colour, 
wherein fonaetimes feme redd.fh lines arc to bee feene therein, in other things this differed not from the 
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5 - Vcrbafaim nigrum vu’gare. 
i- Ordinary Macke Mullein. 
5, Verbafcum nigrtlm vulgare. Ordinary black Mullein. 
Our ordinary black Mullein hath leaves nothing wooily 
or hairy, but of a darke gtcenc colour fomewhat large, 
longer pointed, and dented unevenly about the edges, the 
ftalke ril'eth almoft as high as the common white Mullein, 
and nfually parted at the toppes into fome branches, bea¬ 
ring long fpiky heads of gold yellow flowers, and in fome 
tending to purple like the other,with fome threads in the 
middle, which arc reddifh in fome, and purplifh in others: 
the feed is like the other: the roote perifheth after feed 
time as the other doth: the whole plant hath a ftronger or 
more grievous fmellin it than the white kinde. 
6 . Verbafcummgrumoioratmn. Sweeteblack Mullein, 
This black Mullein hath foure or five leaves lying upon 
the ground fomewhat long and broad, ending in a long 
point, fomewhat hard,and as it were crumpled, of a dark? 
greene colour, without anymanifeftdents or notchings 
about the edges: from among which rifeth up a round 
hard greene ftalke three fbote high, oftentimes without 
any branches, but more often divided into two or three 
branches, whereon grow many yellow flowers fmaller 
and thicker fet together, that is, two or three at a place; 
than in any other, and fmelling pretty fwcet, which fall a- 
Way without giving of feed in the moft that I have obfer- 
ved.orvery fcldome bearing fmall feed in round fmall 
heads: the roote is fomewhat great and long, with divers 
fibres annexed unto it, and p.rifbeth not, butabideth ma¬ 
ny yeares. 
7 ’ Verbafcum laciniatum. lagged Mullein. 
This jagged Mullein hath large andlong leaves uneven¬ 
ly cut m on the edges, feeming to bee waved, fomewhat 
ike the leaves of Horned Poppy, of a darke greene colour, 
and a little hairy wichall: the ftalke is fmall and greene, 
but high, and branched diverfly, bearing fmaller yellow 
flowers, and more fparfedly fet than in the other blacke 
te^ando?berft n i?„?- C h"' n0t Lobelia Adverfaria (Lould feeme to fet out this plant as Ba«- 
hnrh ft 'ntimate, and as himfelfe doth demonftrate it to be Verbafcum aliui Matthhli ; but his deferip- 
are^t°under^t 0 ftalk r ef 0 a "tf' ^ C ° tfri^ ^ dowe J s ‘ n !?' s> ' s much differing from this: for he faith the flowed 
title of Verb thrum sen ’ 4 3 ? C ° f 3t 7 3re ’ 3n d °f the fame forme and colour, and thereupon giveth it the 
forum UcLilttZ. W Eruetfolwm. as it is to be amended: and in his obfervations, Verbafcum fflvefire f„hi. 
thicker 0M “ Uc ^ ha tl'from a wooddy roote, divers white hoary leaves like unto Sage leaves, but whiter, 
round ft Ike r n tt r P °‘ n ?i’ every - ? n c e a lon .S footc ftalke > among which rife up divers hoary white 
the ftsjke ft ’ j a !, d there with fuch like whitilh leaves, bur a little fmaller and narrower - at the toppes of 
- 9l V f< a, ‘! ,m f ol V^,atcuuifoI,a Sjriacum. Small Sage-leafed Mullein ofSyria, 
fnoncr hfi/ ^ ls P ant ’ y ct kecaufe Lobel who firft fet it forth, entituleth it Pblomos , and placeth it a- 
mthc? Mian r “f r MU f InS ’ i C “ n 0C n0 ‘ cffe ^ y° u « alfo with them , with this my note of Vcrbafculum 
f ttrfr the poll r of iWrs diffcrin § (rom 311 the «»»•****** this ^7- 
or PinoeCa 1, fft’llamoreexaftmaybe given. It hath long, narrow, and pointed leaves like unto the Idler 
low minvR e,a J' 0<>ary as tkc ffltiare ftalkes are, which have alfo much woollinefle on them : the flowers areyel- 
3tthelrt °PP es “ ke «•»*- °™e wild Campion, or Flower of fVftt, 
ly ty, lace 
CrIc^ S TH? bythefideWayes3ndL3nesk,man y places in this Land: the fecond in the fields betweere 
!n and Hafma, neare Elfeuore in Seamarks, there obferved by Lobel. The third and fourth doe grow but 
1 kevvift > bothhr 's^ l 13 ^ kard ^ ^ nde a P' ant > n a great wa^^Thefift in'mafiy 1 places 
Wife, both in l «,Sw7,£f«, and elfewherc, The fixt is fometinfes alfo to be found wild abroadvbut- 
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