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temperate and ftrengthenthe body; it is held to be a very good fubftitute for Acacia, which all Chriftian conn-i 
tries doe much want through their owne negligence, for if they would not fo much affcfl fubftitutes they mi e h"t 
have the true but it is binding and drying more then it. 7 8 
Chap. LXXXIX. 
Jacobaa. Ragwort. 
| He have two forts of Ragwort growing wilde with us in many places, but Clujim hath found outi 
1 fome othei plants which he relerreth thereunto, and there arc alfo fome of this fort growing by the 
I Sea fide,which I thinkefit toadj'oyne to the reft. 
i. Jacobta vxlgarit major. The greater common Ragwort. 
The greater common Ragwort hath many large and long darke greene leaves lying on the groundi 
very much rent and torne on the fides into many peeces, from among which rifeth up fometimes but one, and i 
fometimes two or three Iquareorcrefted, blackifhor brownifh ftalkes three or fourc foote high, fometimes, 
branched, bearing diver. Inch like leaves upon them at feverall diftances unto the teppes, where it brancheth : 
forth into many ftalkes, bearing yellow flowers, confiftingof divers leaves fet as a pale or border, with a darke : 
yelfowthrum inthe middle, which doe abide a great while, butin theend growing full ripe areturnedinto i 
o’owne, and with the fmall blackifh gray feede carryed away with the winde : the roote is made of many fibres, , 
fome greater and others leflcr whereby it is firmely faftned into theground.and abideth many yearcs. 
2. lacob.ra vnlgaru minor. The lefler common Ragwort. 
This Ragwort is very like the precedent, fo that many that are not skilfull or curious in the obfervation of! 
plants do overpafle it,as judging it but the fame with the former tthechiefeft differences are thcfejitnfually rifeth i 
not fo high,the leaves are not fo finely jagged.nor of fo fad a greene colour, bur rather fomewhat whitifli foft 
and woolly,and the flowers are ufually paler, yet in many alike. 
;. Iacobaa latifolin Pannonicaprima. The firft Hungarian broad leafed Ragwort. 
The firft leaves of this Ragwort that lyc next the roote upon the ground are round almoft, and larger then 
tbofe that grow upon the (talke,which have many fmall peeces or j'aggcs at the bottomes of them, whofe ends 
are longer and not fo round, and (till more jagged as they grow up higher,and the higheft moft jagged, very like 
unto the higheft leaves of the Ragwort,yet all of them notched or dented about the edges, at the top of the ftalke 
which is about two foote high.breake forth many branches of flowers greater then in the former, but yellow in 
the fame manner,and give fuch feede that is carried away with the downs; the roote is great and white with 
many fibres,abiding as well as the firft. ’ 
i. Iacobta vulgiris. 
Common Ragwort. 
i. $. l.uobai isnguflifolia& latifolia Pannonica. 
Hungarian Ragwort of two forts. 
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