Tribe 5. 
The Theater of'Plants, 
.HAP, 
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Carduncello and Svellicciofa maggiore : by the S patnxrds Bomaron mejcr : by the French id herbe S. laques ; by the 
Germans S'! Ucobs blnmen,mi S'. Jacobs ertmt ; by the Dutch S. Weeks crut/t, and Afchercrutdi, and we in Englijk 
S. Iamefwort and Ragwort. 
The Verities, 
Ragwort is hot and dry in the fecond degree as fomethinke, with fame bitternefTe Joyned therewith, and 
therefore clenfeth, digefteth, and difeuffeth: the dccedlion ofthe herbe is much commended to wafh the mouth 
or throat that have Vlcers and fores therein,and for fwellings,hardnefl'e or impoftiimations.for it throughly clen¬ 
feth and healeth them, asalfothefquinfieand the Kings Evil]it doth hdpe to^hy catarrhes, thinne rheumes 
and defluxions from the head into the eyes,nofe or lungs: the Juice is found by continuall experience to bee fin- 
mlar good, both to heale greene wounds,and to clcnle and heale all old and filthy Vlcers, as well in the privities 
and m other parts of the body-,and inward wounds and Vlcers alfo, andftayeththc malignitie of fretting or run¬ 
ning Cankers and hollow Fiftulaes, not buffering them to fpread further: it is much commended alio to hclpe 
aches and paines either in the fieihy parts,or in the nerves and finewes, as alfo the Sciatica or paine ofthe hippes 
or hucklcbone, to bathe the places with the decoftion of the herbe,or to annolnt them with an ointment made of 
the herbe bruifed and boyled in A.-cungi* or old Hogs Suet, with fome Mafticke and Olibanum in powder added 
untoit after itisftravned forth and notbefore as t/WWfaith, for fo it were to no purpofe to put them in tit is 
held alfo to be acertaine remedie to helpe the Staggers in Horfes, 
Ssnsciovnl^aris. Common GrounAfdK 
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Chap. LXXXX. 
S enecio, Groundfell. 
lofcorides,Gitten and Pliny and the other ancients have made mention, but of one fort of Senecio or 
Groundfell,but this later age hath found out divers other forts as fhall be prefently declared; but in that: 
I fet it here which might elfc have beene placed among the Inttibace* or Cichoreacea, whereof it is a 
jjiccies, it was to joyne it with the lacobea going before, whereunto itis liked in name face and property. 
I. Senecio vulgaris. Common Groundfell. 
Our common Groundfell hath a round greene and fomewhat browniih flalke, fpread toward the toppe into 
fome branches,fet with long and fomewhat narrow greene leaves cut in on the edges fomewhat like unto Rocket, 
or rather an Oaken lcafe, but leffer and round at the ends, at the toppes of the ifalkcs and branches (land many 
fmall greene knappes or heads, out of which grow fmall yellow threds or thrums which, are the flowers, which 
continue many dayesblowne in that mannerbefore it paffe away intodowne, and with the feede is carryed 
away in the winde: the roote is fmall and threddy and foone perifheth, but from the feede that is ihed it foonc 
rifethupagaine,fothat it may bee feene manymoncchs 
in the yeare, both greene and in flower and feede, for 
it will frping and (cede twice in a yeare at the lead if 
it be buffered in a Garden. 
1. Senetiomontanw . Mountainc Groundfell. 
Of this kind there is another fort that groweth not 
altogether fo high, whofe leaves are' greater and more 
cut in on the edges, in all things elfe like the ordina - 
ry fort, 
3. Senetiofolio non laciniato Myconi, 
Mycontu Spanish Goundfell. 
The leaves that grow upon the hard [hikes of this 
Groundfell are whole and not divided or cut in on the 
edges as the reft are, but oneiy dented like unto Ger¬ 
mander leaves, and grow fingly one above another 
thereon i the flowers are larger but yellow,and as foone 
fading and turning into downs as the other, the roote is 
laid to he more hard and wooddy. 
ep. Senetio incanus Jive Frigerftm tomentofam. 
Cottony Groundfell. 
This Cottony Groundfell hath much larger leaves, 
and more divided or torne on the edges then the other 
mountaine fort, of a grayifh or afhcolour foft and hai¬ 
ry or rather hoary all over : rhe (hikes are higher and 
greater, but with fuch like yellow flowers upon them 
and as foone fading and turning into downe almoft as 
the other; the roote is fmall and full of fibres. 
S. Senetio fatidtii . Stinking Goundfell. 
This (linking Goundfell hath many faire large and 
long leaves lying next the ground very much cut in on 
the edges into many divifions, fomewhat like unto 
thofe of Mugwort. whereupon fome have called it Ar« 
themifi* fetid*,but foft, and in handling very hairy, be¬ 
dewed with a fattie clammineffe, fo that the leaves will 
flicke to the fingers of them that touch them, and one 
Ieafe alfo unto another,hard!y to be pulled afunder.fmel- 
ling fomewhat ft.rong and of an ill lent,(not unpleafantly 
faith 
