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Show € 518 ‘ se The defeription. 8 Hil SIO BPRS THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE a e die Theeightkinde of Cottonweedeis called Félago, to make fome a e ium, as the oes one of the a ee ftineuithed from Guafalinm: yet without doubt it is ftal peg yer are, This planthaththree or fower {mall grayith ycotronie or woollie itith, ok, andwag, tlic roote,and commonlywithout branches. The leaues be long,narrow,wh ee buttons, growing eric pin togit like the other ofhis kinde. The flowers be rounde like turne into downe,and are caried away which re, Moufea as ycllowe fo top of the ftalks,but nothing ,and flowers, butis altogihe ee like ynto the laft before mentioned,in ftalkes jleaues whichappeerfirft are the lowe batt flowers thofe part moft the for & wer, muchlo & fmaller patents to ouergrowe or ouertop their and thofe that comeafter growe higher,as children feeking (as many wicked children do)for whichcauleit hath beenecalled Herba mpia Herbe,or Herbe impious. , thatis,the Wicked Xt Leontopodinmparnwn. Small Lion Cudweede. 10 Leontopodiumfiue Pes Leoninus. Lion Cudweede. OR PILAN TS: 59 Therelt prow vpoumounttaines and hillie grounds,and barren paftares, ihekind of Gasphshiwmmuewlyfet foorth, groweth naturallynecre watothe Mediterranean fea, fom whence ithath beene brought andplantedin our Englifh gardens, % Thetime. They flower forthe moft parc, from Tune to the end of Auguft, % The names: Cotton weedeis called in Greekeyragaihor; andit is called Gaaphalion, bicaufe men viethe tender feanesofitin teed of Bumbatte or Cotton, as PaulusdEginetawriteth 5 Plinie {aithir is called Chimexylan : aS though he fhoulde fay lowe Cotton; for ichath a foftand white cottonlike ynto bumbalte, whereuponalfo it was called ofdiuers Tomentitia, and Cotonaria: of others Centunculand Centuncularmand Albinumwhich wordeis founde amongthe baftarde names.But the later worde by téafon of the white colour doth reafonably wellagrce withit. Itisalfocalled fom humilis flago, and Herba Impia,bicaufe the yonger orthofe fowers that {pring vp later,are and overtop thofetharcamefirft,as manywickedchildremdovntotheir parents,as before tor inthe defcription: in Englifh Cotton. weede, Cudweede, Chaffe weede,and petie Cotton. % The nature. ae es “2 Thefeherbes be ofan aftringent or binding anddrying qualitie, %& The vertues. ; Gnaphaliumboiled in {trong lee,clenfeththe haire fromnits andlice:alfo the herbe being laidin A watdtobes and preffes, keepeth apparell from mothes, Thefame boiled in wine and drunken,killeth wormes,and bringeth themfoorth, and preuaileth B againftthe bitings and {tingings of venemous beatts. _ Thefume or fmoke ofthe herbe dried,andtaken with afunnell, being burned therin, & receiued C infichmnaner as weyf to take the fumé of Tabaco sthat is,with a crooked pipe madefor thefan pupole by the potter , prewaileth againft the coughof the lungs, the great acheorpaine ofthe itadand clenfeth the bre(t and inward parts, a = OfGolden eMothwoortsor'(udweede. % The defeription, ‘ Kinde to Thetenth plantcomprehended vnderthetitle of Gnafalium , (being without on i thereof,as may appeere by the fhape ofhis fowers and ftalkes , conered ouet with ei ae ike vnto the other kindes of Cotton weede) is an handfull high or thereabouts 5 befet wit - it Gnafalinm anglicum, but fomewhat broader. Atthe top of the ftalke there econ 7ake blackifh browne violet colour, beferabout with rough, and woollie hairie leaves, whieh athe whole flower to refemble the rough haired foote of a Lion, ofa Hare, ot aBeate, © 7 min¢ opinion,of arough footed Doue.The headsof thefe lowers whenthey are a ; rie a greater circumference thenis required in fo fmall a plant, & whenthe flowers faced, is wrapped infiich a deale of wooll,that itis {carfely to be foundeout. : 1 Diol 11 This fmallkind ofLeomtopodinm beinglikewifea kind of Cotton weed, (acitherby: inches Fuchfius , or any other auncient writer once remembred ) hath one fingle ftalke nine height, Scleaues af Guafaliammontanyum : which leaues and ftalkes are white , withis “oa len woollineffe,, bearing at the top pale ycllowe flowers like Gmafalinm Montaniun: the root and wooddie, . % Theplace. oD Thefirft groweth in the darke woods of Hampfteede, and the woodes neere vnte a fecond groweth vpon drie: fandie: : a place London.The banks, The thirde groweth at a place zey, fixe miles from Colchefter,neere vntothe fea fide. calla Chap.196. weoThe kinds. Herebe fides fortes 43 MEY vnderdinersti 3 t tles,yet ofione ; : ane divers hereof,conreined ftocke orkinred,andallof udweedes,or Chaffeweedes,or Cotton weedes, te The defiription. ; aottoon bringeth foortliflender ftalkes fomewhat hard and Sonneaisles Boba ae Biaticheswhidteiipan do groweleaues fomewhat rough,and of a-whi very mueh assed tke Sduitheriwood) which the grauier hath omittedin the pictue, The flowMt, ers ftan ‘stand onthe topofthe {talkes ioined togitherin tuft¢s of a yellow colour, glitteke gdlde sit formevetern ling thefedlic foweérs of Tanfie, orthe middle buttonofthe flow} *Lamom ae em being gathered before they be ripe or withered remain beauifiil long tinie #.- “id fee in the handes of Mafter Wade, one of the Clerks of hir Maiefties Counfell, ~_ ai ameng other thiygs frosy’Radua in Ttalie! For which caufe oflong lafting, the peated gods Were woontto weare garlatids therof, wherupoh fome haue calledit Gods which pupofe Prolemie kingvof Aepyprdid toft diligently obferie them, as P/inie ah ¢Cisa atiothe r for tofgoldein\Mochwoorr,whichZ-Obeliuscalleth Coma aurea, of the golden » HOWEES.w hich ar clike the preceddiit;aslisalitheseftof the plant. Kk 4 1 Eliochryfon, |