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Show 4 ieee _Of the Hiftorie of Plants. t 7 ConyXa Austriaca Cluf Auftrian Fleabane. Liam! Lis. 2. Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. pe ers 4.05 | £ 8 Conyxa incane, Hoary Fleabang 4 The ftalkesiof this are about a foot high,ftraight, ftiffe, hard, and couered with awhitith downe: the leauesat rhe root grow vpon long ftalkes,andare foft and hairie ; but thofewhichare fmell,andtahigher vp, haue afhort, or elfenoftalke at all, and rubbed, they yeeld no vnpleafant fted.they are fomwhat bitter andacride, The floures that growvponthe tops of the branches are large,andfathioned like thofe of Elecampane, andare of the fameyellowcolor. The rootis long, anda {lender and blackith,creeping andputting vp new ftalkes ;it hath many white fibres refinous {mell. Clufias found it growing on dry hilly placesin Auftria, and calls it Conyza 3: Canfriata. 8 Thiswhich Lobel fets forth vnderthetitle of ComyXa helentis mellitaincana, Ltake tobethe tI lait figuredand defcribed out ofClu/izs,onelythe root is better expreft in Cly/i- orl ife by the figures I cannot find any difference,though Bawhine reckonit vpin e therefrom. This alfo feemes not muchto differ from the laft mentioned,but onely in the haitineffe of sates and ftalkes,andthat the floures are fmaller. This Lobel cals ConyXa becaufethe floures and leaues haue fome femblance ofElecampane, na : He that theyfmell fomewhat like Honie. Thefe laft growvpon mountaines,but none of them with vs in Englandthat I can yet heareof. 10 This hatha {mall fibrous andyellowith root,of avery hot andbiting tafte,whichfends vp diuers longith leaves about the headthereof the ftalke is fomefoot and halfe high,andfet alter- natelywith twined,longifh narrowand fomewhatrough leaues ofan ouerworne greene colour,the top oftheftalke and branches are adornedwith floures fet in longith fealyheads like thofe of H7e. vacium: the outer little leaues are ofa faint blewcolour,andthe inner threds are yellow. It floures in Auguft,and the floures quickly turne into downe, and are carried away with thewind.It grows in many Chalkichils,and J firt obferueditin the company of M'.George Bowles, M°.Ioha Bugs and others,clofe by Farminghamin Kent ; andthe laft yeare M'.7 illiam Broad foundit growing at the Blockehoufe at Grauefend. Tragus calls it Tinctoriusflos alter: Dodonensbecaufe the floure quickly turns to downe makes it Erigeron quartum:andGe/ne for that the root is hot,and drawes rheume like as Pellitorie of Spaine,whichtherefore is vfed againft the Tooth-ache,names it Dentelaria,he alfo cals it Conyza muralis,and Conyzoides Cerulea : Tabernamontanus alfo calls it Cony%a carulea:and lattly, Fabius Columnahathit by the name of 4mellus Montanus, to which kinde it may in mineopinion be as fitly referred, as tothefe Conyza's, Out Authourhadthe figure hereof in the third © 9 ConyXa Alpina pilofifiima, Hairic Fleabane of the Alpes, $ 10 ComyzaCaruleaaitity Blew floured Fleabane, place inthis Chapter, q The Place,Time, and Names. All thefe haue beenefufficiently fhewne in their particular Titles and Defcriptions, ¢ ae q The Nature. <ais hotanddrie in the third degree. q The Vertues. Th. ta 1 co J 1 a P . 't 1 ‘ The leaues andfloures be goodagainft the ftrangurie, theiaundife,and the gnawing or gtiping A{ nwith Vineger, helpeth the Epilepfic orfalling ficknefle. B omen doe fitouer the decoétion thereof, it greatly eafeth their paines of the Mo- ¢ he Herbe burned, whereflies, ; Gnats, fleas,or any venemous things 5 are, ? doth driue them war ndthie third of ConyZa Carles acrise C war.132. Of Starre-woort. q The Defeription. He firft kinde of feror Inguinalis hathlarge broad leaueslike Verbaftwm Salvifoliums or the great Cowy=a amongwhich rifeth vp a ftalke foure or fue handfuls high,hard, th and hairie,befer with leaues like Rofe Campions,of a darke greene colour. At faid ftalkes come forth floures, ofa fhining and gliftering golden colour ;and vn~ Dour thefe floures growfiue or fix long leaues, fharpe pointed and rough,not much in fhape |