¶ The Description.
THis plant hath long and large thicke and fat leaues, sharp poin∣ted, of a blewish greene like vnto Woad, which being broken with the hands hath a prettie spicie smell. A∣mong these leaues riseth vp a stalk of the height of a tal man, diui led 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the top into many other branches, where∣upon grow small yellowish floures, which turneth into downe that flieth away with the wind. The root is thick almost like Helleborus albus.
Of which kinde there is another like the former, but that the leaues are rougher, somewhat bluntly indented at the edges, and not so fat and grosse.
‡ Herba Doria altera.
This herbe growes vp with a green round brittle stalke, very much cham∣phered, sinewed, or surrowed, about foure or fiue foot high, full of white pith like that of Elder, and sendeth forth small branches: the leaues grow on the stalk outof order, & are smooth, sharpe pointed, in shape like 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Herba Doria, but much shorter & nar∣rower, the broadest and longest sel∣dome being aboue ten or eleuen inches long, and scarce two inches broad, and are more finely and smally nickt or indented about the edges; their smell being nothing pleasant, but rather when to∣gether with the stalke they are broken and rubbed yeeld forth a smell hauing a small touch of the smell of Hemlocke. Out of the bosomes of these leaues spring other smaller leaues or branches. The floures are many, and grow on small branches at the tops of the stalkes like those of Herba Do∣ria, but more like those of Iacobaea, of a yellow colour, as well the middle button, as the small leaues that stand round about, euery floure hauing commonly eight of those small leaues. Which beeing past the button turneth into downe and containeth very small long seedes which flie away with the winde. The root is nothing else but an infinite of small strings which most hurtful∣ly spread in the ground, and by their infinite increasing destroyeth and starueth other herbes that grow neere it. Its naturall place of growing I know not; for I had it from Mr. Iohn Coys, and yet keep it growing in my garden. Iohn Goodyer. ‡