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1; Tlae Time. . They fpring vp in Aprill,they floure in Augufl,and the feed is ripe in September. The Names. , Siluer Knapweed is cal led ofLo£el,Stw6?Sal4m4ntz'ca : ofDodamw:,Jpl;yllambe:, that 1s,w_tthO3f leaues; for the fioures confifl only of a number of threds,without any leaues at all un Enghfl“: uer Knapweedpt iiluer Scabious,whereofdoubtleife it is a kinde. $1 The Nature and Vertuer. e_- The faculties of the fe Matfellons are not as yet found out,neither are they vfed for meat Of "1 dicine. -f The Faculties of Stcebe out of Diofcorides. M The feed and leaues are aflttingent , wherefore the decoaion of them is caft vp in DY{5“t9lRf and into purulent eares,and the leaues applied in manner of a pultis aregood to hinder the bi“ - nelfc of the eyes occafioned by a blpw,and {top the flowing of bloud.

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He great Blew-Bottle hath long leaues fmoochfofp down’ and am ointediamong i the leaues rife vp crooked and pretty thicke branchelsphattllfered, furlaogved, 3nd élzgurs ‘ - 4/ {had with fuch leaues as are next the ground :on the tops wherof flzand faire blew ap. tending to purple,con{il’cing of diners little floursfet in a fcaly huske or knap like thoffl of Kn weed : the feed is rough or bearded at one end,fmooth at the other and flaining: the I00‘ 15 mug and long lafling (contrary to the tell of the Cornet-floures) and groweth yearly into new whereby it greatly encreafeth.

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