CULPEPER'S COMPLETE HERBAL

MAYWEED

Kinds and Names. There are three sorts: 1. Cotula fætid, or Anthemis, stinking mayweed. 2. Cotula non fætida, mayweed with no scent. Stinking mayweed groweth more upright than that which hath no smell, or than common camomile; neither of them creep or run on the ground as camomile doth; the leaves are longer and larger than those of camomile, yet very like unto it, but of a paler green colour; the one sort hath a very strong smell, the other no scent at all; the flowers are like those of camomile, but larger; there is also a sort of mayweed found in various parts of the kingdom, which hath double flowers, almost as large as double camomile flowers, which is called Cotula flore pleno.

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