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Botanologia
Author
Salmon, William, 1644-1713. Other Author(s): Dawks, Ichabod, 1661-1730, Rhodes, Henry, Taylor, John, bookseller.
Date Added
10 January 2014
Language
English
Publish Date
1710
Publisher
London : Printed by I. Dawks for H. Rhodes ... and J. Taylor ...
Source
Botanologia
Alternate Title
the English Herbal, or, History of Plants : containing ... : Adorned with Exquisite Icons or Figures, of the most Considerable Species, Representing to the Life, the True Forms of Those Several Plants : the Whole in Alphabetical Order
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Botany > Pre-Linnean works. Botany, Medical > Early works to 1800. Plants > Dictionaries > Early works to 1800.
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we treat in'rhis Chapter. 6. Pdllat't’J' llangarieom
:tKLtrtoriantttn, Hungarian and Tartarmn idllvheal,
of which we have nothing here to fay, "9 II. The true,
which is called Panax Jleraclettrn Vanna, ,Thc‘true
llartale: All-heal or lVottnd-zcort, which for; in its
. pro or place, viz. in Chn . 857 following, - I‘ , >
I I. The Defc‘ription? )chrft Kind, r12: Pamx
Herculeum alterum, or Hercules hi: Common All-
heul, Thar at Root fortiewhat great, groaning dee dor‘un
into the Ground, with 2 or 3 longhranchc: fibril it,
of t1 whitift) yellozii on the ottt' hair, and' retort; rehitc
within, full of a 'ellow Sapv coming from it, 'ifrt I:
cut or broken, of; little (iron; fcent, and hot hitter,
tajle more than eitherfLeaf or Seed : front thirroot
fpring: many large winged Leaver round allot”. upon
the ,Grottnd, tnojt ofthent two feet long, corg’yltng of
fm’, ”52.9: of 17x Couple! tfrottgh winged leaves, .vfet'
again]? each other on a reward greatfontllallrfnrro-w:
ed on the Ilntit‘ fide, each ,oftht'm oonhhingiltbctvt e
A] three or, 4‘ColtplL’I’ if. ”31ch but large, jayr, ’Irejh,
)‘elloti'ilh green Leaver, an one at the'end,‘ broad be-
low, and growing narrower to a" Joint at the other.
end , the one hde of the leaf ne'xtyto foatjiall', 'betng
alwayr dceyer‘ at the bottom than [the other halo, and
hnely dente‘d about tha'edger, tajhng a little l'”; and
biting in the mouth, and yielding forth a yellawi‘lh Jnyee
in the Snnititer, called Opopanax, witch mm ' Ginn-
tty," hot and bitter than thcle’ttuerf front aniongjl thtfe,
leave: ri e: up a - fining, great, round, green jlalh,
4 or 5' eet high or more, ‘wthfotne joyntr and leaner
Vthereat, and afezo braneher toward: the top, breaking
fhrth 'intofnallyelloto mnbler of jloogerr,’ which after-.-
ward: yield whttilh, yellow, flat, fhort Seede Note,
Label fltffltyi’: thir to be 'tbe Pamx Syriacum Theo-
phmlli,.whteh yield! the Gtttn.()popanax, and not
I -‘ withotztjhtnegraand ofreafonfor it beeaqfo (figu- he)
a fittnonr Apothecnry in Antwerp hand in a parcel cf
the Gttttt Opopanax certain Seeds, which being Sowed
by llllll in ht.)1 Garden produced thi: ve’ry Plant: ‘
IV. The jet-and Kind, o'r Americanum hat a great
and white Root withltndtylongjlritgr, 'anda pith in
the middle, "not enduring after Seed tittie,"'whieh’ i:
> fittne’tlltlt’l the fetand yc‘araher itrfpringing up, and
Mnetime: the third, . Front this - Root jfrtngr up a
Plant ranch like the lajt, having fttch like wingedletwer,
[.1 fet in the-fatnentonner, and the wingr with 4, s :or 6
Coupler o Leaver, bat dtfering‘ in Greatnefr and
Colour, or; the whole flth is not above half ft long,
‘ nouhe leave: above halffo great in. length or treadth,
' hat rather fonte'what jhort, and if it‘deep "green Coloitr,
very mttchjhining on [the upper die, butof f' paler
green underneath; much hotter and fharper In tafle
than the 19mg), (and not bitter) drawing Water in-
to the month. The flalk it"[eldotn above a yard high
thith joyntrh and leave: "thereon, and more brancher
towardube top than thezother, and beartng‘larger
utnble: djlozcerwrof a yellow Coloarjtcteeded by flat; "
tifh, but alntojl. rottnd Scedof a pale brownC'olar.
‘Thir irhqipo ed to be the'tlmerican Laferpitium, or
2 Laferu‘ort inch yield; a kind of Alla fastida.
, V. Joanna Kind, or Collus at: anneal, diff”;
not much in, form, from the jocond, butlinl itr great-
mfr, and in [lg-[ubjtance of it: yellow jnyce, which
this has not,‘and therefore i: not of that IKind : this
711111;!!!) large winged leaner, et in the fantentnanner
.together, but IeJer, viach lea whereof ir‘larget' than
a Putfntp leaf, thicker, . mom and more crumpled,
”M7 a little dented about the edger. ,dl’t‘kllalbirfnall
and about a yard high;fu11 ofjtyntr. an lejh’r lea-oer
fet at them, brdnihed toward: the ttyr, and bearing
round tuft; 'tfyellozvrfloiperr, after whiohfollowrflat
and ’[btnewha‘t round Seed :uThe no: i: Sappy,‘ with
:11 ’33:]? JiWXB”"I and of a fhining Ajh (Zloty, bitter
a, . y ,P V , .V
ha: a Rooiofthe thicknefr afone: Thumb, rand-very ,
Iona, from whence 2‘! e: upra‘rottnd,'pithy 'brazcnifh
(no? Ile jtolh, jet )1! t4 ioyntr with large 12am, 'dttti2
de intb anon part5, unjitally by three at a place, a lit-
tle dented a out the edger, bearing both at,the Jfoyntr '
with the leaner aitd at the to :- onftcndry branchergnany
tttftr of- flowert, made oilfmall threadr, like ' Vine
BloJotn: ; at the jj‘irlt greenijh, but whiter [wertvardg , .
which-turn into ntall bt‘ancher'of green Berrter, and
come afterward: to’bezf a dark red whentheyare rip, ,
full (fat flewnt jtq'ce, with many Seed: therein; It
loafer, bot ) Stalk: and lea-oer every year,and theyjpring
tap new ogtiin after Winter: the whole Plant, Leaver '
and Root: are eaten or Pot-h rbr' and Sallctr, by the
Indians, . where it is natural, or am; by our E '
than the Fruit itji’lf. , I - a a . . .
, VII, Thefz'fth Kind, or PJMCCS Mofclurum Amo-
uro 6-
ans which dwell ontong'thcot, and talle more pletyfnt“
ricnnum : ' The Root it long, white, and a'littlefharp f
and bitter from whence firing: up”: fir]? leave:
which area large, and about aftot long, only dented
about the edges, jotneishal like unto Collmaty leaver, , ,
lying on the Ground,'and cotnpalhng the long white
root at the. hood, bttt thofe whichjolloro arejo deeply
fill. in, that they reach to the middle'Rib alintyl: the '
jlalk rife: to be about a yard high, tctthottt any leave:
thereon, fave;onl . about the middle, where it hat a'
Knot and a Leafizuhich eneont We it,-ef a dife‘ring'
harm from the rejl: the top rancher hrefo heavily
laden withztttnbler of white flowers, that beft're they
hpen, they hang down their headr, which havejh ad-
mirable, fweet and adoriferottrfrnell, that it i: not lII-" I -
1%riorhtq Musk, and .ptay be fine]! a great way from
theilace where itgtrowr : the [emeritaflejharp and a lit2
tle ittt'r - the Seed 1': like the fr]? Kind, butnmyb broad.
, N'Illnzl'h'e Placer. The full: grows in Italy; and.’
generally in our Gardens in many places; as in th:
Phylick Gardens at Oxhtrd, Wdtntinjler and Cheyea :
The feoond was brought from America, and is now
Nourifhed in our Gardens alfo. The third grows
on Mount Garganttr in Aynlia. The fourth and fifth '
grow in America, as in A ewEngland, (Zinnia, , New-
??? Maryland and Virginia. ‘ , t a
mer Months, and their Seed is perfeE’ted in the Lend.
ofSummer. " ' .wv '
t 'X.’.The Qualities.
Etyoyanax, are hot and dry in the fecond degree; tho’
0
me Authorswill have the Gum to be hot inthe ad; . ‘
degree, which! do not, behave. The Herbfas alfo y. '
the Gum, Artenuate, Rarifie,v'Difcufs," Relblve; an;L
‘Vulnerary, and very genrly'atrraEl: and by, their ap-
gtopmrwn they are Cephalick, Stomatick, Peiloral,
plenutrck, Hyllerick and A‘rthritlck. And are ac-
‘cpuumd among the number ofAlterarives, yet the
Gum has been found fomerimes to purge, tho’ but
very gently; for which reafon, it isloften mix: with
,Catharticks. - > ‘ I ' ' , . .. A .
c XLjThe ‘Specijcation. Both Herb and Gum ‘ate
lingulat Vulnerarys, and are known to Cure Wounds
an
:The Gum alfo is fpecinckjn Difezrfes of the Spleen
and Womb, removing Vapors, and hel
hard‘Tumors or Swellings, (1f 'Irefolvablie),in,wh;rt .
:part of. the Bodyfoever. - I
XII; The P’t’fqrtlllallr.“
of this Herb, but the Gum :‘ from the Herb you may
22
prhpare. 1.41 PoaderoftheSeed.. ,2. A fayce. 3: ,
An Ejfence.; 4., A Syrup 5. , A Spiritnom Tinlflttre.‘
The Timer. .They all flower in thielatrer'SVumI .5,
. ing Fits of '
the Mother, ras alfo outwardly to dif sf or refolve v
Ulcers before molt other thing's in the World. '
.The‘Shops keep nothing "
6. A Saline Tintlure. 7..'An Otlv Tinflttrt’. ,' 8. A 7
Dz’cotlion.‘ 99A Win53 “10.5117: Oil. "11. )1 Bal-‘
jinn: 12.91121 0intntent.. 2,13. A Catapla 7a. 14. An ,
‘
Etnpta er. or'Cerote. From the Gum you have; 1;.-
'.
jgznta e. .L I : I, ..
, VI- befettrth Kind, of‘aklle‘i-bearing All-heal,
The] rainedor purijied 9‘8”! I .16. ‘Pillrr (f Opopa-i
nax.
, , , r
, i
an herb, :is alfo metal; I. 'I ,. .
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