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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
Topic
Botany > Pre-Linnean works. Botany, Medical > Early works to 1800. Plants > Dictionaries > Early works to 1800.
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III. The Defctiprion. It hoe a Root frnall and
[lenderyperijhing every Tear, and rifing aga'infront
the See every Spring, unlefr'it he weeded out of the
Garden. Front thi: Root rifi’r up Branche:, which
if they riteet not with uyright tall Herh:, or other
thing: whereon it ma clirnlr, it in“ up hat a little
height, and lean: own again to the ground -, [rut
otlrerwife if it meet: with jitthingi, on whirl) it rrtay
ding, it will wind it fill" with it: long, flertder, red-
dilh, thready Branther ahoitt thent,‘ to the height of
three or four Feet, or rrtore, jhooting firrth it: Leave:
frngly at the fointr at the other: do, eitherhrne-
what like to an Amch leaf, or non? like thetjirji
frnall ld Bindweed, or like the leaf of Black Brio-
ny, or ofthofe kind: there ore, hot innehjittizller.
'Ihe Flowerr, Getdrdfayr, orefrnall, like thofe of the
Attach; and Parkinfonlayt, they are very jinall,
and many, jlanding toget er upon afrnall lon Stall,
which corner front the joint where the leafjiandr,
and are of a reddifh green color, but h; finall, that
they are oftentime: not taken notice if, and they f7
quickly fade, that they are fearee’ly regarded .- The
Flower: being gone then carrier 1 e Seed, which i:
frnall, blackilh, and three cornered, like, but lef: than
that of Buck Wheat. '
IV. The finallell: kind of Black Bindweed, dig?”
from the jhrrner only in the Magnitude, thi: rifing
not above a hand breadth hig .
. V. The Flam. They grow in many places of
this Kingdom, both in Fields and Gardens, where
they grow as a Weed. The larger of them is not '
only a hurtful Weed, but of an ill fmell, and too
often found amongii Corn. ‘
VI. The Timer. They fictive! in May, Irene, in; 1
and Augu , and the Seed ripens in the mean Ser-
fon, in a 'ttle time after the Flower is gone. i
VII. The Qualitien Th are hot and dry in the
Erll Degree, Dil'cuilive, ulneraty, Arthritick and
Solurive. ,.
. VIII. The Preparationr. You may make thereof,
1. A liquidyfuiee. 2. An Ejenee. 3. A Baljhrn.
4. A Catopltfrn. 5. A Dijlilled Water.
The Vermin.
IX. The liquid fuire. It is made of the Leaves 11
only, and if it is taken inwardly 3 or 4. ounces at a
time, it loofens and opens the Bell very much.
X. The Ejfenee. It has the fame irrues to 100an
the Belly g: belides Ihave heard it confirmed from
Experience, that it is prevalent againft the King’s
v . - r .
XI. The vBal out. It is ve good for healing
green Wounds, and to clemfe gld Ulcers, and Run-
ning Sores, and to cure Kibes in Childrens heels.
, XII. The Cattfzflafrrt, made of the Green Leave;
It dillolves and ifculies Tumors or Swellings, and
hard Lum 5 m the Helh,'as Galen rays: and if
mixed wit a little Nitte, it alloys Inflammations.
XIII. ,TheDijiilled Water. It rsgood againl’r Pim-
' pies, Scurf; .I-‘reckles, Tannings, un-bumings, and
other deformities of the Skin -, more efpeciall if a
little Vinegar, or Juice of Limons is mixed wit it.
C'H A P. LXXI.‘
BINDWEED Sea.
1‘9 H EvgNar‘ner.’ ' I Cannot find that the Greeltr
- knew an thing of i: : The Latin: call it
Svldanella, and oldana,'0nvolvulur lllarin'u:, and
Tudhlago Marina ( from the refemlnlance of the
Leaves:) And wein Englifb only Sea Bindweed,fand
Sea Bell:, or Bell:fi’ower. I know that lilalthiolur,
Cordrre, Gefner, Chroerarim, Dodaneur, and others,
call itBrajiea Marina,burir is no fuch thing, for that
is clmrly another Plant. .
II The Kind:. There are three Kinds thereof;
1. Soldanella, Sea Bindweed, .pro erly f0 called.
2, Saldttnella Illaritirna rnajor, the reoter Sea Bind-
weed. 3. Soldanella Alpina, illonntamSollanella.
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III. The'DelEnption, Thejz‘rjiofthefe ha: a Root.
final! and long, fpr‘eading‘a little in the ground, and
jhootirtg up dive’rr‘ heads Infeve'ralplaeer; and if any
art of it 1': broken, there veorner forth front-it ( .“v
alfo from the Leader) :1 whitifh water, which i: htt-
terxjhlt, and un' leaftlttt. From thtrRoot t‘tferntany
weak, jlender, rown‘ilh green launcher, trailing or
lying argon the ground, rather than rathng rtfelfup,
or elirn ing upon other things. Upon thefe Stalk:
are fet diver: Dav“, not alway: two together at. a
faint, nor yet alwayr fngle, one at a form, which
are alway: round like the Leave: of Afarabacm, but
a little unevenly dented about the edger, and thicker,
every one [landing on a long footjiolk, and ofa gray-
ijh green color .- among which cont: forth the flower:
towardr the end:, eoob flower by I! fell, [fringing
forth at the faint, rnueh like trtffhape or forrn to the
Common Small Bindweejdf mhteh‘grow: ufo’n tghe
round h wa ides alnw every toret'e -, n 0
fire a lid]: tiger, and of a redeanfiuhfldfof:
The ehein a awa', there more: 0 a , c .
tain'ifng wiihinjihemh or 3 round blaek Seede. ‘ .
IV. The greater Sea Bindweed, ha: a Root o little
creeping in the Earth, from tobencejhoot: npjeveral
[ongjknder Bram-hey, on which are jet larger Leaver
than on the former, many of then: having a dim-hon
on lroth file: the Leaf next to the holtorn, and many,
of then: but on one hole, and feveral of thern which
arefrnaller, having none at all -, yet all of the”! flit?
the rnojt for! a little jinnated on "the edge: toward:
the end:, which are round, or ,with a dent III the.
ntiddle,.nzaking the point feen'z double jirrked, with
may Vein: running therein. The Flower: are of q
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red purple eolor,,and are 18! Bell o'r‘ Cay falhienlbkff: I