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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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1h ornzer, hm eonh of hue fimewhat large-and
[orig] Leaver. The end: and Seed: ore lrlce the
other, and Spl‘ing up by being feallered after Seed
time.
J3; VF
V. Soldan'ella Alpina major, The greater Moun-
tain Soldanella‘ (‘ for there ir zrleyer,‘ of wblib we
flynll take no notice here ) hey a long ronnd Head or,
Root jhooting forth many Fihrer, ’or final] String:.
Eton: whence riher many hard round Leaver, jiond-
ing upon long rem-12am, fomethmg unevenly out
about the edger -., green on the upper fide, and ofa
grayijh green underneath, ,andxoslmle reddijh like
the leave; of Sowhtead, and innth rej'emblrng the Sea
Soldanella (thi: Mountain Soldanella. being fo eel-
led front xbeuormf: quhe Leave: to rhefornzert- )
The Stalk: ore flender, fmall, round, and reddifh,
about a fpon high, having upon them hanr‘orjive‘
Floweri- at Top, ever one hanging down their head:
like mm; a Bell-flower, cozfjiing, lintof one leaf,
ploited into hoe folde, each 0 them ending in a long.
foinr, whirhniaker the Flower 121‘”!- to havefve
leaver, hoving a round green head in the Middle,
with a prick or point at the end thereof: The Flower
i: qfo fair blew color,j?nne deeper, ‘hnne pnler, and
hone olinoji white, or nature pleqfer, [mt Without a
fmell at all. The middle head, efter the hopper (u
[tllen, grow: to he a long, round Pod, hearing the
poinrel it had at the end thereof, 171,111,316!) 1: contain-
ed mollgreenithSeed. - v i - ., .
I. The Placer. The two firll Kinds grow on our
Own Sea.CoaIl in great plenty, in many places, as
near Lee in EJexjat Merky in Efex, and in molt
places in the Iiles of Thonet or Shepgv, as alfo along
the Northern Coolie; The lull grows on the Alp,
and Mountain: of. German ,: It alfo grows on the
Mountains of I'Voler, not or from Cowzner: Illeer in
A’w‘Il) ll’uler. 5 .' . , ’
VII. The 'rimIrhe mo Tonnerilower, Gerard ‘
lays, in forte, but Parkiryon,‘ubout.the end omen-
”MT, and; their: Seed is ripe in Augujlo The third
flowers on the all 138“; not till faly or Angajl, as
the Snow melts rooner or later; but in Gardens, it
flowers 1n April;I : L. -, x 3
VIII. The Qualities. Soldanella'islhot and d in
the fecondlDe ee,‘ Allringenr, llepatick,.Cathalliek
and Emeticlt , . ii: is End to beta great Enemy to the
Sto;ach.- 1“ ‘ - . I v
.er , The spmjimrion. Iris raid to be rtl‘echlidr
thing for curing the Droplie. ' P ‘
Salmbti’
r ,‘Heaflzhl; ". L1b 5L)
X. The Prepareriom. I. The DecoEion. i 2. TI):
fniee‘. 3. The IWimite'fniee. 4. The EJenee;
;. The Ponder. 6. The Catoplofnz. 7. The Bolfizm
If the Mountain Soldzmella. ' - I
The Virtuer. r i ‘
XI. The Deeollion. I ought to be made In Fat
Mutton or Beef Broth, ( ecaui'c ot‘its Ibengdgand
aptncfs to trouble the Stomach) opensthe'Belly
owerfully, and purges violently in Dropfies, and
Timpanies, and therefore is .not to be given, but to
fuch as are of a Ilrong Conllitution 5 it opens Ob-
IlruElions of the Liver, and Itrengthens the (lime.
XII. The liquid juices It is both-limerick and
.Catluttick, and makes Sick ; but in fuch Bodies as
can bar its violence, it eII‘etStually'arrries oi? Wa-
try Humors. An ounce mixt with a good Glal‘s of
White Wine will purge fome People very well:
others may take two ounces or more,‘wheteas half
an ounce will Iplowerfully purge others. ' 1 ‘-
XIII; The fpgjlgzre foice. This is not to be
preIS‘d out, but fullered to iII‘ue out of its owu Ac-
cordiwhen the Herb ior Stalk is broken, this being
dried, and afterwards” foftned. with" thetEII‘ence,
or Wine, or other like Liq'uid, f0 'as to be ufed
Halter-wife, being applied to the bottom ‘of the
Belly, admirably draws forth the Watty Humor in
Droplies. ' , ’, I . .‘ .,
XIV. The Eience. It has the Virtues 6f the li-
' quid Juice, but more correEt and free from Crudi-
ties, and therefore ,mote . gentle in its Operation :’
Being given in Wine from half an .ounce,“to an"
pump-it kills Worms both in Children, and Hdcr
i lfV. The Fourier: It is madetof the Loaves dried;
‘and oi: t to be correEtedwithrAnnil‘eeds’l' Cam;
ZWays, ‘ 'on, Cubebs,iGinger, Ziadoary and Su-"
gar : 80 prepared and given, it kills Worms inChil-7
dren, andp'urges the Belly s The limple poudetl is
good'alfo. to cleanfe Sores and Ulcers,.to inmrnatd
or breed Fleih in deep and hollow Ulcers, and alfo
to heal them.
XVI. The Caroplajin. Mide of the Green Leaves,
and a plied to the Belly, it is faid to purge the
Bowe by Stool, and drive forth the Watry Humor
which caui‘es the Dropiie: but it mull he often op:
plied, and renewed with freIh Herbs; and To It is
profitable a ainli the Sciatica and Gone. ' . '
'XVII. e Balhon of the Mountain Soldanella.
It is an admirable Vulnerary, curing not only greed
Wounds with much eafe and fpeed 5 but it alfo
cleanfes' old and rotten Ulcers, and idk’So'res,
deltroying rim Putridity. It wonder ly'inmrnates
or breeds Flelh in Wounds, and heals them. , ' '1 e ‘
XVIII. Gerard lays, That the Gerinan Phyllciatrs
do much boaIl ofthe Wonders they have done with
Soldonelld Montana : That the Laws applied as d
Comply”; to the Navel, and fomewhat lower draws
forth . Vater from the Bellies of Inch ‘35 arelflydroa
pick ;' and this effea: '( fays he) it workSIm other
parts without heating. v.15? :1 I j . L ,‘V " ‘
r
I o gH“A 11; ,Lxxn.
:th I R‘DzseE‘X El;
r. are Nam 'Ifindho Greek Name that :his'
, ,. Plant has : but :it is called in 14711.11, . P474:
lytiaz Alpine, Priznnln verirl minor ; by fome 5‘17“"
enlo ongujlifolia; in Englijh, Birch-Eye, and Birdr:
” " it; The
eine, and Bide-e)“. . .