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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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I. HE Nantes. It is' Called in Greeh,"ArX3"t
99:17.57", :5; 755m,“ : In Latin, Areimn; Pm
Ihplllllt, Prflbpit, Perjbnata, Lapya and Bartlana,
in Shops: n Englilh, Burdock,-and Clot Bar. 1
II. The Kindt. There are feveral KindshereOf;
‘35, I. 'Aeu?” flint, La pa rnajor,'Bartlano major. val-
garit', The ornmon urdock. .2., Lappa Virgini-
ana; The Virginian Burdock, 3. Lappafen Barlo-
na 'langninofr 'eapitulit, The woolly headed;Bur.
4. Bordana ma'ar Refea, The Role Bur : Of all
which we fha treat in thie‘Chaprer. 6. Logo
minor'fve Xanthiitrn, The fmalliBiitdock. 5. -
taftl'er, The Butter Bur, of which'ltwo lall';‘in the
twofollowing phapter; ‘ ‘ K
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III. The Defcription. The Common Greater Burt
dock, ha: a Root great and thick, [Mark on the out-
fide, and whitifh within, fame! and pleajmt in tafle
at jirjt, but, .htrnething bitter afterward: : from
whenee fpring forth many large, hard green Leaver,
nmwba like to the Butter-Bur, or Wad Dock, In:
more trampled, and o a darker green talor an the
upper file, but greytjb underneath : among which
rt e no hard and rough green Stalkt, two or three
ft’jl'; high, with many Branehnfrotn them, having
many the like, but 1:112;- Leavet on theta, hearing at
their Tl?! feveral rough head: or hurt, with crooked
pointed rtekle:,apt mytitk on Clolhl,‘ r other thing:
which they touch; out of the top: of each o . whteh
“”1“” forth ”1“”) hard purplilh threadr, on teh are
the Flowers; whieh being faded and paji, turn to
Down in the Heath; and opening thenfelvetjhed
their Seed, whieh i: grayifh, jbntething like to the
KWP-weetls, which together with the Wind, ieo ten.
carried away, and many. time: fill: down to the
ground, tn the lace where it groove, by which it
ntttltt [ter itvlel . ,
I, . The irginian Kind, ii: a kind of the former,
havtng like Root: -, but it: Leave: are murder and
[mallet : the‘Bnrr: are alfofmaller and harder, and
fnrnWml with very jharp, eroohed point:, which
[lick very fajl to every thing they lay hall on.
V. The woolly headed But, it dtfm- little from
the fir , [rat only that the Leaver grow not altoge-
ther a great ; and the head: heingfntaller, are wool-
ly al over, and the riekle: not jo jharp orifiching.
Gerard fayt, that t e Leave: and whole [ant are.
htrnewhat left than the fitjl or common kind, and
that the Head: are hairy or downy, httt otherwtfe
like to it. Lobel (all: thir' Art‘tion Montanum, and
Lappa minor Galeni -, but it it indeed the Lappa
minor alrera Matthioli.
VI. The Role Bur, :1;me little or nothing from
thefr kind, hut in the heat], which injlead of the
on: y Burt, ha: manyfntall green Leaver, ya to:-
gether like a [mall Rafe Plantane, and not much
prickly at their emit.
VI . The Placer. The jirjl of thefe grows plentib
fully with us every whet by Diteh files, [vizier
filer, Wall places, and Hig wayr. The ‘Virginian
is found 1n Virginia, Maryland, New England, and
in other Provinces upon that Coall. The third is
not to frequent with us, as is the hill, yet I have
found it in feveral places of England 3 Label found
it growing in Somerfet-fhire, about three Miles
from Bath, near the then Houfe of Mr. fohn Colt .-
alfo in the High wa leading from Draiton to Iver,
two Miles from olehrook. The [aft grows not
with us; but Heir Lipfu‘iek in Germany.
VIII. The Timer. They Head, Flower, and Seed
in fane fay and Angie ; the Seed being ripe in
a few Weeks after the lowers are gone.
IX. The Qualitiex. They are all cooling and dry-
ing in the girlhDegree; yet Gerard lays, that the
Root: are moderately hot: They are Alhingent,
Difcullive, Digellive, and Traumatick ; Cephalick,
Neurotick, Nephririck, and Hyftetick , Alterative,
and Alexiphat’mick. .
X. The S eetfcation. The Burdock is Eeculiar
againll the oifon of Se ents -, and Obllruh ions of
the Reins, Bladder and omb.
XI. The Preparation You may have hereof,
r. The leaves. 2. The faiee. 3. The (Meme.
4. The Saline Tinllnre. 5'. The Oily Tintilare.
6. The Deeotflion. 7. A Ponder of the Root. 8. A
Ponder of the Seed. 9. A Codeine of the R0”!-
to. A mixture. 11. A (.‘atapla in; 12. at
Salt. -
The- Winter.
XII. The tam. Being applied either dry or
green, the cool, moderately dry, and dtfcufs wrthal,
as Galen a s -, whereby they are good to heal old
Sores and IIIcers, and help the Cramp, or lllllllkmg
of the Sinews. . , .
XIII. The finite. The Juice of the Leaves mm
with Honey, revokes Urine, and takes a-wny'th'e
Pains of the Eladder rand mixt .wnh Wine, 1213
wonderfully good againli the bangs of Serpents,
Mad Dogs, and other Venomous Beaiis. The force
of the Root taken to the quantity of three or foot
ounces, and drank with a, good draught of tile, 13
an excellent thing againll Wind, and coldncfs of the
Stomach. , .y .
XIV. The Ellen”. It has all the Virtues ofthe
Juice, belides which it is excellent :1ng Euro]?
inwardly taken, and is good, being given Dietetia
cally,againlt' Venereal Difeafes, as the Fox; Gonor-
rim,
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