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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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Chap. 209. EnglojhiHerbr. I 291
Dandelion, of which in this Chapter. 2. Den:
Perrgrinm, Outlnndilh Dandelion, of which in the
next Chapter.
III. This our Common Dandelion is alfo two-
fold, viz. I. Den: Leonir latifolitt: vulgarir, Uri-
naria, Hieraeittnt rnajtt: Tragi, Hieraeittnt perv”!!!
Cordi, (in Ilifloria) Ilieraeittnt Minn: Gefneri, (in
Ilortir) Chondrilla altera Thalii, Dodonei, Cehzlpi-
ni, Iledyfnoi: nmior P'uehjii, Hell) nai: Dalechatnpii
b" blgdttnenfir, Taraxieon rninttr nieeri, Taraxa-
eon verunt oi'Strapio E7 Avieen: and f0 it is ufed
with us in all Compohtions wherein Taraxaeon is
named; Our Common broad-Imv’d Dandelion. 2.
Dent Leoni: anguliioribtxtjhliir: 1317454 angujiiorir
' ’ folii CWlpini, The narrow-leav’d andelion.
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IV. The Defcriptions. The nrji, or Broad-leav’d
kind, hat a Root whieh growr downward: very deep,
which being broken of within the Ground will ne-
. verthele .r jhoot forth again anew, and with diniettlty
be dyiroyetl when it baa once taken dee Rooting:
front the Head (ff thi: Root fprtng forth moral long
and dee [y gafhed Leaver, lying rounda out it on the
Ground”; the end: of each Gajh at: fag'on both fide:
looking downwardr to the Root again, the middle Rib
being white, which being broken, yield: much bitter
.7uiee, of a illilk-white Color and Subjlanee, but the
Root muth'ntare. rm: among thefe Leave: (which
alwaie: abide green) arife man jIender, weak, 114531
Foot-jialhe, (rather than StalZI) of about fix, eight
or ten inehe: high, very rarely afoot long, Leve one
of then; bearing at the 191; one large yellow F ower,
rand-[ling of many Row 0 ellow Leaver, broad at
the Point:,‘and notched m, with a deep Spot ofyel-
low in the middle, which growing ripe, the green
Husk, in which the flower flood, turn: itfelf down
to the Stalk, and the Head of ’ Down become: no round
‘7” a Ball, ”71'”? 10”! ”Hill, Seed underneath, each
, Seed bearing a part of the Down on it: Head -, which
Seed, together with the Down, is blown away with
the Wind, and when I‘l'rferfl)’ rife, may with a Blnjl
of one: Mouth be blown frijlx'ily may,
V. The formal, or Narrow kind, on to it: Rm,
Slalkr, Flatten, Down, Seed and nunner (f Grow-
ing it wholly like the before deferibed : the Leaver in
fpringing jorth, growing round the Raot,the Number
and Deegntfr of tho Gajher or Divifon: on the edger,
are me: like the former alf) - but in this the Diffe-
renee it, that the Leaver o thi: [otter Pl in: me
narrower; and by thi: one Note it may be di in-
gaijhed.
VI. The Placer. The row almoIl every where,
in all Mctdows and a1 urevGrounds, in Clol'es
near to Water-Ditches, as alfo in Gardens and High-
ways. The Erll Is’common almoll every where;
but the fecond is fomewhat rarer, yet often to be
met with.
VII. The Timer. The hower thro‘ all the SIMI-
7ner Month; and the hrllis found in fome place or
other in flower eve Month or the Year, elpccially
ifthe Winter is mi d, and not extteam cold.
VIII. The Qualitier. Dandelion is cold and dry
in the Erll: De ee: Aperitive, Abllerfive, Diuretick
andalittle Al ingent; Stomaticlt, Hepatick, Sple-
netick and Nephritlck.
IX. The Specijeation. It is lingular againft 0b-
IlruEtions of the Vifcera, and Hypochondriack Me-
lancholy. ,
X. The Preparations. You may have therefrom,
x. A Salletp 2. A liyuid fuice. 3. An Ellenee.
4. A DeeotIion. 52- A dijiilled Water. 6. An Oint-
ment or BaMznz. 7. A CataIIla Ill.
The Virttter.
XI. The Sallet. Whether eaten raw with other
Herbs, or boiled, and fo drefs’d up with Butter, Vi-
: negar, Salt and Pepper, it is faid to be a good Duh
. to open OhllruElions of the Bowels, cleanfc the Sto-
mach, caufe a good Appetite, and purify the Blood :
the French and Duteh are faid to eat them often in
the Spring, but I believe for the molt part as a.
boiled Saller.
XII. The liquid juice of leave: and Room. I:
may be given to two or three ounces in a Morning
falling, and likewife at Night going to Bed, either
alone by it felt, or mint with a Glafs of White Port
Wine, to urin the BlOod and Juices, open all forts
of Oblhu ions of the BQWels, expel the Jaundice,
provoke Urine, rehl’t Hy ochondriack Melancholy,
and call: the Pain of the pleen.
XIII. The Ejfenre oeraver and Roan. It has
all the Virtues of the liquid Juice, belng more pow-
erfulto th'ofe Intcntions: behdes which, this ripens
and digells inward Apollems of the Vlfcera and [l-
rinary PafI'age, brtnks, cleanfes and heals them, and
more powerfully opcns the Pallhges of the Urine,
whether in Young or Old. Dofe three .or four
fISoonfuls in White Lisbon Wine, Momrng and
> i h '
t. ' ‘
gIV. The Deeollion in Wine or Water. It has the
Virtues of the former Preparations, but in a lower
degree: however, it is' nod to he drank half a pint
at a time Morning and vening,’ by fuch as are in-
clining i0 a Confumption, or have an ill Dif ofiti-
on or the whole Body, called by the Learn , Ca:
ehexia, in which cafes being ufed for fome coniidee
table time, it gives a wonderful Relief , belides, be-
ing made in Water, and acuated with a few drops
ol'Oil of Sulphur, it prevails againli all forts of
burning, putrid, malign and pellilential F‘evers.‘
XV. The dijiilled Water. Acuated With 0110?
Sul hur, it prevails againlt the Spurred-Fever, and -
- . ' ' h the ll uid Juice or
the lague 1t felf.P rlnnied wlt q Ellence,