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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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‘3 nefs thereo , and cafe the pain; .it alfo foftens the
Thardnefs‘ of the Mother; if it is beaten with Red
t‘Rofe Water, or rather with Watea, in which Nitre,
‘ V Womb, and cafes the pains of the Mother.
' lrnlzifolillm, Thin or Narrowvleav’d Wild x.
'Flax yellow-Howred. 6. Cbomo’linwri or utillum,
. 7M]? “manly five; fix or more round Stolkt,‘ about
‘35, > Sgt-imam
Splinters of Broken Bones, or any other thing [lick-
ing in the Fleih. ’ If it is made with Crelles it takes
away the tuggednefs of the Nails. If it is made
with Olibanum, Myrrh, and Wine, and applied to
the Forehead, it helps the Watering of the yes. If
it is made with Honey, Snet, and Bees Wait, and
applied, it helps Struma’s, hard Kernels and Swel-
Spots and Blemiihes of the Skirt, Sunburnings, and
other Dif'colorlngs. ‘ . - ‘ , g - t
' XIV. T773017 by Expro$m It is faid to beat
Specilick for curing a Pleuriiic, as all'o Stitches, Pe-
ripneumonia’s, and other exquilite pains of the Tho-
nix, giving it to fix or eight Ounces at a time, or
more, and repeating the fame at due intervals-of
time To long as need tequircs ; it is an excellent thing
to anoint with, to mollirie the fhtinkingjand hardy
ncfs of .rhe Nerves, Tendons, or Mufcles, foften‘
any hard Swelling, and to give care, and cure the
Files, Cha ‘5 of the Fundament; to foften the hard-
or Smbamm Sommi has been di olved, and then
be applied to Bumings and Scaldings, it cures them;
it is good to burn in Lamps, and will burn longer
than Oil Olive will, yet it makes much more Smoak
and Soot: belides all thele things-tit is of excellent
'ufe for Painters to make their Drying Oil of, and
to mix their Colors with to be applied to Cloth; or
Wood, or Stone, Iron, Copper, or Glaf‘s,-U’c.' (-
XV. Tb: Emigarion. It a Woman fits over the
Fumes of the Decoc‘tion of the Seed in Water, or
in Water and Vinegar, it foftens the hardnefs of the
C ti 'A P. CCLXVIII,
-x.
X , of F L Ai’x l'Wild.‘ ,
1’1" ‘1‘! E N41712:. It is calledin' Greek, Mi";
, ’ ' myem ;. in Latin, .Lirmm fylvqflrt’y Lidum;
an’llts and in Englifb, um Flax. . - g' x 1-2;
I. The Kinds: There are feveral kinds of this.
Plant, as,' ,1. Lima): fylvejlre Cotbortimm, Limm
Anglimm, Our Engllfh Wild Flax, or Purging Wild
Flax, called by the Country People, lllildllounlaim
2. Linton fylvefiro angtllxjiifolium floribtx: albz's‘, 'vc’l
Ca‘rult'ir, 'Whiie lVild ‘laxA 3.:Limmt lvqjlre
Lmzym f lveflre’latwliom florilzm' erulcis, Broa ‘
leavd l 11d Flax, blew-llowred. 5. Limmz Ive?
fife lxlllfolmm florid”: Lulcii, Broad-lmv’d Vild
Limo fylvejire pumilum, Dwarf Wid ax. v .
Efumjylvdlr: 'vulgatz‘m, The more common W" d
'x. t . i ' p: l,
-‘-g ., , ' t ' ,' I , i.“
1111. The Defcriptio'ns, '17):de or Put in]
Wald F1311, bi! o'crooked Root, which is fmoll, 'wgbizg:
("h dim“, which fendt forth jlmlt’tllm’: 0213,51”
cigbl, ”’13” Well): imber hi it ' o arbrown or red-
dllb 50]” i “"75” 314% dividing, i&f near the top,
or from the ”riddle upward: into many Brandon ‘ of
a grt‘tlltr color than the lower part of 1b: Slolk.
The Leaves are fmall, fmooth, and of a green color
of the bignefs or Lentil Leaves, and have in the:
middle ,one Rib or Nerve , and no more that may
be perceived, and grow along on the Salk, in very
e , 4 ., .' ,- -. m - ' ‘
‘nghol. , 1 .t e Lib; l.
good Ordei, by con lestoneop olite awainfl an .
ther. , At the tops ogtlie fmall launchesbthe Flex:-
ers grow, ofa white color, coniilling of Eve fmall
Leaves apiece, the Nails whereof are yellow. In
the inlide are placed fmall llrort Chives alfo of a
yellow color", after which'come up little Knobs or
Buttons; the‘tops ofwhich, when the Seed is ripe
diyide themfelves into‘ life parts, in which is con2
rained fmall,‘ linooth; flat, flippery 'cllow Seed.
When the Seed is ripe, the whole llerb periihes.
The Plant is of a bitter Talle and'lierhy Smell.
IV. :17): faond, or White Wild Flax, bur it Roe!
tclmb u ‘tougb and final], onJgrom like, and 1m
1121):: lnlr mm ll)! Manuredfiax, [mt ntzrrozm‘,
and growing upon room]; origin and [billing Slitllr,
a foot longf'bn'mg Hozvtf: like Ibo Manutcd Flax,
but of a white color. . But this Plant is fometimes
found with deep blewflowets', with Viola colored
Flowers, and fomctimcs with lelltC Flowers, firea-
ked with purplexLincs. [A1
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,, ‘ %’lo[f[aag
V. The third," or Thin or Narrow leav’d Wild
Flax, bar a toltgbjlendtr Root, witlgfevmrl Fibre:
' ; ml billing Io it,"zcbicvaerforlb many lStglkr, for-
mfbcd with narrow Minimum .1 the Flowers con-
liit ofhve'll'e‘aves a iece, of a light Purple or Flelh
color, which do oon fade and fill away. The
Stalks are ofyabout a Cubit injheight; befet with
fmall Leaves,! yea lell'er than thofe of Lllmrid por-
pumz. The whole Pla'n'tis very like to the Common
‘ [Honored Flax, but’in every refpeEl-lell'er.
VI. ,Tbelfourtb, ‘ar Broadoleay’d blew-flowed,
bar 4 Root which it great, and live: akenSrtJ-Iilnt,
[booting forth '71er Stalks, ,‘mlb wool] "Lave: on
than, omlfo abide: all the Winter. This Root, 1'2in
Gerard, does, continue manpreats without Sowmg,
encrealin’g‘byyits Rootnnto many other Stalks, Il-
ling up. with many thick,‘lliff and hairy Branches,
fometimes‘ with but one, and fometimes with more,
a foot; orifoot. and halfhigh, land befet with many
rough and lrairy‘broad' Leaves, i( broader than in any
of the other forts.) ' The: Stalks'tdv‘vards their taps
branch ‘ themfelves out, 'and 'are'.befer 7with fmaller.
Leaves than thofe belowiiz At the tapsof the Stal‘lirg ‘