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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. 327. Englz JHeIhr
high, with hard Leaves thereon a Span long, and
like to' the other Dngr-Grqfr; the fpiked heads are
(hotter by much, and harder than the Commit Kind
at Sea. 72. afotegoing. .
LXXXlIl. r r. Grumen Cuninum Maritinmnz vul-
galio Canada nznile, Sen Dogr‘Gr'afr. Thisis a lien-
derer, harder, and lanker Grrm- than the Common
Kind, and of a more blewiih green color, and differs
not in any thing elfe; but there are two other forts
hereof, the one differing in the Roots, which at the
feveral Joints as it runs does fhoot up the like Stalks,
Leaves, and f iked Tufts, and will be fometimes
twenty Foot in ength, with a number of thofe Stalks
and Lewes at them -, the otherdiffering in the fpikes,
which have'tw‘o orders or rows in ‘them. . '1 ‘
LXXXIV. 12. -Gmmen.Canin2;n alternm'Illari-
tinzum [engine ,Rddicamm‘, ,sm Day-Graft will) long
Rom. It has a very long Root, and differs little
from the former, either in the hard Leaves or in the
running Roots, but that they fpread more, and in-
fiead of fpikedhmds at the tops of the Stalks, this
has chaflie heads among the Leaves. -. - .
LXXXV. 13; Grnmen Caninwn Mailbag”; fpi-
talum Amrim‘nmli, Amm'mn Senfpiked Dogr-Gnyr.
It has ilender woody Roots, with but few; Fibres
adjoining thereto, from whence fpring up feveral
trailing Stalksgta-Foot or more high, with feveral
Joints and Branches at them, and ”1011: narrow Reed
like Leaves on them, at the tops whereof grow fpi-
ked heads; three Inches lon , ofa dark Aih color.
LXXXVI. i4. Gia'mc’h (minim Alariliznum q];
perum, Raugb Sea Dogs-Grey; It has :1 Root which
is a bulb of long white. Fibres, from whencefpring
many reddifh round fmall Stalks, about 3. Foot high,
which at Exit lam dOanards; they are encompall‘ed
With hard, ihort, and lharp pointed Leaves, [land-
ing as it were in a Tuftftogether, with hard rough
dents about the ed’ges’;"fthe fpiked herds are fome-
What like unto fmall tongh hard’Burs, braking out
Ofa Skin, in‘which they werefiirl’t enclofed.
LXXXVII. The with air mm. ,The Exit of
thefe is common to be found throughout all England
in Ploughed Fields, and che llike Grounds; the fe-
cond and third are nothing 1' ‘ frequent fas the for-
mer, but are more naturalijtonSandy ind Chalky
Grounds; the fourth-istlikeMlEfound in Fields
which have been Plowed and dodye Fallow, the fifth d
is often found growing on old decayed Stone or
Brick Walls in feveral places; the lixth grows not
to common as the fit (kind, or Creeping Rained-
G'rnfr, et fuiiicient y plentiful in many Plowed
Fields 0 this Kingdom; the feventh is alfo found
In Plowed Fields, and borders of moiit Meadows,
near Copfes, Hedges, or Thickets of Wood, and in
fome laces nmr'Bafl; the eighth and ninth grow in
moiltgyieadows in feveral places of this Land, but
have been efpecially obfetved the eighth‘to' grow 21-
pt lViltaII,. in a great Meadow lying among the
Bud es, at the Townsend, belonging to the Earl of
P071 cook, and the ninth at Warminjier, both of
the"! tn'Wiltjbr're; the tenth, eleventh and twelfth
have been obibrved on our Sea Coalis,vefpecially
'Sll’on the Kenny]; Shoat, ‘the thirteenth? u on‘our
dome!!! ,Coalis, in Florida alfo, likew' e about
10Mpt‘lrer ‘and Narbone in France; the fourteenth
:11 fome ofour Shears; as alfo on the Venetian and
rend) Shears, about Montpelier, He. The hrii nine
S We: and Seed in the beginning and height of the
“miner, the lali five flourilh and perfeii their Seed
atthe latter end of Summer. . w
. The Virtuer. m -
LXXXVIII.‘ The 5rd Eve ofthefe Gram have
one and the fame Virtues, ’ butitl'le iirit of them,
4H7
as it is molt common, f0 it is elieemed to be of
grated eifeE‘t, the Ellence, or Dccoftion ol'its Roots,
opens oblituEHons of the Liver, Spleen, Gall, Blad-
der, and Reins, eafes Gripings of the Belly, and
walles the Morbifick or Tartarous Matter which
breeds the Stone in the Bladder, and heals Ulcers
there; being bruifed and applied it confolidatcs
Wounds; the DecoElion provokes Urine, lirength-
ens the Stomach, and liops Vomitings, the Roots
are cold in the iirii degree, and tem crate in refpcfi
of moiliure and dryneI's, the Diliil ed, Water is gi-
ven to Children hr the Worms, but” it is much
more effeElual if Worm-Seed be added to it.
‘ XXXIX. '17,? Bnlbow, Tnberom, or Knadlzed
Dogrcrdr, viz. the iixrh and feventh, are found by
experience to be very elfeEbual to provoke Urine,
and more powerful than the firlt DDgI-Gl'll : for the
fame purpofe, as alfo to break the Stone, and eafe
thofe torments of the Belly which come by fluxes,
Bloody Fluxes, crudity of Humots, and obitruEiions
of the Vifcera; and may be ufed in any cafe to which
the other may be applied. .
X The Kneed Dnngquer, m alp all the Sea
Dongrzzjc’r, are generally held to be as eifeElual as
the Exit, or Common kind, but this is to be obferved,
that the Sea Kind: are more effeEtual for fuch as live
by the 5:1 iide, and Marihy, or Maritime places,
and the Land kind: for fuch as live in the Midland,
or far from the Sea Shear, or Salt Water tides.
XII. 'AHW‘M'M. Granzen Pumilnm vel nannnz,
Dwarf-Grafs, three Kinds.
,XCI. I. EngywimQ”. Gramen Xemnzpelinnm ,
Gramen Prately‘e mbrnnr minimn2n,Rcd Dwarf-G‘mfr.
It has :1 Root coniiiling of many little Bulbs, cover-
ed with a reddiih Film or Skin, with‘vety many
fmall, hairy, and white Fibres or Threads, the Stalk
is Ihort and round, and the Ear is of a reddiih color,
not much differing from the Grid: called Ifcbxwon,
but the Bar is foiter, broader, and more beautiful.
XCIl. 2. Grant!!! MiHiIIIIImPrnIenfealbmn, While
Dwarmefr. This has many Fibrous or Hairy
Roots, the Leaves are fmall and lhort, as alfo the
Stalk, the top of which bears a Panicle not much
unlike the Small AIA’IIZIMU‘G’KIIE', but lelfer, the co.
lor thereof is fometimes white, and fometimes red:
' , a 1' i > . ii
XCIII. 3. Gram): mime; durinfrulmn, Small bard
Graft: It has fmall Roots, compaEt of little Strings
or Threads, from which fpring forth many lurih,
fowre, or Rulhy Leaves, about an Inch and half
long; the Tuft or Bar is compaEl of ,many Panicles,
or very little Eats , which in feeling are very hard
or harih, the Grey: is unplealirnt, and not good
Food for Cartel. p ' t ; ’
XCIV. Tl): Placer Jznd Timer. Theft; all grow .
in Fields and Meadows, more efpecrally on Heathy,
rough, and dry barren Grounds, 1n moit places of
England, they grow , liouttlh, and come to perfe‘
Stion in the Summer Months, as other [Meadow
Gig”?! dofr ‘ ' ' e ' l, 1!
X111. name“ mxlhdegm Gramen Pltmiqfnm,iFeathe1-.
; Grafs, two Species or‘Kindsu‘ , [1,:1
XCV. t. Grantee: leanum, Gramen Tonienttr ’
[1071, ml Artlndinaeeum, Feather-Grafr. It has 3
Root which iS‘ tough and hard , from whence atifes
a long bem'y Stalk, three Feet high, or more, naked,
without any Blades or Leaves for the molt part, at V
the tops of which grow long fpiky Heads or Eats,
replenrihed with Chaiiie and Downie Tufts, Which
make a very PKWY 910‘“ chL 2. Spdrtltm