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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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fomewhat hard and rough at top, with feveral long
Fibres proceeding from it; the Stalks sare‘three or
four feet high ,' or more, having but few Joints,
thefe Stalks are rough, and bear large fpiked heads,
let up a long Panicle, which are reddilh for fome
time, but growing to ripencfs are of a fhinlng Silver
like whitenefs, and as foft as Wooll in handling,
this Plant in its roughnefs, drynefs, and form of
Leaves, is not much unlike to that Bojlord Foxtail-
Graft called.Pjrqufclunanlbum, or Bajiord Squi-
nontb, at Sea. in. :lforcgoing, but much greater.
,CXCllI, 5'. Gilmnogrojh's Panicula Torojo, Large,
round, Tufrcd Reid-Graft:- lts Root is fmall and
liringy, it has narrow Leaves, fomething (ofter and
gentler in handling than the others before, yet not
eaten by any Cattel except Goats, the Tuft or Pa-
nicle it felt is more round and thicker, with fhorter
hmds, fet clofe together like fmall Knots or Knobs,
but fomewhat flat on one lide; its Bloomin s are of
a yellowilh purple color, and fome of its anicles
are found to be more long than round.
CXCIV. 6r Cnlmnagrolfrs Illonlono'Enodr'r, Stir-
pll: primw Trogi, Tbegn’otrr Mountain Reed-Grofi.
It has a Root of form fmall fubltance , hard , and
having many Fibres adjoining to it, it grows up with
Itrong Stalks as high as a Man, without any Joints
on them, or having but one at the molt, having
thereat not hard, but foft long Leaves; at the tops
of the Stalks are many long, llender, Challis Spikes,
growing more fparfedly than the others, each of
which is of a bright reddilh yellow color, and find-
ing tr right. ’ - . ' ‘
C CV. 7. Calnmogroflir Montana Enodir minor,
The [My Mountain Reed-Grofr. The Root is like
the former, but the tell of the Plant. is much lower
and fmaller, the Spikes are alfo frnaller and lhort-
er, and not (landing [0 u tight.
CXCVI. 8. Calornogrojgir Polujirir moxirna, Gra-
m’n Arunrlinncturn Poll?” maximum, Great Morjb
Rt’t’d-Gfllfl'. It has a cot which creeps far about
in Wet Marfhy places, from which it fhoots forth
gttnt, thick,‘and very tall Stalks, four, five, or fix
Feet high, jointed up to the tops, with long and
’ forhewhat broad, hard, rough, and Ilraked Leaves
fer thereon, but lefs than thofebelow, towards the
- tops of the Stalks with the Leaves come forth man
fparfedTufts of chaiiie heads , [landing on final
long Fooriialks, the whole Panicle being at leait 3
Foot lon , and fometimes more.
i CXC ll. 9. Calonzognylit nojlrzu glurna Acerofa
Palu rir, Our great Morfb Reed-Grok with :1)wa
boa r. It has a jointed reddifh Root, from whence
fpring many fair large Reed like Leaves, not much
unlike to thofe of illilln-anr, but harder, tougher,
and (baked all the length of them , having great
Reed like Stalks, three, four, or live Feet high,
jointed alfo and branched, and towards the tops ha-
ving large and fomewhat hard Panicles of fpiky
chaiiie heads, each of them about feven, eight, or
nine Inches long, of a whitilh color in fome places,
and reddiih in others, in which chafiie or husky
Heads there lyes fmall Seed. .
CXCVIII. 10. Colomrgroliir, v61 Gramm Amn-
Jinooeum Palu rt: Strimz Inolliorcfpim, Stir beaded
Illorjb Reed- M r. The Root is compol'ed of fe-
yeral fmall Fibres or Strings fer together at a hard,
It grows fomething like the lall,‘ but leiTer, with
narrower and lhorter Leaves, and lower Stalks, ha-
Vlng but few Joints and Leaves on them, the tufted
Heads which liand at the to sure fometlring like to
‘h‘: R1417) which is called Ba] nrd Srbxnonlbmn, and
'turn into Down, which is carried away with the
Wind. . . -
.. CIX; no Calamogrqflir Aguarica major, Gm-
W”! Arundinowurnaxlquaticum ‘majm, Great ll our
4
Chap; 3277.. feign: on;
K .
Rted-Grdi. It has Roots which run and fpread
tlremfelves far, lhooting up in feveral places, the
Stalks are great and tall, full of Joints, with large
Reed like Leaves at them, l’triped with White and
Green, like Ladies Laces, but not fo evidently to
be feen, up to the top almoii, where iiands a large
and foft tufted Panicle, conlifting of many Branches
andjparts, almolt like to the Vulgar or Common
Roe . ’
CC. 12. Colamognjiir, feu Groznc’n ArunJinom
urn Aquaticurn magnum , The great Water Reed-
Grofr. The Root is almoll like, but creeps not to
much as the former, the Stalks are great and high,
having broader and lon er Lewes than the former,
and fomething harder a fo, the Joints likewife are
fewer, and the tufted Panicle is much more fpread,
and foft in handling, and of a purplilh green color ,
and its Blooming; are white.
CCL 13. Calmnognyiir, for Grown Arundino‘
taunt Aquatiturn Ponitulafprcizyo, Fair beaded Wo‘
ter Reed-Grqll‘. It rifes to be three Feet or more
high, the Leaves are broad, and :1 Foot long, but
Ilenderly list on the Stalks, a little rough on the ed‘
ges, fome ofwhich will he hollow,.like a Trunk,
that the Stalk will go thro’ it halfway, the top Pa‘
nicle is made of many line, foft, fully Tufts, very
bemtiful to behold.
CCII. The Place: and Timer. The Exit and fe-
cond grow in moilt Mmdows, which are Sandy, and
rather Barren than Fertile, the fecond alfo is found
growing in fame moili Fields near Hockney, the
third is exprell’ed in its Title, the fourth in the bot-
ders of dry Fields ,‘ and by Hedge Jides , in many
Countries of this Kingdom, efpecially in Dorji'tjbire, .
the fifth grows in the like placesl‘the fixth and fe‘
venth grow in moill WOOds which are on Mountains
and Hills; the eighth grows in‘ Marfhy places, and
Ditches overl'lowed with the Tide, I have found it
growing in fome parts of Carolina; the ninth and
tenth grow in low moill Grounds by Ratrli ‘, near
London; the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth grow
in Ditches, Ponds, and Lakes ini’feyeral laces of
England, as alfo in ‘other Countries," the tit i‘even,
as alfo the other fix, Houtjfh in the Summer Months,
and their Stalks perifh before Winter.
XXVII. Exlvn'ygosm Stba'ndgrojiir, ”Anew; oxuw'l‘nt,
ti ”pelmht Gramn junction, Rulh-Grafs, feven-
teen Kinds, viz. feven of tire-Land, fix Maw;
Kindr, and'four Water Kinlfy‘t of all which in
“a
order. .
CCIII. r. Scba'nogjrgfi: communir, vol Gl‘dlllfll
function: vulgar: , 2 common Rujb-anr. Its
Root conliIis of brownifh yellow Fibres or Threads,
the Leaves are almolt round, feven or eight Inches
long, from among which fpring up the Stalks, which
are about ei t or nine Inches high, which hear at
their heads everal fmall Panicles Spike falhion, one
above another. , . ,
CCIV. 2. Stba’nogrqflts (Wonmnunz [pica Subat-
ruleo Combo Britonicunt, ll’elfb Mountain Rujb-
Grq[r. From a fibrous or Iirrn .Root fpring up a
great many fine, (lender, Rufb ike Leaves, nearly
at Foot and half long, from among which rife up
two or three [lender fmall Stalks, eight or nine
Inches long, and much lower than the Leaves, hear-
ing at their tops, from between two Leaves, which
are rather like Skins , being broad below and fmall
towards their ends, yet always the one longer than
the other, a fmall, fpiked, fcalyrhead, or a tine
blewilh color.
CCV. 3. Sobenogrqjii: , feu Groinm funrmm
Spetirfum minur, Another Noble or Excellent final]
’ N n n Rufb: