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Full Title
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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Doieathrtling to Age and Strength of the Patient;
it chi-actually cleanfes the Stomach, and prevails a-
giinlt Gout, Sciatica, Rheumatifm, Jaundice, Drop-
lie, and Epilepiie; it is alfo faid to expel Sand and
Gravel from the Urinary arts; .it dries up 'alfo Hu-
midiriesdn Wounds and‘ lcers. ‘4 ' 7, ,
XIV. The my”; or Ointment. 'IIt may be made
with the green Herb, or with the juice of the Leaves, a i ,
adding fome Erie Frankincenfe, or Olibrmum m Pou-
der, it cleanfes and heals Ulcers and old Sores, and .
cures Wounds, whether in the Flefhy or‘Nervous
parts, llrengthens the joints, gives eafe in the Gout,
difcull'es hard Tumors, and prevails againlt the H1-
morrhoids or Piles in Man or Woman. . '-
XV; The Catapla at. Made of the frefh Hetb'by
boiling; ch. and appliedrto Womens Brmlts which
are fwoln with heat and pain, as alfo to the Privy
Parts of Man or Woman, and to the Hzmorrhoids,
or Find in Am), tho’ much fwelled and inflamed, v If. '
it gives prefent relief; if Silt is added<to it it dif-
tlro’ proceeding from the Kings-Evil. . '- . t .
XVI. The Difiilled lVater. It is faid to be tile-
i'olves Knots or Kernels in any part of the Body, ya -' i
Elual againll all the aforenamed Difeafes, belides -
which it is efpecially good 'againli , Inhammations
oi" the Eyes, and to help the watering of them, pro-
’ ceeding 'from'a dehuxion of Rheum, and weaknefs .
of the part. .. , ' '
xv11.. Nm. Spay has 2 Relation forithe the
of the Toothach, which, tho’ it feems Fabulous, we
. lhall here relate. Tau mail dig up the Plant without
any Iron Tool, and then tutzah ‘the Ming Tooth there"- I
‘ zurthjive times, Spitting three time: after 'evetj’jiteh
touch, which Jane; Plait! 07' Set the Herb again in 'V? .
the famefplaee, fit that I! may grow, attrl the Toathach ‘ '
jhallpre ently eeqfe and he perfetily cured.
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OflG R 0 u N D8 E LQCotton.
I. 11 E Nathan It is called in Greek 'Hex'mvr
.' 7Vlld-A9Jlf,.ln Latme Eriger‘tm Tamentqfum,
SencctevamI-afm, Senm'a Tragi,'and ’in Englifb
CottonGratmdfel, or Woolly Groumifel, alfo Clam;
my Ground-e1, from the Leaves‘liick’ing as it were
nntoones tngers. 5- ' T ‘ .'
, “1,173? Kim-(I. There are three feveral Species
of this hind-we. I. Seatio ineam'u, Erigemm Ta-
meatofum, ‘Seneao Tragt, Cotton Groundfel. " 2.'E-
rtgerum'Tiamentqfiam alterumySenecia fwtidus, Eri-
germ); ftmdum Thalij, Seneeia ineattu: irigui: Bau-
tggthg'Lnggll’anmmca prtma Cluji], tmkrhg Cot-
?gfaata Camerari ‘ , Sweet fmelling Cotton Ground-
'11r. TheDefcri 'I" A ‘ ' .. 'I
, prions. The Ifr or Common
Cotton Groundfe1,..haa a Root whiih’ .i: final], and
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Jagged or tom m. on the edg'esgthan 3305:1335;
11:10,” h”! , and 0h greyilh or Afh Color, 'foft and
airy, or rather hoary all wet, the Stalks are high-
er and greater, but With fuch like yellow Flowers
upon them ,, and as foot: fading and mining into .
Down as the other: this differs chiefly from the for;
3. Senetia‘oHoratur, Senecio Flore ‘
mer Comm [mix] the hoarincfs and int enefs
well ofthe-whole Plant'as of-the Leaves.g ’ as
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‘ IV. .The feeoml, ar-S‘tinking Cotton Groundfel,
ha: a Root which i: '0er fibrow, yet lajieth not after .
- Seed time, but erilhe: a! the Common does, and
fprirtg: again a thejhed or fallen Seed : It has man
fair, large and long Leaves lying next ItheGroun ,
very much jagged or torn in on the edges, whereby
they.”conlilt of many divilions, fomewhat like unto
thofe of Jllugwort, ‘- for which reafon fome have cal-
led it hirthemwafwtida,‘ but it is loft, and In hand-
ling veryjhairy; .being alfoV bedewed with a. fatty
clamminefs,‘ to much that the Leaves wrll flick to
the Fingers of thofe that touch them, and one Leaf
will alfo'llickunto’another,‘ f0 as w1th fome dith-
culty to be taken afunder ; it fmells fotnewhat (hang,
and ,of. an. ill fcent, (tho’ not unplealirntly- to fame)
as Clujittr fays, 'but like Seraphularm, or Ehulzu, .as
others fay’; from amon which Leaves rife up halry
cref’ted Stalks, 'half'a ard high, fpread out into fe-
veral Ramihcations or Branches, but hearing at their
to s' fewer Flowers, Iell‘er, [and of a palerryellow
color tha'nthe Comma): Groumlfel, and upon longer,
Footllalks,‘ which quickly fade, and turn Into Down,
astheothersdo.‘ -
V. Thethird, ar Sweet fmellmg Cotton Ground-
fel, ha: a jihrom- perilhing Root; d1 the other; have,
from which rife 11 Leave: and Stalkr, like the when;
and indeed this raun'dfel is fomewhat like the lall
kind in the foft and woolly Leaves, but not fo much
jagged or tom on the edges as It; its fmell is fwegr,
fomething like unto Ambrajia or Oak qf Cappadma,
or the Middle Comza, or Heahane -,.’the Flowers are
like the Icil’,‘ and as foon growing old and Downy,
as’the others do. ‘ - , E ,
H" 172: elm. The on grows‘by'VVood lides,
and borders of Fields, as alfoupon old Walls, 'in
many
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