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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. 343. .. -
hilt long, and-rm Inch broad, and dented about the
clges with round den ; the, fecondleaf is of two
inches long; the third 5 :1 Ion er Stdlk,‘ vizvith two
Lewes l‘et" thereon, fmaller an rounder than the
other, about halt’an lnclr broad”, and a bigger me
at the'eirdyj yet fmaller and longerl'than the lirli
Leaf, the next are lelfer and longer, andthe Stalk
is inked of Leaves below, bein frnzrll, hairy, hard,
and iir‘uked, and carrying. thic . Umhleshffwhite
Flowers, with yellow Thrmds in the middle, land
underfet with long hairy Lewes, the outtvard'I-lovv-
ers being‘lnrger than the inner; thereby making'the
llmble rcfemble that of the lVrldgCurot‘; after which.
come fuchzlike Seed as the fonner,'.bnt-not'half fo.
large, the middle part heingofa darkenco'lo'r; he-
fore they.:‘rre-ri e they look of a‘putplifh green, but
when they are, ull ri e white, : of an aromatick tails,
fomewhat bitter, an ailittle fweet in fmell.’ '1 I',;
x XIIL .Tbe'elevmb, or: Mounmin Hartwortwirh
fmoorh‘Hernloclt like Leaves. It rhu.‘ a ; lan'g. Roar,
divided. [inaction or: three mm: ar'Bzamhu, of a
brotbnijb‘blutk an the autfrdz, ."md white‘wirhr‘n, from
whence fpringsup a'Stalk, .which is hollow, and
rifes’hpjo'the height of twoFeet, 01' mo Feet and
a half, . from which Salk comes uforth"(atr]oints)
large fprwd Leaves, divided into many fmaller parts,
like unto Hemlock, or Sefdi'Prlbpamfe, the ihigher
'up the Salk the linaller and l'oirger the Lmves,Which
arellinooth, ‘and,more finely divided; at the to or
the Stalk comes forth larger Ilmblee ofwhite Flpo .
ers, thich trim into yellowifh crelied Seed, itwo
joined together, .of a hot and aromatick‘talie.’ ‘ ..
XIV.‘::'1‘b’:.1!welftb , par Mountain Hartw on: with
hairy Hemlock Leavesm‘lt 'hru‘a 1mg, thitk, dark
colored Root, , which, jimdr. fhrth broad Hemlock like
Leave), or like to the Greater, fwr’et‘ChemiI, of a
dark green color, and fomething , rough and hairy,
efpeciall the- footlhlks of the Lewes, c from t e
midll o 'vvhich rifespup a‘thick, hollow, celled,
hairy; ahd jointed Stalks, about two Feet hi‘ h, .di-
vided intol'everzil Branches,-.vvith fome few eaves
thereon, but much lelliar, and in like manner divi-
ded, near thetop of the Stalk it (boots it felf forth
into many-Arms or'Branchts, at the top: of every
oneofgvvhich grows a pretty large Ilmb of white
Flovversgl fucceeded ,by, long (harp , pointed Seed,
WVO"oined.to ether. ...;: :.,: : J . i
t t X .H'I'hezr irleartb,war.5hruh Ethiopidn Harts
wort. T'lt'fhfu a. Roarvwhich it great and woody,
fprtadingrtcfdfaut intofeveral Arm: or Brancher,
wirh'fweml Fibzertjy'uing therefrom,xand which a-
blder mmch’arr , i iris defmdtd‘frohz the cold;
from this-iROot fhootlforth feveralrwoody rough
Srems',‘$coveredtwith a blackilh Bark, divided into
Tnan‘y'rBranches,‘ two, three, ‘or four. Feet, or more
long, befet x'with vmanyfarr, lnrge, thick, hard,
fmooth; 'pale green Leaves,ibc1ngIong, and fame-
What like 'unto Waadbind Leaves, but notfo broad,
fmooth or even on the edges, and not i‘ni t or dent-
’ed ‘at all ,‘r on the tops of the Branches d linall
‘Tufts ofly'ellow' Flowers, whichafterwards bear
brownilh, rorind, and Ion Seed, hi ger than Sum
17671715132661," the whole lantfme 5 very fragrant,
and theSeed belt, being of an Aromade talle, fame-
Whathltfqgmnd (harp withal: This is commended
bY’DIOfCUrIdLTJEto be the belt of all the 'Harrworrr,
‘beyond thatgof Candy on Illmleltr. 1 l I.
XVI. The fourteenth; or GreatJoimed Hartwort
0f Cand 54113541 (Root which i: romqurd Effect-
“[17”! ”11033, “bl”, woody Strings, which partyi-
‘“ ”4(1),. Wthh'ROOEfmd-S up - four or live hard,
roundfrough ,‘ or rather prickly Stalk; ,. about two
, Feet. high, whore Joints are great, and bunched out
,1 ’e‘ tees; with a rough, large,..wingedl51fof
xtwo at each of them, fome couliliing of three , and
”EZWHMJ A8 S ,,
fomexof'tive parts, and every one or' them alfo divi-
ded into feveral parts, of-a fad green color, changing
reddifhnt Seed time; the Stalk is rough and crelttd,
and the". fev'leral Branches hereof do carry l‘ereral
l'mall Tufts or llmbles ol'whire Flowers, which he:
Ingpali away, there comes, in their places gtelt,
longitonnd, and rough Seed. .
1‘, XVII. The Placer,,- Moll of: thel'e' Sefcli’r or:
Horned": grow abou t' Mowpclicrn . Alurfrllgr , . and-
Narlmzze in France, as alfo in 1141)) and Candy, (nine
in theiMarea in Greece,” and .fome inJEIhiopz'u, and-
fornelof: them in Gamay, and ‘almoit all of .them,
gtovvtyrth us in England, where they; thrive well,
brit are with us hurled up only in Gardens. L ;-,
'v XVIII, The Timer. . They Flower molt of them
in 7mm and fill): in their native places, but With'us’
in‘yuIy'and Auguji ,i and do‘bearripe Seed in Sep-
thither, or before the end ofSummet, if care he had
inordering and keeping them, to as. they be Planted
in the warmeli places,‘.and inn Southern Sun. '
'YXlX. 'Ihr Qualities . fl‘hey are all of them hot
and dry in the fecbnd d ‘ , Aperitivc, Ahl’teriive,
Carminative‘,rand Diuretrck,‘ Sromatick, Pcftoral,
Nephritick, Neurotick,‘and .Hylterick, 'Antiemetick,
arid Alexipharmick.’ t ' ‘ . " " ‘ ‘
4 “ XX,‘TIJe 81:???ij grimy‘lirrtivorrfopens Obllrue
Elions of the Lungs ahdllrinary parts, helps Coughs,
and the Strangury, .Alihma’s, Colick, ohftruEtion of
the‘ Terms,“ and Hylierick Fits," nnd'facilitates the
Delivery ofrWomen in Trgrvails’ 3 1'1. a. i ' '
' 33 I. The Prepargtjam. - Of all thefe Kinds the
four Erll: are chierjy‘ufed in ,Phylickd. (tho’ it is podi-
ble' all-the reft may‘ have as excellent Virtues, and he .
fully asefiicacious) but thecErbiapianTis preferred
for its'lingular Virtues beyond all :theother forts;
and is doubtlefs that‘which‘ might to be put into the
Com oiitions of Mirbn'dqre and Venice Treads, and
this he] gathered in great plenty about Moirpeliet
in France: As to the rts'of the Elam, the Roots,
the Herb; and the Se‘ ,‘are all ufed, and from them
the follOwing! Preparations are'mgde, viz. r. A
.7155: of the erh. ’ 2. A7: Emma of the Herb and ,
Root. '3. A Daemon in Wine or Water of the Hm),
Root, '4an $3311.24: A Powder af5the'8c'ed. 5. A
Cataglafm of Root, 'Htrh, or. Seed. ,, 6. Art Add
Tin we of Root or Seed. 7. A S pirituour Tiniiure '
15f Root'or Said: 8) :An Oily :TinHur: of Root or.
St:d...:9; (A Dlmilled ‘Water from Raw, Herb, on
Seed, arfrom a IafIhem. = " ‘ .i : t
"3%? Wrtlltr..'" ‘ . .
XXII. The fuicrry’ rht'Herlp >It is commended ‘
by ’Diqfc‘oridtr to help the Strangury, and difficulty,
of breathing, as alfo the Sulfocation of‘ the Womb,
to provoke the Terms,‘.and ex elzthe dead Child;
it is prevalent alfo againll the allm -Srcknel‘s, and.
pains of the Kidnies.‘ Dole three or our Spoonfuls,
twice orthrice a day, mixed with a Glal‘sof White
Port Wine; mixed With HOney and taken, it is good
againlt Coughs, Colds; r.Wheezmgs,- and OhllruEti-
ons ofthe Lungsu‘jz 'h r . . .
' vXXIIL The Ejfmtz.‘ It has all :the former Vir-
thes,b'eing given in like manner and Dofe, belides
Which it facilitates the Delivery ofWome'n in Tra-
vail; the Hi'ence or Juice taken With the Ponder of
the Seed for ten days together in White Wine, gives
aft: in' the pains of the Reins, and is'faid torexpel.
the Stone lodged in thole parts; if the Stone is grmt
I in] confident it can do nothing at all, but if It? is
Tattatous MatterTSand, Gravel, or fmall Stones,
then pofhbly it may, expel them, and clear the' arts
of thofe Recrernentsi The EH‘ence made of the "cor
is powerful in'hating, , and opening Obftruilronls), ..
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