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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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change, that is to fay, every winged Leaf has about
eight‘ornine hnall; fmooth,: green Leaves, finely
fnipt‘ er indented about the edges; growing on sat;
iide ‘of a middle Rib,’ one oppolite to another," and
one growing by‘iit 'felf at the top or end”, inform
refetnblingthoi'e of Sum adorning: Tray, hutnot
' 15 large or long,“ or (at all brownilh, from among
which rife up mapyfmall, round, ilraked stalks or
Branches , ‘about’ two, Feet ”in height ,. fometrmes
above twenty Stalks from’one‘ Root,‘ fometrrnes
growing upright; fometimes, creeping PQt;f31!..fl9m
,the Ground, jointed or kneed, : and drvrdrng them-I.
'felves into very many Branches, at every'jornt grows,
one Leaf, fmaller than the former, which, together?
with the lowermoil'iiperilhl betirnes,‘.ib that geld-om?
one green Leaf is Robefeb‘enf on “this Iflant When the
Seed is ripe; the Hower‘s’a 3 white, and growmoll
commonly at theztopsirf? (if: Stalks and; Branches,
fometimes at rir‘oit of thejointsgeven from . the
Ground; in uneveir'or 3"unor‘derly'llmbles , ' every
Flower having live l’e‘x‘ceedingfrmll Leaves , flat and
broadht! the top , ,Iand injltheciniddle‘ very, frnall
Chives with purple ‘- tops,$:’thel Whole -. Flower; 5 not
much exceeding the‘blgnefsof a fmall .Pinsihead;
which being pail away, there comes up in the place,
of each' Flower “two‘fmall , I gfey, 1 crooked , liraked'
Seeds, like aIny‘Seedghut lar er‘,.'in talte hot and
aromarical. ' -' ‘ ”if ' " ‘ -’ " 3.3:“, ' , , ‘
V.’ The-Placer. ‘It growlstm Corn Fields arhong
Corn,‘ or where Corn has‘be'en Sowri, in feveral pla-
ces ohEzglrmd; it grows in Clay Grounds, and has
been found in Wheat Lands about Map]: Durban: in
. Hm flu're, "and feveral other places“ ,‘ i . it
V . Tthimer. 'It begins to; Flower about the
.. beginning of filly, andfo continues Flowering a
long time; Parkinhw lays it FlovVer'ed not with him
trll‘Auguji, and that the Seed ripened about a Month
after, but part? of the, Seed 'is many times ripe in
Augzzjf,f and fome other parts of, it fcarcely in the
beginning‘of 0.5701117, ,in the mean feafon Tome of. it
falls, whereby it renews it hell-Land gtdws with flou-
rrlhrng green Leaves all the lVinters. ' ' i ’
VII- ‘11: to. the 214401;”, Speriy‘imrion, Preparati-
. 0m and szm, they, come very near, or are the
fame With more of 0hr Common Par-[1],,f0r the Seed
15 in form and talle almolt like Parjly Seed, and
therefore to that you are referred. Q 3 . , ‘ -
VIlI. Nam. .I7Je L'z‘ dirk-711%. ‘ ,Goodyere‘rela-
‘ ted that the , juice ‘ofa andful ofthe' Leaves being
drunk an a draughtTOf' Ale 'or,Beer .4 every Momin
While for a Fortnight,‘ 'did Cure one that had a iivel:
ling In her Cheek, ,Yearly thge ariling, but itsforic‘
grnal caufe was'unknoWn, yet it was attended'with
great heat, rednel's‘, and itching ,- by the ufe’ of this
Herb rt‘was perfeEtly' cured, and role no more; it is
13.0%“: it maybe an excellent thing againfl itrumous
, authors, or the Kings-Evil in'yany part of the Body.
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I .11 E 'Namr, " It, is l (2th in Greek Kielvdg
. ' by Dmpbnjiu: Lil). 6. Orp.‘ 7. in Latin: 0‘-
t':,ll.;"IbE Kindr. Some will have‘it‘ to’be Telzpbi‘
um'nmulo 11271,? or Telepbium. Dirjw‘ridz's, and'as
fuch they nurfe it‘ up in their Gardens in‘Pan'r, ‘D0<
dam]; and“ Clufw fay that mahy took it' to he 111g.
in; or leimm Avicenna in 0,0,464. oF-which he
makes five forts, but Gull”: takes Avian tomcat),
either our Bomgt’ot thgltyr, and that thisyPlan't is
rather the‘Leuwgrdpbis Plinij in ‘Lib. :7. Cup. in
bemufe of the white fpots of the Leavengsfm'
iErys it'lwas calledby. fome Q’noglo m Illmmmn, and'
Baubinixr thereupon calls ‘it (j'zzcglqmmz Mammary;
Daltcbzimpiyr- took Calmdzila to be‘ C’m’mbc’, : 2: Circa
ipfm‘ Flare [it appellant; but'Clzm'yr refers it"rather'
to'thejKirids of Bohzge (or Buglw, to whi'ch-in'tem-
Eeratur‘e he fays it is nearelh‘ 5 Authors make at leull
1x Kinds thereof, but we l'ih'all‘ defcribeho-more
than;g'rbw in‘our’rGardens,‘, which are the following,
1312.3 lifelimbr ma‘nr'l‘hr‘tiluztd (5' rxbfo'Lobclij
85Cam'm'rijf'Cerim 3: gim‘rintrhh major Hare my:
colore‘ClIM , Ctrimbt', fez! '(j'nzglerza zilamnmzm
Maj”: Ban ini, The Greater Yellow and Red Honey-
wort'J 2'.vCerimbe mirrorflore'llztea, ffmbra,'('t-
7'17!th g‘uir’mr Clufj,‘ Ccrilzrbe Folia mmzmrz‘llm vi-
ridi Baubim' , The Leller Yellow and Redo Honey<
worn] ‘3.'Cerimbe mnjqrfavo Hare, Ctrimbc Hare
flaw? ajjn'n'ara Baubim' , ' Cerimbt zlorzmdzrm major
flaw More (21%],- The Greater Ye .ow' Honeywort.
3 4. Cerimbc mmr :Iiavo'Flare, 'Cerrirrlre gmrzmdnpz 3
minor 17am Hare; Cermlbe mmor 1.011511], . Cnmmrij, '
59' Tabermmommi, Cerintbe Plinij, 'The Lelier Yel-
re, Ccrimbe 'ttrtr'a Clujij , Corinth: Hort rubro pm‘v
[lurqfcrmc Baubini, Purple Honeywott.“ V, .‘ ‘
‘. - III. The Deicriptions. ' '17:? j‘z‘rji, [or Greater Yel-
low and Red Honeywort; bar 4 Root which irfme-
'wbat great and thick, fending 1’”er 77157): fillies
thick hairy Stalks, almoil two Feet, high, on which
are fet long large Leaves, ofa :blewifh green color,
the lower ends; that it feems to go thro’ them, fiat
with fome fmall Pricks or Thorns thereon, and a lit:
tle hairy withal; the Stalks are branched toward the
much leiiizr, whofe ends do turn inwards ," like the
and as large, which in fome areall yellow, with a
reddilh circle about the middle meteor; bht inbthers
from the middle forwards is' of a 'y'ellow'color,‘ ‘the
other part next. the Stalk being of 'a ourplilh red
fweet like Honey, wherewirh Bees ate‘rriuch delight-
ed, each Flower (landing ‘in a green Husk, divided
into iiveparts at the tops, in which, after theyare
pait, grow the Seed, Which is blackifh, a little cor-
titlereld, and flat-a'tbottom, Where it is joined to the
1V. Gerard defcribes it thus..Tbe Root pm'jlm
Leaves, alike thofeiof Bazil; between the which-
Ground, being not ab165Wl‘IhOlJt ,pmpgw fuilain it
felf, by imfon'of the great weightof Leaves,
are placed many thick’ rough Leaves; ,Bet‘t‘vit’h very
rimbe, and irrEn‘glijb‘Hozzqworz, and lVax'Fldwer.
. of
low Honeywortl‘ , 5. Carimbe‘mjor Hm filipnrm- '
within the Earth, Ab”! ptriflaer everyjl‘ear a Mr Sm! i
rim; this party colored Plant rifes . up 'with divers .
tops in other fmaller ones , and full of Leaves, but .
TurrgMe Heads,’ at every Leafywhereof comes forth '
a long hollow Flower, like unto a C'wizfrey “Flower,
color , ; with fome Threads in 3the middle ,3 “tailing
a? the [1311 approach of ll’inqus' it‘Iife‘S‘ forth of the '
Ground after the falling of its Seed, With‘two iinall -
Leaves comes forth arthiclvi'g ;iit;.1inoorh,. tender , - '
j and brittle Stalk, full of‘Jurce', dividihg it fElfinto‘
1' many other Arms, which are alfodivided into many
" other Branches, bowing or leaning towards the ,
Branches, and much Juice, with Which the whole .
Pmt 15 lurcharged, upon thele,Arms or Branches ‘
than) ririckles; like, merough'srnn‘or 'a Thomback, v
fpotted-with great white fpots ,' round attheir far- ‘
‘ ther ends, ,and fo much'encompalling the Stalk at