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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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tartium Plim'j (from the many ‘oints it has) of Illa:-
thialtu, Ggfntr, and others, - blygannm Emilia Sci
min: Villa: Lohelij- Sanguinallr antna Cardi, Bar-
ren Marih Hotfetai , Marfh Horfetailwith (hatter
Layer 5. Equifmon minu: tmmfolmnt, which IS
the fmallell: and fineit Lmv’d Hotfetail ,t'and'ts very
like to Eguifctum tenuwimi: U langtffmr F011;: .Bau-
bini. 6t Egitifemm'Fa-tidum, Stinking Hotfetad.
IV.” The DefcriptiOns. ’ The-[fr , ar Greater Marfh
Horfeta‘tl. It ha: a pretty ihi: Root, which if”?!
‘ tinder GrounJ, having faint: a! [corral placer, and
fibre: I[fringing thergfram; at its fitll f nngtng-up
it has“ ends, fomethtng like to thofe o alfparagur,
which afterwards grow to be hard, rough, hollow
Stalks, jointed at feveral places up to the top, grow-
ingvto be :1 foot high, fo made as If the lower part
were put into the upper, at which ow on each iide
, . a bufh of fmall, long,‘hard, Rulh- ike Leaves, each
part refcmbling a Hotfe Tail, (from which it tame
to, be f0 called , (as is above hinted) acthe tops of
’ the Stalks come forth” fmall Catkins, like to thofe
of Trees. ' i , ‘
V. The ft‘cond, or BtoadLeav’d Marfh Hotfetail,
'har'a Root which it creeping, and jointed, like-the
farmer; the Stalks are about a Foot and half high,
hollow, and jointed in the’fame manner, fet with
Leaves after the ‘fame fafltion,,;’but that they are
broader than'thole pf Toad-Flax, green, tough, long,
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, . VI. The tbird, or Leil'er Marlb'Horfetail. It ha:
‘ a very long Root, according to the depthjof the Water,
graft, thick, and jaintcd,, with fame aw Fibre: or
Thread: adjoining thereto, from the heads of this
Root rife up great, thick, Eointed Stalks, on which
grow long, rough, Rulh eaves, Pyramid or Stee-
ple falhion; the Whole lant is alfoirough, hard,
and lit to rub, ihave or fmo‘oth’ wooden things, as
fome of the others, it differs not much in the- man-
net of growing from the former, the chiefcli dili'er-
ence is, m that it is fmaller, and the Leaves or Brie
files, (as fome call them) which are he: at the Joints,
are flatter and (hotter.
VII. The fourth, or Barren Matlh Horfetail, It
hat a long Root, like that of Couch, hr (hitch-Grafs,
from which, arfranz a kindaf faintr, come forth nia-
ny Fihrat or Threadr; and from which Root at cer-
tain dillances rife up feveml hollow Stalks, which ‘
at feveral fpaces are list with fmall Leaves in rundles,
like to thofe of Wanranf, altogether barren of Flow-
ers and Seed, for which reafon Label called it Poly-
gonnnz Emma Smine Vidua; but .70th Pays, that .
ttIis fometimes found with ten or more Seeds at each
Jomt, for which reafon Banhine called it qutymzm
Palujir: hrwiaribu: Falzjr Pahyptrmn; this diEers
little from the lall, living that it is often found to
at no Seed, as the others do. '
VIII. '17): f 113, or Smallell: and linefl: Leav’d
Horfetail. It at a kind Ly” jointed and hhraut Root,
from whence rife: up aneprarty thick Stalk, and very
full affomtt, fprmding it felf‘out into many long
Branches, and making of the Whole a kind of Bull],
every of which Branches ate teplcat with very fmall
and tine Leaves, and growing much after the fame
manner as the others do.
. IX. The jxth, or Stinking Horfemil. I! ha: tt
lung jointed Root, fat with Fihm, an! the Stalk grow:
to be many that: alarm! ayard long, growing fz'n'c’titttt’r
wholly under Wat”, and hanetiane: hath in and alt!
af the ll’ater; the Stalks are teplenifhcd with feve-
ral Branches, but Itriped nthwart, and fet with Ihort
Laves at every joint, as in the other Harfamilr, but
they are fomewhat jagged or divided towards the
tops, and at the joints under Water come forth fe-
veral fmall Fibres or Threads, the Plantais green
whilil it is in the Water, but taken forth and dried
it becomes grey and brittle, ealily to 'be rubbed into
ouder with ones Fingers, and falling alfo into pou-
ger of its lielf by lying; it fmells fomewhat like to
Brimjiane, whence came the Epithetftt’lidullt.
X. The Placer. They all grow in wet and moill
places, and fome of them in l’tanding Waters, in
many pints of this Kingdom, the hill and fecond in
moilt or wet Grounds, the third and fourth in [land-
ing Waters, the Efth in low wet Grounds in Woods,
as near Highgart, not far from Landon, Etc. the Iixth
Gerard fays may he found towards the latter end of
the Year in fevetal Ditches on the back lide of-Samh-
mark, near St. George’s Fields, covered over with
Water, as alfo in the Iianding Waters of St. fawn-’9
Park; and this is that which is taken to he Barbi.
ntlr’s quifttwttfatidumfuh Aqua repent.
XI. The Tinm. They fpting up with their
blackilh Heads in April, their blooming Catkins ap-
pear in filly, and their Seeding time is for the molt
part in Auguji , after which they petilh and fall to
the Earth , fpringing up aftefh again the next
Spnng.
XII. ’17]: Qaalizin. It is temperate in refpeEt to
heat or coldnefs, and dry in the third degree, it has
fome bitternefs, and mightily dries without biting;
it is Alltingent, Diuretick, and Traumatick, Ne-
phritick, Atthritick, and l’eEloral. ‘
XIII. Tb: Spaciliaation. It II’ops all ferts of Flax-
es; and fluxes of‘Blood, whether inward or outward,
hmls Ulcers and Excotiations, and cures Catarrhs,
Coughs, and Colds, and prevails againft the Stran-
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