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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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s follicular”: Linaricc folio Baubini :, and the Acina-
rite 11mm alum Spain Imperari. -'2."Lenrzwl.a
I Marina Scrrntir foliir, Fuwr foliamlr Serrara fbll?
Blnbini, Atinzzrix Marine 'ttrtin S trier Iin eratr,
The Jagged or Saw-leaved Sea Lenti . This road-
leaved or Saw-leaved Sea Lentil, C'lufiu: in his Seba-
lia on the lait Chapter ofAcqfla, his Book of 51m-
ples, uts it to the Quefiion, whether this With the
dentedp’Lcave: be not that Herb Whith is called
Sargqub or Sargazo .3 but Baubinm, in his Pinnx,
determines it as certain. .
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'narrow-leaved Sea Lentil. I: ha: mnywindine
Stglkr, an whicbgrm fbort Brancber, j?! thick with ‘
”amigo Leaver, like 112% nfBelvidere or Beibmiiax, ,
and among thefe row many skinny, hollow, empty,
round Berries, o, “theBig'nefs and Shape of Lentilr;
from whence it-takes its Name: they; are fome-
times ‘of a’ pale Ambervcolor, .and fometimes‘ that
Color is fpecltt with Red. '
IV. The fecand, or Jagged or Saw-lezived Sea
Lentil; This Defcription you ihall have from 'Aw-
(h.- In that famom"and no If m lit-feared JVavi-
galmn del Sergazo,r(far .5? t ey that jizil into the
‘Indies' call that Spat: if the Ocean from that 82]; to
Zbe 3 b Degree qf North Latitude) isf'cn a deep
end patient-Sea,‘wvertd will) an Her called Ser-
guaZO, bung q Span lung, wrapped with the render
Brancber, a: 1! were into Balls; having narrow and
“Nikolai-in, do”! balfan Incb long, or fmawlnl:
long”, f1 . .1111]; broad, and fnip! fnbznn the edger,
gf C011”- (eglltjb; 'of Tajie innpitzi or ultbollt any
jknjbl: Biting; but what is ratherdrnzon Mining,
Salt 111741.65 Ian'natumlly inherent '25 the Plant:
lit the fetting on oiTt'nch Ledf’grows'a See'd,'rouhd,
like a‘Pepper. Corn, of a whitiih‘ Color; and lime-
tttne of Vhite and; Redmixt't' 'it' is very tender
when it is hrit drawn forth of the Water; 'yet,‘ hard
‘ when it .15 dried-j, but by real‘oir' if its matters;
very fragil and full of falt Water. Thereis no
Root ‘to be obferved in this Plant, but only the
Marks of the Breakings off appear. And ‘it is like-
ly it grows in the deep and Iandy Bottom of the
Sea, ’and there may have'fmall Roots. Yet'i'ome
are ofOpinion, That this Herb is plucked u and
carried away by'the rapid Cou'rfe of the 1' aters
which fallout ,of many Illands into the Ocean.
Now, the Maiier of the Ship. in which I was, did.
Iiiiiiy maintain this Opinion : and in failing here,
we were becalmedl, but as Err as ever we could fee,
we law .the Sea .whoily covered with this Plant.
And fending dow'n fome young Sailors, to drive the
Weeds from the Ship, and clear the Water, we
lainly iiiw round heaps thereof to tile up from the
Bottom of the Sea, where, by founding, we could
rind no bottom. ’
V. 717;;an and Timer; ‘ The Erik is found 'in
many places of the lilcdirrwanmn and Adriatic]:
Sear, as alrfo in 1 other. Southern Star. Thefecond
is found in many ’places of them-[antic]: Ocean to;
ward theoqntb, in the Latitude and plilQQ‘afOI'e-
mentioned,i.a'ls alfo in fevetal other parts of't'hnt
Sea. They are to be found, by Reportof Sailors,
all the Year.long,-' their Growth and-.Cauft’g, of AF-
pearance being the fame.
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VI. They are as yet unknown : but Acnjla lays,
That if this Plant is pickled With Salt and Vinegar,
it will; have"rlie fame ,Taiie asgSaznpirq'hag-and
maY'Be‘m'fediinilead thereof; and is 'zili‘o‘eatep by
fufh as"iail;inlieagl oiqutzr. ‘Alezz caui‘oditto
be'giiferig‘when'it WES freih taken forth'offhe .563,
to Goats whiCh they carried; in the-Shigr and the .
fed‘IIpdtth' 'greedily. agile margins” him lijignotant
ut o
of its qualities : n'e' 'ogfthe Sailoryit'ro’ubled
with alDifictdty of: kwa'witerh 'hyiregfon of
v. .. . .....t . a, x Graig?!