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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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nndjlimtlbing wood y, with [were] Stringr and Fibre: ‘
a udjcii'ninfto’ it. From this Root‘fpring forth feveral
I'mall'a'nd fomething ‘narr'ow Leaves, lying upon the
Grouhd, hoary or'woolly all over‘, yet more hairy,
white underneath than‘above : the Stalks rife up a-
hove half a Poor or more high, fer, with fuch like;
Leaves thereon unto, the tops, wherelhnds one,
great brown Head apiece, compalfed ab'Out witha
many‘woolly or hoary white Leaves, lrep‘refenring:
the hairy Foot of a Lion, Hare, or Dove, or fuch
like Creature, from whence came theName. Out 09
‘this Head comes forth many lhort Threads, which;
‘make the Flowers lieem‘ to have Holes therein, in;
which lies afterwards fmall brownilh Seed, wra -l
"ped up, in ('0 much, Down, that it is hardly to e
found or feen. ' , , .
V. T71: [atom], or LelTer Liensfoot,‘ or Monti-g
tainCudweed, The Root i4 foall,.lo71g,’ a littlr:
‘ woody, witbfevcrkil String: or Fioi'emdfoioirig to it.‘
7 It rifc‘s up with- one Stalk for the mill part, with"
feveral Leaves thereon, fomewhat longer, but not
‘ broader than the former :1 at the tops whereof Rand
diversi Woolly Leaves, iand in the middle of them,
three or four or more Heads of Flawers’, like unto
f the other ‘szll demdgconlilling of Thrums, of
:1 pale'y'ellow Color, ’with‘ fome black Hairs among
them 3 , after which follows the Down, ,as alfo the
. Seed like the other; ; , ' , ,‘
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VI. LionsLtnf, Lions-leafed Turnep, or Black
r Turnep. The: oolpf this floor int‘ulmom, 1271p:-
“J'ziib'ot like toil T urne’p“ or Sow-Bread,“ or .Great
Ground-Nut, being of a llookifb grey Color, witbftf
coral fowl! Brioche: or Knob: ”’1 the idtr ; front
‘ Ljvhenee‘ fpring up' feveraldargejantl: ong Leaves,
"‘ ‘miJCh‘diVided 'or cut'iintoidiversyparts,‘ (like-unto
,‘Coletuortr or Pop its, jas‘Diorjior’idgr-‘ms, orImo‘re
" "likefunto Peony, Lewes, as am and Iobtl lay, but
"- ve'lind they are more jagged or cut in) of a’ dot
$110th green Color; as it growsjwith us, hut of,
‘1 a‘darlrer' yellow Color'lin‘thofe places where it rs a
“ENariye, coming nearly‘pnr'? the'Color of a 'Lioo’s' .
"in: , ”a- . - .t: v t t,“ ; r: 1"
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” Coughof the Lungs, cledhfesl‘tlie. ‘ .
tons Matter, and relies vehement fains ofthel‘le'ad.
‘Skirror Hair I, from whence it is fuppofed came the
Name of Liom-quf, more than from the Form,
From among thefe Leaves fpring up a llraked Stalk,
fpbtte'd with pale purpliih Lines and Strakes, divi-
ded into many Branches, fer, at. the Joints .with
fmaller Leaves and lellet cut in 2- on the tops of
whichylland Everal fmall Flowers, made of Eve
Leaves apiece, ofa dark .or brownifh yellow Color,
redlike an Anemone. on the outlide, and therefore‘
called by fomc ’Arzom, as Dizjeoride: fays, and yel-
low on the intide: after which come fmall Pods,
gag): Cuba, in which is Contained fmall round.
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VII. sz'rd thus defcribes it; The Root is great,
ro'andifb like a Turnep, oildlzlock witboilt : from
whicbfpriog fortb brood Leaver, like urtto Cole-
worts, orrralber like iimo Peony, tut'iziiddivided
into fwmzl great ‘Gafber. He‘stdlk is two Rot
long, thick, and full of fuiot, dividing itfelfimo
diver: Brohcbt: or Wirigr 3 in the top: whereoftbtrc
jioiid rod Flowery, wbiqb being ajkd away, red Cod:
come in their- lain, in which it: the Seed, like an-
to Totes or V ild Chiches. . , .
VllI.‘ TI): Placer. The Erl’t has been found grow:
ing on the Alp: of 0mm , and on‘Mount Baldy:
in Italy“ The fecond on ivers Mountains in Ger-
many and Italy 'alfo. The Liam-Leaf is a Native
of Syria, Grecia,.Candia, Napier, am but may are
all of them nurfed up with us in Gardens.
IX. Tire-Timer. The two hrll flower in filly,
and fometimes‘ in Augu . The lall: in Winter-time
in Candy, as Bellaniur ys ; but with us very late. ,
X. Tl): Qualities, S perfection; Preparation: and
Virtuerof Light-foot Ollllokgldifl Cod" wed, are the
fame With thofe o'f'orlr Comm): Cudw‘z d,wlzhich we
have exprell'ed at large in Cop. 18o. Sell. 8. ad Isl
aforegoing; qukllljvft fays, that the Tallevhereof
being aflringen't and drying;’tr1th fome'Bltternefs
in it alfo, does Iignify, that it is very available a-
gainlt all Fluxes of Blood 'or Humors; as alfo very
eifeSlual for all Sores, eith r green Wounds or old .
Ulcers, and co‘ndncible fog whalfoeVer Cures the
Other Ordered: may be applied to. .
XI. 11 ngllion in a Lixiviuot 0 Po! .Affm. It
cleanfes’the Hair froln NM and ice r ’and being
made not too lerng, it is good againll ScurE, Mor.
hew, Letica, Leprofy, Yellowrrefswand‘other De.
ormities ofrheSkin. "‘ r " " ' ‘1‘ i ‘
' ‘ XII.‘ A Decofliori in Wimy-r‘vBeing ’drtrnkEn, it
kills Worms,.and“expelsythem4,1and is prevalent
againlt the Bitings and Stinging of Serpents, indo-
ther Venomous Creatures. . . . r V 2‘ . ' g“
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XIV; Tb: Qualititr. ,It rs,hot and dry in the
third Degree'i‘Abllerhve;‘Di‘gellive, Vulnerary and
Alexi harmick,” V , v A ‘ ‘ r
w’vX . Thedpdafmlim.’ It 'cleanfesoldand hlthy
Ulcers; is profitable againll the Sciatica, and isl an
Antidote-a inltJPOyfon, ‘the‘Birin‘gS ‘of Serpents
'an'd'other' 'enomous Creatures. ‘07’ W," ' ‘
from, "r: . ii 'ligmdifuic: or: Emma iftbt’ (Rodin? 2.
k A‘DtcoHiori :1)“ iii: fame in Il’im‘. 35 A P4314137 of
to: older and greater Rootr. 4.91! C1) or; 5.1 A
Gitoplwndibd Rootu‘ m , . V : - H
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thicker and Hrorter than 'thole of Hollow-Root or .
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