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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 ...
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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
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Botany > Pre-Linnean works. Botany, Medical > Early works to 1800. Plants > Dictionaries > Early works to 1800.
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' g , i‘The Defctiptiom.
‘III; The hill, or greater Wild Turneg. It: Boat
is long and jlender, .with forne few Ft re: adjoin-
ing to it. It: Leave: and Stalk are ve like to
thafe of the Garden longTurnep -,‘ but t ey grow
thicker and more plentifully from the Root, and ,
inore crumpled and gajht in on the jider, and more
rough in handling; and in the Flowers, for]: and
Seed, it ir‘mtichialitie, had in the whole tn 1!: ap-
pearance,v'differ:’ not much ram it : The Seed is
called RapeSeed and Cole- eed. .
IV. The fecond, orleller wild Rape, orTurnep.
than the former, with jivne few Fibres ilfaing from
it. It: Leaves are fntaller at bottom, and not jag-
ged; but a little waved. It iJ' not fo plenteour tn
Leaver 1i: Tthe former, but growing fewer, they
are'more fparfed upon the Stalk: and Branch“,
[row upon not very long Footjialkr, and the htgher
they grow, are more deeply waved on the edges, and
fnnetimer a; it were a little jagged. The Flowers
are ellaw, after which tome pretty long, butftnall,
an [harp pointed Podr, in which are contained
final! flat Seed, of a whittfh yellow color. .
. V. The Placer. The hill is found wild in many
Countries, but for the prolit which is made of the
Seed,'we here in England, as alfo in Flanden,
and other the Low Countries, Manure it, and Sow
' it in Fields, and'fill therewith Vail Traazs of Land;
The fecond grews wild alfoin our Country..Park-
irtfon fays, he fonndit going from Shoreditoh by
Bednal-Green, t0)Haekm’y. - ) >
VI. The Titans They Flower in May and fune,
and ‘the Seed is ripenin fnly or Angeli, atvvhiat
time they‘reap their Fields'Slownrwuh it, as they,
tea Wheat and other Corn. .
611. The Qualities. The Seed, which is that
which is ’only ufed, is hot and dry in the beginning
of the fecond Degree; but the Seed oi the leiler
fort is bitter, and almolt as hot as Mayiard;8eed,
and‘of which fome make Illajiard,’ or mix it with-
illujlordSe’ed, and then me it for that purpofe.
If is Abllerlive, Digellive, Diureticn, and [ironeg
provokes Urine. . . f ‘ A
VIlI. The Specification. It helps the Difcrafy
of the Stomach, (I mean the Seed of the leli‘er
kind) provokes Urine, opens ObilruEltons of the
Reins and Bladder, and gives eafein the Strangury.
IX. ,The Preparationr. Of the Rape-Seed, ‘or
Cole-Seed,.is made, An Oil by Expremon tn aMtll.
0f. the leliiar kind,’ An'In'fnjion. in Wine. And,
a kind of .lllajlard or Same for Meat. .
The ‘ V irtu er.
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X. The Exprejfed, Oil of the RapeSeed or Cole-
Seed. It iS‘ufed in Lamps, and therefore called
Lamp-Oil, for which'purpofe, it is much better
than Train-0i], which is made out of Whaler, be-
Caufe it (links not like that. It alfo ferves to make
'Soap withulginllead of Oil Olive: And in divers
places in Germany, Flanderr, and the Low-Court-
. trier, they ufe it to Fry their Pith in, U5. It IS
fcarcely at all ufed in Phyfick, yet given in Quan-
tities, it opens Obllruaigns of the Lungs, and
makes the Belly folublc, giving eafein the extream
'pains of theCholick. , V .
' XI. The Infufion of the Seed hrm'fed, of the lef-
fer kind, 'in White Port Wine. . It powerfully pro-
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(cone: ’7. “log‘aa aaa )
vokes Urine, opens Obllruaions of the Urinary
Veli'els, and expels Sand, Gravel, and Tartarous
matter lodged in the Reins, Ilieteis and Bladder,
and for that reafon gives cafe in the Strangury:
You may 1nfufe40unces ina Quart of Port-Wine,
and after 3 or a, days Digeltion, drink twice or
thrice a day, a quarter of 21 Pint of the clear Wine: .
if it be fwectned with Syrup of Marjh-Mallowe,
twrll be fo much the more efi'eEiual.
XII. The Mojlard or Sawce anode of the Seed. It is
made as you make Mallard of Alafidrd‘stt’d. It
ltrengrhens and warms the Stomach, caufes a good
Appetite and Digellion, and pretty [irongly pro-
vokes Urine : But iris not altogether f0 plealhnras
the Muflard made of Mojiard-Seed, hecaufe of its
, Ibitrernefs, which it looks not in a long time.
It: Root 1: alfo long, and much [Wet or [lenderer =
TUN‘HOOF, fee Alehoof, Chap. 6.
TURBITH, fee it in Lib. ll. Chap.
TUKMERICK, jee it in Lib. II. Chap.
(3 H .A P, bccxvn. .
OfvTuiRNS OLE:
I. ll E Natner. It is called in Greek, ‘Hm.
756nm (gaoniant Flore: enmfole cireutnagun-
tar ; or as'I’heophrajtm will have it, 'becaufe it
- Flowers in the Summer Solllice; ) as alfo Exhgnwyh
Seorpiuron, ( ujltfpiea Florian; Scorpionir oaude eji
Ebigie: ) 'in atine, Heliotroptunt,’Seorpioider al-
bunt Gefneri, Solifequintn, Verruearia (d tollen-
dir verrueit) and Herba Caneri .- in Englilh,
Turnfole. I
II. The Kind:. There atelieveral forts of this
Plant, as i. Heliotro imn, Heliotropiunz ”Milli,
Searpioideralbum Geineri, Herba Cantri major
Loniaeri, hut molt properly Verruearia, Our com-
mon greater Turnfole, or Wart-Wort. 2. Helio-
tropiurn nzajtet fnpinmn Cluftj, Dodanei U Gefneri;
Heliotropium hami fparfurn Cluhj Lugdnnenfi;
Heliatropium Minna japinurn Bauhini, The greater
creepinngurnfole. g. Heliotropintn ntinn; repent
Labelij -, Heliotropimn minus fblio Ocinti Gefneri;
Verrtecaria‘altem minor Latgdunenjir, fmall Turn-
fole. 4. Heliotropinm Trieocewn Plinij, (but Come
add unto- it minor: ) Herba Clitie Camerarij, The
Dying Turnfole. ;. Heliotropintn lndiennt Tube-
rofmn, Flo: Solir Fainthanar,]erufalem Hartichoak,
of which we have already treated, in Chap. 340.
aforegoing. ’
The Defcriptionr. ,
III. The hill, or our common greater Turnfole.
It: Root isfnt‘all and thready, perijhing evety Tear.
It rife: up With one upright Stalk, about a Eta! or
more high, dividing or fpreading it jZ'lf out all)?”
front the bottom, into hiveral naller Branche:,o a
hoary'eolor. At each joint 0 the Stalk and Brand)-
er, gram two rnall brood Leaver, fornething like to
- thofe of Calamint, or Balil, but greater than them
of Calamint, and leyer than the greater Balil;
[mething white or hoary aljo. At the top: of the
Stalk: and Braneher, [land many [mall at rte Plato:
err, eonhjiing of four, ‘ and jhflte’timft offivefvetg
‘ Ina
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