96 



Salmon' J- Herbal. 



Lib. I. 



Very thinly^ or poreing'y Jet on them, foinethtng 

 broad and long, like unto the leaves of marjh-mal- 

 lovoi, butfmafler, crumpled, and cut in on both ftdcs, 



hoary or dujiy grayijh gr 



iidi; 



f feints 



} before defer 



ihey conJiH of one whole leaf] 



al/Tthe Znom, 'of a'fne pale Pttrple colorl ana 

 tetmes deeper, after zdvcb come forth heads oj 



V. T/.f*Sraall Purple Bindweed, w in all things 

 like unto the firjl of thefe defcribed in this Chapter, 



blamfh col'r','ihefoldl' being White," or of a deeper 



" vf The Spanffhmt^ BindweedM a f mall threa- 

 dy Root, which dies every Tear, from which Jhoots 

 forth Several f mail Branches a yard long, or more, 

 having feveral Uaros fiandmg fingly thereon, fmall 



every lef'^fcr the moli part, from the middle of the 

 Stalks upivards, comes forth a flower, like unto the 



fo many corners, of a mofi admirable Sky colored 

 Blew (fo pleafmt to behold, that it amazes thefpe^a- 



VII. The Lavender leav'd,17;/'j is like thefirfi in all 

 things, except the Leaves, which are long and nar- 

 row, refembling thofe of Lavender, orLimHa: But 

 it has a finer tlcwer, plaited or folded in the compafs 

 of its Bell very orderly, efpecially before the Sun 

 rife, for after Jrds, when ,t opens its f elf the folds 



'pie "coli°: "Ihe SeedTnot Tnlike 'the ref}, 'forner'd 

 and flat, growing out of Jlender Branches, which ft and 

 upright and thick together, proceeding from a White 

 ""vfll. "jhe Places. The Tirfl of rhefe is common, 

 and grows almoft every where in Fields, By-ways 

 dry Ditches, Ditch banks, and Hedge fides, through 

 England. The Second and fourth grow in Spmn 

 and are nourifhed up with us in Gardens. The Third 

 and lifth are common with us in England : This 

 Fifth or laft, Gerard fays he found it growing in 

 the Corn Fields about Great Dunmow in Effep m 

 fi,r>, .ihiindance. that it does much hurt to the Corn, 



f^fl'' 



and the Seed ripens gradually i 



urt being hot and'dry ^^ *fJ^J„]^Sri' i'"^' 

 '"XL^^ PrepSy. You may have i. A U- 

 uid Juice 2. An Effence. 3- ^ ^°'*^'^,'-^ 4- A 

 ZffI::%.ACataplifm. S. A ^M Water. 



The Virtues. 



XII. The liquid Juiee. Being «^f .[""£"? 

 he Nofttils till It comes out again at tlie Mouth, 



is more Difcuflive, and prevalent for the cleanfine 

 of Ulcers, and healing of Wounds. ^ 



XIV. The Pouder. Strewed upon a foul Ulcer it 

 cl^r^^^k(if dfo^^^^^ Effence) aLd 



XV. TheBalfatn. IHs aiTexcellent Vulnerary 

 and cures fimple W^ounds many times at once-dre'f- 

 '^^n.TheCataplafm. Made of the Green Herb, 

 It difcufles Tumors, and applied upon Contufions 

 difberfes the Humors gathered together. 



XVII. The Diflilled Water. If you diflblve a lit- 

 tie Sal Prunella, 01 Nitre in it, it is good againft 



Heats and Breakings out in the Face, Tannii 

 Sun-burnings, Pimples, Scurf, and 



■E: 



CHAP. LXX. 

 i I N D W E E D Black. 



rzs 



fuppofed to be called in 

 rreek 'Z^^in K„^U^7n>.& : In Latin,Helxine 

 Gljmpelos, Convolvulus minor niger ; Label calls it 

 Cig'ampelos altera atriplicii effigie : Dodonaus calls 

 it, Convolvulus niger : Thales calls it, Volubilis me- 

 dia five nigra : Collumna calls it, Polygonum Hede- 

 raceim : Cordus on Dioflvrides takes it to be Ela- 

 tine : And Angulara will have it to be Centunculus 



