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SalmonV Herbal. 



Lib. 1 



yeilow color. The Viewers alfo 'are of a'd^ad yellow- 



oj the Otchis, andoj the fame fajhion ; afier which 

 follow Husks ofdiffiy Seed. 



IV. The Purple Birds-Neft ha, a Root exaffly Me 

 the former., from whence rife up a Stalk or Stalks 

 about eight or nine inches high, the lower part oj 



little, or almofi nothing at all wrapping or enclofmg 



the former, without Tails or Leaves growing amongfi 



Stalks, Leaves and Flowers, k of a Violet, or deA 

 Purple color : after the Flowers are fallen, there fa 

 ceed Veijels full of fmall Seed, like the former. 



V. The Places. They are both found in mai 

 phces of England, m Woods, and low Copfes 



Parts of the Kingdom, as in the Northern : It is 

 faid, that they grow near to a Village called Knaes- 

 trough in Torkfkire. Gerard found it growing in 

 the middle of a Wood in Kent, two Miles from 



Oiew'd for Ammi, can be compared with Cim^n i 

 BiJhops-LlI: Of thefe'ti" t we Sll-clt 



Sr/hops, 



- , chis, ( 



maphrodttica, or Butterfly Satyrion. 



VI. The Times. It flouriflies and flowers in June, 

 July and Augitft; and its Seed (if it tnay be called 



Auguft : But Gerard will not allow it to beany Seed 



VII. The Virtues. No Authors ths 

 wrote of it, haveaffignedit any Virtu 



and jpoflibly may have their aualities. Properties' 

 andEfFefts, being in" - 



CHAP. LXXIV. 

 BISHOPS-WEED Common. 



ln;^HE Names. It is called in Greek 'Af^/, and 



1 'Aui^,„, ( itom the fmallnefs of the Seed 



Which refembles Sand : ) In Latin, Ammi, and Ameos 



( the Genitive Cafe : ) Some call it Cuminum JEth,- 



Cuminum Regium, Royal Cumin (from ftTScellen't 

 fropenies : ) In Arabick it hdWeiHanochach, Ana- 

 zaue, Nacachau, Nacachave : And in Englifl) it is 

 called, Bifhops-Weed, Herb-William, and by fome, 

 Btdlwort. ^ 



II. The Kinds. They are of two principal Kinds, 

 I. Domefiick, called in Latin, Ammi Vulgar e, and 

 Vulgatii^ : It is called by Tabermontamis, Am- 

 mio felinum, which is our Englijh BiJhops-lVeed. 

 ■2. lon-ign, and is twofold, i. Afami Creticum, as 



Label calls it, Bifhops-weed of Candy. 2. Atumi par- 

 vum fol„s fa-nu-ul,, Amm altericm parvum by D.- 

 donsus ; Ammi verum by Gefner, ( but Parkmfon 



fcme remarks taken from him, from Plin/, and from 

 Galen,\t\s almolt plainly deciphered, elpecially the 

 Seed, as being much fmaller and whiter than Cumin 

 Seed, and fmelling like Origanum ; Now none of 



111. The Defcription. Our Common Bifliops- 



ftre^gh Stalk' fometiZTJLirL Z mS, bu7com. 

 monly 3 or c, jeet high,fet with fever al fmall, long, 

 andjomeviiiat broad Leaves, cut m, in fome places, 



fides of a long lootflalk one again) 'another, of a dark 

 green color, fomewhat like unto Skirret Leaves, ha^ 



fmall Umbles of white Elowers', which turn into 

 fmall, round, and brown Seed, little bigger than 

 ParJIey Seed, md not fo large at Annife Seed, of a 

 brisk quick fmell, and hot tafie. 



IV. The Places. It is found growing Wild in ma- 

 ny places of England and Wales -, by a hedge fide 



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V, The Times. It flowers in June and July, and 

 e Seed is ripe towards the latter end o^ Aueull. 



VI. The Qualities. It is hot and dry in thi third 

 Degree, the Seed more efnecially. It is attenuating, 

 Dilcuffive, Diuretick, Nephritick, Hyfterick, and 



yilThe Specificatio 



■.'^\ AFo 



tiiates or JWrS^'fs 

 'pLfm'o/the g^eenHii. 



n^Ejln^lADi- 

 ■from the Seed. 5. A 

 me. 6. An Oily Tin- 



' -' ' ' ' Cata- 



The 



