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Salmon'j- Herbal. 



Lib. I. 



whole ¥hint IS {ypjjrfjed ffaVifcouf 



V. Thefecond has a Root fmall aniBrousJ 



grounJ^ Kh'ich ,ve thick, Jat^ and hoary, white, fome- 



Beais Ears, or French Cowffips, fmooth on the edges, 

 and a little fotntei, which da /To abide thejirft Tear 

 of thefpnnging : the Stalk rtfes up the next Tear 

 to the height of three or four teet, with two Leaves 

 at e.ich Joint, and fpreading on both fides into 

 Branches from the ground,_ which areVi/cous, Glu- 



thing to cleave thereto, m flies. Pi/mires, Down, 

 Straws, &c. at the lops ujhereof and at the Joints 

 next below them come forth many flowers together, 

 ftanding in Clufters, but very fmall, ^hofe fmall 

 ^ Husks contain every one of them a fmall greenifh 

 yellow lloiner, parted in two at the broad end : the 

 Seed is fmall and blackifh in the Husks, and gene- 

 rally Sows it felf , , ,. 



VI. The third, iohich /V GerardV /r/7, and by hm 

 calledVxicira or Lime-wort, and which he will have 

 to be of the Slock and Kindred ofWM GilliMowers, 

 ( notwnhftandmg Clufius hcu joined it with the 

 Wild Campions, and Lobel among the Sweet Wil- 

 liams ) has a Root which is large, with many fibres, 

 from whence fpring many Uaves like thofe of the 



'Crow-tiower, or Wild Sweet WiUiam, among which 

 rife up many reddijh Stalks wth Knees '^''J'''"'' 

 at cJiam Spaces, fet^ ^''^y^ch LT/orthfine 

 Red tloieers. They being paft, there comes m place 

 Jmall blackifh Seed. The whole Plant, ^ well 

 Uaves ^-dStf^sjs PJ^f;;/^,^^^,,^^ £; 



\'Sd'*^rd-lime''." If Pit'' afo do' light upon it, 

 they Kill hefo intanglei theremtb, that they cannot 



\mLy[.^f^"^"l Narrow-leav'd Catch-fliJ 

 has a Root thick and black, with many fibres put 

 ting up new Shoots and Stalks after the firji Jhir, 



endsjomewhat rough or" ruggfd'and ''lot fully flomh 



t'c7,my7iZ7h ''"''^""" "' ""d which will 



from the middle to d^^^of'thelalkgr'oJZle 

 Branches, t^hich upon pretty long Vootftalks bear 

 flowers, every Stalk one flower by it felf, confifiing 

 ojfve little round Leaves, yet divided in the mid- 

 die at the tops. Thefe flowers are of a lively deep 

 red color almoft like the Single Red Rofe Campion, 

 hut with a paler red Circle at bottom, fct in green 

 Husks , fmaller at bottom and larger at head, in 

 which ( after the flowers are paft ) ihere grows fmall 

 Vill. The Placll Thefe Hants, fays Gerard, grow 

 'Id in the Weft of England, among Corn : But 

 ;y are alfo nurfed up in Gardens, merely for plea- 

 re fake, more than for any Virtues they are hither- 

 lyTTheTmes!''. 

 mmer Months ; an 

 Winter Seafon ; and 



As to their Qualities, Specification, Prepara- 

 and Virtues, they may be referr'd, iky s Parkin- 

 o thofe of the other Wild Campions, where- 

 Jiey are likeft in fece, and outward appear- 

 But Gerard fays, the Virtues of thefe Wild 



They& 



laft not until near the 



CHAP. CXIII. 

 Of CATS-TAII 



