68 Salmon ’ s Herbal. Lib. I. 
V 1. The Leiler Clove Bali! : It ha * a pretty long , 
woody Root. .with many litres thereat, from whence rtfes 
one Upright Stalk , which admirably fpreads it felf 
forth in Arms and Branches , looking very much like 
to a bitjh , and not very much unlike Mother of Time , 
both in tire form of its g rowing , and the Jhape and 
magnitude of its Leaves , which grow more- difper- 
fedly upon the Branches the Blowers grow at the 
Tops of the Branches , after the manner of thofe of 
Bafil, of a White Colour , but bending fame what more 
backwards. The fmell is the Jfrongeft and mpft fra- 
grant of all the Bafils, and fmells perfectly like Cloves, 
from 'whence it is alfo called Caryophyllatum, and 
this is the true Bafil Gentle. An Ex aft Figure here- 
of you have in Dalechampius- Hilt. Plantarum, lib. 5. 
cap. si. fig. 5* pag. 681. 
VII. The Places. They grow in the Ealtern Re- 
gions, and hot Countries, where they are more 
odoriferous, than in our Northern Climes : but now 
they grow in all the Northern Nations in Gardens , 
wiiere they flourifh well, and yield their Seed in 
perfection, but their fragrant Scent is not altogether 
lb ftrong. 
VIII. The Times They Flower gradually during 
the hotccft Summer Months, as all June , July , and 
fome part of Auguft , Flowering at the Top firft ; 
and then is gradually Ripe not long after. 
IX. The Qualities. Thefe are hot in the fecond 
Degree, and moilt in the firft Degree : Inciding, 
Attenuating, Opening, Digeftive, Refolutive ; Car- 
minative and Anodyn. And appropriated to the 
Head, Nerves, Stomach, Brefi, Lungs, Heart, Reins 
and W omb : they are alfo Emmenagogick, and re- 
fill Poifon. 
X. The Specification. They comfort the Nerves, 
prevail again!! Palfies, cleanfe the Lungs of Tartar- 
olis Matter, and provoke the Terms. 
XI. The Preparations. You may prepare there- 
from, 1. APouderfrom the Seed. 2. A Diftilled 
'Water from the whole Plant. 3. A Juice. 4. An 
h lienee. 5. A Spirituous Tincture. 6 . A Saline 
T Attune. 7. An Oily Tintture. 8. A Decottion in 
Wine. c. A Syrup. 1 o. An Oil. n. A Caiaplafm, 
The Virtues. 
XII. All thefe Plants have the fame Virtues with 
thofe in the former Chapter, and therefore the Pre- 
parations have the fame, for which, and their par- 
ticular Ufes we fhall refer you thither. 
CHAP. XLVIIL 
Of American BASIL. 
I. ! | v H E Names. This was wholly unknown to- 
JL the Greeks , and therefore can have no Ori- 
ginal Greek Name, but confidering it is an Indian 
Plant, may well enough be called, "iumov % BamtjKur 
hJiAv : in Latin ? Ocimum Americanum vel Indicum : 
and by Corner arius , Bafilicum Hifpanicum : in Eng- 
lifi i>, American Bafil. 
II. The Kinds. It is twofold, 1. Ocimum Ame- 
ricanum maculatum Iceve , fmooth, fpotted Ameri- 
can Bafil. 2. Ocimum Americanum crifpum non ma.- 
culatum , crifped American Bafil, not lpotted. 
III. The Defcriptions. The finooth fpotted A me- 
rican Bafil, has a Root like thofe in the former Chap- 
ters, which perifhes after Seeding time - from whence 
nfes up a four fquare reddifh green Stalk , a Foot 
high , or better , from the Joints whereof fpread out 
many Branches , with broad fat Leaves Jet thereon , 
two always at a Joint , one againft another , as the 
Bafils have, but fomewhat deeply cut in on the edges 7 
and fometimes a Tittle crumpled , ftanding upon long 
reddifh Foot-fialks , of a dark purple colour, fpotted 
with deeper purple f pots, in fome greater , in others 
lefs the Flowers fiand at the Top of the Stalks , 
Spike-fifbion , of a White Colour , with Reddifh Stripes 
[ and Veins running through them 5 fet or placed in 
dark 
