io2 Salmon V Herbal. Lib. I. 
I urn, by Lobe l and Gerard : Ammi it m primum AIcx- 
andrinum , by T abe'rmont antes : Ammi parvum folii 
jirniculi, by C. Bauhin and Parkinfon : and Ammi 
tenuijfimo & Odoratijfimo , by J. Bauhin : Alexan- 
drian Bijhops-weed. 
f ame what like unto thoje of Wild Carrots, or Daucus 
Creticus, f/nelling join c thing quick, and of an excel- 
lent Aromat ick or Spicy flavor, not much unlike Ori- 
ganum •, from which rife up flender Stalks, with 
feme Joints, with like Leaves as the former fet 
thereon, and at the Tops, Umbles of white blowers, 
in Tufts or Roundles like Canon, 'which turn into 
[mall Seed like Smallage, of a fweet fharp J cent , and 
quick hot tajle. 
IV. The Alexandrian Bifhops-weed has a fmall 
white Root , penfhmg after Seed-time ■ ; from which 
fmall Root rife two or three /lender Stalks, about a 
Loot, or Loot and half high, arched towards the tops, 
and fet with fevcral very line fmall Leaves, like un- 
to Till, and finer than Lennel -, at the Extremities 
whereof grow fmall Umbles of white blowers, after 
which come very fmall b/ackijh Seed, much like to 
Tarfley Seed , p/eafant in Jmell, and fharp or quick 
in tafie. 
^ V. The? laces. The firfl of thefe came to us from 
Candy -, as alfo from Syria to Venice, and from thence 
t o France, the Low Countries and England • which 
Seed has been often Town, but without effed ^ The 
fecond grows in Arabia, and at Alexandria in 
Egypt -, from whence it has been brought to us. 
VI. The Times. They do all Flower and Seed 
reafonably well with us ( fays Parkinfon ) if the 
Year proves kindly, otherwife not : if they flower, 
it is in June and July, and the Seed is ripe in Au- 
VII. The Vitalities, Specification, Preparations, 
Virtues and Ujes are the fame with that in the for- 
mer Chapter in all refpeds j fo that no more need 
be laid of them in this place. Note, It is fuppofed. 
That the true Ammi is wholly loft to us j but Par- 
kinfon is of Opinion, that Cuminum Sylvefirum may 
be the true Ammi of Diof cor ides. 
HI. The Defcription. Bilhops-weed of Candy hm 
a Root like unto the Garden Carrot, and of ayellowijh 
color, and brown on the outfide, as Parkinl'on fays, 
with Jam e bibres or Strings thereon : Lrom this Root 
cones forth fever al flender Stalks of fine cut Leaves, 
CHAP. LXXVI. 
BISTORT Englijb. 
I. r ~jr K HE Names. This is a Plant that I cannot 
jL perceive the Greeks knew any thing of, no 
Greek name being yet afligned it : it is called in 
Latin, Biflorta, ( by molt Authors) a convolutis Lf 
intort is radicibus ( lays Raya ) by Tragus, Lonicerus 
and others, Colubrina, and the* Root Radix Coiit- 
brina • Lracaftorius , Bulapathum, as well as Biflorta: 
and we in Englijb call it Bflort and Snake-weed. 
Some will have it to be Behen Rubrum ■, others 
Molybdcena Flint j •, others again Dracunculus P/inij : 
Some again, as Gcfner, Limonium : Label and Clu- 
fius lay, that it is the Britt anica of Diofcorides and 
Pliny -, but in all (hele they are miftaken, as thole 
who pleale to Examine thole feveral Plants in their 
proper Chapters, and compare them with the De- 
fer ip cions here, may eafily perceive. 
II. The Kinds. What we (hall difeourfe of here, 
are principally two, i. Biflorta major, as Gerard , 
and the Bauhins call it : major vulgaris , as Parkin- 
fon'-. Rad ice minus intorta, as the Bauhins • major 
rugofioribus joins, as J. Bauhin : and we, The 
greater Biflort, or Snake-root. 2. Biflorta minor, 
as Gerard ■, minor noflras, as Parkinjon •, Colubrina 
minor, as Tragus -, Alpina media, as C. Bauhin i 
and we, The leffer Bflort, or Snake-weed : But be-* 
fides thefe. Authors make mention of four Kinds 
more, as, 3. Bflort a La t folia. Broad leav'd Bflort. 
4. Bflort a Alpina major, and Alpina maxima. The 
Greater or Great eji Mountain Bflort. 5. Bflort a 
Alpina 
