Salmons 'herbal. 
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JmaII Leaves on them like the others , and as foon 
lading : the flowers alfo ft and upon long Stalks , and 
are like the others for form, but larger , and of a 
IV trite color , and of little or no fmell ■, which being 
paft away , there comes fmall round Pods or Cods , 
like the others , but fmaller , each one containing, for 
the moft part, but one Seed, fomcthing left than the 
others alfo. 
V. l ie third Kind , or Pfeudofpartum flore luteo, 
is a JinaHcr Spailifh Broom, which has alfo a hard, 
tough, woody Root, from whence grows a Stem or 
Stalk if the bignefs of ones Thumb at bottom -, and 
grows to be about two feet high, whofe bark is rough, 
and freaked all along, fending forth many green, 
Jlender, pliant Branches, which divide thmfelves 
again into many other fmaller Twigs, whereon for a 
while after they are fhot forth, abide a few fmall 
Leaves, until they begin to Jhoot out flowers, and 
then fall , away, leaving the Branches naked, and 
without Leaves all the reft of the Tear after : from 
the Sides ,/nd Joints of the fmallerTwigs, Jhoot forth 
fmall long Stalks, bearing many flowers, fmaller 
and yellower than the former Sparcum, without any 
Scent for the moft part : after which come fmall 
round skinny Cods , containing for the moft part but 
one Seed in them, and fafhioned fomewhat like unto 
the Kidney Bean, which when they are ripe, will by 
the Jh. iking of the Wind, make a noife in their 
Pods. 
VI. The Places. They all grow in Spain, Italy, 
Trance, and other Southern Countries ; .hut the firft 
of them grows with us in Gardens, only as an Or- 
nament, fays Parkinfon, among other delightful 
Plants, to pleafe the Senfes of Seeing and Smel- 
ling. 
VII. The Times. The firft and fecond Flowers in 
April and May, and beginning of June ; the third 
Flowers in February : and their Seed is ripe before 
Winter, : the firft, which grows in our Gardens, its 
Seed is not ripe till very late in the Year. 
VIII. The Vitalities, Specification, Preparations 
Virtues and Jfes , are the fame in all refpefts with 
Eng/ijh Broom, excepting, that thefe Spanifh Brooms 
are Itronger in operation, and more effeftual to the 
purpoles intended ; infomuch, that being given in- 
wardly in many of their Preparations as the Eng- 
lifh, they not only work downwards, but cleanfe 
the Stomach and Body by Vomiting alfo : this be- 
ing faid, we (hall lay no more ot them here, but 
reterr you to the former Chapter. 
CHAP. LXXXVI. 
BROOM Rape. 
I. 'T' H E Names. It is called in Greek ■ 
-L in Latin, Orobanche, Cauda Leonss ; Cluftus 
calls it Hasmodoron, as T heophraftus, lib. 8. cap. 8. 
or Lemodoron , as others have it : and in Englijh 
it is called Broom-Rape. 
II* The Kinds. 01 this Broom-Rape there are le- 
veral Kinds, as, i. Tliat which proceeds from the 
Roots of the Englijh-Broom. a. That which pro- 
ceeds from the Roots of the Spanifh Broom. a. That 
-which proceeds from the Dyers Weed : all thefe 
have but one Defcription, though arifing from the 
Roots of thofe leveral Plants. Label and Cluftus 
make other Varieties, i. That which has longer 
and fmaller Flowers than the other, or common fort 
has. 2 . That which lias larger flowers, and thofe 
ot a blewilh color, and is lometimes found among 
Corn. 3 . That which is parted towards the Top 
into feveral Branches, whofe Flowers are either 
Blew, Purplilh or White, and is fometimes found 
amongft Hemp. 
III. The Defcription. Broom-Rape has a bulbous 
Root, or a Root round and fcaly, which adheres or 
grows unto the Roots of Broom, big or large below 
and fmaller above, covered with blackifh Scales and 
of ayelhwijb Pulp within : from this Root does rife 
up a Stalk of the bignefs of a finger or Thumb, and 
about a J pan long ; fometimes a foot, or two feel 
high, which has afhew of Leaves on it, and many 
flowers about the Top of it, fomewhat whitifh , al- 
