Salmon j* Herbal. Lib. I. 
w 'ith the Leaves come forth fmall Footflalks , bearing 
at their ends fmall . , whitifh , long and thick flowers. 
Gerard fays, out of thefe Stalks , at the Tops , £raur 
ywa// Grape-like Husks , 0//r of which fpring fmall 
reddijh Flowers, like thofe of the Oak , mry Flower 
having four very fmall round topt Leaves : after 
every blower , /hf7'0 com commonly four Jharp point- 
ed Grains growing together, containing within them 
a little white Kernel. 
V. The latter fmall Water Caltrop, h.w a Root 
not much unlike to fhe former , but longer , and f uller 
of fingle fibres or Strings. From whence fpring up 
Stalks , iw/ rfj- the former, but round kneed , and 
always bearing two Leaves at every Joint , one op- 
pofite again (l the other , greener , fhorter , and lejfer 
than the other , Jharp pointed , and not much wrinkled 
or crumpled on the Edges. Clufius yVyr, that they 
are not at all crumpled. But our Englifh Herborijts 
never olfervcd any without crumples or wrinkles. 
The Flowers grow onfhort fmall Foot folks , 0/" 0 whi- 
tifh green color , //Rr thofe of Mufcatella Cordi, 00/- 
/0c/ by Gerard,, Radix cava minima viridi fiore, /<? 
o?/>, /«w flowers at the top of every Foot folk, one op- 
pofite againfi another , tfwry flower containing four 
fmall Leaves : which two flowers being paf , there 
comes up eight fmall Husks , making fix fever al ways 
a fqitare of flowers. 
VI. The P/Wr. The greater is found in feveral 
Lakes and moift places in Germany, as alio in Bra- 
bant and Flanders , and in many places of Italy near 
the Sea. One Fincham a Merchant of London found 
it in the Eaf Indies in the Mogul's Countrey, where 
it grew like a Weed in moft Ponds there, the Ker- 
nel of which, he fays, is much eaten by the Natives. 
See Purchas his Pilgrims , lib. 4. cap. 4. fett. 7. pag. 
429. Cordus fays it grows in Germany in Muddy 
Lakes and Places, and in Ditches which have Mud 
in them, as alfo in Standing Waters, and fometimes 
alfo in Running Waters. And Matthiolus lays, it 
grows not only in Lakes of Sweet Water, but alfo 
in Ditches by the Sea fide near to Venice. The fe- 
cond or former lejfer grows in Handing Waters, or 
Pools, Ditches, or Fifh Ponds : It was found in 
Ponds adjoining to a diflblved Abby called Durford. 
which divide Hampjhire and Suffex , and in other 
Handing Waters in feveral places. The third or 
latter fmall grows plentifully in the River by Drox- 
ford in Hampfljire. 
VII. The Times. They all Flower in June and 
July , and give their Fruit or Seed in Auguft. 
VIII. The Qualities. They are all cold and moilt 
in the firlt Degree, and more Watry than the Land 
Caltrop. They are Emollient, Reperculfive, Nephri- 
tick, Alterative and Alexipharmick. 
IX. The Specification. They are good againfi the 
Obltruflions of the Reins, Gravel, Tartar in the 
Urinary Paffages, heat of Urine, and pilfing of 
Blood. 
X. The Preparations. You may make therefrom, 
1. A liquid Juice. 2. A Decoflion. 3. A diflilled 
Water. 4. /I Lotion. 5. A Cataplafm. 6 . The 
Nuts. 7. A Pouder of the Nuts * 
The Virtues. 
XL The liquid Juice. Being applied, it cures an 
Eryfipelas 5 and is good againfi Inflammations in any 
part of the Body ^ and cures the King’s-Evil, Run- 
ning Sores, or Ulger's, by wafhing with it. 
XII. The Decoblion. If made in White Wine, or 
in Wine and Water, it opens the ObfiruUions of the 
Reins and Ureters, expels Tartar, Sand and Gravel, 
out of the Urinary Parts, and helps Raiding of the 
Water. 
XIII. The Diflilled Water. If it is drunk with a 
little Roch Allum diffolved in it, it flops the pifling 
of Blood, and is profitable againfi the Diabetes. 
XIV. The Lotion. It is made of the DecoUion in 
Water with the addition of Honey j Gerard fays, 
it perfectly cures Cankers of the Mouth, Throat, Al- 
monds, and fore Gums. 
XV. The Cataplafm of the Herbs. Diof corides fays, 
it is good againfi all forts of Inflammations, or hot 
Swellings. It may be profitably applied in a hot 
Gout, after fufficient cleanfing of the Body, both 
with Emeticks and Catharticks. 
XVI. The Nuts. Eaten raw, they refill Poifon, 
and are faid to be good againfi the bitings of Ve- 
nomous Bealls : Eaten allb, and drinking White 
Wine with them, they are faid to be good againfi 
Stone and Gravel. In like manner eaten, and allb 
beaten, and applied to the place, they refill the Poi- 
fon of the bitings of Venomous Bealts. 
XVII. The Pouder of the Nuts. Gerard lays, it 
is given to fuch as pifs Blood, and are troubled with 
Gravel, and that it binds the Belly. It is doubt) els 
a lingular thing againfi the Bloody Flux, and other 
Fluxes of the Bowels, if it is given from a dram, to 
two drams, in a Glafs of Sherry, or Madera Wine: 
Being dried, and ground to Pouder in Quantities, a 
plealant kind of Bread may be made thereof. 
CHAP. CVIII. 
C A M O M I L. 
I. qp H E Names. It is called in Greek , by Diof- 
1 corides , ’A vd&i/is * by Tbeopbrcrfl res 'Ar&fpr ■* 
by Lome Aiu K FMut< (from the whitenefs of the Flow- 
ers: ) alfo XuuAy-ixr.v, quod Mali odorem habet, from 
having the 1 ‘mell of Apples. It is called in Lari 7, 
Chamxmelum , and Chamomilla , alfo A •mhemis, and 
I eucanthemum : In Englifh , Commit. 
IL The 
