228 Salmon ’ s Herbal. Lib. I. 
mutoides , vel Sanguine um , Geranium Gruinale bsma- 
toiJes Lobellij , Bloody Cranes-bill, or Red Rofe 
Cranes-bill- 
IV. The Defcriptions. The fbfi or Tuberous 
Cranes-bill has a Root Tuberous and round , /z/fe */- 
mofi unto the Root of Cyclamen, or common Sow- 
bread, but J, mailer , <7/7;/ of a dark ruffe t color on the 
out fide , but white within , which cncreafcs under 
Ground by fever al firings running from the Mother 
Root , /welling out into f inal l round Tubercles or 
Knobs , //.(f zz/7/0 //;*? R00/X 0/ Ground Nuts ,. which 
will quickly fhoot out Teaves , < 7 /zi 777 a Jhort time 
bear blowers ^ but will not endure to be kept long 
out of the ground, without danger to be quite f polled, 
b'rom this Root /firing forth three or four large 
Leaves fpread upon the ground, of a greyifh, or ra- 
ther dufiy green color, every one of them being as it 
were of a round form, but divided or cut into fix 
or f even long parts or divifions, even unto the mid- 
dle, zvhich makes it feem to be fo many Leaves, 
each of the cuts or divifions being deeply notched or 
indented on both fdes. Among thefe Leaves rifes 
up a Stalk a foot or more high, bearing thereon at 
the Tops and Joints, feveral pale, but bright pur- 
ple Flowers, made of five Leaves apiece •, after which 
come fmall Heads , with long pointed Beaks , refem- 
bling the long Bill of a Stork or Crane, or fome fuch 
like Bird -, which after it is ripe, parts a funder at 
the bottom, where it is biggefi , into four or five 
Seeds, every otne of which has a piece of the Beak- 
head fafined Unto it, and falls away if it be not ga- 
thered. 
sniped Cranes-Mlt 
V. The fecond, or Striped Cranes-bilL, has a Root 
?nade of many fmall yellow threads or firings ■, from 
which rife up many broad yellowifh green Leaves, 
divided into five or fix parts, but not unto the mid- 
dle, as the former is -, each of thefe Leaves has a 
blackifh fpot at the bottom corners of the divifions •, 
the whole Leaf, as well in form, as color and fpots, 
is very like unto the Leaf of the Geranium Fulcum, 
or Spotted Cranes-bill, next to be defer ibed -, but 
that the Leaves of this are not fo large as the Leaves 
of that : From among thefe Leaves fpring up feve- 
ral Stalks a foot or more high, jointed and knobbed 
here and there, bearing at the Tops two or three 
white Flowers, confiding of five Leaves a piece, fo 
thickly, and variably firiped with fine fmall reddijh 
Veins, that no green Leaf, which is of that bignefs, 
can fbew fo many Veins in it, nor fo thick running, 
evs every Leaf of the Flower of this beautiful Cranes- 
bill doth. In the middle of the Flower fiands a fmall 
point el, which when the Flower is pafi, does grow 
to be the Seed-Veffel, on which is Jet feveral fmall 
Seeds , like unto the fmall Seeds of the other Cranes- 
bills. 
VI. The third, which is the Brown, or Spotted 
Cranes-bill, has a Root confifiing of divers great 
Strings, joined to aTuberous or Knobby Head •, front 
which head a rifes Leaves in all refpetts like thofe 
of the lafi deferibed, as well in the form and divi- 
fions, as in the color of the Leaves, being of a yel- 
/owijh green, and having a blackifh fpot at the bot- 
tom of every divifion in every leaf, whence came the 
name, but larger and fironger by much. The Stalks 
of this rife much higher alfo, and are jointed or 
knobbed with reddijh. Knees or Joints, on the Tops 
whereof fiand, not many, but large Flowers, confifi- 
ing of five Leaves apiece, each whereof is round at 
the end, and a little fnipt round about, and do bend 
or turn them/, elves back , towards the Stalk, making 
the middle of the Flower to be the highefi , or mofi 
eminent part : The color of the Flowers is of a dark, 
or deep blackifh purple, the bottom of every Leaf 
being whiter than the refi : it has alfo a middle 
Point el growing forth, which afterwards turns into 
Seed, like unto the other kinds of Cranes-bill. 
VII. The fourth Kind, or Bloody Cranes-bill, has 
a Root which is hard, long, and thick , with feveral 
Branches fpreading from it, of a reddijh yellow color 
on 
