3°4 
Salmon' s 
Oxylapathum , vel Lapathum acutuvi minimum, Ru- 
mcx acutus minimus , The fmaller or leaft fharp- 
pointed Dock. 
III. The Defcriptions. The firft, or Greater, 
h.u a Root which is greet, long, and many times fork- 
etl, being blackifh on the out/ide, and Jbmewhat red- 
dijh and ycllomfh within, abiding many Tears but 
fame tune's periling by the Extremity 0} Winter. 
From this great and long blackifh Root fprtng forth 
manv long, hard and narrowifh green Leaves, very 
fharp-pointed at the ends, much more (harp than 111 
the former fort : from among which Leaves riles up 
a [tiff hard Scalk, two or three feet high, let with 
the like Leaves, but fmaller ftill up to the top, not 
much unlike to Sorrel, but that it is neither fo ten- 
der nor four, but rather of a bittenfh Talte. This 
Sulk is branched forth towards the top into feveral 
large Branches or Sprigs, bearing fmall reddilh 
Flowers in long Spikes ; after which, m brown 
reddilh, or dun-colored Husks, is contained lmall 
triangular Seed. , _ , 
IV. T hefeconi, or Lefs fharp-pointed Dock, has 
a Root which is long and j lender , parted, dmerjly 
with fmall f ibres appendent thereto : which Root is 
of a yellow color on the inftde -, and from which rifes 
up a ftrong, ft iff Stalk, about a foot, and fometimes 
afoot and half high, having Leaves thereon, which 
are long and narrow , waved in on the edges \ rut ij 
they roc re crumpled : this Scalk is branched forth 
into feveral other large Branches , almoft from the 
bottom to the top -, all which Branches are alfo be- 
fet at due diltances, with the like long and narrow 
Leaves, crumpled in like manner ; the Stalks, 
Branches and Flowers, with the Seed following 
them are like unto the former, but that they Hand 
not on fuch long Sprigs or Twigs, but clofer toge- 
ther, fome at rhe Joints, or compafling the Stalks, 
and others at the tops of, a darker color. 
Herbal. Lib. I. 
at feft. 5. above ; but it differs little therefrom in 
its Form and Manner of Growing , except in its 
Greatnefs, this being much leffer, Jmaller and lower. 
The Stalk is not much above half the height of the 
firft, and the Leaves very lmall, narrow, long and 
fharp-pointed, not near the quarter part of the 
Largenefs of the firft of this Species : rhe Flower is 
fmall, as is the Seed, which is triangular, and con- 
tained in the like chaffy Flusks. 
VI. The Places. They are all found molt com- 
monly in moijl Meadows, and fometimes in upland 
Grounds alfo ; at lower ends of Grounds which are 
moift and plafhy, and near or bordering on Water- 
Courfes. 
VIL The Times. They rife up in the Spring of 
the Year ; flower in June and July, and their Seed 
is ripe in Auguft. 
VIII. The Qualities, Specification, Preparations 
and Virtues, ate the fame with thofe of the Common 
Dock declared in Chap. 220. aforegoing, excepting 
that the Great fharp-pointed Dock is much more ef- 
ficacious and powerful to all the Intentions there 
named. 
IX. Obfervation. The Great fharp-pointed Dock 
is eft eemed by almoft all Authors, to be a great A- 
peritive or Opener, and a powerful thing againft 
Scurff. Morphew, Leprofy, Pimples, Puftules, Red- 
nefs, Tawninefs, Tettars, Ringworms, Herpes, and 
all forts of Scabbinefs happening to the external 
Parts of the Body ; and indeed it is the molt excel- 
lent of all the kinds of Docks for thofe Intentions : 
and therefore the Juice of the Root is commonly put 
into thofe Ointments, which ate made againft Mor- 
phew, Leprofy, Herpes, Tettars, Scabbinefs, OV. it 
being a powerful Abfterfive, to remove thofe Defce- 
dations of the Skin. 
CHAP. CCXXII. 
Of DOCK Water. 
I.'T 'HE Names. It is called is Greek, CS'esni- 
1 toQcis xj nuzxQoi' 'ivvleyv 1 in Latin, tiydrolapa- 
thum , and Lapathum aquaticum, Rumex aquatic us : 
in Englifh, Water Dock. 
II. The Kinds. It is twofold, viz. 1. Hydro/a- 
pathum modus, Rumex palufiris Tragi ; Lapathum 
pa/uflre Tabernmontani ; Hippolapatbum fylveftre 
Gefneri , Mattbioli, Dndonei ; Hydrolapatbum mag- 
num, vel majus aquaticum, The greater or great 
Water Dock. 2. Hydrolapatbum minus, Rumex a- 
quaticus minor, Lapathum aquaticum minus. The 
leffer or fmall Water Dock. 
III. The Defcriptions. The firft, or Great Water 
Dock, bin a thick Root, blackifh on the out fide, but 
of a dark reddijh, or rediifh yellow within , which is 
Jhorter than the Great fharp-pointed Dock, and ful- 
ler of f ibres : from this Root fpring up J'everal large 
Leaves, ftanding upon pretty long foot ftalks which 
Leaves very much refemble the Common Dock 
Leaves, but that they are much larger and longer, a 
little crumpled as to their Subftance, but fmootb on. 
the edges, and for the moft part fharp-pointed. There 
grows up alfo one large browniflt green Stalk, 
which is fometimes fpotted towards the Root with 
a few reddifh Spots : the Leaves growing upon this 
Stalk are much like thofe juft now deferibed, but 
leffer, and growing leffer and leffer as they ap- 
proach near the top, with fome little or Ieiler 
• Leaves 
