Salmon s 'Herbal- Lib. I. 
il. I he Hulls. Anchors make generally three 
kinds of this Plant, viz. i. Peucedanum vulgare, 
Peucedanum Germanic urn Baubini , Peucedanum Tra- 
gi _ pufchii , Todonxi , £>’ aliorum Feeniculum Porci- 
n;:m , Gw/c/u Porcin.i Tabernmontani , Common or 
Ordinary Hogs Fennel. 2. Pcuccdanum Matthioh , 
Anguillatx & aliorum , Pcuccdanum inajus , G »<*- 
7//r Italicum Lobe/ii & Litgduncnfis , The gieater 
Hogs Fennel. 3. Peucedanum minus, Peucedanum 
facie perpufilla Lobe Hi , Peucedanum Pannonicum 
C/ufii , Small Hogs Fennel : this both Bauhinm and 
G/u fins fuppofe to be the Saxifraga Jecunda Mat- 
tbioli. 
III. The Defcriptions. Tfte /&;/?, Common 
Hogs Fennel, R»f /Airf and long-, fometimes 
almofl at large or thick at a Marts 1 high, black 
without and white within, of a jlrottg and fulfhure- 
om Smell, and full of a yellow Sap or Milk, which 
being ext railed, quickly grows hard and dry. Swel- 
ling not much unlike to Sulphur or Brimft one, which 
induced fome to call it Sulphur-wort, having alfo at 
the top, towards the upper Face of the Farth, a 
certain 8u(h of Hair, of a brown color ; from a- 
mong which the Leaves and Stalks do fpring up. 
From this Root then, fprings up a ftiff and hard 
Sulk, full of Knees, Knots or Joints, befet with 
Leaves, like to fennel, but greater, coming nearer 
to ferula, or rather like to the Leaves of the Wild 
f ine-tree, ( from whence, as alfo from the Smell, 
might come the Name finaflellm.) At the tops of 
the Stalks grow round fpoky Tufts, full of little 
yellow Flowers ; which being pafs’d away, do turn 
into broad brown Seed. 
IV. The fecortd, or Great Hogs Fennel, hat afoot 
growing great and deep into the Earth , with many 
other Branches and fibres about them , having a 
flrong Swell, like hot or melted Sulphur, which be- 
ing cut, yields forth a yellowifh Milk or clammy 
Juice, a/moft like to a Gum. From the Head of this 
Root proceeds feveral long branched Stalks, of thick 
and fomewhat long Leaves, three for the moft part 
joined together at a place 5 among which rifes up a 
crefled Scalk, ftrait, and near as thick as a Common 
fennel Stalk, with fome Joints thereon, and Leaves 
growing thereat towards the top of which it fpreads 
it felf out into feveral Branches, and on the tops of 
the Stalk and Branches,g;ow feveral Tufts of yellow 
Flowers, which being pafs’d away,^ there comes 
fomewhat flat, thin and yellowifh Seed, twice as 
large as Pennel Seed. 
V. The third, or Small Hogs Fennel, which is the 
Dwarf kind, has a Root about the Bignefs or T kick- 
nefs of a Man's Thumb, fome times greater, fome- 
times lejjer, with a Bufh of Hairs at the top , black- 
i fh or brownifh on the out fide and wbitifh within, 
with a thick Bark, of a pleafant fweet Tafte atfirfl, 
and afterwards fharp : the whole Plant is lefs than 
the firft kind before deferibed, having fmaller and 
fhorter Leaves, of a blewiih green color, of a little 
bitter Talte, but almoft of no Smell. The Stalk is 
Tender and round, about half a yard high, which 
fpreads it felf into feveral Branches, at the tops of 
which grow ffnall Tufts of white Flowers in an 
ilmbie which being pafs’d away, there lucceeds 
thick fliort Seed , almoft like Par fey Seed, but of 
an Afh color, and of a bitter fharp Tafte. 
VI. The P/aces. The firft grows in many places 
of this Kingdom, as in the fait low Marfhes near 
F everfham in Kent, and in the Meadows adjoining, 
where it is found plentifully •, alfo on the South fide 
of a Wood belonging to Waltham ■, at the Nafe in 
Ejfex, by the Highway fide ^ alfo at Wbitftable in 
Kent, in a Meadow near to the Sea fide, fome time 
belonging to Sir Henry Crifp , and adjoining to his 
Houfe there. The fecond grows upon the Sea Coafts 
of Italy, Spain and Prance, and is only found with 
us in Gardens. The third was found on Vincent' s- 
Rock by Brifiol, where Lobe l gathered it, and fome 
others : as to this third kind, Gerard fays, that it 
grows not above a foot high , and Is in Shape and 
Leaves like to the True Peucedanum, or cur firfi 
kind: but Jobnfon (the fucceifive Author of that 
Herbal ) fays the Stalk is about half a foot high , di- 
vided into f undry Branches, crefied, broad, bearing 
at their tops little Umbles of white Flowers , confifiing 
of five Leaves apiece. The Reafon for thefe vari- 
ous Differences, as to the Height of the Stalk or 
Plant, I fuppofe mult be from the Variety of the 
places where it grows , and from the Richnefs or 
Poverty of the Soil, which makes many Plants dif- 
fer in that Refpeft, making one and the fame Herb 
to be fometimes greater, fometimes leffer. 
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VII. The Times. They all flower in the end of 
Summer, viz. in July and Auguft, and the Seed is 
ripe foon after. 
VIII. The Vitalities. Hogs Pennel is hot in the 
fecond Degree and dry in the third : it is Attraflive, 
Aftringent, Cleanfing, Anodyne, Carminative and 
Traumatick or Vulnerary -, Cephalick, Neurotick, 
Pecloral , Hyfterick and Arthritick ; Cathartick, 
Ptarmick and Alexipharmick. 
IX. The Specification. It is Angular good againft 
Afthma’s, Strangury, Fits of the Mother, and Ob- 
ftruflions of the Spleen. 
X. The Preparations. You may have ther&from, 
1. A liquid Juice of the Root. 2. An Infpiffate 
Juice. 3. A Decoflion of the Root in Wine or Wa- 
ter. 4. A Pouder of the Root. 7. A Cataplafm. 
6 . A Balfam. 7. A Spirituous Tinflure. 8. An 
Acid Tintture. 9, An Oily Tintlure . 
The Virtues. 
XI. The liquid Juice of the Root. If it is mixed 
with a little Vinegar and Rofewater, or with a lit- 
tle Euphorbium in fine pouder, it makes a good Er- 
