7 66 Salmon s Herbal Lib. I. 
w/A/, Linaria repens , creeping Flax weed, or Toad 
Flax, of which in Chapter. 271. following. 
III. 0 / //-’<? fir ft of tbefe General Kinds , there 
are thele Species following. 1. Linaria Vulgaris no- 
fir as, Pfeudolinum Brunfelfii/Loneceri, and Do dome i, 
OJ'yris,Matthioli,Luchfii,Cordi,2.n&. Lobelij : Our Com- 
mon Flaxweed, or Toad Flax. 2. Linaria Valentina 
Clufij, Hifpanica tertia Guff Spanilh Flaxweed of 
Ou fius. 7. Linar in Pannonica major , vel Ofyris al- 
ba , White Flaxweed or Toad Flax. 4. Linoftyris 
Nupcrorum Lobelij , Golden Star falhioned Flax- 
weed, or Toad Flax. 7. Linaria aurea Tragi , Gol- 
den Flaxweed, or Toad Flax. 6 . Linaria five Ofyris, 
vel Scop aria Italorum , Befom Flaxweed, or Toad 
Flax. 7. Pfeudolinaria montana alba , Anonymus C/u- 
fii ■, Anthylis Montana Lugdunenfis , Linaria adult e- 
rina alba , Ballard Flaxweed, or Toad Flax. 8. Li- 
wra purpurea , Purple Flaxweed, or Toad Flax, 
variable Flaxweed. 
IV. The Defcriptions. Tbe fir ft, or our Com- 
mon Flaxweed, has a Root which is fomewbat Woody , 
White, efpecially the main down right one, with 
many Libre s, abiding many Tears, /hooting forth Roots, 
every way about, and new Branches every Tear, which 
fends forth divers J, mall, [lender, blacki/h Stalks, full 
fet with long and narrow LI ax like, blew or afthcolor- 
ed Leaves, and from the middle of them upwards, 
replenifhed with a number of pale yellow L lowers ( of 
a ftrong unpleafant Scent )having Spurs hanging to 
them like Larks fpurs j and having a Mouth like to 
a Frogs Mouth, fuch as are to be feen in Common 
Antirrhinum, or Snapdragon ( of which Flaxweed is 
faid to be a Kind ) which are deeper and yellow 
withall. After the Flowers are pall away, round 
Heads come forth, having blackilh flat Seeds. The 
whole Plant before it comes to Flower, is fo very 
like to Efula minor, that the one is fcarcely known 
ftom the other, but by this Old Verfe : Efula lafle- 
feit -, fine l able Linaria crefcit. 
V. The fecond, or Spanifh Flaxweed, has a Root 
like the other, which perijbes not in Winter, but a- 
bidcs for a long time, and by which the Plant multi- 
plies it ft 1 elf and is increafed. From the Root fpring 
up many fmall Stalks, about a Foot high or more, 
on which grow very plentifully many narrow Leaves 
of a grey ifh or Alhcolor, and at the tops of them, 
llore of lmall Flowers, which are of a Whitilh co- 
lor on the out fide, and more purpliih inwardly 
but about the gaping Mouth, being of a more yel- 
low color, but yet pale alfo ^ the fpur behind being 
of a purplifh color ; the Seed which fucceds(when 
it has any, for it feldom bears) is like to the for- 
mer. 
VI. The third, or White Flaxweed, has a great, 
thick and long Root with ftome Fibres or Strings ad- 
joining to it, from which rife up many Branches or 
Stalks very large and pliant, befet towards the top 
with Flowers, but of a pale, whitifh color, and the 
inner part of the Mouth is fomewbat more wide and 
open than the firft, and the Leaves like to the Common 
fort. Indeed this is in many things like to our 
Common kind, but the Leaves hereof are larger, 
and the Flowers greater, and fewer of a pale yel- 
low, but of a deeper yellow in the Mouth, with 
lome hairinefs therein. 
VII. The fourth , or Golden Starfafhioned, has a 
Root compatl cf many Strings, intangled one within 
another from whence rife tip Stalks very ft iff and 
Woody , befet with Leaves like the Common Linaria at 
SeCt. IV. above, with Flowers at the tops of the 
Stalks, of a faint Jkining, yellow color, in form and 
Jhape f omewbat like unto Cony za major. This Herb is 
ftalked and leaved like Common Flax, and thought 
by fome to be the true Ofyris ■, for which reafon 
latter Writers have called it by a Compounded , 
Name Linofyris, it grows to be three Feet or more 
high, and is in tafte fharp and bitter, having a 
Clamminefs or Glutinofity with all. 
VIII. The fifth, or Golden Flaxweed, has a great 
tufted Fibrous Root , from whence rife up many Stalks 
a Loot and a half high •, which are divided towards 
the tops into many fmall Branches : On the feveral 
Tops grow Tufts of fmall Flowers, each little 
flower being parted into five parts, with a little 
thread or pellle in the middle ; fo that it feems full 
of many golden Hairs or Thrums. The Seed is long 
and blackilh, and is carried away with the Wind. 
Labius Columna has proved this to be the Chryfo- 
corae deferibed by Diof corides. Lib. 4. Cap. 57. 
IX. The Sixth, or Befom Flaxweed, has a Root 
conftifting of a great number of blacki/h Strings fet 
together, which , with the whole Plant perifhes every 
Tear. From this Root fprings up mofl ufually but 
one ftraight upright fquare Stalk, three foot and a 
half or more high, ( as it grows in our Gardens ) 
branching it felf out divers ways 5 bearing thereon, 
many long, narrow Leaves like our Garden or Ma- 
nured Flax, very thick fet together, like unto a 
Bufh, or rather like unto a fair green Cyprefs-tree , 
growing broad below, and Spire fafhion upwards, 
of a very fair green Colour. At the feveral joynts 
of the Branches towards the Tops, and among the 
Leaves, come forth fmall reddilh Flowers, not ea- 
fily feen, nor much regarded, which turn into fmall 
round blackilh grey Seed. This Broom flaxweed, 
tho 1 it has no beautiful Flowers ^ yet the Curious 
Plant it in their Gardens, becaufe the green Plant 
full of Leaves, is very delightful to behold ^ being 
in Italy and other places, planted not only in their 
Gardens, but alfo in Pots, to furnilh and adorn their 
Windows i and even with us it grows to be fo de- 
lectable a green Bulh, that it is thought to be wor- 
thy to be enumerated among our Hortary rarities 
and delights. 
X. Gerard fays that this Befom, or Bulhy Flax- 
weed from one fmall Stalk fas manyShoots or Branches, 
making the whole Plant to refemble a Cyprefs-tree, 
the Branches growing fo handftbmely ; very thick and 
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