Salmons Herbal. 
Lib. I. 
medy againlt the Dropfie, by real'on it powerfully eva- 
cuates VVatrv Humors. It operates fo much the more 
effectually, if the Pouder of the Bark of Dwarf El- 
der, be mixed therewith in equal quantities, and it 
be aromatiz'd with a little Cinnamon. 
XXII. The D filled Water. It has the Virtues 
of Juice, Eflence and Decoction, but afts in a much 
weaker manner. It cools Inliamaticns in any part, 
and may lerve as a Vehicle to convey the other pre- 
parations in. 
chap. CCLXX. 
Of FLAXWEED Broad leav’d, 
o. r, 
T O A D-F LAX, Broad leav’d. 
1 . / ~I"' H E Names. It is called in Greek, (if what 
JL fome Modern Writers fay, may be admitted 
’VivJi^tvzv -TTha-rvipvhhcy ; in Latin Pfeudolinum latifoli- 
um , Linaria latifolia, Ofyris latifolia, alfo Urinal is , 
and Urinaria -, from the Effects : in Englijh , Broad- 
leaved Flax-weed, or Toad-flax. 
II. The Kinds. Some have taken this to be the 
Antirrhinum Plinij h but it may poflibly be the 
Ofyris Dio fcoridis, Galeni, & Plinii : Authors make 
five Kinds of this Broad leaved, viz. t. Linaria 
latifolia , Sive Ofyris latifolia, alba Lobelii ■, White 
tlowred broad leaved Flaxweed. 2. Linaria Ameri- 
cana fiore parvo, American Flaxweed. 3. Linaria 
Latifolia Dalmatic a,T\\t Great Dalmatian Flaxweed. 
4. Linaria Latifolia Cretica Major, The great broad 
leaved Candy Flaxweed. 5;. Linaria triphylla Ccerulea 
A pula F abii Column a, The blew three leaved Flax- 
weed of Naples. 
III. The Defcriptions. The firft or white flown d 
broad leaved, has a Root which is white , long, thick , 
and great, enduring fever al Tears, and not decaying -, 
from which Root rife up many tough, pliant Stalks, 
with many Leaves thereon, fome broad , cut into ma- 
ny narrow long flips, and fome of them long and 
narrow, without any cut or divifton, fomewhat like 
thofe of our Common narrow leaved Flaxweed in 
Chap. 269.SeU4.Set fometimes upon a middle Rib, 
after a Winged falhion, yet commonly at the end of the 
rib, broadband divided into two or three, or more parts. 
At the tops of the Stalks grow feveral pale, whitifh 
Flowers, refembling the aforenamed common kind, 
but with a wider and more open mouth. The Seed 
is not unlike the other, being very fmooth. 
IV. The fecond, or American kind:, has a Root 
like the former, which J. hoots forth feveral fmall flcn- 
der, reddifl Stalks, fpread into many branches, on 
which grow on both fides of them ('but without any 
order ) many dark green Leaves, which are broad, 
in ref pell to the narrow leav'd kinds, but narrower 
than thofe of Dalmatia/?/’ Candy next following,^ 
not much fhorter, and end in a fharp Point. The 
Flowers grow at tops of the Stalks, in the fame 
manner which the Common narrow leaved kind do, 
at Chap. 269. Sell. 4. and are of a gold yellow co- 
lor, but much lefler than they. 
V. The third, or Great Dalmatian, has a Root 
which is white , and fpreads it felf by feveal ramifi- 
cations under Ground, not pc rifling as the Wild kind 
does, but abiding in the Winter with both Root and 
Stalks , fkooting forth frejh Leaves every Spring. 
Thefc Leaves are fair, large, and green, Ipreading 
upon the Ground, being about 2 inches long, and 
an Inch broad, ending very fharp pointed./ without any 
foot-ftalks atthem,but riling up with the Staik, which 
is firm, hard and round, about 2 or 3 Feet high, and 
has like Leaves let thereon, without any order, up to 
the top, but lefler and lefler, as they grow higher. 
The Stalk is branched at the top, having at every 
one of the branches fuch like Ipikes of deep, or 
gold-yellow Flowers as are in the Common Wild 
Kind at Chap. 269. Sell. 4. with Spurs behind them 
but each of them are three or four times larger than 
the Common aforenamed ^ and the Seed is alfo like 
the fame, and encloled in like heads, but larger. 
VI. The fourth, or Great broad leav’d Candy, has 
a Root which is hard and white , bigger at the head , 
and fmall below, with fome Fibres adjoining to it. This 
Root fends forth a round thick Stalk, two or three 
feet high, fpreading into many branches, on which 
are fet fometimes two, and fometimes three Leaves 
together, on a fmall foot-fta lk on each fide of them, 
fometimes one againlt another, and fometimes not, 
without keeping any order, each of which is larger 
and longer than thofe of the Dalmatian kind, and of 
a greyilh green color, with three veins or ribs in e- 
very one of them. At the tops of the branches grow 
Flowers made for the Form, like the other kinds, 
but of a differing color-, for the gaping Mouth is 
of a pale blew, and more yellow underneath, with 
a pale or blewifh, and fometimes more purplifh 
Spur behind -, the Heads and Seed, are alfo like 
thofe of our Common Wild kind at Cap. 2 69. Sell. 
4. aforementioned. 
VII. The fifth, or Blew three leav’d, has a Root 
which is fmall and white, which fends forth fometinfes 
but one Stalk, fometimes more than one, which are 
White : At whofe joints, is fometimes but one, and 
fometimes three Leaves fet together, divided almojl 
like Rue leaves, but larger, and cut deeper in, and 
pointed at the ends oft a grey/Jh green, or Afh color. 
The tops of the Stalks are replenil lied with fuch 
like Flowers, but Jfmaller} and wholly .of a blew 
color, excepting the Mouth which is yellow. They 
being paft away, fmall round Heads follow, con- 
taining large, flat, and blackilh Seed. 
VIII. The Places. Their Names or Title fhew 
their Original, or in what places they are Natives ; 
but being brought to us are Nurft uponly in Gardens: 
and the firft is a peculiar Garden Plant. 
IX. The Times. They all flower in the Summer 
Months, from the end of May to the end of Au- 
guft, but with us, fcarcely give any ripe Seed 5 The 
American kind flowers very late, as about the end, 
of Auguft. 
X. The Vitalities, Specifications, Preparations 
and Virtues, are the fame with thofe of the 
narrow leav’d kind, and in efpecial with the firft of 
that Species in the lalt Chapter, that being the molt: 
eftecacious of them all j after which, thefe of the 
broad leav’d kind come next in place. 
XI. An Obfervation. The broad leav’d Flaxweed 
is by much the more powerful opener of ObftruUi- 
ons of the Reins, Ureters, and Blader, and the 
greater provoker of Urine ■, From which eminent 
faculty it was, that it obtained the Names of Uri- 
nalis and Urinaria : It gives prefen t eafe in the 
Srangury, heat, pain, fharpnefs and fcalding of U- 
rine, and expels Stones, Gravel, Sand, and Tarta- 
rous Mucilage from the Urinary parts, being given 
the Juice, Eflence, Infufion, DecoUion, Syrup or 
Pouder, '& c. 
CHAP, 
