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Salmon’* “Herbal. Lib. I. 
CHAP. CCCXXXVI. 
Of HARE S-E A R s. 
l.'-p H E Karnes. This Plant is called in Greek 
X BfiTAeufo v, Bupleurum Phnij, iovfvwor Coral , 
in Lat 'ine bupleurum , Auricula Leporis, Herba P ci- 
neraria Tragi , who cakes ic to be Panax Chironmm 
Tbeopbrajli , in Enghjh Hares- Ears. It isdoubtleis 
the Bupleurum Hippocratic, mentioned by P//^y L/0. 
22. Cap. 22. and by A icander in Tbenacis. Gejner 
lays that the Trench call it Elaphobofcum , and Gratia 
Dei. Some take it to be Panax Cbironium Diofco - 
ridic, but falily. Some will have it to be A mmi 
vulgar i vs , others to be Sanamunda. Cordus in his 
Hiftory of Plants calls it l/ophyllon , fo that there is 
great difference of Opinions among Herbarifts in 
judging to what Plant of the Ancients it ought to be 
afligned; however, as long as we know what. Plant 
it is to which we give the prefent Names it is luf- 
ficient. , , c 
II. The Kinds. There are three Kinds hereof, 
viz. i . Bupleurum Anguliifolium , Auricula Leporis 
Anguftifoha Hares-Ears narrow Leav’d. 2. Bupleu- 
rum Latifo/ium , Auricula Leporis , Herba Vulnera- 
ria , Ifophyllum , Hares-Ears broad Leav'd. 3. Bu- 
pleurum Anguflifolium Montanum , Sedurn petreum 
Bupleuri Folio, vel pot ms Bupleurum petreum Gra- 
mmeo Folio Fens’, Perfoliata Alpina Gramineo Folio, 
five Bupleurum Anguflifolium Alpinum , Bupleurum 
Angufhffimo Folio Batthini, Narrow Leav’d Moun- 
tain Hares-Ears. 
III. Tie Defcriptions. T be Jirft, or Common 
narrow Leav’d Hares-Ears, bft a Root which is fome- 
what long, but fmall , and white on the out fide, much 
like to a Partly Root , with divers Fibres adjoining, 
which wit h us in England perijhes every Tear. This 
Plant rifes up with a round, ftiff, green Stalk, two 
Feet high, at the feveral Joints whereof grow feve- 
ral long and narrow, very dark, green, fmooth, (hi- 
lling Leaves , broadeft at the bottom, and narrower 
gradatim unto the ends , with divers Ribs running 
thro’ them, the middlemoft whereof is greateft, yet 
nothing fo narrow as Grafs Leaves , tho’ fome Au- 
thors do compare them with them ; thefe Leaves 
ftand one above another up to the top, growing 
fmaller and fmaller , being placed likewife at the 
Joints ; from the middle of the Stalks, at the leaft, 
upwards (if it grows in any good Ground) come 
forth fmall Branches, (and fometimes with few or 
no Branches at all) at the tops whereof Band many 
fmall Tufts or Umbles of yellowifh Flowers, which 
turn into fmall Seed , not much unlike to Par fly 
Seed, but of a darker color, and fomewhat longer. 
IV. The fecond, or Broad Leav’d Hares-Ears, has 
a Root like the former, and grows in the fame man- 
ner, with like Stalks, Branches , Flowers, and Seed-, 
but herein this chiefly differs from that, viz. that 
this bears broader but fhorter Leaves, fmallelt at the 
foot, broadeft in the middle, and ending in a lmall 
(harp point, fomewhat hollow , and bowing down- 
wards, with feveral long Nerves or Ribs therein, as 
in the former , and the middle Ribs moft eminent, 
or raifed higheft. 
V. T be third, or Narrow Leav’d Mountain Hares- 
Ears, hau a round thick Root, about a Foot long. Jet 
with Knobs or Bunches injlead of Branches, which 
has a thick Bark, of a dark red on the out fide, and 
pale within, and divided at the head into many parts-, 
from thefe Knobs or Heads arife feveral long and 
narrow green Leaves, lying on the Ground, compaf- 
fing one another at the bottom, like a Star, for the 
form of them like to the firft Hares-Ears , but nar- 
rower; from divers of thefe Tufts of Leaves rife up 
dark round Stalks, about an Hand breadth high, 
bearing at the tops many pale yellow Flowers, made 
of feven pointed Leaves apiece, and in the middle 
of them feveral fmall Seeds fet thick together, fome- 
thing like unto Thoroa-Wax, 01 as the former 
Hares-Ears , 
