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Salmon^ Herbal. Lib. 1. 
»/• tint many round Leaves , afterwards they grow 
Something longer, and are llightl y cut about the edges, 
and bv their weakneis l»e upon the Earth ■, the Stains 
are w'enk and tender, and tho’ they leem to grow a 
little upright, yet they feetft to trail, or ean towards 
ti-e Ground, upon which grow leveial like Leaves, 
as alio blowers, like to Vickis , upon long FootltalKS; 
the chief difference between thele Wild and the for- 
mer firit Garden Kind is in the color and largenefs 
ot the blowers, (for in the Leaves and form of _grow- 
ing there is but little variation) the Flowers in this 
being for the molt part fmaller than thefe of the 
Garden, and of as little fmell; but as to the Colors 
they are various, yet there is Icarcely a Flower a- 
mong many which has three colors , for /hey are 
chiegy White, and pale Blue , more or lefs marked 
or fpotted , and fometimes yellow in the bottom-, 
the Flowers being palt away, little round Heads luc- 
ceed lomething lefs than a Tare, about the bignels 
of a large great Pins head, which being npe do open 
themfelves, and in a little time after let their Seed 
ljl IV°Tfre fecond, or Upright Wild Hearts-Eafe. It 
1 ,U a Root compnfed of fibres or Strings, which pe- 
r,lh after Seedtime, the Plant rifing again of the 
* alien Seed: This Hearts-Eafe grows to te about a 
'Foot high, or more, with hard upright Stalks, which 
vet at their tops bend a little again, they have two 
'Leaves let at each Joint, but longer, and more dent- 
ed about the edges than the firft Garden Kind in the 
former Chapter; at thefe Joints with the Leaves , 
on both fides of the Stalks, comes forth a larger 
Flower and more fpread open than thole ot the hrlt 
Garden Kind, yet very like to them, of a pale pur- 
plilh color and almott as Iweet as a Violet as Mat- 
thic/us lavs, but without fmell, as Label &ys ; Lo- 
di, is us delcribes this Kind with variety ot Colors, 
and therefore calls it Viola afturgens Tricolor where- 
as Matthiohit declares his to be only Purple; after 
the blowers are pall, longer Seed Veffels follow than 
thole of the Garden Kind, in which is contained 
Email whitidi Seed. r . „ 
V Gerard hat this Defcnptwn of it. The upright 
Pan fie, or Hearts-Eafe , brings forth long Leaves 
deeply cut in on the edges, iharp pointed, of a bleak 
or paie green Color, fet upon (lender upright Stalks, 
cornered, jointed, or kneed, about a Foot high , or 
higher upon which grow very fair Flowers, of three 
colois, viz. Purple, Blue, and Yellow in form or 
(hape like unto the tiril Common Garden Heart s-baje 
but greater and fairer, which Colors are fo excel- 
lent! v and orderly placed, that they bring great de- 
light to the beholders, tho’ at the fame time they 
have little or no fmell at all in them ; for it happens 
oftentimes that the uppermoft Flowers are differing 
from thofe which grow upon the middle of the 
Plant and thofe again vary from the lowermolt, 
as Nature is pleafed to play with things of. fuch 
he Wne third, or Wild Yellow Hearts-Eafe. This 
in its Rot, Stalk, Leaves, and manner of growing, 
is much like to the firft aforegoing, and hat been la- 
den by fame young Herbarills to be the Yellow Vio- 
let; the blowers are of a faint yellow color, with- 
out mixture of anv other color, yet having a deeper 
vellow fpot in the lowed Leaf, with four or five 
hlackiili purple Lines, in which it differs from the 
firit Will Kind. 
VII. The fourth, or Stoney Hearts-Eafe, ts a mean 
and low Plant , the Leaves are rounder , and not fo 
much cut about the edges as the firft is-, the Stalks 
or Branches are weak and feeble , trailing upon the 
Ground; the blowers are likewile of three Colors, 
viz. White, Blue, and Yellow, but void of fmell; 
and the Root periihes having perfetted the Seed 
VUI. The Places. They grow in wade and Com 
Fields, about their borders, and in Fallow Grounds, 
and borders of Groves and Forreds ; the firft and 
fecond, tho’ they grow Wild in the Fields, yet they 
fometimes alfo grow in Gardehs; the fecond, or 
Upright Kind , grows on Mount Ba/dtts in Italy ; 
Label fays it gioivs in Languedock in trance, and on 
the tops of fome Hills in England ; the third, with 
yellow Flowers , has been found by a Village in 
Lancajhire called Latham , about four Miles from 
Kirchaa-, the lad grows only ih Rocky, Stoney, 
Gravelly, and barren Grounds, and Other like places. 
IX. The Times. They Flower not only in the 
Spring, but for the mod part all Summer long, thro’ 
April , May, June, and July, even to Aug oft. 
X. The Vitalities, Specification, Preparations, and 
Virtues , are the lame with thole of the Garden 
Kind in the former Chapter, fo that no more need 
be faid concerning the fame in this place. 
CHAP. CCCXLVIII. 
Of H ELL E BOR. BL A C K True, 
- 0 R, 
CHRISTMAS FLOWER, 
I.'T' H E Karnes. It is called in Arabic/: CberPa- 
_L chem , and Charbach afued, in Greek ’E>o.iC»- 
ctf, and fometimes without the Alpirare lonO-m. 
in Latine Elleborus , and Helleborus , alfo Hel/ebo- 
rum , and Veratrum, quod Mentem vertat, in Englifh 
alfo Hellebor , and ChrifimaJ flower. 
II. I he Kinds. There are two principal Kinds, 
viz. I. ‘EuiCiex «*««. *T E»xif»£>r tmtfaifer, Hel- 
leborutn nigrum, Veratrum nigrum , Black Hellebor, 
of which we Ihall Treat in this Chapter, and in 
Chap. 349. and 350. 'ZmCevo-t mbt, Helleborus al- 
bus, vel Helleborum album, Veratrum album. Sanguis 
Herculeus , Conftligo vegetij , Alfyrti Columellas tf 
Plynij , White Hellebor, and Sneeze- Root, of which 
we Ihall (God willing) Difcourfe in Chap. 351. and 
3; 2. following. 
III. The Kinds of Black Hellebor. There are fe- 
veral Kinds of this Plant, as I. Helleborus r.tger 
vents , The true Black Hellebor, called alfo Vera- 
trum nigrum verum, of which in this Chapter. 2. 
Helleborus niger nabus maximus, Helleborafier max - 
wins, Conftligo, Battard Black Hellebor, ’ot Bears- 
Foot, called by fome Country People Sctterwort , 
qtiafi Setonwort , being applied to the Ears , Neck, 
and other parts, alter the manner, or in place of a 
Seton. 3. Helleborus niger nothin minor, Hellebo- 
rafier minor. The ledcr Ballard Black Hellebor, 
which is alfo called The leffcr Bears-foot, of both 
thefe we (hall Treat in Chap. 349. 4. Elfeborine , 
vel llelleborine nigra SatiicnU folio major. Wild 
Black Hellebor with Sanicle Leaves the Greater-, it 
is called alfo Aftrantia nigra by Label and Gefner, 
Ofteritium Montamtm Tragi , bnperatoria nigra Lt- 
bernamontani, but Dodonxus takes it to be Elleborus 
niger , or Veratrum nigrum Diojcoridts , and Battbi- 
nus calls it Elleborus niger SanicuU folio major. 5. 
Elleborine nigra SanicuU folio minor, Helleborus ni- 
ger SanicuU folio minor. Wild Black Hellebor with 
Sanicle Leaves the Leffer, or The Leffcr Sanicle like 
Hellebor. 6 . Elleborine fentlacea, Helleborus niger 
ferulaceus , Pfcudohelkborum Matthioli , Bufhthal- 
mum majus Anguillan Clufij , & a/jorum. Wild Ba- 
