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Salmon s Herbal. Lib. 1. 
mdenje *, but why he calls it Panax is very obfcure, 
.fince it is not manifeft that it is any Wound Herb j 
we in Englijh call it Herb Chriftopher of America. 
Ilk The Defcriptidns. T be firft , or Our Com- 
mon Herb Chriftopher , has a thick long Root, black 
without and yellowijh within, like Box, with Jcvcral 
great fibres or blackijh Strings adjoining thereunto, 
trailing and creeping far abroad in the Earth, by 
which it greatly increafes , not periling in the W in- 
ter, all ho' the Stalks and Leaves die away every dear, 
frcfh Jprtnging up again from the fame Root the next 
Spring-, it hr ft 1 hoots forth divers green Stalks of 
Leaves half a Foot long, which are divided or made 
Into three parts, and fometimes into five, the lower 
parts ftanding for the molt part one againft another, 
or not much diftant, and the other at the end. of the 
Stalk, each of thefe parts confifts of three Leaves, 
leparate afunder, ftanding upon fmall Footftalks, 
which Leaves are fomething broad , and ending in a 
point, fome of them cut in on the edges more deep- 
ly, and all of them dented about the edges, of a fad 
green color ; from among thef'e Leaves rife up feve- 
ral fomewhat weak, fmooth, and round Stalks, halt 
a Yard or two Feet high, yet not bending, but ftand- 
ing upright , having three or four fuch like Leaves 
thereon as grew below, but with (hotter Footftalks^ 
at the tops of the Stalks ftand a Tuft or Bu(h of 
white Flowers , every one confifting of five imall 
Leaves , with many whitilh Threads in the middle , 
after which, when fallen, come fmall round Berries, 
green at the firft, and afterwards black when they 
are ripe, having upon one fide a ftreaked furrow or 
hollownefs , and growing near together , after the 
manner of a Clulter or Bunch of Grapes : where note, 
that Gerard in his Defcription fays, i. That the 
Stalks are not much above a Foot long or high. 
That the Leaves are of a light green color. 7 . That 
the Flowers growing at the tops of the Stalks in 
fpokie Tufts, confiltbut of four little white Leaves 
apiece. 4. Thai the Berries, or fruit, tho they are 
round, yet they are alfo fomewhat long withal. _ 
IV. The fecund, or Herb Chriftopher of America. 
It has a thick, jhort, crooked, black Root , not growing 
downwards , nor creeping , but having many rib res 
adjoining to it -, it (hoots forth in the Spring many 
reddilh Stalks , about a Foot high , with feveral 
Leaves thereon, divided into many parts, fomewhat 
jefembling the former, but larger, rougher, and of a 
ladder green color, at the tops whereof ftand a large 
Tuft of white Flowers, compofed in a manner whol- 
ly of Threads , yet if they be more nearly viewed , 
there will appear for every Flower fix fmall white 
Leaves, with their Threads in the middle, encompaf- 
fing a round green Button, which coming to maturi- 
ty is either white, with a purplilh tip, ftanding on 
a* (hort Footftalk, or wholly reddifh*, 1 found many 
of them in Carolina, but the Berries were of lb deep 
a red as they feeirfd to be black , and when dead 
ripe were indeed perfectly black. 
V. The Places. The firft grows generally in the 
Woods or Mountains which are fomewhat open, and 
not too much (hadowed, and other like places, as 
well in England as other Countries.*, it grows in the 
North parts of this Land, near unto the Houfe for- 
merly Sir William Bowes-, alfo Gerard lays he had it 
growing and hour idling in his Garden, being Plants 
which he received from. Robinus of Paris-, I alfo 
once found it growing near Forty Y ears agone in 
Hornfey-W ood : The fecond grows both in ours and 
the french Plantations in Florida, as thofe of Caro- 
lina- and Canada, and that in much plenty. 
VI. T be Times. They Flourifii and Flower in the 
end of May , alfo in June and July , and the Fruit 
is ripe in July and Auguft. 
VII. As to the Qualities , Specification , Prepara- 
tions or Virtues of the firft we can (ay little or no- 
thing, having had no experience thereof j and Authors 
are not agreed about them , fome , as Cam cr arias , 
Lugduncnfis , and Gerard, taking it to be a kind of 
Aconitum, or Wolfsbane, will have it to be of a per- 
nicious , poyfonous , and deadly quality , whereas 
Pena and Lobe l feem to think otherwile-, and Par- 
kinfon fays, that tho’ many good Authors held it 
dangerous , yet he in his Judgment could not thin£ 
fo, not finding therein by the tafte any pernicious 
quality, as is before noted ^ and whereas it is repott- 
ed that the Inhabitants of the Mountains and places 
where it grows do generally hold it to be a moft 
dangerous and deadly Poyfon, both to Man and Bead, 
and that they ufe to kill Wolves herewith, yet Par- 
kinfon does think that the Herb which thofe Inhabi- 
tants do think to be fo dangerous and Mortal, is the 
Aconitum LycoUonum , or Lupicida , which grows 
in thofe places , and that it is not this Our Herb 
Chriftopher , but that thefe dangerous Qualities are 
put upon it purely by a miftake. 
VIII. As to the * Qualities and Virtues of the fe- 
cond, or American Herb Chriftopher , the faid Jaco- 
bus Cornutus fays that it is eaten familiarly both by 
the Natives and by the french which inhabit in thofe 
parts as a Sallet Herb, and I my felf'who have been 
in thofe parts for fome Years, have feveral times eat- 
en of the Fruit without any danger. 
CHAP. CCCLXIV. 
Of HERB FRANKINCENSE 
Narrow Leav’d, 
. ' OR, 
ALLHEAL Fennel Leav’d. 
T H E Names, 
rev 
It is called in Greek tat&vw 
■vSfvMti, in Latine Libanotis Angufti folia, in 
Englijh Herb frankincenfe narrow Leav'd , or Fennel 
Leav'd Alft-mal. The Arabians call it Xair Almari- 
ani, A fpjnaj/acl^ 'Caleb at a, or- Cachola. 
II. The Kinds. There are many Kinds of Herb 
Frankinctyf* -in •Authors, we fh'all only deferibe the 
following principal Kinds, viz. 1. Libanotis Angu - 
ftifolia. Narrow Leav’d Herb Frankincenfe, of which 
in this prefent Chapter. 2. Libanotis Latifolia, Broad 
Leav’d Herb Frankincenfe, or Frankincenfe Allheal, 
of which in the next Chapter. 
III. The Kinds of the Narrow Leav'd Herb fran- 
kincehfe , or fennel Leav'd frankincenfe Allheal. 
Authors make feveral varieties of this Plant , we 
(hall only Treat of the following Seven Kinds, as 
being chief, viz. 1 . Libanotis ferula folio Diofcori- 
dis, Theophrafti, Galeni , (whofe Seed is called Ca- 
chrys, or Canchrys, as it is in fome Copies, becaule 
of its fiery tafte ) It is the Libanotis Cacbryfera Ca- 
me rarij, Cachrys vera vel verier Lobelij , Libanotis 
Galeni, Libanotis Candida Cafalpini , Fennel Leav’d 
Herb Frankincenfe. As for KtLyjui, vel it 
is (aid by Diofcorides Lib. 3. Cap. 87. to be Fruftus 
Tel Semen Libanotidis , and fo we take it, fee Theo- 
phraftus Lib. 9. Cap. 1 2. 2. Libanotis ferula folio 
if Semine Bauhini , Panax Afclepium ferula facie 
Lobelij, Panaces Afclepium Dodonai, Lobel his Fen- 
nel Leav’d Herb Frankincenfe , Allheal , or Wound- 
Wort of Efeu/apius. 3. Panax Afclepium Alattbio/i, 
Panaces Afclepium Lugdunenfis, & alter um , Panax 
Afclepium 
