54 ° 
Salmon f ‘Herbal. Lib. I. 
Flowers, divers fmall ones growing almod together, 
and confiding of five Leaves apiece, ea:h Flower ri- 
ling out of a fmall Husk, which beng patt fmall 
Seed follows, each (licking to a little Down, which 
are carried away together with the W nd •, this riant 
has no fmeU neither in its Root, Lear, nor Flower, 
tho’ Cornutus feems to affirm it. 
Horse foot 
Smooth- 
VI. She Vinces. The firft and fecond Kinds grow 
in the V allies of Mountains, by Baths, and places 
abounding with moifture, in many Countries ot Eu- 
rope but very rarely in England, unlefs planted in 
Gardens- the third grows in America , as in Canada, 
Virginia Acm-England, Maryland, and Carolina, 
in which tall place I have found much of it 
VH The Times. They all Flower and heed in 
the Summer Months, much about the time (as Au- 
thors fu'ppofe) when Coltsfoot Flowers and Seeds. 
VIII The Qualities, Specification, Preparations, 
and Virtues, are the fame with Coltsfoot aforegoing 
to which you are referred 5 l have had experience of 
that which grows in America, and I found it to have 
the lame Qualities and Virtues with our hnghjh 
Coltsfoot, and to be fully as efteftual. 
IX. Kota. 1. Authors fay, rhat the Root deep- 
ed in Wine and eaten prevails againll Coughs and 
Hoarfeneis, (for that it is a Plant without any iharp- 
nefs) and the lame things Galen aifirms of his V ma- 
nual ■, the Root moderately dries , is without any 
biting quality, and is ‘of a grofs and empladick lub- 
dance, being beaten raw, and applied as a Cata- 
plafm to the Gout, it eafes the pain thereof, ltops 
the afflux of Humors, and lfrengthens the parts: Gc- 
rard lavs, that if you chew the Root and iwallow 
down the juice, it is no fefs available than the Juice 
of Liquorice in all the Cafes to which that Roor and 
Juice is ordinarily applied. 
X. Kota. 1. Diofcorides fays, that the Pearl like 
Grains which are found in his Cacalia being made 
into a Pouder, and mixed with fome proper Oint- 
ment or Cerate, will make the Skin lmooth, and as 
p liny fays, will day the falling of the Hair. 
CHAP. CCCLXXIX. 
0/HORSETAIL Meadow, 
0 R, 
SHAVEGRASS. 
I .'-T'HE Karnes. It is called in Arahick Dhen- 
1 ben A/cail, Themb Alchi, and Dhaneb Alcuti, 
in Grech 'Iwxeift ty’Iirwetft in Ratine Hippio is , E- 
quifetum , Canda Equina , Equinalis^ (from the form 
of a Horfe Tail) and by Pliny Equ ifetis, by lome Sj- 
lix Equina , and Sanguinalis , from irs effects ot Hop- 
ping of Bloody in Englijh Her Jet ail. 
II. The Kinds. Authors have made feveral forts 
hereof and very much multiplied the Species , we 
(hall in this Work divide them into three principal 
Kinds, and under each give you the chief of thole 
forts which are ufeful in Phyfick , and commonly 
grow with us in England-, you fliall have then, i. 
Equifetum PaluRre , Marlh or Water Horfetail , of 
which in this Chapter. 2. Equifetum Pratenje 
Meadow Horfetail, of which in Chap. 380. 3 - t- 
quifetum Nudum , Naked Horfetail , of which m 
Chap. 381. following. 
greater 
tflarsh 
Hor/stai! 
III. The Kinds of the Marjh or Water Horfetail. 
It is fivefold, viz. r. Equifetum majrn Pa/ujtre Lo- 
belij Hippuris mayor Dodonxi , which Anguilara 
thought to be Caucon P/inij , The Greater Marlh 
Horfetail. 2. Equifetum Pa/ujlre Linarix Scoparix 
folio. Broad Leav’d Marlh Horfetail. 3. Equifetum 
Pa/uftre minus , Equifetum Palufire Lobelij , The Lel- 
fer Marlh Horfetail. 4 - Equifetum Paluflre all e- 
rum, Equifetum alterum brevioribus folijs, Canda 
Equina f cemina Gerardi, which is taken by niany to 
be the Polygonum Ecemina Diqfcoridis , and Polygonum 
tprt 1 uni 
