5^6 Salmon ’ s Herbal. Lib. I 
called Gratiola Kotba, and in Engl'Jh Baftari Hedge 
[iThe- Kinds. Tliere are three forts hereof, viz. 
I. Gratiola AnguRiJ'olia , and Anguflifolm minor, 
Gratiola minor Gefncri , alfo Hyffopoides Camera- 
rim Hvljopi folia Cordi & Bauhini , Small Hedge 
fly (fop," alio Small Narrow Leav’d Hedge Hyllop. 
i. Gratiola Cxrulea , Gratia Dei Cajalpini , Tmy- 
/w/7./ 'LabernamonUini, Her ha Judaica altera Dodo- 
77.17, S/imV/s Gat rule a Thalij , Lyfimachta Wore Caru- 
leo Gamcrarij , Lyfimachia Galcriculdta Lobelia Gra- 
tiola Lat if olid , and Latifolia major , The Greater 
Broad Leav’d, or Blew flowered Hedge Hyllop. 3 
Gratiola Latifolia minor, and Latifolia nejfrar mi- 
nor Lark,. nfoni, The Leffer Broad- Leav’d Hedge 
Hyllop. 
r ccfye /Jtjfffdp narrow leave cl 
III. The Defcriptions. The firfi, or .Small Nar- 
t >w Leav’d Hedge Hyllop. It has a Root which ti 
K hite, end /hoots forth many hires, f mb y ‘‘ 
good testing and bold in the Earth; from this Root 
(hoot forth fometimes many and foment 
or two round reddifli bulks, hall a Yard high, 
which are branched towards the tops, °“ ^hj^art 
fet one above another, and fometimes one agamlt 
another, divers fmall and fomewhat long Leaves, 
fomething fmaller than thofe in the former Chapter, 
and nearly refembling Leaves, °fspale.^g 
color, and joining dofe to the Stalks and BraMfet 
without anv Footllalk at all -, at the Joints w 
Leaves come forth Flowers, every one by it le If, 
ftanding in a long Husk, and confiding of our 
Leaves, of an excellent blew color, after which 
comes in their' places fmall brown Seed, contained 
ill long round Pods, the Flerb and every part there, 
of is without any the lead fmell, and aimed with- 
out any fade, tho’ fome will have It to be of a lit- 
tle nitrous, others of a little fweetifh tafte; lome- 
times in the moifter Grounds this is found with lar- 
ger Leaves, and growing higher, and fometimes ul 
dry Grounds with fmaller and longer Leaves, fcarce- 
ly growing a Span high. 
' I V The feconi, or Greater Broad Leav d Fledge 
Hyffop. It has a R net which /[reads much, and 
Kith many Branches under Ground, quickly thereby 
poffejjing a large circuit or compajs; it is a lmooth 
low Plant, rifing about a Foot high, with many 
iquare Stalks varioufly branched from the bottom 
to the top, having thereon feveral Joints, and two 
fmall Leaves at every one, which dani upon ihort 
Footdalks, being broad at the bottom, and fmaller 
towards the end, a little dented about the edges, 
and full of Veins, of a fadder green color than the 
former, longer alio, and broader ; the Flowers are 
gaping, fomething like unto thofe of Dead A ettles, 
of a lair blewilh purple color , with fome white 
fpots in them, every one ftanding at the Joints with 
the Leaves, up to the tops, after which come forth 
fmall Seed Veflels, formed fomething like unto the 
top of the Thigh Bone of a Man or Bealt, in which 
the fmall Nut or Huckle Bone is placed, the upper 
part of which does fiilt open when the Seed is ripe, 
and tails away when it is touched, thereby mewing 
within it fmall yellow Seed : There is a letter fort 
hereof, differing only in the imallnefs ot the riant, 
which I am apt to believe arifes only Irom the dif- 
ferent goodnefs ol the Soil •, this Herb is referred to 
Gratiola not only from its place and manner of 
growing, but efpecially for its bitternefs, in which 
it is fo like to it. TT , „ r 
V T he thirds or Lefler Broad Leav d Hedge Hyl- 
fop. It has a Root which is fmall , long, and white 
(preading it fe If under Ground feveral ways , which 
peri flics net in Winter, nor runs like the la ft, but 
[pleads forth new Branches every Tear h from this 
Root fprings up one or more fmall Stalks, about 
half a Foot high, round, but crefted as it were all 
the length, which fpread forth other fmaller Branch- 
es, on which do grow many fmall Leaves, fet by 
couples one againft another, being fomething broad 
but very fhort withal, feeming almolt round, and. 
ending in a tap point, a little dented about the 
edges i at the Joints with the Leaves come forth the 
Flowers every one by it felf, oh a fmall rootltalk, 
being in form fomewhat like unto the lalt, a gaping 
Flower, butfhorter, of a pale reddifh color, fpotted 
in the middle of the lower Leaf with many Imall 
white fpots-, alter the Flowers are fallen come m 
their places Seed Velfeis, in fhape fomething like 
unto the Nut of aCiofs-Bow, in which, is contained 
fmall yellowifh Seed; the tafte of this Plant is as 
extreamly bitter as the laft ; this Herb is alfo reler- 
ed to the Gratiola Latifolia, as well for the refem- 
blance of the Flower to the laft before defenbed, as 
for the bitternefs thereof. 
VI. T be Vlaccs. The firlt has been found growing 
naturally in feveral places of England in moift and 
wet Grounds, as at Dorchefter in Oxjordjhire at 
the back fide of the enclofod Grounds, on the Left 
Hand of the Town, as you go from thence to Ox- 
ford in the Graflie places of the Champion Corn 
holds; the fecond grows likewife in feveral places 
of this Land, in wet low Grounds, and by Water 
fides; the third is not known to grow many other 
Country but in England, fo far as we can yet hear 
or learn ; and- it was fall found out by Gerard, who 
called it fimply Gratiola Latifolia, in wet boggy 
Grounds among the Grafs ; I found it (fays lie) grow- 
ing on the Bog or Marih Ground at the farther end 
ot Hampflcad Heath, and upon the fame Heath to- 
wards London , near unto the Head of the Springs 
that were digged Anno is? 0, f° r Water to he con- 
veyed tp that City. mr, ■ 1 
VII. The Tunes. The two firlt Flowef m June 
and July, the third in July inis Atguft, their Seeds 
ripening in a fhort time after their Flowers are palt 
V III . At to their Vitalities, Specification, Treff 
Rations, and Virtues, Authors have faid nothing. 
