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Salmons Herbal. Lib. I. 
T he Virtues. 
XVII. The liquid Juice or EJfence of the Root. 
Taken from three to fix Spoonfuls in a Glafs of ge- 
nerous Wine, it refilts and expels Poyfon, and is 
prevalent againft the Bitings of Vipers and other 
Serpents, C9V . it prefently profligates the Poyfon, 
and eafes the Pain. It is alfo good to wafh old 
Sores and Ulcers, to cleanfe, dry, and induce their 
Healing. „ , 
XVIII. The Decociion in Wine. It has all the 
Virtues of the liquid Juice or EITence, but lefs effi- 
cacious, and therefore may be given from four to 
eight Ounces, pro re nata , Morning and Evening. 
It is Angularly good againlt Obftrubtions of the 
Lungs. 
XIX. The Fouder of the Root. Rauwolfius , m 
his Hccdoponco or Journal, lays, that the Inhabi- 
tants in and about Aleppo , do ufe the Pouder of the 
older and greater Roots, to take away Spots out of 
their Garments, by rubbing them therewith : by 
this it appears, that it is ot a very ablterfive Na- 
ture. . T . 
XX. The Clyfler. It is made by mixing the Juice 
with Mutton-Broth, in equal quantities. It is ex- 
hibited to give Eale in the Sciatica : it moves the 
Bowels, and cleanfes them of putrid Excrements. _ 
XXI. The Cataplajm of the Root. Appiiedto in- 
digelted Wounds, Sores, and Ulcers, it caules Di- 
geltion, then cleanfes and drys them, ar.d fo indu- 
ces their Healing. 
CHAP. CCCCXLVII. 
ny thick and Ihort Leaves on them, fharp at the 
ends, having fometimes Branches rifing therefrom, 
and lometimes two or three Stalks from the Root j 
which at the tops are fet with longer Flowers than 
thofe of Broom Rape, and on longer F'oot-llalks, 
each Itanding in a Husk, with a long Thread as it 
were growing out of the Flower, which turns up a- 
gain. The whole Stalk, Leaves, and Flowers, are 
of a blewifh purple Color. 
V. The third , or Branched Lions-Tail. It has a 
flringy fibrous Root , like the former • from whence 
Springs up a Stalky which is branched forth fever al 
ways , ( and yet many of thefe Herbs are found witli 
Angle and unbranched Stalks, thofe with branched 
Stalks being or growing for the moft part lower than 
the^ others, which are unbranched : ) they are of 
differing Colors, fome whitifh, fome more yellow, 
fome brownifh yellow, and fome blewifh or pur- 
plifh, for fo they are found in feveral places. Bau- 
hinus takes notice of a fmall fort hereof, which 
grows lower, under F»-Trees, Pine-Tieos, and 
Pitch- Trees, differing in nothing elfe but in being of 
a darker Color, and the Flowers whiter. 
VI. Kota. Thefe Kinds of Plants are Excrefcen- 
cies of the Earth, of which the Ancients knew but 
one or two forts, viz. Hypocifiis from Ciflus, and 
Orobanche or Broom-Rape from Broom : but latter 
Times have difcovered more, of which thefe three 
above-defcribed are chief : fome ( becaufe they are 
Excrefcencies of the Earth) would have them to be 
Mufhromes •, but fuch they are not : fome a Species 
of Orchides , becaufe their Flowers and Seed do 
more near refemble fome of the Kinds ^ but from 
thefe they alfo manifefily differ : for which Rea- 
fons I judge them to be Plants of their own Kinds. 
Of LION S~T A I L, 
0 R, 
K I L L-H ERB, 
O R, 
HERB - BANE. 
I. H E Names. It is called in Greek , 
X and by Diofcorides : in Latine , 
Hitmodoron , Li mode r on, Orobanche , and Cauda Leo- 
im : in Eng l if:, Lions-Tail , Kill-Herb , and Herb- 
Bane. 
II. The Kinds. There are three forts of this 
Plant, viz. 1. Hxmodorcn vel Limodoron majus , 
Cauda Leon is major. Great Lions-Tail ofMompeli- 
er. 2. Hxmodoron vel Limodoron majus, vel Cauda 
Leonis fore majore purpurafcente. Great purple 
Lions-Tail. 2. Hiemodoron vel Cauda Leonis, vel 
Orobanche ramofa , Branched Lions-Tail. 
VII. The. Places. They grow many times from 
the Roots of feveral Herbs, and by their Juicinefs, 
draw forth their Nourifhment, thereby fpoiling 
them : they are fometimes found in Corn-Fields, alio 
among Pulfe, Hemp, &c. and fometimes alfo among 
Grafs and Herbs by the fides of Hedges, and under 
the Shadow of Trees, and many times alfo in places 
which are not fhadowed, where the Earth has a na- 
tural kind of Moifturein it. 
VIII. The Times. They flourifh in May and 
June but fome have been found to flower in July 
and Augufi. 
IX. The Qualities , Specification, Preparations , 
and Virtues, are the fame with thofe of Broom-Rape 
in Chap. 86. Sell. 6 . ad 14. to which you are refer- 
red. Galen fays this Plant is cold and dry in the 
firlt Degree. And Diofcorides fays, that in his time 
it was ufed to be eaten as other Herbs are, either 
raw or boiled with Pulfe , which would help their 
Digeftion. 
CHAP. CCCCXLVIII. 
T be Descriptions. 
III. The firfi, or Great Lions-Tail of Mompelier, 
has a long and round fmall Root, without Scales , and 
with fome Fibres under it. The Stalk is great and 
thick, with very fhort Leaves thereon, from the 
bottom unto the middle thereof, where the Flowers 
begin to grow •, and with every one of them a larger 
and longer Leaf. The Flowers are long, and of a 
brownifh Color. 
IV. The fecond, or Great purple Lions-Tail. 
This has fuch a like Root, with Fibres thereat , as the 
former - which fends forth feveral Stalks, with ma- 
Of LIQUORICE Garden and Wild. 
1. 'T A H E Names. It is called in Arabick , Sus : 
X in Greek, Twnvpp'fia. : in Latine , Glycyrrbi- 
za : in Englifh, Liquorice. 
II. The Kinds. It is twofold, viz. 1. Tavki 
wmvT», Glycyrrhiza hortenfis. Garden Liquorice, 
2. rMoivppRct dyeia., Glycyrrhiza fylvefiris , Wild * 
Liquorice. Of the Garden Liquorice, there are 
two Kinds, viz. 1. Glycyrrhiza hortenfis ; Liqueri - 
tia off alarum ; Dulcis radix Tragi and Cordi ; 
Glycyrrhiza 
