yio Salmon ’s Herbal. Lib. I. 
CHAP. CCCCLXXXlX. 
Of MILK — WORT Common : 
o 1?, 
CROSS - FLOW E R. 
T H E Names. It is culled in Greek, 
YloMyt\a Tlcrv^aKov : in LaltnC y Tolygala , 
Tolygala recentiorum Lobelij •, Am ar ell a Gefneri 
ties crucis : in Englifh, Milk-Wort and Crofs- 
F lower. 
II. The Kinds. There is i. The Land or Field 
Milk-wort , of which in this Chapter. 2. The Sea 
Milk-wort , of which in Chap. 490. following. 01 
The Land or field fort, we (hall give you the five 
Defcriptions en fuing, viz. 1. T oly gala major y Tolagy- 
la vlgaris major Clufij , Our Common greater Milk’ 
wort. 2. Toly gal a minor , Toly gal a vulgaris minor Clu- 
fij. Our Common fmaller Milk-wort. 3 . Tolygala 
ttepens Lobelij , (J aliorum y Creeping Milk-wort. 
4. Toligala Monfpeliaca y Tolygala foliis acutioribus 
Bauhini , Onobrichis tertia purpurea Lugdunenfis 
Bauhini , French Milkwvort. ?. Toly galx a finis 
Bauhini , Cbamtemyrfine quor undam Lugdunenfis , 
Baltard Milk-wort. 
The Defer if lions, 
III. The fir ft y or Common Milk -wort. It has 
a Root which is hard and Woody , with feveral f ibres 
adjoining to it , endures all Winter, and abides 
W S £ 9 C » W 0 ft ? Greater. 
long, brom this Root Spring forth five or fix 
hard, (lender, and flexible Stalks, about a Foot or 
more high} thick fee with lomewhat long and 
narrow Leaves' like thole of Dyers-weed , or 
fmall HyjJop' y the blowers grow at the tops, in 
long Spikes, thick fet together, fomething like to 
thole of fumitory , but huger, and of a fine diluted 
reddilh purple color, and lhining withall* Gerard 
lays, they are faihioned like a little Bird, with 
iVings , Tail, and a Body eafie to be difeerned 
by fuch as will cbferve the fame: which being paft 
away, fmall, fiat Pouches lucceed, like thole of 
Burfa Taftoris , but lefler , having ufiially two 
Seeds in them, which are long, blackilh , and 
hairy. 
IV. The fecond , or Our Common fmaller 
Milk- wort. This in its Root , Stalks , Leaves , 
f lowers , form and manner of Growings is like to 
the former , yet fomewhat hard or Woody , and 
not Jo many Stalks rijing up from the Root , 
which have a/Jo footer , and Jinaller Leaves on 
them. Tire Flowers are alio alike, but fmaller, 
and vary as much, or rather more in their 
% <3 ~ W 0 <]i<T feffer ; 
color-, being fome of a blewifii purple * others 
purple and white, fome all white, others 
reddil/i, or of a wan color, or^ over-worn 
red, &c. There is alfo another fort hereof, 
whofe lower Leaves which fpread on the 
Ground , are many , and rounder than in any 
of the former, bur thofe which grow on the 
Stalks are long like the reft-, the Flowers of 
which are only blew , without mixture or va- 
riation. 
V. The third , or Creeping Milk- wort. This 
fmall Tlant hat a number of Stalks , full of 
Branches , creeping , or lying and fpread mg on 
the Ground , not above a jpan long , let thick by 
couples 
