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Salmon s ‘Herbal* 
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T he Defer iptiojjs. 
III. The jirft , or Sweet yellow Moth Mullein. 
It has a long Branched Root , pretty thick with fome 
fibres adjoining to it , which abides all the Winter, 
and lives many Tears , which few or none of the others 
do. It has many hard , grayifh. , green Leaves lying 
on the Ground , fomewhat long and broad , little or 
nothing fnipt about the edges , but pointed at the 
ends. The Stalks are two or three feet high , with 
fome J mailer Leaves on them -, branching forth from 
the middle upwards into many long Branches , fur- 
nifhed with many finally pale , yellow Flowers , 
u/vjg a pretty fweet fmell, Jlronger than in the 
others , which pafs away , u<?ry rarely giving any 
Seed. 
IV. The fecond , zv* Our Common yellow Moth 
Mullein. 1 / fe.-w <2 Root pretty thick and long , with 
fever al fibres coming from its fides , which perifhes 
every Tear after Seed time. It has fuch like long 
Leaves as our fourth Species at Se£l. VI. following , 
but narrower , roundly dented about the edges : 
The Stalk is ufually Jingle , and '< without Branches : 
on which towards the top , fuch like Gold yellow 
flowers as thofe are , but leffer , the like purple 
Threads in the middle. The Seed Vejfels are Jingle , 
and the Seed finally both fo like to that fourth 
Species following , that they cannot be diftin- 
guifhed. 
V. Tfo third, or White Moth Mullein. The 
Root of this is like the laft or Common yellow Moth 
Mullein: but the Leaves of this are of a little 
frejher green color , and Jharper dented about the 
edges. The Stalk rjfcs as high as the former , and 
has now and then fome Branches about it. The f lowers 
hereof are pure white , as large and great as thofe 
lajl Defcrtbed , or fomewhat larger , with the like 
purple threads like flies creeping up in the middle , 
as are in the Common yellow : and the Seed is like 
the fame : in all other ref pells , it differs nothin p 
from the former. 
VI. The fourth , or Greater yellow Moth Mul- 
lein. This is a Spanifh Kind , whofe Root is not 
great or full of fibres , but perijhes almoff every 
Tear, after it has given Seed, except the Winter 
is very mild: It has longer and greener Leaves than 
the Jirft Kind, and rounder alfo at the ends than 
the fecond Kind. The Stalk is Jlronger and higher 
than it alfo-, on which be jides the I oaves, grow to- 
wards the top , many Gold yellow flowers, confi, {ling 
of five Leaves apiece, as all the reft do-, not fo 
thicks fet cu the firff Species , but a pretty deal 
larger, with fome purplijh threads in the middle 
formed fomewhat like unto a fly : after which come in 
their places , round Heads , two or three , or more 
fome times together , but mofl ufualiy one, in which 
ly fmall dusky Seed. 
VII. The fifth , or Cloth of Gold Moth Mul- 
ien ^ or yellowilh purple Flowered Moth Mullein. 
This abides longer in its Root than fome others, tho * 
in a hard Winter it will perijh like the laff. Tl)e 
great eft difference between this and the fecond 
Species, conjiffs, Jirft in the flower, which is of a 
yellowijh purple , or the ground yellow , over-Jhadow- 
ed with a bright crimfon color, which is -very plea- 
fant and delightful. Secondly, The threads in the 
middle are not fo purple ■, as in that fecond Species , 
but near unto the color of the flower. Thirdly, 
It feldom bears Seed , which that Kind for the 
mofl part does. 
VIII. The fixth , or Purple Flowered Moth 
Mullein. Its Root is long, thick, and blachfh on 
the out fide, abiding many years, and much cncreafes 
by the Sowing of its own Seed. Its Leaves are 
broader, fhorter , and of a grayer green color, than 
the third Species or white Moth Mullein, and with- 
out any denting on their edges for the mofl part, yet 
pointed at the ends : The Stalk rifes not Jo high a* 
that, but is fometimes Branched, bearing fuch like 
flowers •, of a fair deep blew, or purple color, tend- 
ing to rednefs , the threads in the middle of the 
flower being yellow. The Seed Vejfels hereof are 
fmaller alfo, than thofe of that third kind. 
IX. The feventh, or Blew Flowered Moth 
Mullein. This blew Kind is in all ref pelfs like 
unto the former purple Kind, f wing only in the 
color of the flower , which is of a blewijh Violet 
color and is not much inferior either in the great- 
nefs of the Plant, or in the largenefs of its flower , 
unto the faid purple Kind , and endures many 
Tears in like manner. 
X. The Places. The three firft have been found 
growing Wild in feveral places of England , as 
on Black-Heath in Kent, and near Deptford , and 
in other places : the four laft grow only in Gar- 
dens with us 5 and fo does fometimes the third 
fort alfo. 
XI. The Times. They all Flower in the Sum- 
mer time, as in July and Augufi, and yield theft 
ripe Seed not long after. 
XII. As to their Qualities, Specifications , Prepa- 
rations, and Venues, Authors have laid nothing, 
fave what Pliny aferibes to them, efpecially to the 
Common fort, which is, to gather Moths to it 
wherefoever it is laid. And what Cameranus alfo 
fays of the faid firft Species, That the Decottion of 
its flowers or Leaves opens Obltru£lions of the 
Bowels and Meleraick Veins. 
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