Salmon V Herbal. Lib, L 
ftreaked Branches^ dividing them/ elves into fever al 
other / 'mailer Branches , having from the midjl to 
the top thereof many MoJJte , yellowijh Flowers, not 
much unlike to thofe of Our Common Wormwood, 
funding one before and above another in good order. 
~ And the whole Plant is at it were covered over with 
Bran or a Mealy dufh The F lowers do change into 
/mail \ prickly , cornered Buttons, much like unto 
Tribulus Terreftris (in Chap. 106. aforegoing ) in 
which is cant ained blacky round Seed , not unpleafant 
in either Tafte or Smell . The Leaves are infhape 
like unto the Leaves of Mug wort, but thinner and 
more tender : all the whole Plant is hoary j and 
yields a plcofant fcent. 
V. The Places. Ic grows Naturally in Cappado- 
cia ^ and ic is a Native alfo (as Bellonit/s fays) in 
many Places of Afia Minor : but with us, and fo 
likewife thro’ all Europe , it is only Nurft up, and 
found growing in Gardens. 
VI. The Times. It feldom Flowers in our 
Country till Auguft, and very rarely gives us any 
ripe Seed} for thelealf cold Night coming before 
it Seeds, makes it prefently dye away and perifh, 
fo that for the molt part (without very great care) 
we are to fe’ek out for Seed, from Spain , Italy , and 
other like places. 
VII. The Qualities. It is hot 'and dry in the 
fecond Degree, and of thin and fubtile parts. It 
Incides, is Ablterfive, Aftringent and Pe&oral. 
VIII. The Specification. It (tops a Fluxion of 
Rheum or Humors into the Stomach and Lungs, 
cures Fluxes of the Bowels : and (as Gerard fays) 
cuts tough Flegm, and is good for fuch as are 
fhort Winded , and cannot eafily draw their 
Breath. 
IX. The Preparations. You may make here- 
from, I . A Liquid Juice, i. A Decollion in Wa- 
ter or Wine. 3. A Conferve of the Green Herb. 
4. A Ponder of the dryed Herb. 5 . An Oint- 
ment or BalJ'am. 6 . A Cataplafm. 
T he Virtues . 
X. The Liquid Juice. It is Ablterfive and 
cleanfing, and Hops the Flux of Humors into any 
part, and therefore is of excellent ufe to ftrengthen 
the Stomach and other Bowels, and cure Fluxes 
of all kinds in thofe parts. Externally applyed to 
any part, it repells the flowing Humor , cleanfes 
old running Sores and Ulcers, and induces their 
healing. Dole 1, 2 or 3 Ounces morning and 
Night in any proper Vehicle. 
XI. The Decollion in Water or Wine. It has all 
the Virtues of the Liquid Juice but not fo power- 
ful : it may be given from 4 to 6 Ounces, fweetned 
with white Sugar, or Sugar Candy-, and fo exhibi- 
ted, it is profitable againlt Coughs, Colds, Wheez- 
ings, fhortnefs of Breath, difficulty of Breathing, 
and caufes an eafy Expectoration of the pituitous 
matter lodged in the Breft and Lungs. 
XII. The Conferve of the green Herb. It has 
the Virtues of the Juice and Decollion , and is ufed 
as an excellent thing by fuch as are in Confumpti- 
ons, and have lain under the the tedious languifh- 
ment of an inveterate Cough. Dofe as much as 
a Ckeftnut. 
XIII. T he Ponder of the dryed Herb. It is given 
to a Dram or more in any proper Vehicle againlt 
the Bloocly Flux, and all other Fluxes of the 
Bowels : outwardly being plentifully lfrewed upon 
old, putrid, running Sores and Ulcers, it cleanfes 
and drys them, repreffes the farther Flux of the 
Humor, and difpofes them to a fpeedy healing. 
XIV. The Ointment or Ba/fam. They are Vul- 
nerary and of great ufe in healing not only of 
Green Wounds, but alfo of old Sores and running 
Ulcers, of difficult cure, for they digeft, cleanle 
incarnate, dry, and induce the healing to a 
wonder. 
XV. The Cataplafm of the Green Herb. It re- 
pels the Humor and cures fimple recent Contufions. 
According to Diofcondes , it has a property to Hop, 
repel and bind thofe Humors, which fall into any 
part of the Body, being outwardly applyed 5 and 
of the fame opinion alfo is Galen himfelf. 
CHAP. DXXIV. 
Of O A K of J E R U S A L E M. 
I- T " 'HE Kama. It is called in Greek, 
X i n Lathe, Botrys alfo: and in Englifh 
Oak of Jerufalem. All Authors call it Botrys ; but 
Diofcondes lays, that in his time. The Cappadocians 
called it Ambrofta , and home others called it Arte- 
mefia. Cordtis upon Diofcondes calls it Ambroftas 
altera Species ; and he fays that in feme Apotheca- 
ries Shops in Germany , the Seed was taken for 
Amomttm. In the Hortus Eyjletejifis it is called 
Artemefia Turcica : and Camerarius fays, the Ita- 
lians call it Patientia. 
II. T he Kinds. Formerly there was but one fort 
of Botrys known, but now we have found out 
another, growing in Virginia , i. The firft is called 
limply Botrys ( a F/oribus IK Semimbus in Botryos 
formam ramulis mfidentibus , from the Flowers and 
Seed growing like unto a Bunch of Grapes.) Al- 
fo Botrys vulgaris ; but Bauhtmts calls it Botrys 
Ambroftoides vulgaris , Our Common Oak of Je- 
rulalem. 2. Botrys Americana , which Bauhinus 
alfo calls Botrys Ambroftoides Mexicoana • it is 
likewife called Botrys Virginians, (V Botrys Fruti- 
cofa Americana , American, or Virginian Oak of 
Jerufalem, or Shrubby Oak of Jerufalem. 
T he Descriptions. 
III. The firft, or Our Common Oak of feru- 
falem. Its Root is long and hard after giving Seed 
perijhing Tear/y. It is a j. mall Bufky Plant full of 
Branches, about a Foot and half high, with Jome 
few, and not many Leaves thereon, which at the firft 
springing up, are reddifh on the ttnderfide, and af- 
terwards grow to be of a yellowijh green color , more 
cfpecially when they grow old, and in the time of 
blowering and Seeding, which are much cut in on 
the edges, like unto Groundfel, but larger. Gerard 
fays, that the upper fide of the Leaf is of a deep 
green, and fame what rough or hairy and that the 
Branches are befet with (mall Leaves deeply cut in 
or jagged on the edges, very much refembhng the 
Leaf of an Oak, which caujed our Englifh Women 
to call it Oak of Jerufalem. From the middle of 
the Branches upwards to to the very tops, grow 
(mail, pale , yellow. Flowers like the BloJJoms or 
young Blowings or Clufters of the Vine, which 
turn into j, mall browntjh Seed. The whole Plant 
is of a very pkafant Smell and of a kind of 
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