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Salmon s Herbal 
Lib. L 
ic, ii, I 1 ?- aforegoing* fo that no more need be 
laid of them Slow, faving that we (hall here give 
you Gerards general Defcription of them. * and then 
add a fifth Kind, viz. 5. L unify /is Wore Gemnato 
■pbllidiore inodor a, Ox-Lips double df a palfer yel- 
- fww color without Smell. 
T he Defer ip i ion?; 
HI. Gerards general Defcription. This well 
known Ylower by the Name of Ox-Lip, differs not 
from the Cowflip, faving that theT'lowers are not 
fo thick tbrujl together , and they are fairer , are 
Ox -Lip. 
diflerence ; i. That the Leaves \f /bis P/a/’t are 
Something larger. 2. That the Hower-s are alfo 
a tittle larger. 3. And that they are of e paler 
yellow color. J 1 
„L.\ Jl>‘ Phcei. They are all foiii;;! growing 
WjH in Meadows and other Palture Fields nlmolt 
throughout all Englt&tl: from Whence they hav 4 
been Iraniplanted into Gardens , for clcli^lic Like 
wuh iuch as are Lovers of Flowers, where thev 
I’.jule, flourifli, and grow fairer than in their 
natural places. 
Vi. The Times: They Flower in the Spring 
ot the Year, at the fame time when Craft art 
in Hower, fome earlier, and fome later, inn gene- 
rally later or after trimrofes ; ib that their Sea- 
Ion may be laid to be from the beginning of 
April ro the end of May: But I have ieeu lorne 
ot them in Flower almoit to the middle of lure 
cho not often. J 5 
VII. The kite hues, Specific ton , Preparations , 
and i mites of thefe are the fame with thofe of 
bowJJips, which we ■ have enumerated at bme in 
shop IJ7- Sell. 18. ad 32. aforegoing. They are 
lingular Cephalicks, and Neuroticks, and there- 
fore mult be of extraordinary ufe in Dileaf s of 
the Head, Brain, and Nerves: and for eafing 
pains in the Head, are accounted next to Betoav 
Experience lias Ihew’d that they are profitable 
for the Cure of the Palfie, for which reafon the 
wnole Tribe of Cow/lips ( of which thefe are 
Species) are called by many People Palf, e-worts. 
They are alfo profitable againft pains of the Joints 
or Gout, (as are the Bears Ears alfo, which are 
another Species of CowJIips ) for which reafon they 
have obtained the Name Arthritica , as well as 
Paralytica or Paralyjls. ’ 33 
VIII. The Juice of the flowers. It is com- 
mended by fome Authors, todeanfe, lofren, and 
whiten the Skin, and to takeaway the fpots, difeo- 
lorings, and defeedations of the Face or Skin. 
The laid Juice drank Morning, Noon, and Night” 
from 3, to ;, or 6 Ounces, for fome Days in a 
Glafs of Madera, Sherry, or White Lisbon Wine 
is faid to prevail wonderfully againlt both Pallia 
and Gout. 
IX ; The Juice of the Leaves. Snuft up the 
Noltrils as an Errhine, it purges the Head Brain 
and original of the Netves, of cold and moift 
Humors, which fall upon other parts, and 
caufe Pallies, Gouts, Convulfions, Evil and 
many other dangerous Difeafes. 
not fo many in number , and fmell not fo flea - 
jant as the other: (to which we add) and Jland- 
ing naked , or without any green Hofe or Husk , 
to contain them , or if they have any , it is a very 
Jhort one , fee the Figure. 
IV. The fifth , or Ox-Lips double of a paler 
yellow color without Smell. Its Root is long , 
ftringy , and very fibrous , from whence Spring 
forth iTLitiy green Leaves , very like to thofe of 
the Common Field Cowflip, very much of the 
fame fhape and make , rough , ft iff, and a little 
Crumpled about the edges , each Leaf ftanding 
upon a ftyort foot Stalk. It has Stalks of flow- 
ers , much like the Cowflip , growing in bunches 
at the tops of the faid Stalks. The blowers them- 
f elves are double , like thofe of the Double Cowflip, 
one within another , faving that this has no Husk 
or Hofe to contain them , no more than the 
Single Ox-Lip hat , but ft and bare or naked , 
and of the very fame largenefs each of them , 
having very little or no Smelly but with this 
OXON, fee Crofs-wort, Chap. 17 1. 
OX-TONGUE, fee Buglofs, Chap. 94; 
PADELION, fee Ladies Mantle, Chap. 421; 
PAGLE, fee Stitch-wort, Chap. 
PAIGLE, Jee Cowflip, Chap. 177 . 
PALMA-CF 1 RISTI, fee Spurge great Indian, Chi 
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