Salmon'/ ‘Herbal. 
Lib. I. 
Plantain Common. 
tilth Aglets hanging at their ends , dlntoft like 
to the bloomings of Corn , or Wheat % after 
which come fmall brown Seed , encloj'ed in the 
fnall husks , Scales , or Skins. 
V. The fecond , or Largelt or greateft Leav’d 
Plantain. Its Root is Fibrous and Blackijh j and 
the whole Riant feems i.n all. things to be 
like the former , fivmg , that it exceeds it 
in largenefs , or great nefs , and height, lor 
the Leaves which ly on the Ground , are fix 
Inches and fome times more in length , and 
four Inches broad -, and the foot Stalks oj 
every Leaf , */** near a Hand breadth long. 
The naked Stalks which bear the fpikcd Heads , 
are like the former , and are fome times two or 
three Tcct high ; and the Head or Spike , 
fometimes a Toot long. This fort ha* been 
fometimes found to have Leaves a Foot long , 
and half a Foot broad , are fomewhat 
torn on the edges , which reafon it is 
called Plantago latifolia maxima foliis lacina- 
tis, and this fort h.u fome fmall Leaves under 
the f piked Heads. 
VI. The third , or Great Hoary Plantain. 
Its Root is like the fir ft , blackijh and flringy , 
Jo alfo its Leaves and Spikes •, but the Leaves 
are very hoary , or whitijh , efpe daily in 
the hotter Countries , of Italy, Sicily, Can- 
dia , Spain, Portugal, Florida, Carolina, &c. 
much more than in theje our colder Climates , 
and fomewhat fmaller. Clufius fays > That in 
Spain, it feldom bears its f piked Heads , 
but when it does , they are fmaller than 
thife of Our firlt common Kind ; But in 
Carolina, Lfc. it bears its fptked Heads as 
frequently a* in England , and much about the 
fame magnitude , 
Plantain Hoary. 
VII. The fourth , or Role Plantain, Plan- 
tain broad Leav’d varioufly formed. Its Root 
is like unto the former : and tho there are 
many forts of this Plant , yet all of them 
have large , and fometimes hoary green Leaves 
Jpread on the Ground , either whole , like the 
former greater Plantain , or a little jagged to- 
wards the lower parts of the Leaves. From a- 
mong which rife up, Jhort naked Stalks , bear- 
ing every one at the top , either a broad round 
Lead , made of ?nany finally Jhort , green Leaves 
in JaJhion of a Rofe : or a f piked , thick , long 
Head , made of many Jhort er green Leaves , bujh- 
ing thick below , and fmaller upwards , fome- 
times a Plant will have both thefe forms at 
once together • and fome again out of the mid- 
dle of the Rofe , will have another Jhort Spike 
oj green Leaves rifing up. Others at the bottom 
of the Rofe or Spike , will have one or two other 
fmall Tufts , either round or long. One fort there 
is likew jj'e , whofe long f piked Heads are parted 
into many and fun dry feveral fparfed Spikes , 
and therefore called Spiralis. There are alfo 
many other varietes of this Species , at Nature 
is pleafed to play with them in their pro - 
dutfion. 
VIII. The fifth , or Crumpled Plantain, or 
Exotick Plantain. Its Root is compofed of a thick, 
round Head at its top , having at its bottom run- 
ning downwards , many long Fibres or Strings , 
whereby it takes good Rooting in the Ground. 
This upon the fir /i Tears f owing of its Seed , 
rifes up, but with one great and large Leaf, 
almoft a Foot long, foulded as it were together , 
and wound about Spire fajhion into two parts at 
the upper end thereof , which opening it felfi , 
j and remaining fomewhat hollow , becomes much 
crump - 
