1028 Salmon ' s herbal. Lib. 1 
clfb p.-iri of 1 1 flowers an- view, and part Purple , 
confufedh ■ mixed together. Gerard. 
xi. The p/accs. The Native places of the two 
firff are unknown, but with us they grow only in 
Gardens The third and fourth were brought out 
of 'Spain by ties!, and grow Wild both in their 
M i enured f ields and Vineyards, and with us in 
Gardens. The fifth grows not Wild in England : 
but Gerard fays he had Seed of the firff and fifth 
from beyond Sea, by which they are now diiperled 
thro 3 England, and are efteemed for the beauty of 
their blowers, and ffrangenefs of their Crooked 
Cods relembling Caterpillers. The fixth grows in 
Waters and (hallow running Streams in many part* 
of this Kingdom. The feventh, grovys for the 
molt part upon dry, gravelly and barren D.itch 
Banks, and other like barren places in many - parts 
of this Kingdom. 
XII. ThcTimes. They Flower in Ju^ewA July , 
and their Seed ripens in the. mean leafon, or in 
ffime little time after. 
XIII. The Qualities. They feem to be Tempe- 
rate mrefpeft to Heat, Cold, Drynefs or Moifture; 
Abtterlive, Vulnerary and Alexipharmick. 
XIV. The Specification. Authors aferibe but 
few Virtues to them, being much of the Nature of 
the Medow Trefoils. Yet they are faid toremedy 
the Hinging of Scorpions, the bitings of Serpents 
and other Venomous Creatures, and heal green 
Wounds. 
XV. T be Preparations. You may have there- 
from, 1 ■ A Juice. %. A De coition in Wine. 
3. An Ointment. 4. A Cataplafm. 
' The Virtues. 
XVI. The Juice of the Herb. Drank to the 
quantity of 3 or 4 Ounces, it is good againlf the 
birings of Serpents, or other Venomous Bealls, 
being repeated Morning and Evening, fo long as 
need requires. 
XVII. The Decollion in Wine. It has the lame 
Virtues, and may be taken to half a Pint or more, 
Morning and Night. 
XVIII. T be Ointment. !t is made ot the Juice 
or green Herb, with Oil, Wax, and a proportional 
quantity ol Gum Elcmi. Ir is good todifeufs Sim- 
ple Contufions, and to heal green Wounds being 
applyed. ' , .. , 
XIX. The CatMligfm. It is made of the green 
Leaves being beaten in a Marble or Wooden Mor- 
tar Being applyed upon the place liurr, at is 
faid to be a prelent Remedy againlf the flinging 
of Scorpions. 
CHAP DCXXVIII. 
1. Cochlearia Vulgaris , Cochlear 1a Marina , Cochlea- 
ria Ang/icana , Sea Scurvy Grafs ; or, Our Com- 
moil or Englifh Scurvy Grafs. 2. Cochlearia ro- 
tundifoliu Cochlearia hortenfu ; Cochlearia Belgica ■ 
Telephium Lacunt , Cochlearia rotundifolia major , 
Our Great Garden or Dutch Scurvy Grafs. 3. Coch- 
learia rotundifolia minor Small Dutch Scurvy 
Grafs. 
T he Defcriptions. 
III. The firff. Or Sea Scurvy Grafs, Or Our 
Common or Englifh Scurvy Grafs. It has a Jhort 
thick Root , replenijhed wish a great many fibres , even 
to a Bujh as it were of White Strings , which Stick 
deep in the Mud, in which it chiefly delights to 
grow 5 yet it will jlourijh very well in the more 
upland and dryer grounds. Tajhng a little Brackijh 
even there, though nothing fo much as where it 
has the Salt Water to Aoanjh it. It has many 
thick fat Leaves more long than broad, and fome- 
Scurvy-Grafs Common, or Sta . 
Of SCURVY GRASS: 
0 R, 
SPOON - WORT. 
I /-| she Names. This Plant was unknown to 
1 the Ancient Greeks and Latines : but our 
Moderns have called it Cochlearia ffron^the form 
ot its Leaf) and in Englifh Scurvy Grafs and 
Spoon-wort. , c 
II The Kinds. There are feveral bpecies ot 
this Plant-, but thefe three following are chief. 
times longer and narrower fometimes alfo fmooth 
on the edges , and at other times a little Waved 
for in all thefe forms it is to be feen , as aljo 
plain, fmcoth, and pointed , and fometimes a little 
hollowed in the middle and round pointed , of c 
fad green color , and fometimes a little brownifh , 
every Leaf f landing by its felf \ upon a long foot 
Stalk , which is greenijh or brewndifh alfo-, from 
among which Leaves, rife up fmall fender Stalks, 
having a few Leaves thereon like the other , but 
longer and leffer for the moft part. At the Tops 
whereof grow many whitifh flowers , with yellow 
Threds in the middle, ftanding about a green head, 
which becomes the Seed Vefcel, and will be fome~ 
what 
