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Salmon’* Herbal. 
Lib. 1. 
II. The Kinds. There are two fpecial Kinds 
thereof, viz. i. ’Aantoiviov Afpleniutn , Af- 
plcnium Lxve, "S.x.oKoTdvJ'tLov, Scolopendrium , and. 
Scolopendra (from the likenefs of the Leaf to the 
Scobpendcr worm fo called:) alfo n 
(as it is in the Vulgar Copies) Theopbrafli, Scoto- 
fendrium, Arabice; and'H^W, Hemionum, which 
Galen calls Mu/a Herba : in Larine, it is called 
Afplenium, Scolopendrium, Scolopendrio and Cete- 
rach : and in Englifh, Spleenwort , Smooth Spleen- 
wort and Milt waft. In former times Apotheca- 
ries and Phylicians held Harts Tongue to be the 
Scolopendrium verum of the Ancients, and that 
Af plenum was not Ceterach ; but thefe errors are 
now fufiiciently made manifeft. 2 . ’A»«W tows 
Ajplemum afperum , Rough Spleenwort, and this is 
threefold, viz. i. Aoy^vt ine?-* TesH/f*** Lonchitis 
altera five a [per a major flfytthioli, Matthiolus his 
greater rough Spleenwort. 2. Lonchitis afpera 
minor Malihioli , AJplenium Sylveftre J ra ijb 
Sirutbiopteris , Cordi & Thalij (that is to fay, O- 
itrich Fern, from the refemblance of the Leaves 
ro Oftrich Feathers:) Lonchitis altera Neoterico- 
rum , i!d Af plcnium Magnum by fome, The lefler 
or fmaller Rough Spleenwort. 3. Lonchitis Ma- 
rantbee , Lonchitis afpera Maraniha , Cluftj , alio- 
rumque ; Pfeudoloncbitis Marantbce by Matthiolus , 
Baftard Rough Spleenwort. 
Polypody , facb divifion being not always fet right 
oppofite to the other , but as it were between each , 
jmootb and of a light green on the upper fide , and 
with a dark yellow rouglmefs on the back , folding 
or rouling it felf inward at the firft fprmging up , 
tfx ;/w;7y other Perns do , therein refembltng thofe 
Worms which anglers ufe. 
IV. Gerard deferibes it after this manner. 
R00/ fmall , £/«£&, rough, much platted or 
interlaced , having neither Stalk , Flowers , w** 
It has Leaves a fpan long , jagged or cut on both 
ftdes , even near to the middle Rib , cut or 
incifure being as it were formed half round (by 
which it is known from the rough Spleenwort’.) 
not one cut right againft another , but one beftdes 
another , in their fever al orders , being flippety 
and green on the upper fide , and foft and downy 
underneath : which when they be withered are fold- 
ed up together like a feroul , and hairy without , 
ot/wo ///(’<? /# the rough or hairy Bear-Worm , where- 
with Anglers bait their hooks to catch Fifh. _ 
V. The firft of the Rough kind, or Matthiolus 
his greater Rough Spleenwort. JLr R00/ « 
pofed of many Reddijh Strings or fibres like thofe 
Spleenwort rough greater . 
T be Defcriptions. 
III. The firft fpecial kind or Smooth Spleenwort, 
which is the true Scolopendrium, true Spleenwort 
and Ceterach. Its Root is black , threddy , and 
bujhy , which fends forth many longfingle Leaves , 
cut in on both fidcs into round dents , tfuf# almojl 
to the middle Rib , which is not fo hard as that of 
Spleenwort true or Ceterach. 
of Harts-Tongue. It has feveral Stalks of leaves , 
fome are like unto the SmoothSpleenwort or Ceterach , 
but more like unto thofe of Polypody , about a fpan 
long , to the middle Rib on both Cides , making 
as it were fo many feveral little Leaves upon one 
great Winged Leaf and each fmall Leaf dented 
about the Edges with fharp points , and rough on 
both fides , but without fuch fpots on the backs of 
them as Polypody and Ceterach have. 
VI. The lecond rough kind, or lefler or fmaller 
Rough Spleenwort, Its Root has a thick head 
which is covered with Scales lying one upon another . 
with divers Fibres adjoining to them. It is fome- 
thing like to the former or firft rough kind , but 
that the divided Leaves fet on each fide of the foft 
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