Salmon j- Herbal. 
low-Wort of Candy, f ublus Columns took the 
fl, ian Ajclepuu to be rather 
A and' del calls the Black Swallow-Wort Pe- 
rZllca miner (becaufc it clambers like a Renploca) 
but thefe ire not only improper Names but alfo 
falle Names as to the Plants they represent ; for 
S^his fpectol difference betvt'&n Apocynum 
and AfclepUu-%' the full in all its Species hasa 
ana ai/t tj ( - whereas the latter, or 
IwaUow-WMt has Lite,’ but is the true Aa'tifae, 
or Cvunter-Poifon to the Apocynum. 
The Descriptions. 
Ill The firll or Swallow-Wort white Flower’d. 
hs Reels ere agree, Bulb of many whteStnngs 
faH rJ tc ether a, hs Head, fm-llmg fomewhat 
■ Zone tohijllhey -re. frejhand. green, but mrepka- 
fu sden they arc dryed. It rtfes up mtthfeveral 
IS i ... ... , ,/■ St ,Hs tm or three feet in length, 
» iX^Jharce die to flnndupr,^ 
which therefore for the mo/t part teat, o, lye down 
upon the (around, if they find nothing ti Mem 
the,,,, and fomettmes they mil ttrnne 
about it : On the Joints of thefe Sulks are Jet 
Leaves by couples, being Something broad and long 
pointed at tbeir ends, of a dark green Color , and 
bntne ftvoolh edges. At the Joints with the Leaves , 
(] f lithe tops of the Stalks, and at the ups them- 
f ‘ cane Jonh divers /mail while flowers, con- 
< be; pointed Leaves apiece, of a pretty 
frong wee, Smell. After which, come f, nail long 
Pods, thick above, or next to their tootfiatks, and 
gradually growing lefs and lefs to the Point • in 
which lye fmall flat brown Seed , wrapped up in a 
great deal of white Silk Down ■, which when the Pod 
is ripe , opens of it fe/f and fheds boil) Seed and 
Silk upon the G round 3 ij it be not before hand 
carefully gathered. This Plant yields no Milk of 
any fort , White or Tellow in our Country , as the 
Apocynum or Dogs-Bane does •, but only a thin wa- 
tery Juice. Both Leaves and Stalks dye away and 
perifl) every Tear , and rife again the next Tear in 
tide Spring , the Stalks being at their firfl f fringing 
up oj a b/ackifl) brown Color. 
IV. Gerard deferibes this firft fort after this man- 
lier. Its Root conflfts of very many white Thready - 
Strings , and of a ftrong Smell. It ha * divers up- 
right Branches of a brownijh Color , of about 3 feet 
high , befet with Leaves not much unlike to thofe of 
AmaraDulcis, Dulcamara, or Woody Nightfhade, 
fomewhat long , broad, fharp pointed , of a blackijh 
green Color , and flrong Smell : Among which , come 
forth very many fmall white flowers , Star Pafhion , 
hanging upon little flender Pootfalks. After which 
come in their places , long fharp pointed Cods, fluffed 
full oj a mofi pcrfcfd white Cotton , refembling Silk , 
at well in jhew at handling , from which fame call 
it Silken Cifley ^ in which ts wrapped up fojt 
brow nip. 1 Seed. 
V. The fecond, or Swallow-Wort Black Flow- 
er’d. Its Root is a fmall Bujh of white Strings , 
not much unlike the former. It grows in the fame 
Swallow-Wort Black. 
