1152 Salmon s 'Herbal. Lib. 1 . 
II. The Kinds. We have an account of ten or 
twelve forts of this Plant, but molt of them being 
Strangers to us, we fhall only take notice of fuch 
as are. o be met with in Great-Brit ain , which are 
the three following, viz. 1. Ferfoliata vulgaris , 
Our common Through-Leaf 2. Ferfoliata flore 
multiple i, Ferfoliata longifolia Dalechampij in Lug- 
dune nfi , Double Flowered Through - Wax , or 
Through- Leaf. 3. Ferfoliata filiquofa vulgaris , 
Napifolia Anglorum filiquofa Lobehj , Camerarij , 
Gefneri , Tabernxrnontani , 6^ Tragi-, Ferfoliata 
Napifolia Lobelij , becaufe as he fays, it partakes 
of the Navew •, and therefore fome have called it 
alfo Brajfca campeftris , Sy/veflris vel Agreflis Si- 
liquofa , or Ferfoliata : Our Common Codded 
Through-Wax, w Through-Leaf. 
T/je Defer iff ions. 
III. The firft, or our Common Through - Leaf, 
bar a Root which is [mall , long and lignous , peri fil- 
ing every Fear after Seed time , rifng plenti- 
fully of its own Sowing the Spring following. It 
fends forth one (I r eight round Stalky and fometimes 
more , /wa or more high , whofe lower Leaves be- 
ing of a blewift: green Color, are f mailer and nar- 
rower than thofe up higher , and do fland clofe there- 
to. , not encompafjing it , but oa they grow higher , 
/ ww/r encompafs the Stalk they 
fpring from , until it wholly (as it were) paffes 
thro ’ ;/;tv;z } branching towards the top into many 
Through-Leaf Common. 
parts, where the Leaves grow f mailer again , dwry 
one funding fingly , and never two at any Joint , 
j "he Flowers are very f mall and yellow , fianding in 
Tafts at the heads of the Branches , where (the 
blowers being pafPd away) the Seed follows, which 
- f /-?;./// <7 ay/ blackifh , wazry thru ft thick together. 
IV. The fecond, or Double Flowered Through- 
Leaf This differs in nothing from the former , but 
in the Heads of Flowers , which are thicker Jet to- 
gether, and larger , /?/// £/W no Seed , w/W/y 
^ degenerate Species , r/jfag /fo Seed of the 
former , fpending its Strength and lncrcafc in its 
plentiful Heads of Flowers. 
V. The third, or our Common Codded Through- 
Leaf. Its Root is f mall and woody , periftfmg after 
Seed time , zuft/Vfr fends up weak Stalks, fpreading 
tbemfelves out at every Joint, with Leaves Jet at 
them, encompajfing them at the bottom, very like 
unto the frft Common Through-Wax, but thicker, 
fatter, and longer pointed , and of a whiter green 
Color, mof like unto Cabbage or Colewort Leaves , 
and ufually with an unevennefs on the edges. The 
tops of the Branches are furnifhed with many fmall 
white Flowers , funding one above another , conftfi - 
Through-Leaf Codded. 
ing of four Leaves a piece, which afterwards turn 
into [mail long Cods , which are as it were fquare, 
in which is contained round brownif? Seed. 
VI. Gerard deferibes this Codded Plant thus. 
Its Root is long and ftngle, dying when it has brought 
forth its Seed. It has fmall tender brittle Stalks 2 
Feet high, bearing Leaves which wrap and cn clofe 
tbemfelves roundabout, altboThcy arc not run thro' 
as the others are yet they grow in fuch a manner, 
that upon the fudden view thereof, they feem to be 
pierced or paf thro ’ as the others are. Upon the 
fmall Branches do grow fmall white Flowers, which 
being paf, there follow fender long Cuds, like 
thofe of Turneps or Navews, whofe Leaves and 
Cods do fomewhat referable the fame, from whence 
came the Name Napifolia. There is a wild Kind 
hereof growing in Kent, in many places among the 
Corn, like this in each refpett, but altogether lefs -, 
l which if it was brought into Gardens, would no doubt 
prove the very fame. VII. The 
