i2io Salmon j- Herbal Lib. L 
CHAP. DCCXIX. 
Of VALERIAN Garden: 
0 R, 
S E T W A L L. 
I. np H E Names. It is called in Arabick, F u : 
_L ;n Greek Netf*/ 1 ©- ayeun in Latine, 
Thu , A r ius agrep u vel Sylveftrn-, ailo Valeri- 
ana i a multi* quibus valet facultatibus. ) Some call 
it T her ic aria, becaufe it is a great Ingredient in 
Treacle and Mithridate : ) alfo Herba Bene ditto. *, 
and by P urate Jus , Terdina : in Englifh, Valerian , 
or Set wall 
II. The Kinds. Authors make many Species of 
this Plant we divide it into I. Valeriana Horten- 
/is , Garden, of which in this Chapter. 2. Valeri- 
ana Sylvejlns , Wild, of which in the next. Of 
the Garden Kinds , thefe following are the chief 
v hich grow with us, viz. 1. Thu majus Hortenfe , 
Valeriana major Horten/is , Our great Garden Va- 
1 nan or Setwall Set wall is alfo a Name given 
to Zeaoary, an Exotick never known to grow in 
c i'v cold Climates, of which we (hall (God wil- 
1'i-g pi.- r c cularlv difeourfe in the fecond Book of 
Herbal. 1. Thu minus, Valeriana minor Hor- 
ter./is , The left': Garden Valerian, or Setwall. 
3. Valerum ru -a Dodonai, Qamerari ;, Thu Pe- 
regrin, .n; . anier an j Ocimaftrutn Lob eli j j Vale- 
rio cthon, Tolemonij altera fpecies Ge/neri •, Red 
an. 4. Valeriana Greet a Dodonei •, Valeria- 
7 : a Teregrina Corner ari] (f Lobelij ■, Valeriana Cteru- 
iea hauhmi , Greek Valerian. 5. Valeriana minor 
Annua , Valeriana Petrea, Small Rock, or Annual 
V alerian. 6. Valeriana Cretica Tuber o/a -, A a;' 
dus Cretica Belli , ( .ecaule the Roots have the 
Smell of Nard 9 th 7 the whole Form of the Herb 
is moll like a Valerian : ) Tuberous Valerian of 
Candy. 7. Valeriana lndica, Valeriana Mexicana 
2 ripolium Diofcorides Cortujo , Indian Valerian. 
The Defer iptio?ts. 
III. The firft, or our Great Garden Valerian, or 
Setwall. It has a Root about an Inch thick , Jhort 
and grayijh , lying jor the mojt part above Ground , 
( 7 /.' which particular , Figure here is defeflive) 
jh. cting forth a Sloop under the upper part of the 
Earthy and J hooting forth on all. fide s fuch fmall 
pieces of Roots, which have all oj them many long 
and great Strings and Fibres under them, by which 
it is jaftned to the Earth , and by which it draws its 
Nourifhment : This Root is of a pie af ant fweet 
Smell when it is broken , and fmells fweet er and 
more llrong than either Leaf or Elowcr , and is 
of more uje in Medicine. From the Heads oj thefe 
Roots , fpring up many green Leaves , w’ich at fir/} 
are fomething broad and long , without any divifion 
at all in them, or denting on the edges : But they that 
rife up afterwards , are more and more divided on 
each fde, fame to the middle Rib , being in a man- 
ner Winged , as if many Leaves were growing toge 
ther on a middle part ■, and thefe growing alfo in 
the Stalk it fdj , are mere divided , but f mailer 
towards the fop than thefe which grow below. The 
Stalk rifes to be about a Yard high or more , 
Jometimes Branched at the top , replcat with /mall 
Valerian Garden, Great. 
whitijh Viewers , which are Jometimes dajht over 
at the edges with a pale purplijh color , having 
but a weak Smell ■, they being paji away , there fol- 
lows J mall browr.ifh white Seed , that is coftly car- 
ried away wuh the Wind. Camerarius Jays , there 
is a Mountain Kind of this Species , fourd ,n Savoy, 
which is more fweet than this , /mailing not much 
unlike to a full ripe Citron, and is more fojt or 
gentle in feeling tdian this is. 
Valerian Garden, Small. 
IV. The 
