1242 Salmons HerlaL Lib. 1. 
making oj our Ordinary Starch , which is made of 
Wheat-flower, was not known, or in frequent ufe , 
the Roots hereof were ufed to Starch their Linnen , 
which would Jo Sting and Chap the Skin of the Ser- 
vants Hands that itfed it , that they could fcarcely 
get them fmoctb and whole, by the next time of 
ufng again. It Jhoots forth ?, 4, or 5 heaves at 
mojl from one Root , one of which is jomcthmg large 
Wake - Robin not Spotted i 
Or Greater. 
and long, broad at the bottom next the Stalk , and 
forked like unto a Wild Sorrel Leaf, but ending in 
a Point , without Dent or Cut on the edges , of a 
fad green color, each ft ending upon a thick round 
Stalk, of an Hand Breadth or more. Among which, 
( after they have been up two or three Months , and 
begin to wither,) rifes up a bare Naked round whi- 
tijh green Stalk, fomething /potted and ftraked 
with Purple, like the Stalk of Dragons, which 
grows fomewhat higher than the Leaves ; at the 
top whereof (lands a long hollow Hofe or Husk, 
dofie at the bottom , but open from the middle up- 
wards, ending in a Point : In the middle of which 
grows a J. mall long PefHe or Pointel, fmaller at 
the bottom than at the top, of a dark Purplifh co- 
lor, as the Hofe or Husk is on the infide, tho ’ 
green without •, which after it has fo remain'd for 
fame time, the Hofe or Husk decays with its 
Peftle, and the Foot or bottom thereof grows to 
be a fmall long Bunch of Berries, green at the 
frft, and each of them when they are ripe, of a 
yellowijh red color, of the bignefs of a Hafle- 
Nut Kernel , which abide thereon almoft till 
Winter. In the time when this Plant bears its 
Berries, its Root (which is Tuberous and fome- 
what long, not growing down right, but for the 
mod part lying along ; its Leaves J. hooting forth 
at its bigger end,) is fomewhat fhrivellei and ' 
loefe, another bang grown under it which is Jolid 
and firm, with many Fibres or JnusH Threads 
hanging thereto, which in the beginning of the 
Tear, when the Leaves begin to Jj-ring, being bro- 
ken, yields a Milky Sap or Juice, which is violently 
hot and biting. The whole Plant has the fame 
Jharp and biting Tafte, vehemently pricking , burn- 
Wake -Robin not Spotted ; 
Or Greater. 
Wake-Robin Spotted, or leffer. 
IV. The 
