1278 Salmon ’ s Tlerhal. Lib. 1 
Woolfs-bane Antidote 
0 R , 
Doronicum. 
Leaves, as a Border fet about a middle Thrum 
fomewhat yellower ■, which when it falls away , 
turns into J mail mbit i/I) Down , with very {mall 
blackijh Seed, which is carried away with the Wind. 
IV' The fecond, or lefler Woolfs-bane Antidote 
or Doronicum. Its Root is J mall , not like the for- 
mer, being without thofc Joints fo plain in them. 
It has divers Leaves longer and narrower than the 
firjl, fomewhat like unto Ribwort Plantane , but 
hairy , and of a yellowifh green color. T. he Stalks 
are J lender , and rife nothing fo high, nor are 
much Branched , but carrying the like yellow flow- 
ers as the former, but fomewhat paler. 
V. The third, or the Scorpion Rooted Doroni- 
cum, or Woolfs-bane Antidote. Its Root creeps 
not fo much, but is fomething longer thruJI down 
into the Ground, with Joints growing upwards. 
Branched ( as it were ) on each fide, with young 
Roots, and ending in a fmall point, having divers 
long fibres adjoining to them. It has large round 
hairy Leaves like the Jirft , fomewhat waved or un- 
evenly dented about the Edges , of a f adder green 
color, and fomething bigger : the Stalks have divers 
narrow Leaves thereon. The Flowers are yellow, 
arid their Leaves dented at their ends -, and the 
Seed is like unto the other. 
VI. The fourth , or German, or our Englilh 
Woolfs-bane Antidote. Its Root is fmall, yet 
Pointed withal , not much unlike the firjl, but not 
fo plainly to be difeerned, of a fweet Smell, and a 
bitter biting T afie, having many fibres underneath 
it giving many off-fets, by which it is encreafed. 
It has fevcral broad hairy Leaves, of a yellowifh 
green color on the upper fide , but wbitijh and 
Jmoolb underneath , lying on the Ground, fomething 
like unto broad Plantane Leaves, or rather like 
unto the Crofs-worl Gentian , having feme long Ribs 
therein. Among thefe Leaves rife s up a Stalk, and 
fometimes many, bearing long Leaves at every Joint. 
At the Top, it Branches forth into 7 or 3, or more 
parts fometimes , bearing every one a fair large 
flower, fet as it were in a rough Cup, which con- 
fifis of many pale yellow Leaves, dented at their 
ends, as a pale or border about the middle ; which 
is made up of many fmall Flowers of 4 Leaves a 
piece, of a deep yellow color, as it were the J brum, 
which being pa/I, the headturns into Down, which 
with the fmall black Seed therein , is carried away 
with the Wind. 
VII. The fifth, or Doronicum of the Shops. 
That which is Sold in the Shops, it the Doronicum 
quartum Clufij, vel Stiriacum ; Doronicum latiio- 
lium flore magno Bauhini : The broad Leav'd Do- 
ronicum with a large Flower. Its Root is fem:- 
what long, blackilh on the outfide and Jointed , but 
not fo plainly to be difeerned , the Joints rifing up- 
wards, and not downwards, (as they do in moji of 
the reft ) fpreading it felfi by means of certain 
firings, very far about, with other tuberous Roots 
of like form , many in number, each Tuber having 
many long white Fibres underneath it. It is a low 
Plant, but has many large, and fomewhat longijh 
round Leaves, dented about the Edges, like unto 
the third fort before Defcribed, J landing upon high 
foot Stalks. The Stalk has fame Leaves thereon, 
longer and narrower than thofe below and at its 
Top (not having any Branches) one Flower, larger 
than any of the former , but elfe like unto them , 
having many long yellow Leaves , fet about a middle 
brownifh yellow Thrum. The Root of this is all 
that we have in the Shops , which is Sold for the 
True Arabian Doronicum ; but truly is not it : 
however , our Modern Phyficians generally agree, 
that it Anfwers the End, and has the Virtues of 
the True Arabian Kind, tho" it has no agreement 
therewith in form. 
VIII. The fixth, or True Arabian Doronicum. 
Avicen Lib. II. Cap. CC. and Serapio in his Book 
of Simples, Cap.CCCXXV. have Defcribed it to be 
A Root of the bignefs of ones Thumb, of a hard 
and heavy Subftance, of a yellow color on the 
outfide, and brown within, with fome white \ eins. 
and that it is hot and dry in the third Degree. 
Parkinfon feems to be of Opinion , that it is a kind 
of American TVlechinus, ( often found among the 
Mechinus, or Black Ginger ) brought chiefly from 
Brazil, which Lobel calls Mechini rara varietas, 
which has divers circular knotted Lines, as it were 
like Joints on the outfide, is firm and heavy, and 
full of white Veins when it is broken, is alio very 
(harp, quick, and biting, and Aromancal m Talte. 
j his fays he , having all the Notes of the Arabian 
Kind can be no other than the Legitimate and 
True’ Doronicum i however he fays, he leaves it 
for every one to judge as his reafon Jhall direU 
fc "lX The Places. The firft grows on the Moun- 
tains in Savoy, beyond the Lake Leman, and in 0- 
ther places in France and Germany ; but with us 
only in Gardens. The fecond grows in France. 
The third on the Woody Mountains in Aufirta 
and about Trent ; as Clufws fays : but both of 
them with us, only in Gardens. The fourth ' n 
many places in Germany, in Medows and elie- 
wheie-f and with us on the Hilly Grounds inAor- 
thumberland. The fifth, C/ufius fays grows near 
Kewberg in Stiria , the Root of which is brought 
to us dryed, and Sold at the Drugglfts-Shops. 
The fixth, is an abfolute Stranger with us and un- 
left the American Mechinus be it, which by Ac- 
cident as it were, is now and than brought hither, 
we know nothing at all of it- x 
