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~—-——-——~——~ ~--M" .. , . . s. in his creeping root,like the male Peru in his Ptallgand like the female Fern in his nerues 85 gall‘): I could ﬁnde no feedicales on the back ﬁdes of_ any of the leaner: of this Ferne. Man)’ .l""K.tc_IOW 1 found this fame in avery wet moore or bog,bcing the land of RI-il1d7'6l]tg'dtl_ﬂe793Cal.lCd V1 If My, Moore,where Peate is now digged,a mile from Peters-ﬁeld in Ha-mpihirc :and this ﬁxt fowing 1 63 l digged vp there many plants,and by them made this defcription. I neuer found _it:Y MW in any other place : the leaues periih at Winter, and grow vp againe very late in the lpflnzw Goaozfye;*. luly 6. 1633. F In but -2 l)tuia;mza: thus defcribes his :Dryopteri: (faith he) doth much refemble the m3l‘?_ 5 1% we the leatres are tnueh {mallet and more ﬁnely cut,l'mooth on the fore ﬁde,and of a yellowifh gs and togetlrm with the {talks and middle nerues : on the backe ﬁde it is rough like the other Fefnfeaii in. alio liueth without ft-alke or feed. The root conlilts ofﬁbres intricately folded togethcfjo [Who tliiiererrt thiclr.nefl'e,here and there putting vp new buds. This is the xlazﬁantbum of the A war . _ aliirme the vie thereof to be fafe,arid not pernitious and deleterie,as that of Dr after‘ I jfers from the former 5 the leaues of this are not let directly one oppoﬁt to anot crrth the leaues are larger and more diuided. The root is more threddy,and creeps not {Of the lormer. 3 T his (which is Cluﬂm his I5'ilix(fJII771i[zl ﬂzxatili: primtgand which I take to b Fi/ix A7’/aorea of Tmgur) hath blacke ender long creeping roots, with few fmall hard _ faﬁned to themrof a very ailringent tafte : from thefe rife vp fundry {talks a foot hlgha d’ to certaine branches of winged leaues, like to thofe of thcfemale Ferric, but tnuch1€ C’ re 0 and finer cugand hauing many blackifh fpots on their lower tides. This differs from the t H. mer,in that the leaues are branched, which is a chiefe c1ifFerence;and Baubinw did VCVY We {erue it,if he had as well followed it,when he diuided Filix into ramqﬂz and non ramaﬁh 13

_ ' The Place. ' d in the It is oftentimes found in funny places, in the vallies of mountaines and little hills , 3“ ‘ tops of the trunks of trees in rhicke woods.

_ ql 756 Time. The leaues hereof perilh in Winter,in the Spring new come forth .

qr The Names. y 1 Cone- This is called in Greeke wow?-tic .- in Latinehﬂicrna Filix .- oriéa/iw,li5. i I: of Pl;1Yﬁ‘-'_“I Owetll é’tions,calls it Bryopterigof the moffe with which it is found : for as Diofcoride: Wlﬁtetllrlt m , ut in the moffe ofOkes. The Apothecaries in times pail rnifcalled it by the name of Mwwcalleth they did worfe in putting it in compound medicines in Read ofddiantum. Valeria: C0"1‘§.n Eng- it Pteridion : in low-Dutch, $063611 harm: the Spaniards, Heleclw dc R051: ,- it is name 1 lifh,Oke Feme,Petty Ferne,and it may molt ﬁtly be called Moffe-Fernc.

qt The Nature and I/ermes.

. . . king A Oke Ferne hath many tailes,it is fweet,brting,and bitter, it hath in the root at harfh 0‘ cho hat

taﬂe,and a mortifying qualitie,and therefore it taketh away haires. Diofcorides faith ft1F‘l’9r’.af;cr Oke Ferne (‘camped roots and all is a remedie to root vp haires, if it be applied to the" 0 ‘

fweating, the {wear being wiped away. . C H A v. 469. Of Nacke otaﬁerne.

, r . WI T56 Defcri rim. T as Tﬂere is alfoaccrtaine other kinda of Feline like to the former Oke-Ferric 05 pm”

hisdefcription,but the lialks and the ribs of the leaucs are blacki{h,and the lCa3_cs:i{{: deeper green colour : this groweth out alfoimmediatly from the root, aﬂd *5 1”’ C

diuerfly but not {o ﬁnely indented : the root is made vp of many ilringsgnot VD} ike the male Perl’: but much leffer. Oings, 2 The female blacke Fern is like to the male,fauing his Icaues axe not [0 {harp at £115 P more white and broad than the male,wherein conﬁﬂeth the difference. T q; 7125 Place.

They grow likewife vpon trees in lhadowie woods, and now and than in {hadowie faﬂd)’ and vndcrhedges. ‘ " ' ' ’ ‘ q 75,

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Of the Hiliiorieioif Plants. y A 1157 ‘A

I 0720 mi: mar. ‘ T55 Time; The male Eflacke Ferric. _ ‘I A '

They iemaine grcene all the yeare long, otliei-4-e wife than Polypodie and Maidens haire dosyet do they not ceafe to bring forth new leaues in Sum- met : they are deftitute of ﬂours and feed, as is the former.

QT ‘Tile Names;

y This is called of diners of the later herbariﬂs,‘ Dryapterzknigra, bi‘ blacke Oke-Ferne, of the like; neffe it hath with Dryopteris; which svbj haue caﬁ.’ led in Englifh ,Oke-Ferne or Moffe-Ferne :of o“.

. thcrs,z1a7iantr4m mgmm or black Maidemhait, that "

it may difler from the former, which is falﬂy cal- led Adiantum. There are of the later I-lerbarilts who would haue it to bee Lazacbiti: it/yberzz, or rough Spleen-wort: but what likenelle hath it with the

leaues ofscolapendrium .9 none at all :therfore it is i

not Lane/Jiti: aﬂiera , much leﬂ'e vizliantum Pliny; which diiiers not from Admntum Tbeopbraﬂi; for what he hath of L/Idiaﬂtum he taketh out of Thea-— pbrajtu: .- the right Adiantum we wil defcribe here- after. Notwithltanding blackc Oke-Feme was vfed of diners vnlearned Apothecaries of France and Germany for Lxldiaﬂtuvft or Maiderrhaiie of ~ . Lurnbardy tbut thefe men did erre in doing fo,yct { _' _ r not fo much as they who take Polypody of the ‘ " i ' Oke for the true MaidC“‘h3“e- ' _, (3 of The Temperature and I’trme:. _ T ‘ -1-hebrack oke.Ferne hath no {trpticke qualitie‘ at all,but is like in faculty to ‘I°ric/Mmzmc: or Eng- lilh Maiden-haire.

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CHAP. 470 Of Hart:-‘Tongue.

1 qt The Defcriptiaﬂ. ‘ _ V V A

i He common kinde of Harts tongue,called P/2_yl’i;_t5,tlt1;_t 15 $0 {1;::y,a plant Con ﬁlling only .9? it huh bof leaires,beﬁri§g nielitht;rIllr:lk,:lgu;$}r;ort{§:;i£e flrgtsulgninue .eyy1a{l0I1‘-3 tongue,w hfcgrgg son ‘Fm inandisca e in op zgu ha, fd , h g . ee eaues are a ._ cma. ooth and plainevpon one ﬁde,butvpon t . at r e next r e ground ltraked Ouerthwart with hairy? lgng rough marks like {mall wormcs,hanging on theback {ide thereof. The root is blacke,

n twiﬁed,or {'0 growing as though it we re wound together, is V “W Other kinde of Fern,called Plzy/litia rmzltzﬁda or Laciniata, that is, jagged Harts tongue, an cry like the former fauing that the leaues therofarc cut or iaﬁged like a mans hand,or the palm ’°Wantles of a Dhare bearinc neither l’talke,ﬁoure,nor feed) b I

ii here is another kihdc of Harts tongue called H emz'om'ti's,which hath bred fome controuer. ﬂame . . . . . . .{ bg it as 3 ‘:§writers,for fome haue taken it forakind of Harts tongutgas it is indeed : others dcdgrae —l . OPE? plant by it fclfqcalled I1em;anztzr,ofimya;, that is Mulu4,a Mule,becaufe Mu 65 -

n ,{1§a"f°€d thereon. It is barren in fecds,f’calks,and ﬂoures,and in fhape it agreeth vet)’ WES Wigh back ﬁMiF°“~E-’,Lre.The roots are compaét of many blackilh haires 5 the l_eat1e's§f:!§:’%‘;;C O_"‘1(‘ K 3 ea par‘ 9 Ike the common Harts tongue,and differ in that, that this Hemzomm in h i r on. ffnallets lituheilgaptfgs Fkarched agter the rréanger oga nl<:l'.vdl\/;O;)I;”C;' a ffbfked “’°W’t ‘:7 l (“E9 3 and - A er ievntot e teat in wee ca e aw - noilab hire is a kinde of Ferric calglcd alfo Hemionittliﬂeriliia which iS.i1_Vt¢)’-1?’ {mall and bale herbe ted gain: 3 ﬁnger high, hauing foure or line {mall leaues ctzgtlzﬁefagtgﬂetslbéﬁgcflangcologga OFT ' ~ rm acke pmiand 1“ ‘aft? like mm Hmiimiugirres do abu ﬁuel take fe ls’/lpt r The I00 4:01’ good H wry, which many of our potje _ Y 01' g<‘—YC”_ Y‘ b are very many,frnooth,blacke,and thrcddy,beanng neither ltalke,ﬂoure,nor feed .Th1s plant‘

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