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142' etam 6 ct let - e 3Cf3]efIt10,{ef«_§a£€ 4. E4!” "”"” P“l”.jZ”' 6 The female Horietaile grow-ezh for tire L _' Water HOrf€-t311e- f‘ Ttﬂzrarizz S4lr22.z;z:icc;2J./i‘r. part in waterifh placegand hv the brinlrs of ~ 3 lian rufhy Horfeutaile, {mall rills and pirling brooks : it liath a long root: ‘ like that of Cot1ch-grallE,from which rife {zp (lg. 115“ ITOHOVV pi-’*1l\"3';ii€f about at certaine diftanees with {mall leaues in rundles like thofe of VVoogl.. roofe,altogether barren of feed and ﬁoure, when or jt was called by Lake! , Pg[yg(;;¢0,gj/'¢,.,,g,~,Mjr£.,,,L,~m; Vidun. _i This is fometimes found with ten or more feeds at each joint; whence 1,»,m/r,W ham called it Equzﬁtzmz jizzluﬂrc éreviariéz4_cJfy/95/901}, jljvcrman. It . '

1: 7 In Forne boggy places of this kingdom isrfound arare, and pretty Hilbjvzrrzk or Horfetaile. which growes vp with many little branches form} two or three inches higl1,putting forth at each joint many little leaues, Clulleritfig clofe about the ﬁalke,and fet after the maner ofotlrcr Eiorlé; tailes:t_owards the top of the branches the joints are very thicker the colour of the whole. plant is gray,a little inclining to grcﬁlleycty ‘brittle, and as it were Peony or grauelly like Corallinc , and will cralh vndet your feet as if it were r"rozen3a.nti ifyou chew it you {hall ﬁnde it all irony and gra- uelly. My friend M‘ Leonard B/aclwer was the iirlt that found this plant and brought it to me 2 hce had it three miles beyond Oxfordn little on this ﬁde Euenfham ferry,in a bogvpon a common by the Beacon hill neerc Cumner wood ~,‘ inthe end OfAugtii‘t, I63 2. M” 50W[é’5 hath (incc found it growing vpon 3, bog not fa.r_;frorn Chifclhnrflci tr

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VVOOd Horfe-taile. Female H0r{c_ra1lC- ,,‘““/Z7” 7”" ‘"7’ f0 yhmlmﬁi /7. . .O‘,GF;.ﬂ"":' Bu}:

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.\,/ of y ' Ctsforth by the name 0f_Eqm'fe-mm nuafuw m‘znza::zJzrrz€g_atum, then I rudge it not to lie tmg

I' the Ycfcrlrption: for Bzzubmcs differs from th1s,in that It lSW1€hOut'i€£§_u€S,,2?I]Ci oittrmcs bigger;

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V \\\I’// . kindfceﬁ {Jr Southwarke toward S.Gcorgt:‘ﬁeIds, Ste. you may ﬁnde conercd OLlCl‘\lfiiCt1\’l«'3{‘CI‘ .2»; \\[‘\\l(/// ’ Q E» Qiltitilzin Hoffﬁ-[3ii€5iC growes lometimes a yard long , with many joints :mi;‘:_ l)f;1f;g_ﬁ'{]Qg§ tied tgcfl lOint {ct with leaues,as in the other Hor{e-tailes,bu't they are fOmCWi13[j;Ig5_{Cd or {lit} 1‘. \\\l,// ‘ place Vlffitds the tops. I take this to be the Eqmﬂemtn fwtidztrfwﬁzé nzcjrm repcm, dcfhribcd‘ in the ﬁfth \\/3;/Z .9 Q rgattbtﬂtf Prodraims. \/Ve may Call in Englifh,ﬂ:1nl(1ngwater Horie-taile. i _

r ‘ - _ .. defcrigjm/i’55_hath {ct forth a plant that he referreth vnto the floclre of Horlie-tailes, which he thus , glimedeth hath many twiggy or rulhy l;£lallE:S,V\’i.l£:l‘€L¥)L011 rtwas called Immriaand may be En- ”r * ll ' weed ' the leaues growvpon t e ranc es 1 ‘e tholieofﬂax-on tl‘C to ‘ i‘ ls * {talks .5 Q‘ , . . 1 . _ . 1 PS 0 E 1‘; tie aigaifilclraﬁﬁe ﬂourcs ofa whitilh colonr.The feed 15 (‘mall and blaclce ofcolonr, the root lit« ‘lute ~ the whole lant is fwcetifh in taﬂe {Q “ L ‘V I - - . _ ‘ ~ , MOI D06/omem lets forth another l"lOl'lC«tall€,WlllCll he calledclirning Horfe-tail, or Horlbtarl Qftmignplls-Thereis(faitl1hC)anOther plant like l~lorl'e-taile,but greater and higher 5 it rifcth Vpx grg Om“ With a Ptalke as big as a mans arme, diuidcd into many branches, out of which thﬁfﬁ ‘ ‘ Olgg {lender fprigs very full of joints like to the ﬁrll Horfetailc : the rloures {land about [37-‘-"-y ifuit fit a ifpomi’ f_ubIlance,{'mallas are thofe ofthe Corncl tree ; in places whereofg*_°"-"’ "P Wig Wogdd ° foure ;uice,not vnlikc to little Mu1berries,in which is the feed. The 1'.00tis_hard and SinguIZ'Ti“3 growes now and then to a great height,and fometimes lower. B6’//.0m}:z5'_w1’1tC‘3 in his !‘r§e‘ret0l'l[1€5,Ti‘Jatvit hath bin fecn to bcequall in height with the Plane trC€'- 1EC0m_<‘.S vp lower drcls o {holler and leffer trees and {hru'ns,yet doth it not faﬂzen it felfe to the trees with any ten- heere ahE{lafp1Ugaglets,mt1c11 lellis doth it winde it felfe about them, yet doth it delrght to l~‘tan==.% Clofe vnto them.

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