E flex, and in other places;

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T the Hiliorie of Plants. L I B: 2;/_

,~/Pflii-3 plant like-wifeliatliibeene altogether vnknowne vnto the old V\_/‘titers. It growetllzi 3;? ‘iltiiully v/pcim the cilliffes and rocks and the tops of the barren mountaines ofAuergne in ra -2 -:~1?-Cllllmaii 3 aces or raw.

E 3. Tiieidcond fort ofv]/ilde {ea Plantaine or Serpmimi differeth not from the former but onelly in <.‘l‘t‘i23ntlti€ and llentlerneffe of his Ptalkes, and the imallneffe of his leaues, which exceed 110i *1,“ V,*.,;A:,l'lC of two inches . it gtoweth on the hills and rockes neere the wafhings of the Tea at M8513 in 3}‘;-cat plenty 5llI"1“‘tOl)£ euery where among the ragamntlmm, hauing a molt thiclte and f pr€3d:‘}:% clulier of leaues after the manner ofscdum minzmamfaxeam montfmumfomwhat like Pznzzfitfaol : wild:-Pine,as: well in manner ofgtowingas fiiFfenefle,and great increale o_fhis_{l_ender branch65-O: hath the lmall feed ol'Plantaine, or Serpemimz «vugam, contained withinhis fpikieearcs. The I0 is fomewhat long,wooddy,and thicke,in tafte fotncwhat hot and aromaticall.

g Corozwpzas,/zit/e S t2'pt=:2ti71a miflimd.

4. Cdfldd tfllurilr. Small Bucl<—liome Plantainc.

Moufel-taile.

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3 This fmall fca plant is likewife one of the kindes of (ca Plantaine, participating as well Buck-horne as ofHoZofiz’am,being as it were a degenerate ltindc offca Plantaine.It hath man)’ grist ‘ fie leaues very like vnto the herbe Thrift,but much {mailer 5 among which come forth little ten

foot- Ptalkes, whereon doe grow fmall fpikie knobs like thofc of fca Plantaine. The root is to“ and threddy.

4 Moufe-taile or Czmdzz mart? refembleth the lat’: kinde of wilde Carompm or {ea Plantaifleo in

{mall fpikie knobs,leaues,and {lalkes,that I know no reafon to the contrary,but that I may 35 “"2141 ' lace this (‘mall hetbe among theltindes of Coronapzar or Bucks-horne,as other writers haue plac ’ kindes offlolofiiam in the fame feétion : and if that be pardoriable in them,I truPt this may be $916 rable in me,confider'ing that without controuerfie this little and bafe herbe is alkinde ofHolaffW”3 hauing many 1" mall grafiie leaues fpred on the ground , an inch long or fomewhat II‘? Ié among which doe ri_fe.fma1l tender naked fialkes of two inches long,bearing at the cops F16 blackifh torch or fpikie knob in fhape like that of the Plantains,rel'embling very notably the W ofa Moule,whcreof it tooke hrs name. The rpztglfmall and threddy. _ q]‘. _a ace.

The {irli and fecond of thefe_plar_its are flrangers in England 5 notwithlianding I haue heard W that they grow vpon the rocks in Silley,.Garnfey,andy the Ifle ofman, the Moufe-taile gr0W€th VP01? 3 ham“ ditch banke neere vnto a gate leading into a pafture 0“ right hand of the way,as ye go from London to a Village called H ampflead sin a field as 3700365, from Edmonton(a village necr London)vntoa houfe thereby called Pims,by the footpaths (1 en;

-in Wood ford Row in Waltham Forrefi, and in the Orchard belonging to M7 Francis W E! '9”

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L I B. 2. Of the Hiflorie of Plants.

IJ 75:: Time. They floure and i-lourilh in May and Iune.

q The Names.

Mattlziolzac writeth, That the people of Goritia doe commonly call theft: two former plants Serl Pemdria and Serpeatimz 5butvnproperly, for that there be other plants which may better be called ::P£’_1li£¢a than thefe twozwe may call them in Eng1i{h,wild fea Plantaine,whereofdoubtlelle they

’1I1 es.

M_0ufe-taile is called in Latine,C¢mz’a mzmk, and Caada marina .- in Greeke, uvévseyc. or matinee. Myo1 fiws is called of the Frenclz-menhfleae defimrér .- in Englilh, Bloud-ftrange,and Monte» taile.

g T be Temperature.

1 Caraizopm is cold and dry much like vnto the Plantaine.Moufe-taile is coldxand fomething dry-f “go With a kinde ofaflriéiion or binding quality.

_ qr The Vermcsi Their faculties in working are referred vnto the Plantaines and Hartshornel

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C H A 1». tot. Of fiuckea/Jorne {P/maainer, or Harm-/Jorzzei

I Carma Ccrumrmz. I 2 Cormopm Rut//9‘. Harts-home,

Swines Creffes, or Bucks-hornei . J/“l, I :, Kél, 5‘ l /-S \ ‘iv 755 ._

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I .7 7’ V cLs- home or Harts-home hath three or foure lhort

h _ itfelf ‘FY flzalkessa ta“1€5- The r

long narrow hoary leaues, cut on hofh lb? lltl-'33 ‘—’V_3th {tarts or knags,refembling the branches ofan h-arts horiiefpreading

e O“ the ground like a {tart from the middle whereof fpfillg VP (‘"311 T011“ Uiilicd t the top whereof do grow littl

_ c knops or fpikie torches like thofe Ofthe {mall Plan- oot is {lender and thtedd y. M

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