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Show Cr A Pe5O> 1288 Tr IBE 14, Theatrum Botanicum. t sures we intco a wieenttaretee we pat a ae See ee . Manyother Sca plants might have beene put a this Clafiis,which Ihave difperfedly handled ‘ia poe them, that thronzgh this whole worke, becaufe they were fo like unto thofe plants, whereunto I have joyned theycould not well be feperated, Ithought them thereforefitter to be entreated of there, and referved “onely; thefe fewforthis place. ee Bese Cuar.51 $$ : in the kidneys or blad provoking urine and helping thereby to wath away the gravell and {tone engendred Phe, yf o The oThedter Te ; 2 ree 2, Mufius marinus Neapolitanus,. Sea Molle of Nap es, $$, Crap. L. Balbus Crinitus wmarinwe, The Sea Bulbewith hairy buth toppes. 4 LB) ~ Efore I come to the Sea Moffes, let me addéthis uncouthunheard of, and peradventure untrue, ot , at leaft uncertaine Sea plant,in that we have not yet read or heard of any found Authour that hath < mentioned it,but Lagdenenfs and he, as . . jae ( RS) » he faith out of certaine Navigations in. Bulb marinascrinitus, “The S2abulbe with Feathertops, x Ss wD iS 227, the Italian tongue, but neither perfons that faw it, nor plice of the Sea where it grewbut onely among certaine Hflands, nor time when it was found, are expreffed in the declaration thereof: which makethit the more fufpitions: bue as Lugdunenfis hath feritdowne, fo I will give it you to ey aN (on caufe others to finde out the truth, or folly of the matter, Among certaine I flands doth grow fo great abun- gs . 3° Malus marinus feu Alga Dying red Sea Moile dance of this finely expreffed plant, that fhippes being forced to paffe over it,are often {tayed in their courfe : it groweth in the bottome of the Sea, to the length of foureteene or fifteene fathome (or braces) and rifing foure or five above the water, of the colour of yellow waxe, with areafonable bigge ftalke, from whence at certaine fpacesare ferdivers bulbes, fending forth at TE their ends,certaine bu thesor tufts of haires, the roote is = ninot L | HIN bulbous alfo, but thicker and greater then the others on MN i i i) ms ‘AN the ftalkes, and bufhing out many hairy fibres: Thus much hee. Besbinus faith hee knoweth not whaticis, — and furely I thinke ifthere were any fach thing, inre- = Pel Sa rum satura, others befides Lugdenenfis might have the fortune to light upon that unnamed Authour to certifie ul VS usof his honelty and knowledge, I can goenofurther, not having any further limits alotted me, Silt a l 4. Miufcis marinus virens Fenioulacens, z Short Fennell like Sea Molle, © 5. Ma/fius marinus F erulcecus: Long Fennell like AS SSS ES TA WW UYEF NS LS BMS Cuar, LI. Mafcus marinus, SeaMofle: Si ‘ F Moffes I amnextto {peake,which are of manyforts, fomé of the Vplands, and others ofthe oa which mutt be joyned next to thofe other Sea plants, and thofe of the Land after them, and peau | thefe alfo are of divers forts,] thinke fit to diftribute them into three rankes, the firft ro be of thole the firft ae) that are ofan herby fubltance,the fecond of an harder ftony, and the laft of afpongy matter: {ort‘alfo isto be divided into thefe plants, that beare fine cut leaves, like Mofleor Fearne, and into yd that have broadetleaves,of thofe with fine cut leaves I (hall entreate in thisChapter, and of the broader in the next. 1, Mufcus marinus capillacens Diofcoridd, The foft SeaMofle. tt This foft Sea Moffe (is not Coraline,which is hard and hath abranched ftalke, but) is like unto thofe a) a that grow uponthe ground or trees without any rootes,onely growing uponthe rockes,or uponthe pine ee dryfithes, being a foft herbe compofed wholly of woolly white haires, without any branch or ftalke, an hizo t ner found white then reddifh or gray,but is not greene. There.is another {mall forthereof, found grow ng on the ftones by the Seafide,as alfo fometimes upon wood,and ie likewife fometimescaft up by the Sea on thefhore among the Alga ofdivers forts, growing fomewhat like thé former or ground Moffe, tut that itis white and ta fteth a litle faltifh and binding, 2. Mufcus warinns Neapolitanus. Sea Moffe of Naples. : . hen fouré inches high, This Sea Mofie likewife groweth unto fomerock€ or ftone, rifing witha ftalke more ¢ ; with : la Sy) . \ — tm I W ee LH ss ss if See 128 ears |