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Show THE SECOND/ BOOKE OFTHE se Thedefexiption, Plantaine but He fitftkinde ofvraterPlaintainehathfaire great large leaues like the Jande femme fewer feth vpa tall {moother,andnot fo full of ribbes or {inewes :among whichri foote high; deuiding itfelfe intomany {lender bratinches, garnithed withinfinite final buttons,wherinis the feed, Th white dowers,which being palt there appeere triangledhuskes or : rooteisasit were agteat tuftofthreds ot thrums. e called Rip. ». Thefeconde kinde hath Jong, litele.s and narroweleaues , much like the Plantain top, whereonare placed the ed'at braunch e ftalkes andfeebl {mall vppe whichrife niong wooitga whieh being'fallen ,'there cometo you whire {potted flowers, confifting of three flender leaves; im viewround knops,or roughburs :theroote is threddie. % Theplace. Thefe herbes growe about the brinkes ofriuers, pondes andditches almofteuery whete, ReThe time. They flower from Iune till Augutt, % The names. The fir(kkindeis called Plantago aquatica, that is, water Plantaine, The fecond Plamtago aqui : ca humilis, that is the lowe water Plantaine. % The nature. HISTORIE: OF: PLANTS. % Thede(cription. , Setpents toong, Dogs toong, and Oxe Sthe Greekes haue called fome kinde of herbes Arnogloffaswhich isas ify sn choold{ aine Plant of e kind a termed they toong; fo haue ditie andple Lambes toong, very well knowen vnto all, by reafon ofthe great commo them. The grea tne thereofgrowing euery where; and thereforeit is needlefle to {pend time about ies of their nan ddiuerfit ies,an variet the e of ecauf beeneth hath leaues and fathion ofthe of Plantaine hath + Thefecondislike the firft kinde,and differeth in that,that this kinde e colour: the ft: butfhorter {pikes or knaps:and the leaues are of an hoarie or ouerworne green Jikewife hoarte and hairie. 3, Plantagolatifolia minor. Small broad leafed Plantaine. 4, Plantago angustifolia minor. Small narrowleafed Plantaine. ‘Water Plantaine is colde and drie oftemperature. xeThe vertues. The leaucs of water Plantaineas fome authors report , are goodto be laide-vponthe leggesof fuchas are troubled with the dropfic,and hath the fame propercie that the land Plantaine hath, OfLandPlantaine. Chap.92. % Thekindes. "There be diuers fortes of Land Plantaines, differingin formevery notably,as fhall be declared 1 Plantagolatifolra, Brode leafedPlantaine. 2° Plintagoincans. , Hoarie Plantaine. %&The defeviption. : ; ‘ ynto the great Plantaine : ; hath many tender leaues ribbed, Theft Plantaine , andis very 3lieinga like ing thatitis altogither lefler. : . : The 2 tefpeé yntoit,fau : vie . 4 that the leaues ofthis plant like vnto the fmal Plantaine,fauing TOW leafed Plantaineis 7eaeatrow vet,wherein confifteth the difference. && The defiription. ThefpiedRo( Plena Pla afharper y ea hath very few leaues, narrower than the leaues of the fecondkind of enathort fen, tik, om set furthergrowing one from another.It beareth avery double flower efle.The feede groweth vpon aIpikie tuftshone thehi se a greenifh colour tending to yellown g is but very lowe in refpe& of the ther Pl. Biles abou” : t part of theplant: notwithftandin it ; mentioned. be iar vogll the impref re elfewhe and d, Englan et.in aftrang beene e ; e , which isin this Becelice a fay fo, is the want of confideration of that beautic of, or eiresioc oe all the other. Moreouer, bicaufe thatit hath not beene written testis eS a time : thoughplants ofleffer moment haue beene verycurioutly fet vpon the and more orderly he former, like vnto themoft : {pred : leaues th a,os ; a amie amc atthe L0fe's Plantaines,hauing other the like ftalkes manyfinall vp rife which of cucry one . peers greene ruftie or hoatie an of former; the vnlike altogither * Hnedouble Rofe, lo * 2 5 Plantago |