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Show ~~OftheBiltorie ofPlants. Lis. 2. Of theHiftoryof Plants, oo The Defcription. Ond-weedhathlittle ftalkes,{lender, fpreadinglike thofe ofthe vine, and jointed : the leaues be long, fmaller than the leaues ofPlantaine,andharder,with manifeft veines tun. ning alongft themas in Plantains,wh ich ftanding vpon {lender andlong ftems orfoot. vpper part the fuperficiall ftalkes, fhew themfelues atboue the water, rer, and lie; flat along vpon : ; aie orSha thereof, as do the leaues of the water Lillie: the floures growin{horteares, and are ofa light red purple colour,like thofe of Red-fhankes or Biftort: the {eed is hard. $¢ 2 This (whofe figurewas formerly vnfitly put by our Authour to the following deferip, haning the tion) hath longer,narrower, and fharper pointed leaues than thofe of the laft deferibed fe,which they {omeveines running from the middlerib to thefides of the leaues,as in a willowlea » @ The Vertues. Itisgood againft the itch, and confuming or eating Vlcers, as Diofcorides writeth. A Alfoit is good being applied to the inflammation ofthe legges,wherein Zgnés (acer hath gotten B the fuperioritie. : what refemble ; at the tops oftheftalkes grow reddifh {pikes or eares like thofe of the laft deferi- Cua. 298, Of Water Saligot,water (altropsjor water Nuts. bed :the rootis long,jointed, and fibrous, £ Pot. citon Dodonei, + ane : Small Pondweed. The Temperature, Pondweed, faith Galen,doth binde andcoole,like as doth Knot-graffe, but his effenceis thicker thanthat ofKnot-graffe. 4 Potamogeiton longis acutts foljs, @] The Defiription: * Long fharpe leaned Pondweed. 1 Mee Caltrops haue longflenderftalkes, growing vp, ahd rifing from the bortomé of the water, and mounting aboue the fame: the rootis long,hauinghere and theré vader the water certaine taffels full of {mall ftrings and threddie haires: the tem towards the top of the water,is very great in refpeé of that whichis lower,the leaues are large and fomgyhat round, not vnlike thofe ofthe Poplar or Elmetrée leaues,a little’creuifed ornotched abouttheedges : among{t and vnder the leaues groweththe fruit, whichis triangled, hard, fharpe pointedand prickly : in fhapelike thofe hurtful engines in the warres, caft in the paflage ofthe ehemlet annoy the feet of their horfes,called Caltrops,whereofthis toake its name : within thefe heads or Nuts is contained a white kernell,in ta ftealmoft likethe Chef-nut, whichis reported tq becaten gteene,and being dried and groundtoferue in ftead of bread. , Thereare two other plants which are found gtowing in many ponds and ditches ofthis kingdome,both about London andelfe-where,and I will here giue youthe figures out ofZobel and C#iu,and their deferiptions as theywere fent me by M'.Goodyer, who hathfaued methe labour of celcribing them. Tribulus aquaticus neinor quercus floribusCluf-p. 25 2. Pufillumfontila pathum,Lobel#. ign a ee ee forth from the root,thin,flat,knottie ftalkes,ofa reddith colour, ate pli te Pe eee ee to the depth of the water (which when they are ‘rie ° ‘ed on bowing) divie ed towards the top into many parts or branches,bearing but one leafe weno two inches fong,and halfean inch broad, thin, and as itwere {hining, fo oot-ftalkes crompled by the fides that it feemeth to be tore, of a reddith greene colour i the Browtiv ce fomething long and thicke, andrife vp from amongft thofe leaues, which alwaies cee diet iat againft another, in a contrarte manner to thofe thar grow below onthe ftalks reddith Rhee: foot-ftalke groweth tinal gtape-likehuskes,out of whichfpring very {mall Sieh etary fees € thofe of the Oke, eueryfloure hauing fourevery {mall round topped leaues : within Dien " hi Sei i apt Spe fharpe pointed graines growing together,containing 3. Thereisanother Pondweed defcribed ; y flenderand rou thus, it fhooteth forth into many me pote ftemswhichare diftributed into fundry branches : his leaues are broad, long, = bene (pig et yet muchleffe than the firft kinde:out of the bofomes of the branches and Jeauest ‘Ab0 plainea® taine little ftalkes which beare fundry fmall white moffie floures, which doe — n the grout roundfeeds,likethe common Tare or Vetch:his rootis fibrous,throughly faftene¢ in Dep te £ 4 Thereisalfoanother Pondweed,which hath whitith and jointed roots ol bottome of the water, and fending downe fomefibres, but fending vp flendet ered Jeaues fialkes, {mall below, and bigger aboue, having long narrow and very ftifte oes montitoh aes #77" ‘The floures growina reddifh {pike like thofe of the firft deferibed. This is tne of Dodoneus. ‘$ The Place. f ery W here. Thefe herbes do growin flanding waters,pooles,ponds,and ditches,almoft pe j | The Time. Theydo floure in Iuneand Iuly. @ The Names. Dut Za It is called ofthe Grecians, mmusyeins : in Larine,Fostalrand Spicata sinhigh watet Pe ¢ and ed, n dwe fh,Po in low Dutch,fontepnerupts in French,£/p: d’eane : in Engli threddie ror - white kernell. The lower part of the ftalke hathat every toint fmall white a ie'The onl aaa long,wherebyit taketh hold in the mudde, and dyaweth nourifhment vnofuly..| 6 tee ant is commonly couered ouer with water. It flourech in Tune and the beginning. Dumond hi ; it in the ftand ing pooles or fith-ponds adioyning toa diffolued Abbey called defering’ “a ponds diuide Hamphire and Suffex,and in other ftanding waters elfwheré. This’ etohwas made ypon fight of the plant the 2.0f lune, 1642. ; ; Tribuins aquaticus minorgoufcat elle floribas, vin at hot flat ftalkes like the other, but round,kneed,and alwaies bearing two leaues at’ . be ec Oppofite againft another,greener,(horter and leffer than the other, tharpe pointed, S inekled and crumpled bythe edges. C/ufius faith, that they are not at all crumpled. ‘Ctued any without crumples and wrinckles : the floures grow on fhort fmall footrhitith green colour, like thofe of mu/éatella Cordi, called byGerard, Radix cana WIV =. two floures atthe top of cuery foot-ftalke, one oppofite againft another, cuery “iaifiing fourefinall leaues which two floures beeing paft there come yp mone Zziz 2 luskes |