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Show — aeTheo Plants. Lortyahes Li, 2. Of the Hiftory of Plants. $<, p i eror neerer the top oftheftalke alke :: ancand at eachof thefe Jeauies about the to ffe; t rot and together, soyned leaues little fix of aa aSeattealbbice ckerecomihdhing turne intof little. knobs,withfoutelittle pointals flanding epiS chnenfehies ds:and thefe ‘e at length ea yriophy f aquaticum minus. + Clafins'ccalls this Myriophyllon ourofthem., wtiliefoli Cuap. 301. ' tenprs. r lufiris. The Lenspatuf $ 5:cmwlefolinm paluftre galericulatum, bericnlatin Hooded water Milfoile, nuifolium. r hiik ree Fennell Jeaued water Milfoile. Of Ducks Misi. Sahai Deleriptiin, Vekes meate is as it were dertaine greend mofle, with very little round léaues of the bigneffe of Lentils : out of the mid ft whereofon thenether fide grow downevery fine threds like haires, which are to them in ftead of roots :it hath neither ftalke;floure, nor fruit, @ The Place. It is found in pounds, lakes, city ditches ; and in other ftanding waters euery where. © The Time The time of Ducks meateis knowneto all, G The Names, Duckes meate is called in Latifie Lens lacustris, Lens aquatilis, and Lenspaluftris : of the Apothecaties it is named “Aque Lenticula> in high-Datch; DMeerlinvers :inlow-Dutch, wBaterlinfers, and more vfually Gaden gruen, thar is tofay, Anatum herba, Ducks herbe, becaufe Ducks doe feed thereon ; whereupon alfo in Englithit is called Ducks meate : fometerme itafter the Greeke’water Lentils , and of othersit is named Graines. TheItalians call it Lent di nalude : in French,Lemrille d’ canes in Spanith, Lentetas de agai, ©] The Temperature. Galen theweththat it is cold'and moift after 2 fort in the fecond degree. q The Vertues. Diofcorides faith that it isa remedie againft all « manner of inflammations, Saint Anthonies fire, andhot Agues, ifthey be either applied alone,or elfevfed with partched barley meale, Iralfo ‘ q Thej Place. ane not found fuch Theybe foundin lakes and ftanding waters,or in waters that run flowly a .rge his field neere plenty of it in anyoneplace, as in the water ditches adioyning ta Saint Ge <nitteth ruptures in young children, ucks meate mingled with finewheaten floure and applied, preuaileth muchagainft hot fivel- R linS.as Phlegmons, Erifipelas, and the painesof the ioynts. “lame dothhelpe the fundamentfallen downe in yongchildren, London, acs Tune. They floure for the mof part in May and q The Names. pret A Watet . / il is in Englifh, Hj einem utepeater Usioleciam,a’chat isto By, fo seat tobealfofor angry Gillofloure,or water Violet: in French,Gyroflees cane : une 3 Fe ek hereof; eit 4 fpecies,ora kinde of Yarrow,althoughit doth not agree with the S er Preteribed i have; fot! bs hath itone ftalke onely, nor one fingle root,as Myriophyllon or Y axtow18 ¢ roots are fullofftrings, andit bringeth forth many fkalkes, dcatyriophylon, andallo ' The fecondis called in Greeke mvetos2» : in Latine, Millefolinm, an Hse ofthe land :the © peeciline Veneris: in thops itis vnknowne. This Yarrow differeth from are fufficiently fpoken of in their titles. hot q The Nature andVertues. «> taketh away BO ; + f i n e s a Itie .and byreafon that itt rwatet Water Yarrow, as Diofcorides faith, is of a dry facultie ;and by reaion vides afarmeth,tha e inflammations and fwellings,it feemeth to be ofa cold nature ; for oe athe applied gre Yarrow is aremedie againft inflammations in greene wounds, if w . v c Ellen froma high ordry : and it is giuen inwardly with vinegerandfalt, to thofe that - aehtiebe yfe inp? ~ Water Gillofloute or water Violet is thought to be cold and dry,y' C Oty, atall: 3 Cuar.302, WV OfMf Water 3 t Ranunculus aquatilis. Water Sion ane fi CCrow-foot. G |