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Show Lis; 2 B, 2, 'the female an uke, andlike odjam in his-creepi ik thee male male Ferne in his ftalke, his creeping root, like > lik Peeinl out 0a i could finde no feed-{eales on the backefides of any of the leaues Ferne inhis a ny yeares paft I found this fame inavery wet mooreor bog, being the land of . year patelWWhirow Moore, where Peate is now digged,a mile from Peters-field in t 5 and by them madethis y 1digged vp vp there manyplants, fix luly, 1 633, I digged ele Hampfhire; and thisis fixthof deiaias ” [neuer foundit growing inany other place: the leaues perifh at Winter , and grow a ; 6 inthe Spring. Iokw Goodyer. luly 6. 1633. very late vpagaine P45 Dodoneus thus defcribes his : Dryopterss (faith he) doth well re emble the male Ferne, but 1 Onopteris mas. The maleblacke Ferne. | The Names, a Pabou ftalke or feed. The root confifts of fibres intricately folded together, ofan inditfe. from the former,whichis falfly called U4 di- antum, There are ofthe later Herbarifts who wouldhaueit to be Lowchitis afpera, or rough Spleen-wort ; but what likenefle hathit with the leaues ofScolopendyium ? noneat all:therfore it is not Lonchitis afpera, muchlefle 44. antum Pliny, which differeth not from4d/antur Theophrafti , for what he hath of 44. 5 ines Ve . — Tuees is Clufius his Filix pumilafaxatilis prima,and w hich Itake tobethe Dryopterisor F i as of Tragus) hath blacke {lender long creeping ee — a a eel ea ‘ foot haeoe high,diuided ini vp fifundry ftalkes.a j tafte : fromthefe rife | i tafte ‘ine tothem, ofa veryaftringent faftned i branches ofwinged i ceto thofeof the female Ferne,2ybubut muc . oe leaues, like ine ifines cut, and hauing many blackith {pots ontheir lowerfides, This differs from the moe ae in that the leaues arebranched, whichisachiefe difference 3 and Bau hinus did very wellobferue it,> ifhe had as well followed it, when he diuided Filix into ramofa cy nonramofa. $ | The Place. ? ; j : It is oftentimes foundin funny places,in the vallies ofmountains andlittle hils,and inthe top inks oftrees in thicke woods. a cps q The Time. c riew comeforth. The leaues hereofperifh in VV inter ; ingq=.ée pans N gmes, i i Latine, This iscalled in Greeke semstuir : in : antum, the fame he taketh out of Theophraz fius + the right adiantum we will defcribe hereafter, Notwithftanding blacke OkeFerne was vfed of diuers vnlearned Apothecaries of France and Germany for Adiantum, or Maiden-haire of Lumbardy: bur thefe mendid erre in doing fo; yet not fo muchas they who take Polypodie of the Okefor the true Maiden-haire. k f ny? nenth book of phy Ori ilix :: oribafius in his cleue QuernaFilix ficall Colleétions calleth it Bryopteris, of the mofle with which itis food OUcues teth, it groweth in the mofle of Okes. The Apothecaries in times paft mi had ofc Aéiatan, G The Temperature and Vertues, i i worfe in i putting ing itin iti compoun d medicines in £ Adiantum : but they did veclode Revie Conti calleth z Pteridion : in low- Dutch, Cijeker Haven: the Sp ated Mofleble : it isnamed in Englifh, Oke-Ferne, Petty-Ferne ; and it may moft fitly : Theblacke Oke-Ferne hath no ftipticke qualitieatall, but is like in facultie Englith Maiden-haire. FN ee e Ferne, . —— Cuar. 470. Of Harts-tongue. | The Temperature andVertues. 2 : or choking Oke-Ferne hath manytaftes, it is fweet, biting,and bitter,it hath in the rooasbert A tafte, and a mortifying qualitie, and thereforeit taketh away haires. Dae , tothe body afte Oke-Ferne ftamped roots andall is a remedie to root vp haires,ifit be applic fweating, the {weat being wiped away. I 1 G The Defcription. s He commonkinde of Harts-tongue,called Phyllitis,thatis to fay, a plant confifting ona: Wy Of leaues, bearing neither ftalke, floure, norfeed, refembling in fhewa long tongue, macreofitharh been andis cailed in fhops Lingua ceruina, that is, Harts tongue: thefe leaues are a foot long, fmooth andplaine vpononefide, but vponthat fide next 5ceitainelong rough markeslike {mall wormes, hanging onthethe ground Rraked ouerthware backfide thereof. Theroot is athe, hairy, and twifted, or fo growing as thoughit were wound together. Cuar. 469: Of blacke Oke-Ferne. q The Defiription. of Doasnest Hereis alfoa certaine other kinde ofFerne like to the former Ete Jeauesof of his defcription, but the ftalkes and ribs of the leaues are blacki the roor, and is likedeeper greene colour: this groweth outalfo immediately ater «. aor vnlike 0 wife diuerfly, but oe fo ee indented: the root ‘is madevp of many strings, i. x erne, but much leffer. ; Pe Thefemale blacke Ferneis like vnto the male, fauing his leaues ifoe fo points, morewhite and broad than the male, wherein confifteththe difference a The Place. to Trichomanes, or mw oye . re G The Time. Thisis called ofdiuers of the later Herba: rifts, Dryopteris nigra, or blacxe Oke-Ferne, ofthelikeneffe that it hath with Dryopteris ; whichwe hauecalledin Englith,Oke-Ferne, or mofle Ferne : ofothers, Adiantum nigrim, or blacke Maidens haire, that it may differ ie hickneffe here andthere putting vp new buds. This is the Adianthum of the Adu. who afi : fas vfe thereofto be fafe, and not pernitious anddeleterie, as that ofDryopteris.Tethus dif f xia the former - the leaues of this are not fet diredtly one oppofite to snot and more diuided. The rootis more threddy, and creepes not fo muchas that a leaues are larger 5 - 1137 7 They remaine greene all the yearelong, otherwife than Polypodie 8 Maidens hairé do; yet da they not ceafe to-bring forth new Jeaues in Summer: they are deftitute of floures andfeed, asis the former. 1 ‘ : aes {maller, and morefinelycut, fmooth on the forefaid, and ofa yellowith green ; > ers vith the ftalkes and middle neues ; on the backe it is roughas other Fernes, and alfo li- f Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants, i fharfharpé They grow likewife vpon treesin fhadowie woods, and now andth en in fhadowie and vnder hedges, i rt banks fandy a" q™ ; 2 Theotherkind ofFerne, called Phyllitis multifida, or Laciniata, that isjiagged Harts tongue, ety like vntothe form that the leaues thereofare cut or iaggedlike a mans hand, or the Biteand browantles ofa 'sfauing Deare, bearing neither ftalke,floure,nor feed. gal,“iste is anotherkinde of Harts-tongue called Hermionituwhich hathbred fome pone ferib, ong Writers : for fome haue tookeit fora kinde of Harts-tongue, asit is indeed; others de-. Jones Proper plant by it felfe, called Hemionitis,o£ ini, that is, Mulus,a Mule,becaufe Mules dode nel . to feed thereon: it is barreninfeeds, ftalkes, and floures, and in fhape it agrecth very edi - our Harts-tongue : the roots are compacé ofmany blackith haires : the fais are Be ne Dackfide like the common Harts-tongue, and differ in that, that this Hemionitis i : eat lower parts of the leaues is arched after the manner ofa new Moone, ora forkedarrow,the ; and {mallet leaues being like vnto the great Binde-weed, called rolubila . hi There 'sakinde of Bernecalled likewife Hemionitis flerilis, which is a very{mal l and bafe p- Hotabone a finger high, hauing foure or fiue fmall leaues of the fame fub tance and colour, tage the backe part, andin tafte like Harts-tongue, but the leaues sae feape bite Ms acy 800d Henry, which many ofour Apothecaries do abufiuely take for Metcurie: a Yery many, fmooth,blacke,and threddic,bearing neither ftalke,floure.nor feed : this plant Cccce 3 my =~\= S "ig OF the. 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