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Show Ofthe Hiftory of Plants, jade Ly wwe 3. Of the Hiftorte of Plants, Prelate @ The Defiription, 6 "His kinde of Sea Moffe hath many {mall ftalkes finely coueredor fer ouer with {mal} 2,» Fucus marinus tenuifolius. Fenell Coralline,or Fenell Moffe. 7 Fucus ferulacens, / 1 Sea Fenell. leaues, very muchcut or iagged,euen like the leaues ofDill,but hard, andofa ftonie fubitance. The fecond is muchlike vato the former, yet not ftony, but more finely cut,and growing more vpright,branchingit felfe into many diuifions atthe top, growingvery thicke together, and in great quantitie,our of a piece of ftone,whichis fafhionedlike an hator {mall ftonie headwher. : by it is fattened vnto the rocks. 3. Thisthird kinde offea mofle is very well knownein fhops by the name Corallina;it yeeldeth forth a great numberof {hoots,in hap muchlike vnto Coral; being full of{mall branches difperfed here andthere,diuerfly varying his colour,according tothe place whereit is found, beeing in fomeplaces'red;in otherfomeyellow,and ofan herby colour, in fome gtay, orofanath colour,and inotherfomevery white. 4 Thefourth kinde of Sea Moffe is fomewhatlike the former,but fmaller.and notfo plentiful where it groweth,profpering alwaies vponfhels,as of Oyfters,Mufcles,and Scallops, as alfovpon rolling ftones,in the bottome ofthe water, which haue tumbled downefromthe high cliffes and tocks,notwithftanding the old prouerbe,thatrolling ftones neyer gather Moffe. 4. Corallina minima. ; The fmalleft Coralline. § Mufcus Corallinus, five Coralliea montana, Corall Mofle,or mountaine Coraline, £ 8 Fucustcunifolins alter. Bulbousfea Fennell. _ § There is found vpon the rocks and mountaines ofErance,borderin vpon the Mediterranea® fea,a certaine kinde of Coralline,which in thefe parts hath not been found: ir groweth inmannet like vnto.a branchof Corall,but altogetherleffer,ofa thining red colour,and_ofa ftonyfubftance. +~ Iknow not what our Author meantby this defcription,butthe plant which here is figured out ofTaberaamontanus (and by the fametitle he hathit) is of a Moffe growing vpon Hampitead heath,and moft fuchplaces in England + it growes vp fometwo or three inches high,andis diuice intovery manylittle branches ending inlittle threddy chiues; all the branchesare hollow,48¢ as very light whitedry fubftance,which makes it fomewhat to refemble Coralline, yet is it not #0! y atall, + ge 6 There tsalfofound v ponthe rocks neere vnto Narbonein France, and notfar from a a nce £9 Mufcus marinus Clylus, Branched Sea Mofle. |