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about the cdges.growing commonly two or three together: the vmbel of floures is commonly of 



vcllowifli green : the feed is like parfly feed 3 but in tafte fomwhat refembles Cumin,® mcusCre 

 turn and the rind of a pomegranat. t. 



5 * Water- CrcfTe hath many fat and vveake hollow branches trailing vpon the grauell & earth 

 where it growcth,taking hold in fundry places as it creepeth • by means whereof the plant fpreads 

 ouera great compafTe of ground. The Ieaues are likewife compact and winged with many fmall 

 Jcaoes let vpon a middle rib one again ft another except the point leafe,which ftands by it felfe as 

 doth rhacof the afly f it grow in his naturall place, which is in a grauelly fpring. The vpper face 

 of rhe whole plant is of a browne colour, and greene vnder the Ieaues, which is a perfed marke to 

 Imofvthephyficall kinde from theothers. Thewhite floures growafongft the ftalkes 3 and are fuc- 

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