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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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q The Defer if tion. 



The firft hath crefted flender, yet firme ftalkes of fomc foot long $ whickare fctwith 



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leaues of fomeinch in lengtb,broad at the letting on, finuated about the edges, and fharpv ,,„„, 

 ted s their colour is a whitifh greene,and tafte acridejthe leaues that arc at the bottome of the Hall 

 are many,and large r.Thc tops of the ftalkes are diuided into many branches of an vnequall length 

 and fuftainemany floures.-each whereof confifts of fourelittlewhitc leaues, fothat together thev' 

 much refemble the vmbell of the Elder when it is in floure.Little fwolne (eed veflels diuided inm 

 two cells follow the fading floures : the feed is whitifh,about the bigneiTc of Millet-the root alfo 

 is white, (lender and creeping. 1U 



This hath creeping roots/rom which arife many branches lying vpon the ground far*, 

 and there,taking root alfo .-the leaues, which vpon the lower branches are m any, are in forme and 

 colour much like thoft r of the laft defcribed, but lefle^and fomewhat fnipt about theedges The 

 ftalkes are about a handful! high, or fomewhat more,round,grcene, and hairy, hauing feme icaues 

 growing vpon them. The floures grow fpoke faftuon at the top of the ftalks,white, and confiC 

 offoure leaues : which fallcn.therc follow cods containing a (mall red feed. * 



1 DrabtBiofcoridis. 



Turkie CrelTcs. 



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t 2 &r*ha prima reftns. 



The firft creeping Creffe. 



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*l»iu£ uui many uciiuci umro ui wine iuuc nigH,wnicn ar, certameipaces are incompancu^* 

 wcre)with leaues fomewhat lefler than the former, yet broader at the bottome : the floures, cofo 

 and feed are like the laft mentioned. 



4 There is a plant alfo by fome referred to this Claffis : and I for fome reafons thinke good t0 

 make mention thereof in this place. It hath a ftrong and very long root of colour whitifti,and ofa s 

 fliarpea tafte as Crefles : the ftalkes are many,and oft-times exceed the height of a man, yet Hen* 

 der, and towards their tops diuided into fome branches , which make no vmbell, but carry thci r 



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ng (lender cods containing a fmalI,yeIlow,ifT),acridc feed.The leaues which adorne thisplantare 

 ng,fharpepoinred,and fnipt about the edges, fomewhat like tbofe of Saracens Confound, but 



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thefe towards the 



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