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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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plentifully vpon the cliffes and rocks and the tops of the barren mountaines of Auergne in France 

 and in many places of Italy, 



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The fecond fort of wildefea Plantaine or Serpentina differeth not from the former but onel 

 ntitieandflendernelTeofhisftalkeSjandthefmallnefle of his leaues, which exceed not tf/ 



height of two inches. 1 1 groweth on the hills and rockes neere the wafhings of the fea at Maflilj a 

 in great plenty almoft euery where among the Tragacanthtm, hauing a moft thicke and fpreadino 



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faxeum montanumfomwhat like Pinafi 



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vvilde Pinedas well in manner of growing,as ftiffenefle,and great increafe of his (lender branches Ic 

 hath the fmall feed of Plantaine, or Serpentina vulgaris^ contained within his fpikieeares. The 



is fomewhat long,wooddy>and thicke,in tafte fomewhat hotandaromaticall. 



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3 Cor ono])M 9 fiue Serpentina minima 



Small Buck-horne Plantaine* 



4 Cauda tMuris 



Moufe-taile. 





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This fmall fea plant is hkewife one of the kindes of fca Plantaine, participating as well of 

 Buck-horne as o[H$loJtiun?Jbcing as itwere a degenerate kinde of fea Plantaine.lt hath many graf- 

 fie leaues very likevnto theherbe Thrift,but much fmaller • among which come forth little tender 

 foot- (hikes, whereon doe grow fmall fpikie knobs like thofe of fea Plantaine. The r6or is tough 

 andthreddy. 



4 Moufe- taile or Cauda murU refembleth the laft kinde of wilde Coronopm or fea Plantaine, in 

 fmall fpikie knobs>Ieaues,and ftalkes,that I know no reafon to thecontrary,but that I may as well 

 place this fmall herbe among the kindes ofCoronoptu or Bucks-horne^as other writers hauepte ce 

 kindes olHoloftinm in the fame feftion : and if that be pardonable in them,I truft this may be tole- 

 rable in mc^confidering that without controuerfie this little and bafe herbe is a kinde of HolopW 

 hauing many fmall graffie leaues fpred on the ground, an inch long or fomewhat njore. 

 among which doe rifeYmall tender naked ftalkes of two inches long, bearing at the topa' ir [ 

 blackifti torch or fpikie knob in fhapelike that of the Plantains,refembling very notably tbe«i 

 of a Moufe,whereof it tooke his name. The root is fmall and threddy. 



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The firft and fecond of thefe plants are ftrangers in England ; notwithftanding I haue heard 

 that they grow vpon the rocks in Silley,Garnfey,and the Ifle of man. 



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*.*wp— ^roweth vpon a barrenditch banke neere vnto a gate leading into a paftureo 



right hand of the way,as ye go from London to a Village called Hampftcad ; in a field «J?^L 

 from Edmonton (a village neer London)vnto a houfe thereby called Pims,by the foot- paths n 



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Eflex, and in other places. 



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