Lib. 2. 



Of the Hiflorie of Plants ♦ 



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ifillo vermiculato Serplli folido 



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This bath iiiiny iraall round fmooth wooddybrancbes/omwhar reddifhjtrailingon the ground, 

 nine «nch« s ora foot Iongjwhcrpn by fmall diftances on fhort joints srow tufts of very fmall fhorc 

 bioartopped froootbgrecne ieaueyn a manner round, Jikethofe of the fmalJcft Time, but much 

 brfMid without imel.diuidmg thernf elites at the bofoms of thofe Jcaues into fmall branches; 



of which branches grow fmall fl oures,one floure on a branch,and nomor^confiftine of 

 round tooDed Ieaues apiece of a faint or oalc numlifh ™ir>„,..T «j.s_j.._j __ r__ j £i. • 



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r^or\ynicnoHuwicrgi W »iui-ii M ^ui« > uu C noureonaorancb,andiK)more J confiftinBof 

 .little round topped Ieaues apiece of a famt or palepurplifh colourJobferued no feed. The 

 i$ iT ooddy,blackifh without , very bitcer,with fome taft of heate, and groweth deepe into the 

 •J. The Jcaues are nothingib full of juice as Aizoon. I found it Aomin* tfc« thi.A L„ ~t c' 



hou.;J. The Ieaues are nothingio fuJI of juic< 

 ,**«■ i^i i. on the ditch banks at Burfeldon 



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KSbc: I62i,onineoiccuoanni ai duucwkai icrrey Dy me lea lide in Hampfhirc lo Geaa'yr ± 



, Among theKnot-graffes may well be futed this fmal plant,but lately written ofjand not'fo 

 «w50,ly knorneas growing in EnglandMng about an handful! high, and putting out from a 

 jbrwBioorfiwdry (lender ftalkes full ofhttle branches and joints :aboutwhich grow con fu fed I v 

 miny naironr Ieaues for the moft part of an vnequall quantity, yet here and there wo longer than 

 tie ,eM much alike in greamfeat the outmoft part of the branches and ftalks (where i t hath 

 rfackeft tufes) appeare out of the middeft of the Ieaues little floures of an herby colour s which are 

 fcceedrd by feed-vcflels ending in fine fharp points :the whole plant is of a whitilh colour If my 

 nonrce fade me not,/** means this herbe where he fpeaketh of SMfr.Ar%Lm his Adver p\ o / 



^ X P T r^ rt •° Und t lS ^ b l th t Wa ? fide as he ^de from London to BrXv on ' 

 a Iitleh.ll not far from Chipnam :h,s picture doth very well refemble the kinde of Knot- gralTe c, » 

 d among the Germanes fenahwl'.and ra Uina its *„:&.-. ^.i-. -- r , n-""cgraue cal- 



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