L^IB.2. 



Of die Hiftorie of Plants. 



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Water 



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fmalle 

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rings v.pa right liraigitf and {lender itelkef-fet in fundry places with theiike leaues 



Thp(p,lUeS 2rOWattnetODOftheftalIr.rnfr-faniinn anA lilroi/nrrt t>h<* Fan/4 Va«.^ M 



ftrin 



kindesaforefaid 



and the reft of die ftalk which floteth vpon the water diuideth it felfc into fundry other branches 

 onving$,which are'bedalht with fine fmal 1 jagged leaues like vnto Cammoraill, or rather refem- 

 bling hairy taflels or fringe,than leaues. From the bofomes whereof come forth fmall and tender 

 branches.euery branch bearing one floure likevntowater Crow-foot, white of colour,with a little 

 yellow in themidft: the whole plant refemblcth water Crow- foot in all things faue in the broad 

 leaues. 



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4 There is another kinde of water Violet very like the former , fauing that his leaues are 

 much Ionger/omewhat refembling the leauesof fennell.fafhioned like vnto wings, and the flours 

 are fomewhat fmaller,yet white, with fome yellowneflb in their middles, and (haperl like thole of 

 the laft defcribed : the feed alfo growes like vnto that of the water Ramncalm laft described. 



5 ThcrcisalfoanotherkindeofwaterMilfoilewhichhathleauesverylikevnto water Vio- 

 Jct,fmallcr,and not lo many in number : the ftalk is fmall and tender,bearing yellow gapin" flours 

 faihioncd like a hood or the fmall Snapdragon 5 which caufed Fern to put vnto his name this ad- 

 ditament GdmcuUtum^ that is, hooded . The roots arc fmall and threddy , with fome kw knobs 

 hanging thereat like the founds of fifli. 



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Millefolium aquaticum. 



Water Yarrow. 



3 MiHe folium^ Jtue MarAtrifhyllon^flor 

 femine Ranunculi aquatice 3 Hepanc<efi 



£row-foot/>r water Milfoile. 





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**'** fct JX m!n - y WC ^ * fmaI1 watcr 1 Mil f oi,e fe < forth by ctym , it hath round greenc 

 hold of rV ? y pmts>whereout come at their lower ends 



Q °Wofr!i«^ j li* /-"">"«w W uiwiucai wnwii iwwcrcuas many tiai 

 fen <* fiuc lonfi : C ? C " P$ ° f thefe ftemS ftand f ° me handfu11 aboue the 



Inner fit, i • r , t — ««uuiuu auuuc tne warer. ana at wuy 



*™g trncly winged ieaues,very greene,and fome inch long, which wax le/fe and ieiTe 



many hairy fibres whereby it takes 



water, and ar each joint 



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rhey 



