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WAter Crow-foot bath (lender branches trailing far abroad, thereupon grow l eaucs m A 

 the water moll finely cut and jagged like thofe of Cammomill : thofe about T. " 

 are fomwhat .round, indented about the edges,in forme not vnlike the fmal rLI i" atcr 

 of the Mallow,b ut lefler : among which doe grow the floures, fmalLand white of con Z aI 

 fine little lcaues,with fome yellowneffe in the middle like thefloures of the £ w£&« TnH f° f 



fweet imcll ; after which there come round rnnah and nnVM,, u~*±« in.- o^r. r , i lr ua °* a 



foot. The roors be very fmall hairy ftrings. 



T There is fomtimes to be found a varieties of this,with the leaues le(Te,and diuided into three 

 parts after the maner of an Iuy leafe 5 and the floures alfo are much leffer^ut white of colour* th 

 a yellow bottom. I queftion whether this be not the Ranunculi w,,*«„. n.i.r.L .-.• . ' m 



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2 There is another plant growing in the water,of final moment,yet notamifle to be reraem 

 bred.called HederuL aquatica,ox water Iuy $ the which is very rare to finde, neuertbeleffe 1 found i't 

 once in a ditch by Bermondfey houfe neerc London, and neuer elfewhere: it hath fmall threddie 

 ftrings in (lead of roots and ftalks, rifing from the bottome of the water to the top. whereunto are 

 faflnec! fmall leaues ftvimming or floting vpon the water,triangled or three cornered likethofeof 

 barren Iuy,or rather noble Liuerwort,barren of floures and feeds. 





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 Water Iuy. 



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Water Star-wort 



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3 Thereis »ikewifeanotherheiboffmallrcckoningthatflotethvpoothewater ) callcdj'' '" 

 ru^tattca or water Stawort,which hath many fmall grafly Items likethredscomrning ^ 

 bottom of the water.vnto the vpper face of the famejwhereupon grow final double flours ol a g . 

 mfli or berby colour * I take this SteUaria tQ be n ' othi e % e b & uc a water Chickeweed &* * 



almoft in euery ditch.with long narrow leaues at each iomr,and halfe a dozen or more lying ^ 

 together at the top of the waterjn falhion of a ftar : in which (hape it may be feen in the cm 

 prill and beginning of May. I hauc not vet obferued either the rloure or feed thereof. * . 



