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Of the Hiflorie of Plants. 



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hap. 359. Of Horfe tongue, or Qouble-tongue. 



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1 O ° rfe ton § t,e fendeth forth round ftaIkes of a f P an lon § 5 whereupon are fee Ion* h,« j 

 j~[ and fharpe pointed leaues, but not pricking as are thofe of Knee-holme, not vnliU 



the leaues ot the Bay- tree, but letter 5 greater than thofe of Knee-holme • out of ? 

 middle rib whereof coenmeth forth another leafe, fharpe pointed alio, but fmall andofth h.- 

 neflc of the leafe of Knee-holme,refembling a little tongue.From the bofome of which two 1m 

 com neth forth a berry of the bigneffe of a pea fe,of colour red when it is ripe, which is fometinS 

 in a manner all hid vnder the leafe. The toot is whitejlong^nd tough, and of a fweetand pleafaat 



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Hifpofjojfim mas. 





The male Horie tongue 



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1 Hifpogloffumfixmina. 



The iemale Horfe-tongue. 







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c The female Horfe-tongue differeth not from the precedent but in ftatur 

 fruit : it rifeth vp (faith rav Author) foure or fiue handfulls high : the berries 

 middle part of the greater leafe, and the fetting on of the IefTer, of a feint yelfowiih red coi , 

 wherein confifteth the difference. $ This is all one with the former. $ w 



3 There is likcwifc anoth. r fort of Double- tongue fet forth by Mattbielm, which ieew 

 forae not todiffer from the firft defcribed or beft known Horfe-tongue,being rn truth tneic 

 nlant wirhonr -mti ^;ir.» n ,. . ~ nr ,.,;*v>a*nA\nn T Iian#» frr fnrrh the ficmre.that it may appe arc , _ M 



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; not efcape 



the fame, or very little different, and that not to be diftinguifhed : but M * tthio ^ ^IflLti 

 without reprehenfxon, who knowing the vntrue tranflation of Ruellm, would fetfortflior 



gure in his Commentaries. 





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$ Our Author here, as in many other places, miftakes 



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Wtithitlm did cot ij 



Icxaadrina altera : and it thus differs from the common Horfe-tongue 5 it bath Aorter an ^.^ 

 leaues,yet fharpe pointed,and the berries are notcouered with little leaues as in the otn , ^ 



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apparant fta Ikes at all, but grow clofe to the leaues, as you may lee rnem r 



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