Lib. 2. 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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9 



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Italian rufhy Horfe-taile 



6 The female Horfe- taile groweth for the 

 moft part in watefiflh places,and by the brinks of 

 fmall rills and pirling brooks : it hath a long root 

 like that of Couch-grafTe/rorn which rife vp di- 

 ners hollow ftalks 3 fet about at certaine diftances 

 with fmall Jeauesio rundles likethofe of Wood- 

 roofe,aItogether barren of feed and floure, wher- 

 of it was called by Lobd , Pilygononfaamwafemine 

 Vidua. $ This is fbmetimes found with ten or 

 more feeds at each joint j whence Bauhwc hath 



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Equifetum paluftre brtvioribus ft 





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% J_ In fome boggy places of this kingdom 



is found a rare and pretty Hippurifot Horfe- taile, 

 which growes vp with many little branches fome 

 two or three inches high, putting forth at each 

 joint many little ieaues, cluttering clofe aboiic 

 the ftalke,and fee after the maner of other Horfe- 

 tailes.-towards the top of the branches the joints 

 are very thieke ; the colour of the whole plant is 

 gray, a little inclining to greenc,vety brittle, and 

 asitwercftony or grauelly like Coralline, and 

 Will cram vnder your feet as if it were frozenand 

 if ypu chew it you mall ffnde it all ftony and era. 

 uclly. My friend M r LeomrdBuckmr was the ruft 

 that found this plant and brought it to me ; hee 

 had it three miles beyond Oxford,a little on this 

 a<te buenfham ferfy,m a bog vpon a common by 

 eBeaconhdlneerc Cumnerwood in the end 



ero^f' Itf3 t M ' "?*' hath * nce fc»nd " 



m. I queAion whether this be not the Hhpurl 



it G*Mj be that which i^,», ; n u:, „' j ... uc 



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each pint fet with kmi% fn the oZ Ho'S "JE? F?l *"* m ^ !««"» and br^hef 



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