

Lib. 2 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants 



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$ i Vohfodiumlndtcum. 



Indian Polypodic 



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thought tb be like thofe of male 

 Feme , but t'hat they are far leflcr, 

 and not oicked atall in the edges: thefcdoe 

 prcfcntly fpring vp from the root, being cur on 

 borh the edges with manydeepe gafhcseucn 

 hdrd ro the middle rib : on the vpper fide they 

 arc fmooth,on the nether fide they arq lightly 

 pondered as it were with dully markstthc root 

 is long,nbt a finger thicke,Creeping aflope ; oh 

 which are feen certain little buttons like thofc 

 pits and dents that appeare in the tailes of cut- 

 tle fifhcs : this hath in it a cerraine fvvectnefle, 

 with a tafte fomwhat harflh ; this kind of Feme 

 likcwife wanteth not only floures and feed,buc 

 ftalks alfo. 



2 Polypodic of the oke is much like that 

 of the wall, yet the leaues of it are more finely 

 Cut, fmooth on the vpper fide, of a pale greene 

 colour, together with the ftalkes and middle 

 ribs -on the nether fide rough like thofe of 

 Ferne,This Feme alfo liueth without a ftalke: 

 it groweth without feed : the root hath many 

 firings faftned to it,one folded within another, 

 of a meane bignefTe,and fweet in tafte ; it fen- 

 deth forth here & there new dodkins or fprings 

 whereby it increafeth . 



^A- c j cl t. r ^ uct ^ vs ^ hiftorieof an Indian Fern or Pol v. 



jxxhc found amongft the papers of D< i^Um Colic a Dutch phy fitian,who died in his Sum from 

 he Eaft Indies : the root of it was fix inches Ioog,and almoft one thicke of rh^ ftmi iS « 



lour as the ord inaric one is : from this cam, vn JL. J™ ^ S C *™ ?*ape & «* 



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it growes on the bodies of old rotten trees and alfn^nnc^u n j « 

 Uwrifc found among ,„bbifh ncere the SS^Jf fi«K? n ' , thc l °P S ° f houfeS - * H 

 ■0* and then in woods , in fome o Les it^rh SM""^ ^ trecs 8nd thor "« , and 

 ra.,ke,and with a narrower lea^ P tgr ° WCth rankeand mtb a broad « ^mothers not fo 



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 pod ie of the Oke. »«*,wmc& tor all that is not to be termed ^uircinum 



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