Of the Hiflorie of Plants t 



like the 



I could finde no feed fcales on the back fides of any of the leaues of this F "* Vf rUcs & taiio. 

 I found this fame in a very wet moore or bog,being the land of Ri cb ar d i^fa ' , an ? yeares N 

 Moorc.where Peate is now digged.a mile from Peters-field in Hampfhire • anY,v r Vhitero * 

 1633,1 digged vp there many plants,and by them made this defection. I neuer f,3- h ° f hl *' 

 in any other place : the leaues penili at Winter, and grow vp againe verv late in X •" growin g 



Goody er. Inly 6. 1633- l ? un Z' **h 



2 Vodomus thus defcribes his : Drycperis (faith he) doth muc^ refemble the m 1 

 the Ieaucs are much fmaller and more finely cut,fmooth on the fore nde and of a v n ' C f crn ' tut 

 together with the ftalks and middle ncrues : on the backe fide it is rough like the<X°F §rccnc 



alfo liueth without ftalkeor feed. The rootconfifts of fibres intricately folta S5, ?' 

 d iffercnt thicknefie,herc and there putting vp new buds . This is the Adimhum of the SwL 

 affirme the vfe thereof to be fafe,and not pernitious and deleterie,as that of Dryopttri, IttK 

 fers from the former j the leaues of this are not fet direSIy one oppofit to anotheUe di£ £ 

 the leaues are larger and more diuided. The root is more threddy,and creeps not fo far as I VI 

 the former. • Jt0 » 



* 



3 This (which is clufius his Fiji* pumilafaxaulisprimdfind which I take to be the innttri, » 

 ttltx arbor ea of Tragus) hath blacke flender long creeping roots, wTth few fmall hard hairy fibla 

 faftned to them,of a very aftringent. tafte : from thefe rife vp fundry ftalks a foot high diuided in 

 to cerrai ne branches of winged leaues, like to thofe of the female Feme, but much leffe, tenderer 



mer,in that the leaues are branched, which is a chiefe difference -and Banhinut did very well ok 





vfd and non ramefi 



m The Plate, 



It is oftentimes found in funny places, in the vallies of raOufttaihes and little hills, and in the 

 tops of the trunks of trees in thicke woods. 



^ The Time. 



The leaues hereof perifh inWinter,in the Spring new come forth, 



. f[ The Names > 



This is called iu Greeke ttt^tU .- in 'Lztm^^uerna Filix : Oribafimjih. if. of Pbyfical! Colk- 

 ilionSjCalls it Bryopteris, of 'the mofle with which it is found : for as Ditfcorides writetb, it growth 

 in the raofleof Okes. The Apothecaries in times paft mifcalled it by the name .of Admtum^ but 



they did worfe in putting it in compound medicines in ftead olAdiantum. Valerius C^calleth 

 hPtcridion : in low-Dutch, CtfCfeCtl t)9tCtl i the Spaniards, Uelecho deRoble: it is named in Eng- 

 lifli,Oke FernejPetty Ferne 3 and ittnay raoft fitly be called MolTe- Ferne* 



^[ The Nature and Venues. . 



A Ok« Feme hath many taftes.it is fweet,biting,and bitter, it hath in the root a harfli or choking 

 tafte,ani a mortifying qualitie,and therefore it taketh away haires. Diofcorides faith & rtcerj. at 

 Oke Ferne ftamped roots and all is a remedie to root vp haires, it~ it be applied to the bodie attc 

 fweating, the fweat being wiped away. 



Chap. 469. Of blacke kg* Feme* 



. ^\ The Defiripion. f m itM*' 



1 np Here is alfo a certaine other kinde of Ferne like to the former Oke-Fcreeot w 



I hi»defcription 5 but the ftalks and the ribs of the leaues are blackifiVnd the k .^ 

 deeper green colour : this groweth out alfoimmediatly from tbe root, and i 

 diuerfly but not fo finely indented : the root is madevp of many ftrings,not vnl ike rue n» 

 but much lelTer. . . ictJ) 



2 The female blacke Fern is like to the male,fauing his leaues are not fo fharp ar me P° 

 more white and broad than the raale,w herein confifteth the difference. 



f[ The Place. , vfondyb*^' 



They grow hkewife vpon trees in fhadow ie woods, and now and then in fhadotvie u ; 



and vndcr hedges. 



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