

Of the Hiftori e of Plant 



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fattened to the middeft of tl 



\n ornw is fmall and hollow 



fioures do grow, is fmall and hollow, an bandfull high and more, befet with many fmall flou res f 

 an ouerworne incarnate colour. The root is fmall like an oliue, of a white colour. 



* The root is not well expreft in the figure,for it rtiould haue been moTe vnequall or tuberous 

 with the fibres not at the bottome, but top thereof. $ > 



-, Tht> fpcond kinde of Wall Penniwort ot Nauelwoort hath broad thicke lcaues fomewfi,,. 



lono- towards the fetting on, fpred vpon the ground in manner of a tuft, fet about the tender ftafte 

 like to Sengreenc or Houfleeke j among which rifeth vp a tender ftalke whereon doe grow the like 

 lcaues. The floures ftand on the top confifting of fiue fmall leaues of a whitifh colour, with redde 



fpouinthem. The root is fmall and threddy. $ 



I Vmbiltcm Veneris. 



Wall Penniwoort. 



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lagged or Rofc Penniwoort, 





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dkindeftath long thicke narrow leaues, very finely fnipt or nicktontneeo^ 



r orderly vpon the ground ; and in the mid ft of them rifeth vp a ftalke * o0ie _ 



white fioures coo; 



fining of fiue leaues apiece. r nartO* 



4 The leaues of this are long and thicke, yet notfo finely fnipt about the edges, n0 " KJJ> 

 « thofe of the former : the ftalke is a foot high,fet here and there with fomewhat fhorter «" a ^ 

 der leaues than thofe below • and toward the top thereof, out of the bofomes of thefe Iea " e f£Li 

 fundry little foot- ftalkes, bearing on their tops pretty large fioures of colour wbite,andlp° ^ 

 with red fpots. The roots are fmall, and here and there put vp new tufts of Ieaues,like as tne ♦ 

 mon Houfleeke. ± 



5 There is a kinde of Nauelwoort that groweth 



oandman Sheepsbane,becaufc it killeth fheepe that- 

 cedent, but the round edge* m fh» !«,.» — ~~» /v. „ 



ground, and the other vpon 



called of the ^ 



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t 6 Becaufe fome in Italy haue vfed this for vmbilicus Veneris, and otherfome haue ^ 



not ami fle to follow 



ftan to omit it.or giue ic in another which mav be Dcrhaos as vnfit.for indeed I cannot 



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