

Lib. a. 



Of the Hiftorieof Plants. 



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h a p . 1 5 z . 0/" Sea c Pennpi>Qort. 



I AndroftccMattbioU. 



Sea Nauel-woorr. 



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Andn face Mwajpuria . . 



One Sommers Nauellwoort 





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^f The Defection. 



THc Sea Nauel-woort hath 

 many round thicke leaues 

 like vnto little laucers, fee 

 fmall and tender itaiks,bright, flii- 

 wJ and fraootb,of two inches long, for 

 the moll part growing vpon the furrowed 

 (hells of cockles or the like, euery {mall 

 Hem bearing vpon the end or point, one 

 Jittle buckler and no more, refembling a 

 nauelhthe ftalke and Icafe fet together in 

 the middle of the fame. Whereupon r*- 

 Herbarifts of Montpelier haue called 



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CHarinus 





leaues and (hikes of this plant, whilcft 

 they are yet in the water,are of a pale a (h 

 colour, but being taken forth, they pre- 

 fcntly wax white.as Sea Mofle,ca lied Co- 

 roBm* , or the (hell of a Cockle. It is 

 thought to be barren of feed,and is in 

 taRe falti(h. 



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fmooth leaues, fp.„ _ u 



like vnto the leaues of fmall Chickweed 

 or Henbit,whereofdoubties it is a kind : 

 among which rifeth vp a (lender (W 

 haumgat the topcertaine little chaffie 

 tiourcs ofa purpli/h colour. The feed is 

 contained in fmall fcaly husks, of a red- 

 dirt. coIour,and a bitter tafte. The whole 

 Plant periflieth when it hath perfe&ed 

 nis feed, and muftbe fowneagaine the 

 next yere.-which plant was giuen to Mat- 

 thioks by Cmtpts, who (as he afirmeth) 

 recemed it from Syria- but I thinkehee 

 laid foto make Matthiolus more joyfull • 

 but furely I furmife hee picked it out of 

 one old wal or other, where it doth grow 

 euen as the fmall Chickweed, or Naiie- 

 woort of the wall do. . 



t The figure that was here was that 

 vnperfea one of Matthiolus . and the de- 

 scription of our Author was framed bv 

 rt,vnleiTe the laft part thereof,which was 

 taken out of the tst duer fm a M . l66 to 

 amend both thefe, wee hereprefent y'oi, 



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m f y'cauesivS*^ thc £&ciotis an d painefuli H..__ „ w , ^ mtni u narn Maif . . , 



land mvcicandcffomcwhata biting tafte, A^mobgft 



lily ofa greene, yet fometime/of 



;^'c leaues rite V n fi. T " iC „ cu £ es > l °" alio and juycie,and of (o 

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