354 



Sal: 



mon J- net 



Be 



Lib. 1. 







K\'I. The Afhes. Country People make them of 

 :en th-/7, and ufe them inftead of Soap to waft 



which is proflrable not only for making Soap, Glafs,' 

 Crylhl, &c. but for many other Phyfical Ufes, as 

 to break and diffolve the Scone, or fandy and gra- 



Pofygniphice, hb. i o. ctf. i . fea.% 9, \2,ai\ 8. 



fpotted on the backfide with Spots fomething like 



CHAP. CCLX. 

 Of FERN Oak. 



I. nr HE Nmes. It is called in Greek, Afuo^sei, 

 JL in Latin, hi/ix ^uerna vel^uercina ; Bf i/o^se 

 Orobjfu, quafi Mix mufcofa -, and in Englijh, Oa 

 \crn : but here is to be noted, that there is anothe 

 fort oi Oak. i'crn, called Folypodie, which is n 

 Species of the Plant we here intend ; and therefor 



\\. 'IbTS.'' rUs Oak h-rn^is threefold, vi^ 



OakRn 



. Dcfcri 



T:.S-/j!j.lft&, 



'frZJ 



"lIl/b'rJL 



^::;^11^^J2 



■jwali^r'l 



f'ncnJn 



I^Sr/J^^rJfe^i^:: 

















.StL 



nanyfmalUvinged Leaves, each 















IJi green color; the backfide of which are 







1 white Spots onrhem, let in a 





















rowing fo 



-thfrom,t,fom,myas,vcnto 



and Female .• the ^ 



s are blackifh, but the Lea 



VL An Obfer-oatkn. The firft of thefe defcribed 

 It fea. 3. above, Ibme Authors lay, 1. docs fold its 

 Roots among themf elves, like the Roots of foXy^oiii- 



ix or' fevcn inches long,' having an innumeraj^ 

 :ompany ot Imall tibres like Hairs growing thereto, 

 md is of an aftringent Talte, enclining to Sweet- 

 Length and Encreafe of the Root :' fome Plants have 



fix, eight, ten, fourteen or fifi:een, iS'c. ?. That 

 the Stalk has a tiwfold Divtfwn, firft the Stalk grow- 



Stalk is no bigger than a Grafs Stalk or 

 finwth and green. 4. That the firji pair of I^erves 



