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taile like to larkes spur, y^ seed followeth contayned in a husk 

 which is somethinge longe. The root is small whitish & threddy. — 

 MS. f. 83. 



Sinm erectuin Huds. 

 Pastinaca aquatica minor. Sium odoratum Tragi. 2 JuHj 1620 



figura in hist, lug: p. 701. Apium palustrc Fuchsii. 



The leaves and footstalkes that growe in the water by them 

 selves distant from the stalk are about 2 foot longe, reddish, 

 spongie, smooth, on the upper parte whereof on ech side of the 

 midlc ribbe groweth nine or ten broad short smooth sharpe pointed 

 leaves and opposite against another, fast to the midle ribbe without 

 any footstalk notched about the edges, and one alone at the toppe 

 of the footstalk, which leaves are of a browne colour ; amongest 

 which Cometh uppe a small round hollowe ioynted stalk about 

 3 foot high, no bigger then a parsley stalk, reddish towards the 

 root, finely straked, not deeply champfered, devided into many 

 partes towards the toppe, on ech ioynt groweth one leafe more 

 notched and devided then the former, and those towards the toppe 

 of the stalk have fewer leaves growinge on the sides of the midle 

 ribbe then the lower, and of a lighter greene. The flowers growe 

 on the topps of the braunches in umbells, of colour white, everie 

 flower havinge five very small leaves devided into two pts at the 

 toppe, the flowers past the seed followeth, w''^ is small very like to 

 parsley seed. The root is verie full of white hairy threddes, and 

 putteth forth by the sides newe springes or shootes whereby it 

 encreaseth. The whole herbe doth yeld a stronge savor, like to 

 Petrolium. This groweth plentifullie in the River by Droxford in 

 Hampshire.— J/5. f. 82 v. 



PJiytcuma orbiailare L. 

 Rapunculum silvestre Trago. p. 726. Phyto. 137 (4). 



5*° Julij & 27 August! 1620 

 This hath 6 or 7 leaves with footstalks square abroad uppon the 

 ground, in forme like those of ye wild March violett, but much 

 smaller, finely indented about ye edges, amongst which riseth uppe 

 a small, round straked stalk, not so bigg as a strawe, sometimes 

 of a browne color, seldome a foot high whereon growe very small. 

 narrowe, sharpe pointed leaves, without footstalks at j-e toppe of ye 

 stalk groweth one blewe flower tcndingc to purple, almost round and 

 sometimes somewhat longe, like those of ye comon Trefoile, com- 

 posed of abundance of small crooked flowers, ech crooked flower 

 beinge devided into two parts at ye toppe. After which follow 



