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place, ... in such pooles as ar full of water in wynter, and ar clryed up 

 in sommer." (Pt. ii. fol. 107.) 



15. Castanea. " Chesnut (Chestnut) trees grovve plentuouslye in Kent 

 abrode, in the feldes, and in many gardyues in England." (Pt. i. fol. 47.) 



The following are the plants observed and localized by our 

 author in the west : — 



1. Allium vine ale. "Crowe garlyke or wyld garlyke. This grow- 

 eth in myddes (meadows) and fields in eveiy cuntre." 



2. Allium ursinum. "Rammes or ramseyes groweth in woods about 

 Bath." (Pt. i. fol. 7, 8.) 



3. " Hyssop? We have in Sumershire besyde the commen hyssop that 

 groweth in all other places of Englaude, a kinde of hyssop that is al roughe 

 and hory (lioaiy), and it is greter muche and stronger then is the commen 

 Hyssop. Som call it roughe hyssop." 



4. CoLCHicuM. " I have sene it growe in the west cuntre (coimtiy) 

 besyde Bathe." (Fol. 62.) 



5. Smyrnium Olusatrum. " Our Alexander groweth in moyste places, 

 and in Ilandes, compassed about the se, as in a certayne Ilande betwene 

 the far parte of Sommersetshere and Wales. ... It groweth in every 

 shyre of England in plenty." (Pt. ii. fol. G8.) 



6. PEUCEDA>fUM officinale. " Harstraug. I hear say that it grow- 

 eth in England, and I founde a roote of it at Saynt Vincentis rock, a 

 lytle from Bristow." (Pt. ii. fol. 83, 84.) 



7. Prunus insititia. "Bidles tre. I never saw in all my lyfe more 

 plentye of this sorte of Bulles trees then in Somersetshyre." (Pt. ii. 

 fol. 104. ) 



8. AsPLENiUM Ceterach. " Growcth also in England, about Bris- 

 tow." (Pt. i. fol. 27.) 



9. Convolvulus Solbanella, Brassica marina, SoldaneU. " 1 have 

 not sene it in England sauying only besyde Porbek. Howbeit, I thynke 

 verely, that it is in other places, in great plentye." (Pt. i. fol. 37.) 



10. Halimus portulacoides? Sea Purslane (Purcelline) . "I found 

 the same herbe of late besyde He of Porbek." (Pt. i. fol. 50.) 



11. Anchusa officinalis ? Eed Buglosh. (Pt. i. p. 15.) "Thys herbe 

 is called in some places of Englande cattys tayles, in other places wylde 

 buglose ; it groweth in grauylly and sandy places, and in pyttes, wher as 

 graueU is dygged out of." (Pol. 16.) 



12. Cotyledon umbilicus. Wall pennye grass. "Thys herbe grow- 

 eth in Welles (Wells) and divers places in Summersetshyre in more plentye 

 than ever I saw it in anye other place all my lyfe. I call it pennye grasse, 

 to put a difterence betweene it and the sheepe killinge pennye grasse that 

 groweth in merishe and waterye grouudes." (Pt. ii. fol. 169.) 



