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shrub called Gal "^ in englishe, whiche groweth in fennes and waterish 

 mores for myrto, but they are far deceyued- 



Napus. 



Napus is named in greeke Bounias, in duche Stekruben, in 

 french Rauonet or naueau, I haue hearde sume cal it in englishe 

 a tumepe, and other some a naued or nauet, it maye be called also 

 longe Rape or nauet gentle, as a rape hath a round roote, so hath 

 a nauet a longe roote and somthynge yealowishe. Thys herbe 

 groweth plentuously at Andemake in Germany. 



Narcissus. 



Narcissus is of diuerse sortes. There is one wyth a purple floure, 

 whiche I neuer sawe, & an other wyth a white floure, which groweth 

 pletuously in my Lordes gardine in Syon, and it is called of 

 diuerse, whyte Laus tibi, it maye be called also whyte daffadyl. 

 Plenie ^ maketh mention of a kynde called Narcissus herbaceus, 

 whiche is after my iudgement our yealowe daffodyl. 



Nardus. 



Nardus is named in greeke Nardos, in englishe Spyknarde, the 

 Potecaries name it Spicam Nardi, it groweth not in Europa that 

 I haue heard tel of. It is hote in the fyrst degree and dry in the 

 seconde. 



^Nardus celtica. 



Nardus celtica, otherwyse called Saliunca, is in great plentie 

 growyng in the alpes. The Germanes cal it mariend magdalene 

 kraut, it may be called in englishe frech spiknarde, when the 

 indish spiknard is olde and dusty and rotten, it is better to vse 

 thys in medicines then it 



Nasturtium. 



Nasturtium is called in greeke Cardamon, in englishe Cresse 

 or Kerse, in duche Cresuch, in frenche Cresson, Aleuois, and 

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