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> . 2. torment ilia reptans^ R. 257. Creeping Tor- 
jj. mentil, with deeply indented leaves. In the bor- 
j. ders of the corn fields, hQVNttnHockley and Shootover 
woods in Oxfordjhire, In Braintree parifh in EJfex, 
In a ditch between the boarded river and IJlington 
road. 
The roots of Tormentil are very drying and binding, good 
againft diarrhoeas and dyfenteries : They are ferviceable in hae- 
morrhages of the nofe, mouth, or womb : They faften loofe 
teeth, and help the falling of the uvula, 
• Plantago Aquatica, Water Plantain. It grows 
in watery and marfiiy places : The leaves re- 
femblethofe of Plantain ; the flowers are tripe- 
talous *, and the feeds are colledled into a head 
like thofe of Crowfoot. The fpecies are : 
\. Blant ago aquatica^ R. 257. Aquatica latifolia^ 
C. 190. Aqmtica major ^ G. E. 417. P. 1245. 
Great Water Plantain : The ftalk of this plant is 
furrowed, angular, redifh, a cubit or more high, and 
divided into many branches : The flowers are of a 
pale purple colour, with fix chives : The feeds are 
gathered into a three-corner’ d head : The leaves are 
pointed, fmooth, and of an acid tafle. 
2. Flantago aquatica minor ^ R. 257. 'P. 1245. 
Aquatica hnmilis^ G. E. 417. Aquatica anguftifolia^ 
C. 190. The Lefler Water Plantain : The leeds of 
this are gathered into a round head. 
3. Plantago aquatica minor ^ Ranunculi flammet 
majoris folio ^ neftras^ R. 258. The Greater Water 
Plantain, v/ith leaves like the Greater Spearwort. 
4. Plantago aquatica^ R. 258. About a mile 
from Sudbury^ in Ejfex, 
Sagitt a, Arrowhead. It hath a thick, fpungy root, 
v/ith frnall fibres : The firfe leaves are like thofe of 
Plantain ; bu t fome of the fucceeding refemble the 
Iiead of an arrow : The Ealks branch out into 
umbles ; The flower has tl>ree petals : The fruit 
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