Of PLANTAIN Sea. 
E Names. It is called in Greek , ' 04 - 
___ rw iy 'Ou'cctov : in La! in e, Holoftium , Cf 
Holojleum , (for it is Written both ways) alfo 
Plunla&o Karina: and in Englijh , Srs P&s- 
tain. _ . r 
II. The Kinds. There are many Species ot 
this Plant, but thefe five forts are chief, viz. 
I. Plant ago Marina vulgaris Lobc/ij, LugduncnJis 
& Gerardi , Our common Sea Plantain. 2. Hoto- 
fleumSalamanticum , Holojleum Hifpanicum , 
angujlifoha albida Doionti, Plantago Uifpamenfis 
major , Holojleum qoruniam Camerarij ; Holojleum 
hirfutum albicans majus Baithini The greater Spa- 
nifli Sea Plantain. 3. Holojleum minus, Holojleum 
’hirfutum albicans minus Cliff Bauhiito ; Plant ago 
tilfpanienfis minor , Holojleum Salamatiticumminor-, 
The letTer Spanifli Sea Plantain. 4. Holojleum art- 
gull if olium majus , Jive Serpent aria major ; Coronopus 
Sylveftris Mattbioli -, Serpentina marina-. Plant ago 
marina Camerarij in borto , Plant ago angujlifolia 
Lodontei , The greater Grafs Leav’d Sea Plantain. 
5. Holojleum anguftifolium minus , Serpentina Om- 
nium minima Lobelij, Holojleum quorundam Lugdu- 
nenfis. The lefier Grafs Leav’d Sea Plantain. To 
thefe may he added , 6 . Holojleum Loniceri , Cau- 
da mum Vocalum , Myofcuros , Holojleo affinis Cau- 
da murits Baubini , Coronopus Sylvejlris Tragi, 
Moufe Tail. This, tho’ Corner arim, Lomcerm, 
TLugdunenfis, Tbalius , and Baubinus himfelf, ac- 
counts among the Kindred of the Holojlea , yet 
others have been of another Opinion, for which 
Reafon we have treated of it alone, in a particu- 
lar Chapter by it felf, viz. in Chap. 504. aforego- 
ing, and therefore (hall fay no more of it in this 
place. 
The Descriptions. 
III. The frjt , or Our Common Sea Plan- 
tain. Its Root is fomeiohat white , thick , and 
long , with long fibres adjoining thereto , and 
abides may Tears , from this Root Spring up 
many narrow , long , and thick green Leaves , 
having here and there a dent or two on the 
one edge , and pointed, at the end. from a - 
mong thefe Leaves rife up feveral bare Stalks , 
with a f/nall f piked Head thereon , f mailer than 
Common Plantain, other wife alike , both in its 
Blooming and Seed. 
IV. The fecond, or Greater Spanifli Sea Plan- 
tain. Its Root is Something long and hard , with 
feveral fibres adjoining to it. It differs not 
much from the former Greater Kind; having 
many narrow hoary Leaves lying on the Ground , 
but fhorter and broader than they, from 
among which rife up divers naked Jhort Stalks , 
little more than an Hand breadth high , fur 
nijht from the » middle altnoft to the tops , 
with many whitijh green Flowers J landing more 
fparfedly in the f piked Heads than the former h 
which contain in their Husks a certain kind of 
/ mall Seed. 
V. The third , or Lefier Spanifh Sea Plan- 
tain. This in its Root and fibres , Leaves , 
Stalks , Heads , flowers and Seed , as alfo in 
its manner of growing , is very like the lajl y 
faving that this is much J mailer , and not fo 
gray or Hoary ; and the flowers are like to 
thofe of the Ribwort, or Bucks-horn Plantain, 
but the Heads ate J mailer , and the Leaves greener 
and narrower. 
VI. The fourth , or Greater Grafs Leav’d 
Sea Plantain. Its Root is fomewhat thick , long 
and woody , with fome fibres thereto adjoining. 
This Greater G rally Leav’d Plant has a great 
number of /mail long Leaves , altnoft like Grafs, 
but that they are ftiff and hard 5 fometimes 
lying upon the J Ground , and fometimes raifed 
a little higher , from a Stem under them. They 
are of a grayifh or hoary green color , and 
having on fome 0} them , fome fmall gajhes on 
the edges. From among which rife up naked 
Stalks , about half a Foot high , with fmall 
[piked Heads , like unto Plantain Heads , Jet 
on their tops , in which is contained alfo fuch 
like Seed , 
VII. The 
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