Chap. 58 6. Enghjh Herbs . ^2 ^ 
//Ac t/ir Leaves of Rocket, but much greater. The 
Stalks are /lender and rough, about q ieet high , 
divided towards the lop into many Branches. The 
Homers are fmall and white. And the Cod (in 
which is contained the Seed ) is long, fender, and 
jointed. 
IV. The fecond,or Water Radifh. Its Root isvery 
long, and of near a Lingers thicknefs, which runs 
far up and down , here and there through the Mud. 
/hooting forth a great many litres , and in many 
places , as alfo feveral Leaves under Water. It 
rifes up in the Water with /lender weak and bending 
Stalks, yielding to and fro-, on which grow at every 
Joint, a long and fomewhat broad Leaf , very 
deeply indented, or cut in on the edges unto the 
middle Rib. At the top of the Stalk, comes forth 
a fmall Tuft of yellow, th Tlowers , con/ijling oj 
four Leaves apiece. After which follow fmall and 
almoft round Pods, with roundSecd in them. 
V. Gerard deferibes this Water Radijh thus. Its 
Rgot is long , Jet at f undry fpaces, with fmall Fi- 
bres or Threads like the Rowel of a Spur, hot and 
burning in Tafte, more than any 0/ the Garden 
Radifhes. It has long and broad Leaves deeply in- 
dented , or cut in even to the middle Rib. The 
Stalk is long and weak, and leans this way and 
that way, being not able to /land upright, without 
a prop, infomuch, that you fhall never find it, no 
not when it is very young, but leaning down upon 
the Mud or Mire where it grows. The F lowers 
grow at the top, made of four [mail yellow Leaves. 
VI. The third, or Second Water Radifh, ( which 
is the Rapiltrum Aquaticum Tabernaitnontani & 
Gerardi.) It has a long tough white Root, a Fingers 
thicknefs or more , running and fpreading it felj 
tnucb, not deep into the Ground, but under the 
upper Cru/i thereof, having at certain difiances 
almofi every where , fmall bunches of Fibres or 
Strings proceeding from it, which have long Leaves 
Spring ing from them. This grows more upright than 
the /aft, for that it feldom grows in Ponds or Ditches 
of Water, as the other does, but on the edge, or 
near Watery Ditches, or other ftanding Waters. 
Its main Stalk or Stalks grow to be fometimes three 
Feeet or more high, on which grow many long Leaves, 
much torn, or cut in, on both edges. At the tops 
of the Stalks grow large Tufts of whit ft or pur- 
plifh Flowers, which being paft away, leave in their 
places, [hort Pods containing the Seed,which is fmall 
and not round as the former. 
VII. The Places. The firft grows upon the 
Borders of Banks, and Ditches caft up, and in 
the Borders of Fields. The fecond never grows 
but in Water, or Brooks, or by Ditches and ftanding 
Waters, and by Rivers fides, or where ftore of 
Water is continually. The third grows near the 
Water fide, and fometimes in fmall watery Dirch- 
es, where there may be fome little Water, and 
almolt dry. 
VIII. The Times. They all Flower in June and 
July, and the Seed is ripe in Augufi, in' or about 
a Month after the time of Flowering. 
IX. The Qua/it ies , Specification, Preparations , and 
Virtues, are the fame with thofe of the Garden 
Radijh aforegoing, (except being ufed as they are 
for a Sallet ; ) and therefore I refer you to the 
former Chapter. Parkinfon fays, that the Water 
Radijhes are fomewhat hot in the Mouth, but the 
firft of them more than the other ; and therefore 
thinks that they may be ufed inftead of Horfe 
Radijh, to warm a cold Stomach, and to help both 
to provoke Urine, and to expel Wind : For which 
purpofe the Seed is more effeflual than the Herb; 
and the Root of more force than the Seed. 
CHAP. DLXXXVI. 
Of RADISH Horfe. 
T 
H E Na: 
„ - - - R was unknown unto the 
Greeks, and therefore has no proper Greek 
Name: but t may weI1 enough b /J e ™ 
(?!// r f a " w ’ Htpporapbanus ; Rapbanus 
horfeTadfth. 1 ***“" *«*“* in £ W 
J'vVf KMs \ iV 5 the third Gerraick Species 
i o’ 1 ™ { FLma f m i“laris fui Generis , 
the I JO/? Herb c ot . own Rind- This cannot be 
the Raphams Sy/veftrts Dtofeoridis, becaufe the 
Root of that is fmall, and the Leaves tender and 
ht to be eaten for a Sallet, which the Leaves of 
this are not. But Tragus will have it to he the 
Armorer,* PI, my: tt is the Rapbanus major, & 
mai n -drmoracim, out Raphanus 
major BrunfelJIj, Tragi, iSGefner,-, Thlafpi ma g. 
n ft m fdf majus Lordi IS Loniceri ; Raphanus ruftwa- 
nm Thlafpi altcrum Dtofeoridis (Lib. 2. Chap 7 1 , ) 
ca TlHorfrf ! hi c g Wh ' ch We in En fni 
? am d by fome is called Mountain 
Ad^e. theN " £ « Green Rad, Jh, 
T he Def triptions. 
III. Its Root is great and long , white and rugged 
Jhoottng up dwen Heads of Leaves, which may be 
parted or divided for lncreafe, but it does not c. reep 
T r b f the ' G ™”d, nor run above Ground, but 
jortbemoft part runs deep into the Earth. The 
Jitjt Leaves wbtcb rtfe up before Winter, are about 
■ F °°‘. ani ha Jf ,0 ”f narrower, and very much cut 
in or , orn abo , the Jges jmg 
dark green col or with a great Rib m the fiddle: 
but after thefe have been up a while, others ft, "ow 
which are greater rougher, broader and longer ’ 
whole, and not divided a, the firft, but only Ml 
thing roundly dented about the edges. The Stalk 
when it bears Flowers (which it does but feldom) 
is great-, rtfwg up with feme, few leffer Leaves 
thereon, till ,t or 4 beet high-, fpreading at 
the top into many fmall Branches of whit ft Flowers 
pf* \j e ; ve j t e i ir afteT wh,ch come fmall 
Pods like thofe of the Leffer Shepherds Purfe, but 
feldom with any Seed in them. 
IV. GcrW deferibes it thus. The Root is long 
and thick, white of color, in Tafte /harp, and veftt 
much biting the Tongue like to Muftard. It brings 
forth great Leaves long broad, /harp pointed, and 
fmpt about the edges of a deep green color, like 
thofe of the Great Garden Dock, called of fome 
Patience, or Monks Rhubarb, but longer and 
rougher. The Stalk ,s /lender and brittle, bear, 
ing at the top fmall white Flowers: which being 
T/eSetT follow f mall0,is i •” icb is contamJd 
Gerard fays, he has found it 
growing Wild in feveral places, as at Mamptwich 
m Chefttre in the place called the Mtln-Eyd -. as 
alfo at Hogsden near London, in the Field next to 
a . J a a m J doufe , leading to Kwgs-land, where it flou- 
rillied lor a long time afterwards. But for the 
molt part it is planted and grows in Gardens, and 
delights in moitt and (hadowy Places. 
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VI. The 
