Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
L I B, 2. 
The fecond growes in ditches, {landing waters, and riucrsj as on the ftone wall that bordereth 
vpon theriuer Thames by the Sauoy in London. 
The Time. 
They floure in Iune, and the feed is ripe in Auguft. 
«]■ The Names. 
t The firfl of thefe is Rapiflrum florealbi Erucx folijs^lohe/l .-Amoratia, or Rapiftrum album 
of Tdbcrna.monta.nus : and Raph.mue fylvcjlris, of our Author ; in Englifh, wilde Radifh. 
The fecond is Radictdafyfocjlrit of DodonausiandAhaphanus aquations, or palujlris ot others : il> 
Englifh, water Radifh. 
*[ The 7 ' imperative. 
The wilde Radifhes are of like temperature with the garden Radifh, but hotter and drier. 
The Vcrtues. 
A Diofcorides writeth,that the leaues are rcceiued among the pot herbes, andlikewife theboiled 
root, which as he faith, doth heate,andprouokevrine. 
C h a v. 7. Of Horfe %idijb. 
The Dcfcription. 
1 T T Orfe Radifh bringeth forth great leaues, long, broad, fharpe pointed and flipped a- 
I bout the edges,of a deepe greene colour like thofe of the great garden Docke, called, 
of fome Monkes Rubarbe, of others Patience, but longer and rougher. The ftalke 
is flender and brittle, bearing at the top fmall white floures : which being pafl, there follow fmall 
cods, wherein is the feed. The root is long and thicke,whiteof colour, in talle fliarpe, and very 
much biting the tongue like muflard. 
2 Dittander or pepperwort, hath broad leaues, long, and fnarpe pointed, of a blewifh greene 
colourlike woad,fomewhar fnipt or cut about the edges likea favve. The flalke is round and 
r tough : 
