Lib. 2. 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
397 
like it not well that the feed fhould be faid to be Drimus . yet that is to be vnderftood according 
} to the common phrafe, when acride things are confounded with thofe which be iharpe and foure° 
elfe we might accufe him of fuch ignorance as is notamongft the fimpleft women. Moreoucr the 
word Oxys doth not onely fignifie the leafe, but the fauour and tartneffe, which by a fig ure drawne 
from the niarpnelfeofkniues edges is therefore called iharpe : for .f**> t fignifieth a iharpe or 
foure iuycc which pierceth the tongue like a iharpe knife : whereupon alfo Lap at hum may be cal 
led Oxalis, as it is indeed. The lcaues of this are thinner, tenderer, and more vnftuous than thofe 
of Lapatutm acutum , broader next to the item, homed and crefted like Spinage and Atriplcx Th e 
ftalke is much ftreaked, reddifh, and full of iuyce : the root is yellow and fibrous • the feed iharpe 
cornered and ihining, growing in chaffiehuskes like the other Docks. ’ ^ ' 
2 The fecond kinde of Ox alts orSorrell hath large lcaues like Patience, confufedly cr rovvi ' n n- 
; together vpon a great tall ftalke, at the top whereof grow tufts ofa chaffie fubftance. The & root if 
tuberous, much like the Peonie,or rather Filipendcila,faftned to the lower part of the Item with 
t fmall long firings and laces. r . 
; 3 The third kinde of Sorrollgroweth very final], branching hither and thither, taking hold 
(by new fhoots)ofthe ground where it groweth, whereby it difperfethit felfe far abroad The 
.'leaues are littleand thin, hauing two fmall leaues likeeares faftnedthereto,in (hew like the herbe 
• Sagittaria .■ the feed in tafte is like the other ofhis kinde. 
i 4 The fourth kinde ofSorrell hath leaues fomevvhat round and cornered, of a whiter cokiur 
than theordinarie,and hauing two fhort eares anexed vnto the fame. The feed and root in tafte is 
like the other Sorrels. 
L. Li ^iskmde of curled Sorrell is a Granger in England, and hath very long leaues, in fhape 
if f, 1e , 5 ? a [ c tn Sorrell, but curled and crumpled about the edges as is the curled Colewort. The 
Utaikerilah vp among the leaues, fet here and there with the like leaues, but leffer. The floures 
feeds, and roots are like the common Sorrell or foure Docke. 5 
fomew Wfim 1 ^ 0rreI c groweth vpon dry barren fandy ditch-banks, hath fmall grafly leaues 
^k^^^douerltkethecrofTehiltofa rapier. Theftalkes rife vplmongftthe 
and ronHc k ' ve u kc ’ l nd c Cnde [’ ° f the , fame foure tafte that the leaues are of. The floure, feed, 
and root is like the other Sorrels, but altogether leffer. 
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