Lib. 2. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
419 
TbeVertues. 
The leaues of water Plantaine, as fome Authors report ,are good to be laid vpon the le°-s of iuch A' 
as are troubled with the Dropfie,and hath the fame propertie that the laud Plantaine hath. 
t Diofcorides and Galen commend the feed hereofgiuen in Wine,againft Fluxes, Dyfenteries, B 
the fpirting of blond, and ouermuch flowing ofwoiiens termes, 
Pliny faith, jlie leaues are good againft burnes. | q 
C h a p. 97 . Of Land Tlantaine. 
TheDefcription. 
1 A Sthc G reckcs haue called fome kindes of Herbes Serpents tongue, Dogs tongtte,and 
f\ Oxe tongue ■ fo haue they termed a kind of Plantaine ^ 4 rnoglojfon,w hich is as if you 
fhould lay Larnbes tongue, very well knownevntoall, by reafon of the great commo- 
ditie and plenty thereof growing eucryvv here ^ and therefore it is needlelfeto fpend time about 
them. The greatneife and hi (Irion of the leaues hath been the caule of the varieties and diueriities 
of their names *■ 
1 Thelecondis like the firftkinde, and differeth in that, that thiskindeot Plantaine hath 
greater, but fhorter fpikes or knaps : and the leaues are of an hoarie or ouerworne greene colour : 
the ftalkes arc likewife hoary and hairy. . 
3 The fmall Plantaine hath many tender leaues ribbed like vnto the great Plantaine, and is 
very like in each refpeftvnto it, fauing that it is altogether lelfer. ■ j 
4 The fpiked Rofe Plantaine hath very few leaues, narrower than the leaues of the fecond 
kindeofPlantaine,fharperattheends,and further growing one from another. It beareth avery 
double floure vpon a fliort Item like a rofe, of a greenifh colour tending to yellovyneffe. The fee 
grovvethvpona fpikie tuftaboue thehigheft part of the plant j notwithftandingit is but very low 
in refpeft of the other Plantaines aboue mentioned. _ , 
1 Plant ago latifolia. 
Broad leaned Plantaine. 
2 Plantagoincana. 
Hoarie Plantaine, 
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