3 This fmall fea plant is likevvife one of the kindesoflhaDi,,,,- • ... ,, , 
Buck-home as otHoloftium, being as it were a degenerate kinde nf f ne 'P artlc . lpat “g as J vc11 of 
graflie leaues very like vnto the herbe Thrift but much fimll«. ^ Plalltaine - It hath many 
tender foot-ftalkes 3 whereondo grow fmallfpikieknoDs like H ^! UC1 come f° rt h little 
tough and threddy. b P knops like thofe of fea Plantaine. The root is 
4 Moule-taileorCaWaTKar# refembleth rhc Ta(T u ^ 
fmall fpikie knops, leaues, and ftalkes that I know no f 6 Corono ? m °[ Plantaine, in 
well place this fmall herbe amonu rhp’l inrl ^ ° e fon to tIle contrar ie, but that I may as 
placed kindes Z*"? ^ Writers haue 
be tolerated in me, confiderine; that without controller fip in them, I truft this may 
Holoftium, hairing many fmall fhorteraffie leaues fnred op 1 tie and bale herbe is a kinde of 
tnore : among which do rife fmall tender naked ftl^esofrlofT 11 ^ ""'f 1 -° ng ° r fomevvhat 
tie blackifh torch or fpikie knop in lhape like that of tbfl Plan ^ °r S ’ r""" 3t tIlC “P a ,k ' 
taileofa Moufe, whereof it tookehis name. The roods fmXSeddt § ^ 7 Che 
r n , - IT The Place. 
0 ItlK- n" was' ^eo *? ro a J > ?? uri 
:and of the way, as^ goironiL^3(Mii»a 'faaVll? 0 * 6 °" * 
from Edmonton r av ;ii a „ j, T j . . p L taue “ mmpitead , in aheldas you go 
fdes, iiAVoodfordRoivln Wahham°Forrel^and?nil ^ ^ PimS ’ b ? *<=foot-pa^h 
l hne in E flex, and in other places. ft ’ d in the Orchard belonging to W. Francis Whet 
sr Th: 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
4 Cauda CHuris, 
Moufe-taile. 
o J urusA 
This plant likewife hath beeneal together vnknowne vnto the old Writers. It aroweth mod 
plentifully vpon the cliffes and rocks and the tops of the barren mountains of Auemne in France 
and in many places of Italy. 
2 The fecond fort of wilde feaPlantaine or Serpentina differeth not from the former but onely 
in quantitie and flenderneffe of his ftaikes, and the fmallncffe of his leaues, which exceed not the 
height of two inches. It groweth on the hills and rockes neere the vvafhings ofthe fea at Maflilia 
in great plenty almoft euery where among the T ragacanthum, hauing a moft thicke and fpreading 
drifter of leaues after the manner of S edum minimum faxetm montannm, fomevvhat like Pinafler , or 
the wilde Pine, as well in manner of growing, as ftiffenelTe, and great increafe of his {lender bran- 
ches. It hath the fmall feedof Plantaine, or Serpentina 'vulgaris , contained within his fpiky cares. 
Theroot isfomewhat long, wooddy, and thicke, in tafte fomevvhat hot and aromaticall. 
3 Coronopus fine Serpentina minimi. 
Small Buck-horne Plantaine. 
