Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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TheTime. 
They floure and flourifh io May and Inne. 
The Nantes. 
Matthiolus writeth, That the people of Goritia do commonly call thefe two former plants Scr- 
pentana and Serpentina • but vnproperly, for that there be other plants which may better be called 
Serpentina than thefe two : we may cal them in Englilh wild fea Plantaine,whercofdoubtlefle they 
arekindes. 
Moufe-taile is called in ’Latiae Cauda mttris,3.niCauela mttrina : in Greeke,nu;msv, orF'(»«i. M)o- 
ftros is called of the French-men gueutdc fouris : in Engliih, Bloud-flrange,and Moufe-taile. 
«U The Temper attire. 
Coromptts is cold and dry much like vnto the Plantaine. Moufe-taile is cold and fomthing dry- 
ing, with a kinde ofaftriflion or binding qualitie. 
The Vert ties. 
Their faculties in working are referred vnto the Plantaines and Harts-horne. 
Chap, lot; 
OfBucbg'horne Tlantaines , or Harts-horne. 
I Cornu Ceruinnm. 
Harts-horne. ^ . 
L-O'U/wo'jO 
2 Coro nop us Kuellij. 
_ Swines Crefles,or Bucks-home. 
Cn. 
fr-M—O' 7/o u. s 
f> <■ 
The Defcription. 
1 TTVcks-horne or Harts-horne hath long narrow hoary leaues-, cut on boththe fides with 
{ j three or fourfc fhort ftarts or knags, refenrbling the branches ofa harts horne,fpread ing 
it felfe on the ground like a liar : from the middle whereof fpring vp final I round naked 
hairy ftalks - at the top whereofdo grow little knops orfpikie torches like thofeof the final Plan- 
taines. The root is fknder and threddy. 
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