Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
Li b. z. 
614. 
7 Speedvvel Chickweed hath a little tender (talk, from which come diners fmall armes or bran- 
ds as it were wmgs,fet together by couples ; whereon do grow leaues fet likewife by couples like 
thoie of V eromca, or herbe Fluellen, whereof it tooke his name. The floures grow along the bran- 
ches ot a blew colour ; after which come little pouches wherein is the feed : the root is fmalhand 
likewife threddy. This in the Htft. Lttgd. is called Blatine polyfchides , and V abuts Column, 1 iudeeth 
it tobethe Alyjjbn of Diofcondcs . $ 0 
S There is a kind of Chickweed growing in the brinks and borders of Weis Fountains & (hal- 
low Springs, hailing many threddy roots from which rifevp diuers tender (talks, whereupon doe 
grow long narrow leaues 5 from the bofomes of which come forth diuers fmaller leaues of a bright 
greene colour. The floures grow at the top of the ftalkes, fmall, and white of colour. ° 
9 There is likewife another water Chickweed fmaller than the lad defcribed, hailing for his 
root a thicke haflocke or tuft of threddy ftrings :from which rifevp very many tender (terns ft re t- 
ching or trailing along the ftreame ; whereondogrow long leaues fet vpon a middle rib,like thofe 
ot Lentils or wilde Fetch : the floures and (beds are like the precedent, but much fmaller. 
^ 11 Alfinerottmdifolia, pue Porttdaca aquatka. 
Water Purllane. 
| 12 AIJine palulfris ferpilli folia. 
Creeping water Chickweed. 
Ij Aljine baccifera. 
Berry-bearing Chickweed. 
Cux* JIoJUaA. b . 
like ih T a T ? che , ma V il \ or r^ t 1 erini grounds another fort of Chickweed, not much vn- 
Iike the reft of the ftocke or kindred of Chick weeds . It hath a long root of the bigneffe ofa wheat 
draw, with diuers firings hanging thereat, very like therootof Couch-grafTe :from the which ri- 
leth vp diuers vpnghtflender ftalkes, fet with pretty large fliarpe pointed leaues (landing by cou- 
ples at certaine diftances : on the top of the ftalkes grow, fmall white floures like thofe of Stitch- 
wort, but lener, and of a white colour. 
„ * , - r 1 T° thefe water Chickiveeds may fitly be added thofe two which I mentioned and fi- 
gured in my Iaft lournall : the former of which, that I haue there called Mfme actuanca foliis rotrn- 
dtonbnsJiM Port, t ,c a aquatic a (that is) Round leaned Chickweed, or water Purflane, hath a fmall 
llnngy root which fends forth diuers creeping fquare branches, which here and thereat the ioynts 
put 
