Lib. 2 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
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Chap. ip8. Of the female Flue Heritor Speedwell. 
f The Definition. 
t r T~' He firft kinde of Elatine, beeing of Fuchfiut and CMatthio/^ called Veronica famine or 
J|[ the female Fluellen 5 fhooteth from a /mail and fibrous root many flexible and tender 
brandies, difperfed flat vpon the ground.ramping & creeping with leaues like Num- 
mulenajout that the leaues of Elatine areof an hoarie,hairie,and ouetworne greene colour . among 
which come forth many fmall flourcs, of a yellow colour mixed with a little purple, like vnto the 
Jmall S napdragon, haul ng a certaine taile or Spur fattened vnto cuery fuch floure , like the herbe 
called Larkes fpflrre. The lower raw or chap of the floure is of a purple colour, and the vpper iawe 
of a faueyellowe, which beeing part, there fucceedes a fmall blacke feede contained in round 
husks. 
a The fecond kinde of Elatine hath ftalfees, branches,floures,and roots, like the firft • but the 
leaues are flifhioned like the former, but that they haue two little ears at the lower end, fomewhat 
refembling an arrow head, broad at the fetting on : but the fpur or taile of the floure is longer and 
more purple mixed with the yellow in the floure* 3 
I Veronica famine Fuchfijfve Elatine. 
The Female Fluellen. 
i Elatine altera. 
Sharpe pointed Fluellen, 
OuFUrrr 
f The Place. 
Both thefe plants I haue found in fundry places where come hath growne.efpecially barley as 
in the fields about Southfleet in Kent,where within fix miles compafle there is not a field wherein 
it doth not grow. 
Alfo itgroweth in a field next vnto the houfe fometime belonging to that honourable gentle- 
man Sir Frances Walfinghem, at Barn-elmes,and in fundry places of EfTex^nd in the next field vnto 
tne Churchyard at Chifwicke neere London, towards the midftof the field* 
. If TheTimti 
They floure in A u gull and September. 
If 'tj’i 
