Lib. 2. Of the Hiftory of Plants: g,p 
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^The Temperature and Vertues. 
It is thought to be a kinde of Pond-weed(or rather of Water Lillie) and tohauethe fame fa- A 
I culties that belong vnto it. ~ 
Chap. zp6. Of Water Lillie. 
^ The Description. 
2 Theleauesof theyeHowwaterLilIiebeliketotheother,yetaretheyalittlelonger. The 
I 1 ftalkes of the Houres and leaues be like: the floures be yellow, confiftingonely offiue little fhorr 
|1 leaues fomething round • in therrudft of which groweth a fmall round head, or button, fharpe to- 
1 vv ards the point,compalfed about with many yellow threds,in which, when it is ripe, liealfo glit- 
t tering feeds, greater than thole of the other, and lelfer than wheat cornes. The roots be thick,long, 
1 fet with certaine dents, as it were white both with in and without, of a fpungious fubftance. 
3 The final white water Lillie floteth likewife vpon the water, hauing a fingle root, with fome 
v fibres faftened thereto: from which riferhvp many long, round Jmooth, and foft foot-ftalkes, 
: ta me of which doe bring forth at the endfaire broad roundbuckler leaues like vnto the prece- 
dent. 
I THc white water Lillie or Nenuphar hath great round leaues,in fhapeofa Buckler, thick, 
, x fat, and fulloftuice.ftandingvponlongroundand fmoothfoot-ftalkes,fulofafpungi- 
ous htbftancejwhich leaues do fwim or flote vpon the topof the water : vpon the end of each ltalk 
I growethone floureone!y,ofcolourwhite,conliftingofmany little long fharpe pointed leaues, in 
t. the middeft whereof bee many yellow threds : after the floure it bringeth forth a round head in 
L ivhichheth black ifh glittering feed. The roots be thicke,full ofknots,blacke without, white and 
It| fpungie within, out ol which groweth a multitude offtrings, by which it is faftened in the bot- 
tl tome. 
I Nymphxa 'alba. 
White Water Lilli 
a Nymphealutea. 
Yellow Water Lillie. 
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