Of the Biftorie of Plants. 
Lib. i. 
8 iz 
«jy The Difcription. 
X T'X Ond-vveed hath little ftall.es, (lender, fpreading like thofc of the vine, and jointed : the 
Jr'* leaues be long,fmalJer than the leaues of P!antaine,andharder,with manifeft veines run- 
ning alongft them as in Plantains,vvhich Handing vpon {lender and long (terns or foot- 
ftalkes, (hew thcmfelues aboue the water, and lie flat along vpon the fuperficiall or vpper part 
thereof, as do the leaues of the water Lillie : the floures grow in (Port eares, and are ofa light red 
purple colour, like thufe ol'Rcd-fhankes or Biftort : the Iced is hard. 
f: 2 This (whofe figure was formerly vnfitly put by our A uthour to the following deferip- 
tion) hath longer, narrower, and fharper pointed leaues than thofe of the laft deferibed, hauing the 
veines running from the middle rib to the fides of the leaues, as in a willow !eafe,which they lome- 
what referable • at the tops of the ftalkes grow reddifh fpikes or eares like thofe of the laft deferi- 
bed : the root is long, jointed, and fibrous, i 
^ 4 Potamogeiton longis acutis Jo, 
Long fharpe leaned Pondwee* 
^ d-A/LA 0 O, 
X There is another Pondwced deferibed thus j it fhooteth forth into many (lender and round 
fteras, which are diftributed into fundry branches : his leaues are broad, long, and fharpe pointed, 
yet much lelfe than the firft kindeiout ofthebofomes ofthe branches and leaues there fpring cer- 
taine little ftalkes which beare fundry fmall white moffie floures, which doe turne into plaineand 
round feeds, likethe common Tare or V etchihis root is fibrous, throughly fattened in the ground. 
t 4 There is alfoanother Pondweed, which hath whitifh and jointed roots creeping in the 
hortome of the water, and fending downe fome fibres, but fending vp (lender jointed and long 
ftalkes, fmall below, and bigger aboue, hauing long narrow and very ftiffe fharpe pointed leaues. 
The floures grow in a reddifh fpike like thofe of the firft deferibed. This is the Potamogeiton niter* 
of Dodonaus. $ The Place. 
Thefe herbes do grow in (landing waters, poo!es,ponds,and ditches, almoft euery where. 
The Time. 
They do floure in Iuneand Inly. 
«r The Names. 
It is called ofthe Grecian', : in Larine,Fe«a/A,ind Spicata.-in high Dufch.^antfetaut; 
:n low Dutch, jfOntcpncrupt: in French, d’eaue : inLnglifli, Pondweed, and water Spike. 
The 
