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$z 6 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Lib. 2. 
• % The Names. 
It may be called Sedum aquattl, r,or water Sengreen, that is to fay, of the likeneffe of herbe Aloe 
which is alfo called in Latine Sedum : of fome, Caftcri cheUpxCancriforficuLt : in Englifh , VVarer 
Houfleeke, Knights Pondwoort 5 and of fome, Knights water Sengreene, frefh water Soldier, or wa- 
ding Pondweed:it feemeth to be Stratiotes uquatilisjo t Sirutietes potamios ,or Knights water Woutid- 
woort, which may alfo be named in Latin aMtlituris equatica, and c Mi/itaris Aizoides , or Soldiers 
Yarrow; for it groweth in the water,and floteth vpon it, and if thofe firings which it fendeth to the 
bottome of the wat er be no roots, it alfo lujeth without roots. 
v^ThcT empcrature . 
This herbe is of a cooling nature and temperament. 
The Vertues. 
A This Houfleeke ftaieth the bloud which commeth from the kidneies, it keepeth green wounds 
from being inflamed,and it is good againft S. Anthonies fire and hot fwellings,being applied vn- 
to them : and is equall in the vertues aforefaid with the former. 
Chap. 500. Of iter Yarrow t and water (jillofoure. 
U The Dlfcriptiin. 
* \ A T A ter Violet hath long and great iagged leaues.very finely cut or rent like Yarrow ' 
V V but fmaller.-among which come vp fmall ftalkes a cubit and a halfe high, bearing 
at the top fmall white floures like vnto ftocke Gillofloures,with fome yellovvnes 
In the middle. The roots are long and fmall like blacke threds,and at the end whereby they are fa- 
ttened to the ground they are white, and fhining like Chryfiall. 
$ There is another varietie of th is plant, which differs from it only in that the Jeaues are much 
fmaller 3 as you may fee them expreft in the figure, t 
2 Water 
