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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
lefl'e, as they Hand higher or neerer the top of the ftalke : and at each of thefe leaues about the top 
of the Hem growes one fmall white floure confiding of fix little leaues toyned together , and not 
opening themielues : and thefe at length turne into little knobs, with foure little pointals Handing 
out of them. Chtfius calls this Myriophyllon aquaticnm minus. f 
A 
B 
$ 4 CMillcfoliumientiifolium. 
Fennell leaned water Milfoile. 
$ 5 (Mdlefoltimtaluftregalericulatum. 
Hooded water Milfoile. 
qr The place. 
They be found in lakes and Handing waters,or in waters that tun flowly : 1 haue not found fuch 
plenty of it in any one place, as in the water ditches adioyning to Saint George his field neere 
London. 
The Time. 
They floure for the mofi part in May and June. 
«] The Names. 
The firft is called in Dutch water HU tOlWatl, that is to fay, Viola aquatilis : in Englifh , Water 
Gi To !loure,or water Violet : in French, Gyroflees d’eaue : Matthiolm makes this tobealfo MjrophylU 
fi , or a kindeof Yarrow, although it doth not agree with the defeription thereof; for neither 
hath it one fialkeonely,norone Angle root 3 as Myrwphyllon or Yarrow isdeferibed to haue ; for the 
roots are full of firings, and it bnngeth forth many Halkes. 
The jecond is called in Greeke ■ in Latine, Millefolittm , and eJMyiophyllon, and 3.1 Co Stc~ 
percihum Veneris ■ in fhops it is vnknowne. This Yarrow differeth from that of the land : the reft 
are diffidently fpokenofin their titles. 
T he Nature and Vert ties . 
Water Yarrow, as Diofcorides faith,isofa dry facultie ; and byreafon that it taketh away hot 
inflammations and fwellings,it feemeth to be of a cold nature ; for Diofcorides affirmeth,that water 
Yatrow is a remedie againfi inflammations in greene wounds, if with vineger it be applied greene 
or drv :and it is giuen inwardly with vineger and fait, to thofe that haue fallen from a high place. 
Water Gilloftoure or water Violet is thought to be cold and dry, yet hath it no vfe in phyficke 
at all. 
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