OF theHiftory of Plants. 
9 Tttncaria Salmanticcnfs. 
Icklian rut'hie Horl-taile. 
6 The female Horfe railegroivrrh for 
the snoft part in waterifti places , anil by the 
brinks of fmall rills and pirling brookes- it 
hath a long root like that of Couch grafte 
from which rife vp diners hollo# ftalkes, fet 
about at certaine diftances with fmal leaues 
in rundles like thofe of Woodroofe, altoge- 
ther barren of feed and floure, whereof it was 
called by Lobel^ Polygonon fdnirna femine Vi- 
dua. ^ This is fometimes found withtenne 
or more feedcs at each ioynt ; whence Bau- 
hint hath called it EquifetHm paluflre kreuiori- 
bus folijs poly fpermon.% 
$ 7 in fome boggle places of this 
kingdome is found a rare 1 and pretty Hippuris 
or Horfe taile, which growes vp with many 
little branches , fome two or rhree inches 
high, putting forth at each ioynt many little 
leaues,clu tiering clofe about the ftalke, and 
fetafter the manner ofother Horfe-tailes: to- 
wards the tops of the branches the ioynts 
are very thicke:the colour ofthewholeplant 
is gray, a little inclining to green, very brit- 
tle, and as ic were ftony or grauelly like Co- 
talline, and will crafli vnder your feet, as if it 
were frozen; and if you chew it you fhall 
finde it all ftonie or grauelly. My friend M r . 
Levitan! Buckner was the firft that found this 
plant, and brought it to me ; he had ic three 
miles beyond Oxford, a little on this fide 
Euanfham-ferry, in a bog vpon a common 
by the Beacon hill neere Cumner-wood, in 
the cndofAuguft, 1632. M'.iWer hath fmee found it growing vpon a bog not far from ChilTel- 
burft in Kent. I queftion whether this bee not the Hippuris Lcufiris qiudim fvlijs manfu arenofis of 
Cefner : but i i'Gefncrs be that which Bauhine id his Prod omus,pag.i 4.fets forth by the name of Equi- 
fetum nudum minus variegalum , then I iudgeit not tobe this of my deferipcion :for Bauhjncs differs 
from this in that it is withoutleaues,and ofttimes bigger.-the ftalks ofhis arc holIow,thefc not lb: 
this may be called Hippuris Coralloides , Horfe-taile Coralline. 
8 Towards the later end of rheyeare,in diners ditches, as in Saint Iameshis Parke, in the 
ditches on the backe of Southwarke towards Saint Georges fields , &c. you may finde couercd c 
ouerwith watera kinde of ftinking Horfe-taile: it growes fometimes a yard long, with many ioints 
and branches, and each ioint fet with leaues, as in the other Horfe-tailes, but they are forttewhac 
iagged ordiuided towards thetops.I take this tobe the Eqtiiferumfiitidtim fub aqua mwr.defcribed 
in the fift place of Bauhintts his Prodromm : we may call it in Englifh, Stinking water Horfe-taile. £ 
9 Clufius hath fet forth a plant, that he referreth vnto the ftockc of Horfe-tailes, which he thus 
deferibeth : it hath many twiggie or rufhie ftalks, whereupon it was called iuncaria ; and may bee 
Englifhed, Rufh-weed : the leaues grow vpon the branches like rhofe of Flax : on the roppes oft he 
ftalks grow fmall chaffieflouresof avvhitifii colour. The feed is final!, and blacke of colour , The 
root is little and white: the whole plant is fweerifh in tafte. 
i o Hodonxus fetteth forth another Horfe-taile, which he called diming Horfe-taile, or horf- 
taile of Olympus. There is(faith he) another plant like Horfe-taile, but greater and higher. Itri- 
feth vp oftentimes with a ftalke as big as a Mans arme, diuided into many branches .-out of which 
there grow long flender fprigs very full of ioints, like to the firft Horfe-taile. The floures (land a. 
bout the ioints, of a moffie fubftance, fmall as are thofe of the Cornell cree;in places whereof aroiv 
vp red fruit full of fowreiuice, not vnlike to little Mulberries, in which is the feed. The root is hard 
and woodd ie.This growes now and then to a great height, and lometimes lower. Bdlonius wfiteth 
in his Singularities,thatithath beenfeenetobeequall in height with the Plane tree: itco n'inerh 
vp lower , neere to Ihorter and Iefler trees or fhrubs, yet doth it not fallen it felfe to the trees with 
any tcndrcls or clafping ag!e|^ ; much leffe doth it winde it felfe about them, yet doth ic delidit to 1 
ftand neere and clofevnro them. “ D 
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