Lib. t. 
Of theHiftoryof Plants. iijj 
£ Dryopteris Aduerf. 
TtueOkeFernej 
$ 2 Tiryopteris alba Bod. 
White Oke-Ferne. 
t 3 Dryoptcris Tragi. 
Sryopttrls Fine & Lobdij . 
The roots creepe in the ground or mire, neere the turfe or vpper part thereof, and fold amongft 
themfe!ues,as the roots of Polypoiintn do, almoft as big as a wheat draw, and about hue, fix, or fa- 
llen inches long, cole blacke with out, and white within, of a binding tafte inclining to nveetnefle, 
with an innumerable companie of final! blacke fibres like haires growing thereunto. The ftalkes 
fprinT from the roots in feuerall places, in number variable, according to the length and encrc.ife 
oftheVoot- 1 haue feene fmill plants hatie but one or two, and fome bigger plants haue fourteene 
or fifteene 'they haue but a two-fo 1 1 diuifion, the ftalke growing from the root,and the nerue bea- 
ring tlie Icaues : the ftalke is about !uie,fix,or feuen inches long, no bigger that a bennec or f ru ! 1 
grade ftalke, one fide flat, as are the male Femes, the reft round, fmooth,and green. The firft paire 
ofneruesgrow about three inches from the root, and fo do all the reft grow by couples, almoft ex- 
■aftlyone a^ainft another, in number about eight, nine, of ten couples, the longed feluo me excee- 
ding an inch in length. The leaues grow on thofe nerues alfo by couples, eightor nine couples na 
a nerue, without .u/aicke> or indentures, of a yellowifh greens colour. This Feme may be laid 
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