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The male b lacke Feme., - 
' ' » . 1 . At 
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Tic Time. 
They remaine greene all the yeare long", 
otherwife than Polypodie & Maidens haire 
do ; yet do they not ceafe to bring forth new 
leaues in Summer : they are deftitute of 
floures and feed, as is the former. 
The Names. 
This is called ofdiuers of the later Herba- 
ri(ls,Dryoj/tcris nigra, or blacke Oke-Ferne, 
of the likeneffe that it hath with D/yopteris ■ 
which we haue called in Englifh, Oke-Ferne, 
or mode Ferne : of others, Adianttim riorum, 
or blacke Maidens haire, that it may differ 
from the former,which is falfly called _Adi- 
amnm. There are ofthe later Herbarids who 
would haue it to be Lonchitis afpem, or rough 
Spleen-wort ; but what likeneffe hath it with 
the leaues of Scolopendrium ? none at allrther- 
foreitisnot Lonchitis afpera , much Icflc Adi- 
antum Plinij, which differeth not from >, ^Adi- 
antttm T heophra/H ■, for what he hath of <~Adi- 
antum, the fame he taketh out of Theophra- 
ftus ■■ the right Adiantum we will defcribe 
hereafter, hfotwithdanding blacke Oke- 
Ferne was vfed of diners vnlearned Apothe- 
caries of’France and Germanv fo r Adiantum, 
or Maiden-haire of Lumbardy : but rhefc 
mendiderre in doing fo ; yet not fo much as 
they who take Polypodie of the Oke for the 
true Maiden-haire. 
The Temperature and Verities. 
Theblacke Oke-Ferne hath no ftipticke qualitie at all, but is like in facultie to Trichomancs, or 
Englifh Maiden-haire. 
Chap. 470. Of Harts-tongue. 
The Dcfcription. 
I r T' He common kinde of Harts-tongue, called Phytlitis, that is to fay, a plant confiding on- 
A , ly of leaues, bearing neither ftalke,floure,norfeed,refemblingin (hew a long tongue, 
whereof it hath.becn and is called in (hops Lingua ceruina, that is, Harts tongue: thefe leaues are a 
foot long, fmootb and plaine vpon one fide, but vpon that fide next the ground braked ouerthvvart 
with certaine long rough markes like fmall wormes, hanging on the back fide thereof. The root is 
blacke, hairy, and twilled, or fo growing as though it were wound together. 
1 The other kind of Ferne, called Phyllitis multi fida, or Laciniata, that is,iagged Harts tongue, 
is very like vnto the former, failing that the leaues thereof are cut or iagged like a mans hand,or the 
palme and brovvantles of a Deare, bearing neither ftalke,floure,nor feed. 
3 There is another kinde of Harts-tongue called Hemimitujn hich hath bred fome controuer- 
fiqaniong writers : for fome haue tooke it for a kinde of Harts-tongue, as it is indeed ; others dc- 
feribe it as a -proper plant by it felfe, called Hcmionitu , of »/-*>«, that is, Mate, a Mule,bccaufe Mules 
do delight to feed thereon: it is barren in feeds, ftalkes, and floures, and in fhape it agreeth very 
Well with our Harts-tongue : the roots are compadf of many blackifh haires : the leaues are fpot- 
ted on the backfide like the common Harts-tongue, and differ in that, that this Hemhnitis in the 
bafe or lowed parts of the leaues is arched after rhe manner of a new Moone,or a forked arrow,the 
yongefl and fmallefl leaues being like vnto the great Binde- weed, called Volubtlis. 
4 Thereis a kinde of Fernecalled likewife Hemionitis fierilis, which is a very fmall and bale 
herbe not aboue a finger high, hailing foure or fine fmall leaues of the fame fubflance and colour, 
fpotred on the backe part, and in tafle like Harts-tongue but the leaues beare the fhape of them 
o{toubona,or good Henry, which many of our Apothecaries do abufiuely take for Mercuric: The. 
roots are very many, Gnooth, blacke, and threddtc, bearing neither ftaIke,floure,nor feed : this plane 
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