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Of the Hiftory of Plants. L 1 b. 2 
herbs, although CKatthiolus and Diofcorides himfelfe hath made this wall Rue to be a kinde of /Vo- J 
njchiapx Nailewoort.-notwithftanding the Germanes wil not Ieaue the vfe thereofbut receiue i t as ; 
the true Adianth, adeeming it equal, ifnot far better,than eithe^COTw/i, Venerii vert* 20r I 
Tr/cmaves, called alfo Poljtncben : it bringeth forth very many leaues, round and {lender, cut into J 
two or three parts, very hard in handling, fmooth and greeneon the outfide.ofan ill fauoured dead l| 
colour vnderneath,fet with little fine fpots, which euidently fheweth it to be a kinde of Feme: the i 
root is blacke and full of firings. 
2 Ciiilhu V eneris SjrUa. 3 Rutd muraria, five Salma vit<e. 
The right Maiden-haire grovveth vpon walls, in ftonie, fhadowie, and moift places, neerevnto 
Fountaines,and where water droppeth : it is a ftranger in England: notwithftanding I haue heard it 
reported by fome of good credit, that it groweth in diners places of the Weft countrey of Eng- 
^ A (Tyrian Maiden-haire taketh his furname ofhis natiue countrey Affyria,it is a ftranger in 
StoneRue groweth vpon old walls neere vnto waters, wells, and fountains : I found it vpon the 
ua ofthe cnurchyardof Dartford in Kent, hard by the riuer fide where people ride through, and 
alio vpon the walls of the Churchyard of Sittingburne in the fame Countie, in the middle ofthe 
owne ar y a great lake of water, and alfo vpon the Church walls of Railey in Effex, and diuers 
Thefe plants are greene both winter and fommer,and yet haue neither fioures nor feed. 
Aftyrian Maiden-haire. 
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