1566 Of the Hiflory of Plants. Lm.y 
T>io(coridcs teacheth, that Liuer-wort being applied to the place ftancheth bleedin^.takes avvav 
all inflammations, and that it is good for a tetter or ring-worme, called in Greeke, a,*.’ and that it 
i? a remedie for them that haue the yellow iaundice, euen that which commeth by the inflamma- 
tion of the liuer ; and that furthermore it quencheth the inflammations of the tongue. 
Chapi 164. 
Of Lung-wort, or wood Liner-wort , and Oijier-greenc. 
I Lichen arberum. 
Tree Lung-wort. 
2 Lichen mnrinus. 
Sea Lung-wort, or Oifter-greene. 
The Dcfcription. 
1 TT ® Liuerwort there is ioyned Lung-wort, which is alfo another kindeof Mofle, drier, 
JL o ro ader,ofa larger fize,and fetvvith feales : the leaues hereof are greater, and diuerfly 
folder done in another, not fofmooth, but more wrinckled, rough and thicke almoft 
like a Pell or hide, and tough vvithall :on thevpper fide whitifh, and on the nether fideblackifh or 
dulty, it feemeth to be after a fort like to lungs or lights. 
a ft. * f °f ^ ea Mofle is an herby matter much like vnto Liuer-wort, altogether without 
ita ke or item, bearing many greene leaues, very vneuen orcrumpled,andfulIofwrinklcs,andfom- 
wliat broad not much differing from leaues of crifpe or curled Lettuce : this growethvpon rockes 
within the bowels ofthefea, but efpecially among oifters,and in greaterplenty among thofe Oi- 
fters which are cal led Wall-fleet Oifters : it is very well knowne euen to the poore Oifter-women 
which carry Oifters to fell vp anddowne.whoare greatly defirous of the faid mofle for the decking 
and beautifying oftheir Oifters, to make them fell the better. This mofle they doecall Oifter" 
greene. 1 
* rj T h eb f anc kesofthis elegant plant are fomehandfull or better high, fpred abroad on e- 
uerie fide, and only confifting offundry Angle roundifh leaues, whereto are faftned fomtimes one, 
fometimes 
