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Of the Hiflorie of Plants. 
Li b. 3. 
kinde of Coralline, it growethvp to the forme of a fmall ftirub, branched diuerflv ; whereon doe 
grow fmall graflb-likeleaues,vcry finely cut oriagged,likevnto Fenneljyet are they of a ftony fub- 
ftance,as are the reft of the Corallines 5 of a darke ruffet colour. 
* 7 This growes alio in the like places,bauing many fmall long Fennell-like diuided Jeaues 
vpon ftalks fome foot long, wich fome fwelling eminences here & there fet in the diuifions of the 
leauesrthis is by Lobcl called by the name I heregiue you it. 
8 This alfo hath fine cut Ieaues like thofe of Fennell, but much IdTe & Ihorter,of a faire green 
colour : thefe grow vp from round tuberous roots, which together with the fibres they fend forth 
are ofa blackifh colour : the ftalks alfo are tuberous and fwolne,as in other plants of this kind . It 
growes in the fea with the former. Dcdonxm calls this Fucus marinus virens tcnuifolius. 
9 This kinde of fea Mofle growes fomefourcor more inches long, diuided into many bran- 
ches, which arc fubdiuided intofmallcr, fet with Ieaues finely iagged, like thofe of CammomiU - 
at firft foft,flexible,and tranfparent,greene below, and purplifh aboue • being dried, itbecommeth 
rough and fragile, like as Coralline. It growes in the Mediterranean fea. 
10 This Sea Mofle is a low little excrefcence,hauing fomewbat broad cut Ieaues growing ma- 
ny from one root : in thewhole face it refembles the mofle that grows vpon the branches of Okes 
and other trees, and is alfo white and very like it, but much more brittle. This by Dedontus is called 
Mufcus Marinus tertius. 
f 1 o Miifcns marinus 3 . Dod. Broad leafed Sea mofle. 
1 r Vpon the rocks and fhels of fea fifties are to be found diuers fmall plants, hauino refem- 
blance to others that grow vpon the land ; and (lupus faith,vpon the coaft of the Low countries he 
obferited one which very much rcfembled the Fir -tree, hailing branches growing orderly on both 
fides,but thofe very brittle and fmall, feldome exceeding a handfull in height, and couered as it 
were with many fmall feales. Heobferued others that refembled Cyprefle trees and other bran- 
ches that refembled Tameriske or heath, t 
If The 
