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4. P o’ypodivm lndicum . 
Indian Polypody. 
as the Male "Feme hath, of a fad gtccne colour on the upper fide and fmooth, but on the underfide fomewhac 
rouI! h bv reafon of certaine yellowilh fpots, are fet thereon: the roote is fmaller chan ones little finger, lymg 
a fiooe'or creeping alone under the upper cruft of the earth, brownlfh on the outfide and greenifh within, of a 
c£ , t aine fweetifh tiarOineflc in the talk, fet with certaine rbugh knags or excrefcences on each fide therecn,ha¬ 
ving alfo much moffineffe or yellow hayrineffe upon it, and fome fibres underneath it, whereby it is nou- 
2 Tehpe&um altmtm feu rmniu. Small Pollipoaye. 
Thisfmall Polipodyediffere'th not from the former, neither in roote or leafe, ormarkes on the underfide of 
the leaves, but onely that the roote is fmaller, and Oendcrer, and the leaves alfo not fo long or large and this 
fmallneffe arifethrather as 1 luppofe, from the place where it groweth, than from a diverfity of kinde, for al¬ 
though in Ionic places the leaves may feeme to he a little waved on the edges, yet it is but accidental 
3 2. pelypodium Ilucnfe. Hand Polypodie. 
The Hand Polipodie is rather differing from the other, by the nature of the place (asitisfuppofed.becaufethe 
Hand of Una , hrin^cth fprth many other plants, differing in the forme from thofc of other places, though not in 
duality) the ftalkes'rile up fometimes with two or three leaves at a joynt or place, and lometimes but one, lome- 
wliat hayrie at the bottome of them, each leafe being about a foote long, whole middle ribbe is of ablackilh 
browne colour, the leaves, or rather the divifions or 
purcs of the Icale, are more federated one from another, 
not Handing clofe together as in the former, but diffant 
unequally on both fides, each part alfo being longer and 
dented on the edges, of a grccne colour, and fmooth on 
the upper fide, and (potted with a yellowifh duft on the 
underfidc,as the former arc - the roote is like the other. 
4. Poly podium lndicum. Indian Polypody. 
Ch'fitu fetteth forth this in the fourth booke of his 
Exotickj, being brought out of the EaR Indies, thecer- 
taine place not knowne, by on Dottor Cole, who dying 
in comming home, his Paper booke of herbes came to 
CIhJIm his hands, where he found this among the other 
without natne.The roote he faith was halfc a foote long 
and an inch tbickc almofi, hugged browne and long 
like other Pollipody; it had three large leaves rifing to¬ 
gether from it, two of them bigger than the other, and 
of eleven inches a peece. with a great middle ribbe,and 
each fide of it contained five inches in bredtn, the edges 
much divided, and many veines therein. This I thought 
good to mention here although it isiikely it will never 
grow in thefe Countries, and to fhew the diverfities of 
others. 
The Place. 
Polypodie groweth as well upon old rotten trunkes 
orRumpesof trees, be it Oake, Beech,HafdJ, Willow, 
or any other, as in the woods under them, and upon 
old Mudde walls, as alfo in mofiie, Rony, and gravelly 
places, neere unto woods; the larger groweth whereic 
hath moR mellow moyff c arth to Ipring in, and the llen- 
cerer where the place is dry and hard:the beR is accoun¬ 
ted that which groweth upon Oakes onely, but the 
quantity thereof is fenree fufficient for the gcnerall 
life : the other as is fayd groweth in the iRe Una which 
is in the C Mediterranean iea,the laR in India. 
T he Time. 
It being alwayes greenc, and bearing neither flower 
nor feede, as jt is thought it may he gathered for ufe at 
any time, yet it (hooteth forth greer.e leaves onely inthefpring. 
3 1 The Names. 
It is called in Greeke Toljpodium fo called apolyporum cirrhis faith TDiofcorides,& cazernops acetebttlis, 
cett cirrhis polyporum faith Pliny ,&Filicttla ejutfi parva filix and in LfitineFilicuUru herbafiato hath ic Fehrtslapt 
th z Arabians 'Bifurr* fohaih Scrapie,and Defiers ^Budeig by Avtcen, yet others fet it down Aibeig and Beffaioiz 
of the Italians Tolypodio , of the Spaniards Eilipodio , and Pollpoio, of the French pclipode,o\ the Germane s Engelfufs 
Dropjfirurtz and Baum farm, of the Dutch men Eoomvaren : in Englijh Oake Eerpe, *and Wall Feme, according 
to their places of growth but generally Polypodie. 1 he firR is generally called polypodiumoi ^all writers, and is 
thought by label to be the Iderba Radioli of Aptleiw : the l'econd CMatthiohe calleth Polypodium alteram, and 
Dodoneus Polypodium mimu: the third Lugdunenfts (etteth forth, with the name Polypodittm Httenfe ; which Ba.uh- 
»wthinlceth tobethef2me, which he fettetft forth under the name of Lone hit is after a Ilttenfis , and yet Lugdu- 
r.enfis in the defeription of the Polypodium linen ft, faith that the I’and of Jltta, bringing forth many Rrangerare 
plants, as this Polypody, a. Lonchitis a ft era, and an Hemionitis that doe differ from others,fo that he that faw them 
and fet them forth, faith that they are divers plants, a,nd that it hath the fame qualities that the other Po.ypodie 
hath,but Lonchitu after a hath no purging qualityjbut Bauhimu in fo faying (he wet h that he never faw the lie ing 
plants, but the effigies onely, and I ckinke the figure of the roote if it be truely fet forth, fheweth the truth of the 
matter, for that the one is long and thicke,like unto other Polypodies,and the roote of the LonchitU is ltnngie. 
