The Name T, 
The firftherefetdovvne,isthefirft.F< 7 «/>«»</,* faxatilis of Cl*fine, according to his defcription, btitthefe~ 
cond figure doth anl were thereunto, and notthe firft,as you may obferveby the creeping rootes in the t'econd fi¬ 
gure, which he that onely regardeth the figure, and doth not compare the defcription therewith, may foone bee 
deceived, and thistranfpofition Bauhume obferved well, although he doth not fpeake of it, but onely entituleth 
it Filix f axatilit romafi nigri, mttotli, panda ,and queftioneth if it be not tbeFilicula Candida of Cefner in appendices 
thelecond is the lecond of Clafiat by the former name, and by Baahimu Fihx faxatilhnon ramofa nigrbs rnacalls 
panflata, and queftioneth if it be not the Filicula faxatilis of Gamer arim ; but the firft figure in CInput is fet forth 
like the female branched Feme : the third is the third Fihx petrea feemma of Tabermontams, and called by Sot- 
hinut as it is in the title: the fourth is the Fihx (axatilie crisfa of Form, in the defcription of Mount Baldus : the 
fife is mentioned by Commas among his Canada plants,which Mr, IohnTradefcant the younger, brought home 
with him from Virginia, this prclent yeare, r 6 j 8. prefently after the death of his father : the fixt is the Filicula 
fontana of Tabcrmontanui: the feventh isthe C bamifili.x mar pi a dnglica of Label-, and the laft is the Molofiium 
alteram of Label, and the Holofiittm petraam of Tabermontanut, Tragus calleth it Filix nuda five faxatilis, antf 
Thalttu eAdianthum feafurcatum, and Paubinut thereupon FilixJaxatilii corniculata-.bat why he fhoultj 
referte it alfo to the t JMufcm corniculattu of Tabermtmtanm and Gerard, being different plants I know not. 
The Vermes. 
The faculties of thefe Femes may be referred to the former. 
Chap. VIII. 
AsflcmtmjivcCctcrach. Smooth Splcne-Worte.or Milc-wafte. 
i He fmoothSplenewort (I fo call it in regard of theformcr which is rough) from ablackc threddy 
S ™ 3 and bufhy roote, fendeth forth many long fingle leaves, cut in on both lidcs, into round dents, even 
almoft to the middle ribbe, which is noc fo hard as that of Fodipodje, each divifion being not al- 
w ^ wayes fet oppofite unto the other, but betweene each, fmooth and of a light grecne on the upper- 
. fide, and with a darke yellowish roughneffe on the backe, foulding or rqwling it felfeinward, atthe 
firft fpringing up, as many other Femes doe, andtherein refembleth that lleare Worme that anglers ule. 
The Place ttnd Time. 
Itgrowcthas well upon ftone walls, asmoyft and fhadowie places, in many places of this land, as about Bri- 
Jtou, and ocher the Weft parts plentifully, as alfo on Framingham Caftle, on 'Beckensfeild Church in Barkl/bire. 
itrewde m Kent, and elfe where, and like Pollipody, abidech greene in die winter. 
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