‘Theatram Botanicum, 
1050 Chap. ix. 
5 . Mianlum fiuticofum simncanum. 
Forraignc or ftrangc Maidenhaire* 
T r 1 B k 10 . 
4. Rt/fa fMuraria five Salvia vitt. 
Wall Rue, 
the toppes of the leaves onely and not at the bottome. Or.c very like onto this if it be not the fame hath M r . lebn 
Tradefcant the younger brought out of Virginia prefently upon the death of his father, whofe long ftajkes have 
many fine frefh grccne leaves a little dented or cut in on the one fide and plaine on the other,fpotted underneath 
wiihbrowne fpeckes* ... 
4 . Rutamurariafive Salvia -vita. Wall-Rue t orordinary white Maidenhane. 
This fmallheibe is generally accounted one of the Capillarie lierbes or Maidenhaires, and that not of the lead 
account, I muff therefore joyne it unto them with thisdelcription : it hath very fine pale greene llalkes almoff as 
fine ash'aires, fetconfuledly with divers pale greene leaves on very fhort footeffalkes, foinewhat reareunto 
the colour of garden Rue, and not differing much in forme but fomewhat more like unto the true tAdiamhtm 
being more and more diverlly cut in on the edges and thicker, fmoothon the upper part andfpotted finely on 
the under. 
7 he Place and Time, 
All thefc forts grow both upon [lone walls and by the fidesof Rockcs or gravelly Springs, and other fhadowy 
and moift places tttiefiift in no placefo plentifully as Tena and Lobel fay then about Momptlier in Narbone of 
France- fome have reported that it is found in Gloceflerjhire : tile lad is found in many places of this Land, as 
at Partford. and the bridge at -Afa far dm Kent,it Beckonsfold'm TltichinglMmJhire, at U'ollcy in Uantingtenjhire^on 
Franintinnham Cattle in StiffAks, on the Church walls at Majffld'm Sttjjex, ar.d on theRockes neare Wtflonfit¬ 
ter mare in Sommerfetjbb e ,and are greene in Winter as well as Summer. 
r The Thames. 
"itiscaled in Grccltc ,AVL tot Admntum, quad*Sieivcminaqttis non rrmdefcat, the lcafe is not wetted with wa¬ 
ter (which by tryall is founduntrue) tut Nicander his Steeke verfes doth (hew rather, that the raine refiethnot 
on thcm.whichrcndred in Latine arc thus, 
l&pollutum Adi am tern quod denfo imbre cadent e , 
DcWHans tcnniefolijs non inftdet humor, 
fDiofcorides calleth italfo actolrajgr Polytrichttm, quafi mtihieomum t qnodcapittes mr.ltos efr denfos faciat,rfr Apttleiiu 
Callitrichon qriafi pu le l ricomum ,qnodcapillos tingit pulchriorefque reddit : it is called alfo ff.villtu Vcneri, in Latine, 
a [peciofir reddendis capi llis .-and by divers other names as Cincinnati, Terra capiilu', Sitter ahum term & Crmita, 
Toe firft is called Adianmm by (JMatthioltu and many others, and although fome give anothe; figure and entitle 
it Sjriacttm, yetit isbutone and the fameherbe, an Afpecies. though fomewhat larger, in that countrey, Lobel 
calleth it Cap-ill as vene rie vertn, and Cor dm on Piofcondcs Adiantmi nigrum: the fecond is the Onoptens nigra Po~ 
devri and Adiantumpulchrum LugdunenfifimileofTkalitu : the third Bauhinut hath mentioned in his Vrodrcmtu: 
the lad Tragus calleth Capiltut Vmerit, and Brunfeljitu Setxifiaga major and fo doth Fuch/iiv, Matthiolut firfl cal¬ 
led it Ruta%mraria, and afterwards tooke it to bee ParonjchUDiofccridis, Cerdm calleth it Ad,antum album, 
Podoneus 
