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TheTheater of Plants. 
Chap. 5. 1217 
10. Ranunculus HrdcruL folio sjwrinn. Water Crowfoote with Ale-coaft leaves 
This Water Crowfoote crcepeth likewife, and (hooteth fibres at fundry /oynts of the ftalkts," whereon ftand 
pretty roundifb,indented leaves, fomewhat like unto thofeof Ale-hoofc, orAle-coaft, havin» palifti flowers, 
made of tive pointed leaves with roundifh heads of feed after them. 3 
The Place and Time, 
All thefe forts of Crowfeetegrow in Mooriih and wet grounds, and fometimes at the brinckes of Water-' 
Ponds,and Ditches. The firft is lcarce to mcetc with,but the two next, and the two laft are plentifully enc u-h i* 
divers places of the land, the fourth and fifth came out of France, thefixth andfeventh are found likewife 
fome places, but not 16 frequent as the other following. They flower m sJMAj, and Iune, and give their ferir 
loone after. The Names. . h C 
The Greekc name.&«p**•», and theLatint Ranunculus, doemoftfitly agree tothisherbe inrhar 
have their chiefert refidence where theie grow. The firft is the oj 
laith Cord:,, called Ranunculus vWpw.A&eb Ranunculus Lonceolasus major by Tabermonsanus TheTecu-ci 
IS the firft Ranunculus of AmusUra, and the twelfth of Cordus in Hijhria, tb t RanUnculu, fiammem aquaTi/t 
long,fat,us of Label, and , the Flammula Ranunculus of Dodonaus, the Ranunculus nicus 
& major olTbal,us, and Lancet Ltus minor of Tubermontanu, , fome take it to be A™ b, 
hh : 13 - and others his EnneapbjUon, lib. a 7 . e.p. The third is fet forth by VodL * Jid, 
out any defcription.and by Luodunenfis called Mammal* aquatics,. The fourth andfifth have their names in rl ■ 
titles, futacicnt for them. The fixt is the Strum:a cr Apiajlrum of PI, nr, alihongh he confoumierh the n, / ; ‘ 
which IS alfo called Aphfirum, in that Bees delight to feede thereon, with this, whlh is in the leak lomew hat h t.' 
Apiurn (but the next much more) and therefore by fome called Apwmrifus cf Herb* Sard*,, as Guilandinusd 
Who when he was taken prifoner by Pyrates,and carryed into Sardinia,it w thisherbegrowing nlentifu'lv -her * 
it is the Apwm acjHancum of Tragus, and Apsaflrum of Cerda, on ‘Diofieridc, by Apuleius called SceleZl ' 
is the firft Ranunculus of Matlhwlusfiefmr^nd others.the firft Ranunculus paluftru of Cordus in hi florin nf’ - " 
<t»s»nps,TbaUu,, and othert. and the Ranunculuspalufiri, apij,folk Uvis oiRauhinus, butbv Loll kanLP" 
r- The ‘ CV e Cnrh iS “ 1 Mk£ «■ the ^/Sardonius of Di.jcorutssl dekrled by himt rtr" 
cond place,and called by fome in ins tune Apinmfplve/lrc,tsnd called alfo Ranunculus Sardonsus by Auorildm a J 
is the lccond Ranunculus of Matthisslus , and of Cordus in bifi. Bssuhinsss calleth it Ranunculus olh.rr.- , 
folioUrsugsm[us. The eight is called by Lobcl Ranunculus aquation, hepaticsfacie, and fo it is general v eft'e ^ 
all Hcrbarifts with us, by Dodonasss, Ranunculus aquatilU, by Lugdumnfis Hepanca aquatic a -ud hi 77 , 
Hepatica paluftri,, by Ran,sinus Ranunculus a,uasicl folio roLdo ^ cafuacj, whoTalelh that olVjcf 
falpimts, with onely five leaves to be another fort, when as theyarcboth butone, even asthat r-iU 
Columna is alfo. The ninth is called by Lobel, and Gerard Hcd/ruU aquatics, who faith he neveWaw 7 ^ 
or feede on it, Lugdumnfu callerh it Ranunculus Hederaceus Dalecbampij.tnd Raubinus LenticuU an, - 1 A 
ca. ■ The [aft hath not beenc mentioned by any before. The Watch call the firft fort E S ,Uc.lansJ m i-",f ■' l A 
cate thereof it doth enflame and exulcerate their entrals, which difeife they call Eicl.zsDodonc-s iiirh <• 
it m £«^'</SBancwort,and others Spcarewort. A i ‘' i! . 1 
The VertHeta 
Thefe Marfh and Water Crowfeete are no lefte fharpe and exulcerating.then any of the other forts of fb- 
Crow feete, and therefore whatioever hath beene faid before of the properties of them mar, fin i , j ■ 
thefe, for any of the remedies there fet downe, and any of thefe may beefed, if the other b/wlnrf p P'/ cd , Co 
Plague fores,rough nailes, warts,ulcers,or any foule markes in the skinne, Nc- and for hrevft^n^ ntln ?; « tber fo( 
peate the lame things, expreffed in the Chapter of Ranunculus Crowfoote before Ireferre you theremto " S “ rC ' 
Chap. V. 
Tfettdo Afpbodclw pnhfiri,, Marfli or water Afphodill. 
|JH ere are two forts of this Baflard ATphodill the one qreirerthen the orheras <T»aI! ^ j- t 
_. , r I- Pftudo afpbodelw major. The greater baftard Afphodill 
J he rooteol this greater Baftard Afphodill is long and mvnrc-d <„;rh a. , „ 
whence rife up fundry long and narrow leaves like unto Come Flag„but not fo ftifte or ha'^ and ftrakeddow° m 
nght.yct compaffing one another as they and the Flowerdeluces doe at the botrmnr “ c * 0 '-' n >3- 
among whichrifeth upaftalkehalfea yardhigh, with divers (hort leaves enclofinn the hall/ S rcent: colour, 
hofes at their bottome^and at the toppes ftandtiindry yellowfl^ers as ^werein ^each of themTnadn 11 f 
fix leaves a pecce,hke the other Afpodells with fome threds in the middle after which cnrrr fnmr, h imdco j- 
fquarc pointed huskes with fmall blackifli leede in them. * f WhlCh C ° mC fomcwhac lo «S and 
This leffer AfnhndK^^^^ ^The lelfer baftard Afphodill. 
1 .* '^‘Phodill hath many narrower (horter and freflier fmooth greene leaves ri.. 
rovv leafed Flowerdeluce, but neither fo hard nor fothicke, the ftalke rileth from ’a memo -b 1 'f. unt0 a nar - 
hlgh, having very few fmall leaves thereon, and paler yellow frnali flowers at the rnnne nCr e '!!- “ r<ea foote 
fmall three fqu.rereddifh huskes,conteining fmall redd^bro"^ wkhin hem ■ !r r "S' 6 m ° 
afew whitifh long fibres not fpreading farre or mucb,b U t increafing ipto Ihiidry'hMds. 111 ’ ° f 
nit.', . . The Place tad Time, 
both theic lorts havebeenefound in our ownelandas ivellas beyond Sea inrhe marrlfl, j 
former not onely m Lancajhire as Gerard hath recorded but in divers i arr,( h an< ^ 'vet grounds, the 
Sgham not farre from the River fide there,aml in the Weft parts of the Land alf/ind* = 3 t, d tb | 6 Uft llkewife b y 
Iurse ,nd Inly, and fetde a moneth after, P thc L,n ? alfo an(i ‘0 otl W P^ces, flowring in 
The 
