T R I BE 14. 
The Theater of Tlants. 
Chap.22. 124.5 
1 . Mentha aquat tea rubra. 
Red Watcx Minre*. 
C H A > » XXII. 
Menthaaquatica, Water Mintes. 
fAving (hewed you all the forts of fvvecce Mimes,that grow in the dryer or Vpland grounds, there 
9 remainc yet two other forts, that grow inMarfhes, and wet places, which fliall bee fhew- 
• edhere. 
I. Mentha aquatica rubra. The Red Water Mint. 
1 his Water Mint nfeth up from a creeping roote, running or fpreading in the Muddy or wate- 
, ry places, with many browniihfquareftalkes, branched almoft horn every ioynt, with a couple 
ofiomewhat broad, yet pointed and dented leaves, many 
times browmfh or reddifh.and efa (Irong ient: thelinaU 
Hoovers that are purpliih.ftand at the toppes of the (hikes 
and branches, in loofe round tufts one above another, 
a. ALentha aquaticajivepa/ujlrjs minor. 
The lefl'er Water Mint. 
This Other Water Mint (liooteth forth a fquare reddift, 
hairy (talke.and fometime a little'hoary.about a foote high 
w hereabouts are fet fofc hairy round and fomewhat long 
leaveb t wo alwaies at a joynt,dented about the ed°es of a 
darke greene colour on the upperfide, and frayifh or hoary 
underneath: from the joynts with the leaves come forth 
long branched (falkes with purplifii flowers at the coppes 
of them,Handing in round heads: the whole herbe is of a 
Itrong fenc. 
The TUcc and Time . 
They both gr ->w by ditches and water fides, in thepla- 
fhy grounds, where they joy beft, aud flower late in the 
Summer. 
The Names. 
TheGreeke name safest, which Diofcoridet menci- 
creth.and many doe call this by, doth morepropeily be¬ 
long to the wild Minte Mentaftrum, then unto this how 
tvcr Libel and others call it Sifymbria tMentha, for Dior, 
corides hath but one Sifymbrium, that is fweete and like 
Mintes, and that he faith gtoweth in wafte grounds, the 
other Sifymbrium called Siam, and Car dam ine, and like 
T^afiuniam, as he faith gtoweth in watery places & ] have 
(hewed before, fo that as I (aid his Sifymbria Mentha, is 
no watery or Marfli plant: it hath beene and yet is beyond 
Sealeaded by fome Apothecaries, Balfamina, as Traem faith 
and by others’SaZ/imiM as Sifter ,n horto Ejfietenft faith, 
<Jur nrft (ort here fetdowne, is that which Label calleth 
^-juauca Sifymbria -.Mentha,and Gefneriu honit Sifymbri . 
urn (tors tie aquatic urn, and Calami,nha aquatic a, (JMattbio- 
, and Lugdunenfu Sifymbriumfjlveftre, and Sifymbrium t f "' 1 'A'M ) ' ' ! 
by many others. The other Bauhimu onely remembreth 
by the name of Mentha rotundifolia paluflria minor. 
R r °P' rt -' W fit® the 0. 
ry where, vet their ilronp uJrrr ?“„! thf j ■, ,, y c ; fthcothcr forts of Mints to be had almoft at hand eve- 
fes w hereunto the other Mints doe ferve efpedaSyto kill the* wotme ™'° ^ tff;<9ua ‘, 1 i 01 ' ma ' ly “ f ‘jj e P ur P°- 
t® expcll winde and helpe thofe that are fpleneticke h ’ t0 warmc and ftrcB S th<: “ ^e ftomackc. 
Chak XXIII. 
Dracuncultu aquation. Water Dragons. 
't 21 W , arer , Dra S on,t ' lat many Anthours have written of, Sauhinus hath given us the know 
Ifv* T L, , . . '• I)r f’<»cnhu nofleramaticut. Our Water Dranont 
diver fe other (moorh hollow (hikes of the fame height with rhHe ^ grcCnC C0 0 ^'j. fr 5 )rn amon £ them al fo rile.' 
e lcate as the r « leffe and white on the mfide.enclofing the head before it breake open,. 
which 
