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meant this by his Potamogeto; 1, although Baubirtut doubteth whether he meant not Diojcorides AH/maorDamafo- 
men which is more likely to be Hellebohne. Anguillan! tooke itto be Limomum, as Tauhinut quoreth it, and Ma¬ 
tter Iohnjon in his C/erard from him, commenting thereon very ferioufly both on the foure Greeke names given 
to Limomum, in Diofcoridts his text, and the feverall parts of the delcription of this Plantane, concluded this to 
be his Limomum and no other, being (o anfwerable thereto in all parts as he faith: but (lay a little, mee thinkes he 
triumphcth afore the vi&ory.and cannot (o cleanely carry away the matter, but that there fcemcth fome blockes 
in the way to (tumble at: and therefore he mud give us leave to fcan Diofcorides his defcription thereof, a little 
more thoroughly: for firlthee faith Limomum groweth irKipuii inpratit riguU vel palufiribw (and therefore 
Theophraflu.< Lb.7. c. 7. calleth a kinde of Anemone Leimonia, which Gar.a tranflateth Fremijgentu Limoni urn dill urn, 
and by Clufius his judgement is the Anemonefjlvefiris, taken from the moift fieldes wherein it groweth) but he 
doth not lay in aquojis, where ufually this groweth,and I thinke Matter lohnfen never faw it, but in ponds or dit¬ 
ches of water,which were never dry : then he (aith his Limomum hath longer and thinner leaves then Beetes.but 
this Plantaine hath not fo,and lattly he faith it beareth red feede,which Matter Iohnfim fnould have found herein, 
if ic had beene the right Limomum, but f e wifely concealed it, as making mod againd his opinion. Many plants 
may have fome refemblance in forme or name, &c. yet fade in fome one particular, which quite altered) the 
whoie cafe,as is fhewed in many places of this Worke,and efpccially in the Faba lAEgyptia Diofcoridb, ef Then, 
phrafii, taken to be the r/Lgyptitn Calc at, and in Lobels opinion of Tripo/ium to be the Amelltu VirgdiypuA fo of di¬ 
vers others. And for the other Sreekc names,A'«nWw is a terme that may be given to any other herbe, whofe 
leaves are full of tibbes or nerves, Potamogeton & Louchitit are leverall other herbes, mentioned in Dio/corides, 
and cannot be applyed to this, befides the mod j'udicious Tranflators and Commentors on Diofcoridesfiante j'udgcd 
that multiplicity of names added to the text, tobenoneofD/c/«n'<(er his Worke, but thruft in upon it by (ome 
other Authour.who might be as barbarous as the names. I leave the red to the j'udicious cenfure of the expert: 
lobel alfo, and Lugdunenfis from him taketh this Plantane to be Alifmaof Diofcondct, and faith it doth better a- 
g ee thereto then either TUfolium or Saponaria,ot Cakeolut Mari/c, or Tiflorte, or Limomum, which Matter hhnfon 
thought he had forgotten or Mattbiolut his Alifma. The fecond is called by Lobel Plant ago aquatiea bumilio an- 
gufiifolia, and Tlantago aquation minor by CefalpbiM inATabermontamu. The third is by AoWalfo called Plan, 
“taro aquatiea minor alter <e,and Alifma pufiilum auguftifolium muricatum, by Lugdunenfis Damajoninm jlellatum, and 
by Tauhimu Plant ago aquatiea fie Bata.Five lad is called by Clufus Plant ago aquation minima, and by Tauhimu Plan. 
taginella palufiru. 
The T'ertuet. 
It is found to be cold and dry by the attringent tafte it carryeth with it, but yet is not knownetobe ufedin 
Phyficke to any purpofe, cither of greater or letter refpeiff. 
Chap. XXV. 
Sagitta five Sagittaria. The Arrow headed water plant,' 
P this Sagittaria there are three forts obferved by moft writers as fhall be fhewed. 
I. Sagittaria major latifolia. The greater Arrow headed water plant.’ 
This greater fort fendeth forth fundry thicke fquarc and lappyftilkes from a thicke bufhy roote 
of many firings,with great broad greenc leaves on the toppes of them, divided at the bottomes, into 
two long and pointed parts, (o that the whole forme of the leafe refembleth very well the forked 
head of the broad Arrow as wee call it’, which parts hand but little above the waters wherein they grow, be 
they deeper or fhallower : from among which rife up other thicke round fpongy ftalkes, higher then the leaves 
bearing divers rowes of flowers at the j’oynts, one above another, and three in a row for the mod part, each 
whereof is compofed of three large white leaves with fundry reddifh threds in the middle, after which come in 
their places round rough burres, that are greene when they are ripe, and likethofe oiSparganium, theEurre 
rcede. 
3. Sagittariaminor latifolia, The letter broad arrow head. 
This letter forchath onely letter leaves, and flowers, yetbroadandof the fame forme with the precedent, the 
burres and rootes growing as great or greater then they, 
3. Sagittariaminorangufiifolia, Narrow leafedbroade arrowhead. 
This likewife diffeieth not from the two former, in the manner of growing, bnt in thenarrownette and length 
of the leaves which are not of halfe the breadth with the former,yet hold their length, the two lower forked ends 
being almoft as long as the forcright leafe,the flowers alfo are lefle,as are the burres and rootes. 
The eplacc and Time. 
All thefe forts may be feene fometimes together,in the fame ditches and waters where they grow, or elfe fepa- 
ratc in fundry places of this Kingdome, and doe flower about Midfommer, their burres being ripe in the begin¬ 
ning ot middle of Augufi. 
The Namer, 
It is called in Greeke - - a , and as Pliny faith, lib, at .c.iy.ALagepifiana or T.liar.a Maiyr.il. in Latine Sagitta, 
Sagittaria,ind Sagittalis. Lobelhithl quarc on the firft,if it bee not Stebefamina, but called Phleot mat latifolia 
by Lugdunenfic, as he doth theother Phleot Jive StabeTbeophrafii angufiifolia : but as I have fhewed in fun- 
dry places before in this Worke, that Phleot and Phleum in Theophrafiut be differing plants, Pbleum being a wa¬ 
tery plant,growing in the Lake Orchomentu, andPWwx I have fet downein the Chapter olToteriom, and pro¬ 
ved it I thinke fufficiently to be the Stake of Theophrafiut tmAEDipfcoridet. C/tfalpinw calleth the greaterfort Bar¬ 
ba fylvana, and Dodonaue faith that fome did call it Lingua ferpeutie, and thereupon the Dutch called it Serpentt 
toughen , and the Italians Gactta, Butwee in T Water Archer, Arrow head or broad Arrow head as 1 
call it. 
