iHS-2 Chap. ^ 4 . 
T heatrum 1 Botanicnm „ 
Tkib e14, 
Chat. XXXllII- 
Imi palnftrii, five Levticula aqaatica. Water Lentills. 
Here are three or fcureherfces robe referred to thefe Lentils, which are differing one from another, 
, their place of breeding being their chiefett caufe of afhn ‘ t >'' . 
This (mall water he^beronfifietlfof rothingbut fmall round greer.e leaves, lying cn the toppe of 
by diligent fearchers of nature,not without much wonder of the matter. Jen < . 
y 8 , Lens palnftrii Jive aqttatica quactrifoUa . Crofle leafed water Lentils or Duckes meate. 
T his Other' Lem hath a Imall long {lender roote fhootirg forth fquare (lender w^kc andtra.lmg ftalkes with 
(Undryfmall leaves upon feverall long footeftalkes, (landing together at the joyM. diftinftone ^manother, 
nouofi”,being thicke and hard.i^tfr fetteth forth this k.nde of water plant,by the name of Len.vt* The. 
ophralli, in a much differing manner. ,, ,, r , 
r 1 , Lem paltiftri* Utifolia ptinUata. Broad leafed fpotred water Lentils 
This water Lentill hath (undry round leaves fet by couples on long ft.lkes, of an excellent g'«necoct,ron.he 
upperfidc, prickt very full of very fine fpots, and under them many fmall Lent.il like ^.^"’^verv fullof 
fome having but one.others two three or foure at a place, covered wit a roug o gg .^hirhare atuftof 
fine fmall yellowifh feede t at the bottome of thele winged ftalkes of leaves grow the rootes, which aie a tuft of 
lone firings and fibers: iris onely of a waterilb tafie. . T .. 
4. LenticuUuquaticn bifulia Neapolitan*. Neapolitan^ water Lentils. , . 
The water Lentils of hath very fine long (lender halites, with leaves ec toget er y coup .,yig 
long upon the water, having (cede veffels growing hard unto them,foureufual yjoyne oge er. 
The Place and Time. , - 
The firft onely of theft is familiar in our land as I take it: the third Tauh.nu, faith,groweth ,n '^ watery dt - 
ches at Padoa, in the river Atxeri, by Fife,, and in Silefi* n ecre mtoVrattJlav,a t i)ie relt are all flrangeti,andarc in 
i. Lem palnftrii quadrifolfa. 
Croffe leafed water Lentils,or Duckei meate. 
cncb at r «»£/«,in uic 1 iver sinxerji uy ri/«, anu in 1 
their frelheft beauty in the beginning of the yeare* 
i.Lem palnftrii five aquatica vul&a>ii .Duckes meate. 
