Tribe 14. 
'TbeTbeater of ‘Plants. 
C HA P.55. 
The Thames , 5. Lensya.luftruliiifoL'.atuvEliia & Len'tictila. a^uatica'Neapolltana. 
It is called inGrecke ©axojoSTrl 7<£?Te\u*T>, Tome take 
it to bee'V i'ok of Theophralhu : in Latine Lens paluftris , 
and Lenticula paluflris & aquatic fa and fo do ail Authors 
call the firft forethe fecond is the Lens paluflris altera 
of \Matthiolwy and Lemma Thcophrafii by Lugdunenfis- as 
alfo the Lenticulx alterum genw of Cafalpinus t which 
Hauhtntft callcth Lenticula paluflris quadrifolia ; the third 
is called by Bauhinw in bis Pinax , Lens paluflris latifoLa 
punSlata y being better expreft in his Matthioltu , then in 
his Phytopinax , and by Cafalpinus taken to bee Stratiotes 
aquatica Diofcpridii : The laft is mentioned by Column* 
by the name of Callitriche of Pliny li f 2 yc. 1 i.mervailing 
at Lobel I or fuppofmg the Cotylidon aquaucum^ as it is er- 
roniou'fly called (beins a marfh Crowefoote, as the hot. 
fharpe tafte thereof doth teftifie)tO be fa/litriche of Pliny • 
but yet faith this of his. is not the right, (iuc taketh that 
Pliny meant the Trichotnrtnes , by hj^C a Oitriche y which I 
thinke cannot hold good,neither the one nor the other, for 
Pliny his words in the place be fore cited arc thcfc. Pit ex 
Callitriche Jlemitamentum,folia funt Lenticula fimilia y cau- 
lis jnneia tenuijsitnit, radice, minina nofeitur in opaejs & bit- 
vtidUgujlatufervens; thus much Pliny : which it is likely 
made Column* comparing his with this of Pliny % both for 
forme and quality,not to dare to affirme it the fame, be- 
caule faith Pliny it is gujlufervens^ which neither his nor 
Trichomanes is. 2 Li«&/«K* calleth it LcnticnU pafuflfts bifo- 
lia fru&u tetragono . The Arabians call ic Tab ale b&vid 7 ba¬ 
tch. the Italians, Lente de palude y znd LenfiSislaria^ the Spa- 
ntards y Lentille del lagj<ay.htFrench t Deniilledean- the Ger- 
manesytVafferhnfen^tbtDutchJVaterlinfen y but more ufu- 
^\\y t Endengruen f th2t is Duckes herbe^ andio we in Eng- 
lijh , Duckes meate, and of fo'me,Water Lentils: the le- 
cond fort is called by the Italians, with whom it is plen- 
tifull, Lente pain fire del feme, 
TbcVertttes . „ „ . 
It is cold and moift as Galen faith in the fccoad degrcc,and is cffeftuall to helpc inflammation6,and S_amt Ant so* 
nits fire,as alfo the Goute,eithcr applied by it felfe,or elfe in a pultis with barlie meale : it is alfo good for ruptures 
in young children .Some faith Matthiolus do highly efteeme of the dcftilled water of the herbe againft all inward 
inflammations and peftilent feavers, as alfo t 1 helpe the redneffe of the eyes,the fwellings of the cods, and of the 
brefts before they be growen too mucb.for. ic doth not weakely repell the humours: the frefLi herbe applied to the 
forehead,eafeth the paincs of the headache comming of heace. Duckes do greediliedevoure it, and fo will Hens 
if it be given then mingled with branne. 
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Pfeudocypeti. Baftard or unfavoury Cyperus 0 
N the end of the firft Claflis or Tribe of this Worke,! have (Tie wed you furidry forts of fweete find- 
ling Cypcrus: but there a ft many ocher lorts that fmell not at all,called either baftard or unfavoury 
Cyperus,fomewhat refembling the fweete forts, both the round and long rooted Cypcrus, and there 
are Giraffes alfo growing in the moorifh places like unto them in roote or leafe, and therefore called 
Cypcrus Gcaffes. Of the former forts called Vnfavoury Cyperus^I meane to entreate~in this Chapter, 
and of the (Sraflcs in the next following. 
1. Cy pirns Ion gw in odor us vulgaris. Vnfavoury Cyperus with Iqngrootes. 
This long rooted Cyperus hath divers long and narrow rough three fquare leaves tiling from the roote, cnclc- 
fing or encompaffing*onc another at the bottome, from among which rileth up a three fquare ftalkc foure or five 
foote high,with fome fuch leaves thereon, butfmaller tothetoppe, ateach of whofe upper joynts breake forth 
three or fourcrough and klmoft round burresupon fhort footeftalkes,the roptc tr,eepeth under ground lomewhac 
like the true fweete long Cyperus, but blackifh and with many more fibres thereat, and without any fer, t in 
them. 7 . * 
2. Cjpirift longus inodorw fyQuaticut. Mountaine or Wood unfavoury Cyperus. 
Thisother long rooted Cyperus hath lopg^oyntad reddifh rootes* and many long and narrow rough greenc 
leaves riling therefrom, coiripalTed in'The -b^efnning with a reddifh skihne t neither ftalkc nor head hath as yet 
becne obferved, •» 
l. Cypirns rotundps Httorens inodortt* Anglictu . Snglifb round rooted unfavoury Sea Cyperus. 
Our round rooted Sea Cyperus hath divers round rootes fattened together by ftrings,almoft after the manner of 
Ftlipendula rootesihooting forth fundry heads of leaves that arc long and narfowjthree fquare and cornered, the 
ftalke 
Broad leafed lpot;ed Water Lcnti.Sjand that of Napks. 
