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¶ The Description.
† 1 The first hath crested slender, yet firme stalkes of some foot long, which are set with leaues of some inch in length, broad at the setting on, sinuated about the edges, and sharpe poin∣ted; their colour is a whitish greene, and taste acride; the leaues that are at the bottome of the stalke are many, and larger. The tops of the stalkes are diuided into many branches of an vnequall length, and sustain many floures; each whereof consists of soure litle white leaues, so that together they much resemble the vmbell of the Elder when it is in floure. Little swolne seed vessels diuided into two cells follow the fading floures: the seed is whitish, about the bignesse of millet; the root also is white, slender and creeping.
† 2 This hath creeping roots, from which arise many branches lying vpon the ground here and there, taking root also; the leaues, which vpon the lower branches are many, are in forme and colour much like those of the last described, but-lesse, and somewhat suipt about the edges. The stalkes are about a handfull high, or somewhat more, round, greene, and hairy, hauing some leaues growing vpon them. The floures grow spoke fashion at the top of the stalkes, white, and consi∣sting of foure leaues; which fallen, there follow cods conteining a small red seed.
3 From a small and creeping root rise vp many shootes, which while they are young haue many thicke juicy and darke greene leaues rose fashion adorning their tops, out of the middest of which spring out many slender stalkes of some foot high, which at certain spaces are encompassed (as it were) with leaues somewhat lesser then the former, yet broader at the bottome: the floures, cods, and seed are like the last mentioned.
4 There is a plant also by some refer'd to this Classis; and I for some reasons thinke good to make mention thereof in this place. It hath a strong and very long root of colour whitish, and of as sharpe a taste as Cresses; the stalkes are many, and oft times exceed the height of a man, yet slender, and towards their tops diuided into some branches, which make no vmbell, but carry their floures dispersed; which consist of foure small yellow leaues: after the floure is past there follow long slender cods conteining a small, yellowish, acride seed. The leaues which adorne this plant are long, sharpe pointed, and snipt about the edges, somewhat like those of Saracens Con∣found, but that these towards the top are more vnequally cut in.