The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London
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The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London
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Gerard, John, 1545-1612.
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London :: Printed by Adam Islip Ioice Norton and Richard Whitakers,
anno 1633.
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Botany -- Pre-Linnean works -- Early works to 1800.
Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800.
Gardens -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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"The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01622.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2025.
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descriptionPage 826
¶ The Names.
It may be called Sedum aquatile, or water Sengreen, that is to say, of the likenesse of herbe Aloe, which is also called in Latine Sedum: of some, Cancri chela, or Cancri forficula: in English, VVater Housleeke, Knights Pondwoort; and of some, Knights water Sengreene, fresh water Soldier, or wa∣ding Pondweed: it seemeth to be Stratiotes aquatilis, or Stratiotes potamios, or Knights water Wound∣woort, which may also be named in Latine Militaris aquatica, and Militaris 〈◊〉〈◊〉, or Soldiers Yarrow; for it groweth in the water, and floteth vpon it, and if those strings which it sendeth to the bottome of the wat er be no roots, it also liueth without roots.
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