It is called Adianton because the leafe, as Theophrastus saith, is neuer wet, for it casteth off water that falleth thereon, or being drowned or couered in water, it remaineth still as if it 〈◊〉〈◊〉 dry, as Pliny likewise writeth; and is termed Callitricon and Polytricon, of the effect it hath in dying haire, and maketh it to grow thicke.
VVall Rue is commonly called in Latine, Ruta muraria, or Ruta muralis: of some, Saluia vitae, but wherefore I know not, neither themselues, if they were liuing: of the Apothecaries of the Low∣Countries Capillus Veneris, or Maiden haire, and they haue vsed it a long time for the right Maiden haire; it is that kinde of Adiantum which Theophrastus termed Adiantum 〈◊〉〈◊〉, or white Maiden haire, for he maketh two, one blacke, and the other white, as we haue said. Pliny doth likewise 〈◊〉〈◊〉 downe two kindes, one he calleth Polytricon; the other, Tricomanes, or English Maiden-haire, whereof we will intreate in the chapter following, which he hath falsely set downe for a kinde of 〈◊〉〈◊〉, for Tricomanes doth differ from Adiantum.
Some there 〈◊〉〈◊〉 that thinke, Wall-Rue is Paronychia Dioscoridis, or Dioscorides his Whitlow-wort, wherein they haue been greatly deceiued: it is called in high Dutch, 〈◊〉〈◊〉: 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Dutch, Steencruyt: in French, Rue de maraeille: in English, Wall-Rue, and white Maiden-haire.