Early British botanists and their gardens, based on unpublished writings of Goodyer, Tradescant, and others . POTAMOGETON CRISPUS. tome, of a reddish greene colour: the foot-stalkes arc somethinglong and thicke, and rise up from amongst those leaves, whichalwaies grow two one opposite against another, in a contrarie mannerto those that grow below on the stalk: neare the top of whichfoot-stalke groweth small grape-like huskes, out of which spring DESCRIPTIONS OF PLANTS 125 very small reddish flowers, like those of the Oke, every flowerhaving foure very small round topped leaves. After every flo
Early British botanists and their gardens, based on unpublished writings of Goodyer, Tradescant, and others . POTAMOGETON CRISPUS. tome, of a reddish greene colour: the foot-stalkes arc somethinglong and thicke, and rise up from amongst those leaves, whichalwaies grow two one opposite against another, in a contrarie mannerto those that grow below on the stalk: neare the top of whichfoot-stalke groweth small grape-like huskes, out of which spring DESCRIPTIONS OF PLANTS 125 very small reddish flowers, like those of the Oke, every flowerhaving foure very small round topped leaves. After every flowercommeth commonly foure sharpe pointed graines growing together,containing within them a little white kernell. The lower part ofthe stalke hath at every ioint small white threddie roots, somewhat. POTAMOGETON DENSUS. long, whereby it taketh hold in the mudde, and draweth nourish-ment unto it. The whole plant is comonlie covered over withwater. It flowereth in June and the beginning of July. I found itin the standing pooles or fish-ponds adioyning to a dissolved Abbeycalled Durford, which ponds devide Hampshire and Sussex, and inother standing waters elswhere. This description was made] upon 126 JOHN goodyp:r sight of the plant the 2 of lune, 1632.—MS. ff. 120 a, 122 ; [In the fair copy (f. 122) Goodyer altered the name floribus uvae to * quercus floribus. The rough copy (MS. f. 120 a) has the notes* about ye beg. of July, or fortnight before Lamas and both begunnto flower 2 Junij 1621 written in the margin. If the year 1622 givenin the text be correct, Goodyer would appear to have been at Durfordtwo years running on the 2nd of June.] P o n d \v e e d. Potamogeton deiisiis aquaticus minor, muscatellae floribus. 2 Junii 1621 This hath not flatt stalkes Hke
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