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Show 7 24 Cuar.io. Theatrum Botanicum, i. Polinen mortanum vulgare. Trine, 2. Polium montanum minus, Our ordinary Poley mountaine, © Trise tL The Theater ofPlantes. aay Small Spanith upright Peley mountaine a mT =, Cuario, 25 Sieveee tice ——o 4+ Polinm maritimnm Supinim, Creeping purple Poley mountaine. : Creeping Poley mountaine hath divers {mall weake hoary branches lying upon the ground, which as they fpread take roote at the joynts, being not a foot long, whereon doe grow many{mall and long leaves, as white and hoa= ; ry as any, a little dented alfo about the edges, but not eafily ro be feene, unlefle one marke them well, and inthe ZY I WEEA .GSs C NS AESAY younger growne notatall: at che toppes ofthe branches grow fmaller heads of hoary huskes,out of which come purplith flowers,and after them {mall and blackith feedlikethe former. _ ~ Ofthis Kinde there is another found,bearing white fowers; not differing in any other particular from it. . Polinm montanum Supinum minimum, This {mall kinde hath many {mall weake branches,not halfe a foot long, lying creeping on the ground, thooting LAN Ga : 2 . : : f WY) \ Q y NWS yy G Ns Z hathlittle or no {cent atall. ' a 6, Polium montanuin lavendule folio, Spike Icated Poley mountaine, 6. Polium moutanum lavendulefolio, Spike leafed Poley mountaine. This Poley mountaine from a hard woodyroote, {preading out many {mall fibres fendeth out divers weake branches, notfully a- ¢ Ny ble to ftand,but rather lying downe, whereon are fet many final] long leaves, tw0 together,one againft another,as in al the former, which are fomewhat greene on theupperfide, and hoary under~ SS neath, fomewhatlike unto the leavesig&Rofemary or Lavender, and not a whit fhipt about the edges; at the toppes of the branches } Ha SS forthfibres at the joynts as they {pread, in the fame manneras the laft doth,whereonarefet in the fame order,two leaves One againft another,all along the branches, being {maller, harder, narrower, and greener than any of the reft, without any denting at all about the edges: atthe ends of the branches come forth, three or foure {mall white flowers, like unto the other for forme and fafhion; but much fmaller : the feed is not unlike the other: this de WAV WV AY x) WZ, / Zii\Z 7 a3 : 7A BFNEAHD MhA Uf RR) Y NY Dp The {mallelt creeping white flowred Poley mountaine, lh ftand forth many flowers, not bufhing as in many of the former, \\ but loofely {pread, whichare of'a white colour, not differingin forme from the other;but commingforth of a grayith huske, nor {o hoary as fome of the former: the feedis blacklike the reftsthis Kinde hath a {mall {weet fcent, nothing fo pleafantas moft of the other: Lobel faith it hathlittle or no {centat all : AZatthiolus faith \y that it {melleth well, thongh not fo pleafant as his former, and thatit is ofleffe vertue andefficacy thanit. 7. Polinm latifolinm incanum Creticum, Candy Poley with ati . ; thenext, and not leaning civ downéwards to thé bound like ie? aor 3 Fe dexctedinidlér chatas thee eRe 8 adees a ed much higher 5 whereon are fee many hoaty di ng the toppes whereofftand S together with little dented about ends the: onely,and'as hoary or rather more than it/at longerthem,a and {maller heads of whiter fi ing 4 Sederieee apr coming forth of hoary cuppes, larger and more fpread than it alfo: the {eed is blackith, and fimall, yet greate thanmuch althou ch i the plant plantb be fmaller ;; theroote is mer ;.the {mell hereof is the former, more fweet te i hard and wooddyliike the for= . 3. PeliummontanumtMonfpeliacum, 2 5 py This third and {mall Poley mountaineis me like the Gee ee : leane more downewards,the leaves likewife arenotfully large bu that the branches ftand not fo upright, but about the edges:the hoaryheads ni o"argc> but as white and hoary, dented alittle more thisdilferedi as from thetah of flowers which are white,are {maller,and more clofely compaét.in other things 4. Potiam maritinun Supigan: : Creeping purple Poley mounsaine; 5. Polium moneavam Sapinum miniosgm: Thefnalleft creeping white Sowred Poley mountain? ods hoary broad leaves, J apeeters pes Poley areround and hoary, about a foote igh, {pread into other finaller branches, fet with two leaves at each joynt,which are fomewhat broad and round, and dented-at ike G i fungionloe ickw aieAcers ; oeae ere s D Ps ? a" out any manifeft afte : the fowers have not beene obferved. 8. Polinm anguftifolium Creticum, Vpright narrowleafed Candy Poley, This CandyPoley growethalmoft two foote high-with up- tight hard round wooddyftalkes, whereonare {et {mall and lone leaves almoft roundpointed, verylike unto the common Pohixms, but much finaller,& not dented about the edgesat all: the Alowers and feed are like the commonfort,the whole plant is very {weet, 9: Polinm montanum pumilum tenuifolium Africum, The {mall ZF ‘ Bp . \ ‘ African dwarfe Poley. This {mall cteeping Poley, hath many very {mall and hoary whiteleaves,fet together at a joynt all ‘along theftalkes bydiftances,the flowers are {mall and yellowi(h growing at the toppes : the roote is fomewhat wooddy as all the reft of the plant is, and fomewhat{weet alfo. The Place. * The firft as I {aid being the moft commoninthis Land, (lufixs faith he found in the Kingdomes of Granadaand Valentia, The fecond Clufius {aith he onely foand growing uponthehillsin Spaine, The third he likewife faith gtoweth as well in the Kingdome of Valentia in Spaine, asat Mompelier in France. The fourth groweth, alfo ina Province of Spaine,and neere unto Venice alfo,uponthe Adriatick fhore. The fift growethneere Vienna in Anjtria, and onthe hillsin Savoy, neerethe Lake Lemanus. The fixt groweth in divers places of Germany, as upon the hills of Hamborough, thehills neere Turix, and neere Noremberg allo, as Camerarins faith. The feventh.as Bava hinus faith came to him from Honorius Bellus outof Candy, where the eight alfo groweth all along the Sea fide, and upon Mount Baldus alfo, as Pona faith: the laft was gathered neere Tunis in‘Barbary, by Boelins,a brought nd to Doétor Lobe/and us. ; The Tyme, They doe moft of them flowerin Tuly and Auguft, yet fomelater than others: The Names; Polium is called in Greeke aorfic dittum propter canitiems mont: enime caniticm vel canum fignificat, guia capitulum nabet canort hominis inftar capillatums:becauteit is like unto the hoary haires of a mans head : bur this is referred to the toppes or heads,and not fo direétly to the leaves.as Pliny would have it,althongh the leaves alfo are fomewhat waite and hoary; in Latine Polivms,& thereafter all other Nations call it according to their dialect, Thefirft is called $:Polssemn Pslism montanum velzare, and Polum montanum luteum by Lobel and Penain their Adverfaria , as alfo' in his ob- D feryations Flore albo, |