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Show ae Cuar.27. Theatrum Botanicum, Trinket 9 1 drowandes calleth it Nerinm Alpinim, Gefter and Camerarins inbortos Balfamum Al. eekoe i slaw alfo calléch it Chamerho hdendiasalpina odlora,as hee doth the other fort hereof Cheviize folio;five a ¥ lentifcifolia minus odora:y Clufius Ledum Alpinam og; afalpints Rhododendron Alpina quibufdam, TRisE.1. Gefner himfelfe callethit in his Booke de lunarys Nereum Alpinum, in bortis Germania, and in Defcriptione montis Sratti,Rofa Alpina Cuar.27. Ae, Aeeratum min Smash’ Maudéline, eh, fromthe vulgar, whocall it Alprofén and Bercrofen, he makethit alfo in the Chapter of Chane riem,to be his thirdfort. Legdunenfis would referre it to the Evonimus of Theophrafti s but Clufius fheweth the error of that opinion: but itis verylikely that Lobe/his, differeth from this of Clujins, as I fhall thewyouin the Chapter of Boxe. The Vertaes. Glufins faith he could not underftand,ofany other ufe that this plant might ‘ there, be put unto,thenthatthe Diers ufed the {mall galles that growonit,to dye a black colourlike unto other gales, The Theater ofPlants, 2, gcralun vulgarefive Coflushortorum, Common Maudeline, ss Mig Aas Ss g“iPy SW ; Y yb NX Y NV/ NY Wi4 \y? \ WY5 ; acne eID A Cnrar. XXVIII, Coftus bortorum major. Coaftmary. And Coftushortorum minorfeu Ageratim, Maudeline. te. ur) Matt joyne both thefe fweet hearbes together, both for the likeneffe oftheir flower, and necreneffe of S123 their names : ofthe formerthereis but one fort,but ofthe other there are divers,whereof] doe intend to wy thew youthe knowledgeinthisplace, 1. Coftus hortornm major. Coftmary or Alecoaft, 1. Coftts hortorum major. Coltmary or Alecoait. Coftmaryor Alecoaft hath many broad andlong pale préen leaves, dented or nipped about the edges, every one upona long foot-ftalke, among which rife up many round greene ftalkes, with fachlike leaves thereon, but lefler up to the toppe, whereit fpreadeth into three or foure ry one bearing an umbell or tuft of gold branches, eveyellow flowers, fomewhat like unto Tanfie flowers, ibut lefler, which afterwardsare the heads containing {mall flat longfeed is fomewhat hard and ftringie, which being dividedthe roote with the heads of leaves , may bee replanted in the Spring for ine creafe. 2. Ageratum vulgare five Coftus hortorum minor, Common Mandeline. Common Maudeline hath fomewhat lon and. narrow leaves fnipt about the edges, the ftalkes are abs foote high, beating at the toppes many yellow flowers fet round together, and all ofan equall height, in umbels Tanfie, after which followeth {mall whitithor tufts like unto great as Wormfeed : the whole hearbe is feed, almoft as {weet and bitrer, being as well gained by flipping as fowing, 3. Ageratum flore albo, White Maudeline. This Maudeline hath wooddyftalkes, and many finall leaves thereon like the other, but fomewhat {maller dented or notched in on the edges, at the toppesof and leffe theftalkes stow many flowers, as it were ina tuft together, like unto the common Maudeline, but wholly white , excepr a littie thew ofyellow inthe middle ; the {cent of the is not foltrong asthe other; the roote is {mall whole plant and ftringie like the otheralfo, 4. Ageratum minus, Small Mandeline. This other {mall Maudeline hath divers hoary ftalkes, not rifing much above a foote high,befet as thick with leaves the formeror fuller, uponall fides ofthe ftalkes, which as {maller, longer, narrower, and whiter than the other, are and not dentedat all about the edges, fomewhat like unto the leaves fcribed : at the toppes ofthe ftalkes {tand many yellow flowers, ofyellow or golden Caffidony, here before dethicke thruft together, in an umbell or tuft, very well refembling the firft or common garden Mandeline, of a reafonable good and quicke fcent, which turne into downe,and is carryed away with the winde, the rooteis {mall and white with many fibres annexedunto it. S+ Ageratum purpureum. Purple fweete Maudeline. Thisrareand dainty plant hath many {mall leayes lying upon the ground, round about the tofpe of the roote, fonsewhat like unto the leaves ofthe fir Maudeline,here fet forth, nicked on the edges towards the points of and not backwards, fomewhat bitter in tafte, yet them, not fo much as the common, from among the leaves. arife many {mall flalkes, befet with fuch like leaves as grow below, but fomewhat fmaller unto the _very toppes ny flowers ftand one above another,every one , where maupon a fhort foot-ftalke, confifting offive {mall greene leaves, of an excellent violet-like purple-colour , comming forth of {mall greene huskes , of fo excellent a dainty {cent, thatit paffeth the Violet in {cent, and {weet tobe with Muske: after the Sowers are paft, {mall long {eed veffels, bearing finalfeed therein compared there arile : the rogte is yellow; fibres, wherebyit takethfat hold ofthe ground, Fc {mall and thort, bufhing forth manyfinalf €. Agr 5, Ageratum purpureum, Purple {weet Maudeline, : : rotinmatennn : |