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Show Of the Hittorie of Plants. Lisiz ~Lis.2. Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. ning along{t them, being alfo very hairie, but q The Kindes, = Here are manyplants that belong to this kindred of the Sideritides, or Tronivoorts, and “Ete of themare already treated of, thoughin feuerall places, & that not verie fitly by } 6 Sideritis latifolia glabra. Smooth broad leaued Alheale. our Authour ; and one ofthemis alfofet forth hereafter by the name of Clownes Alheale:thefe that are formerly handled,and properly belong to this Chapter, are firft the Herba Indaica Label, being in the fourth place ofthe:229.Chapter, Secondly, the Stachys Fuc bfy (béing the fitSide mer. It floures in Iune andIuly,and growes amongft the cornein Hungarie and Auftria; This is onely fet forth by C/ufiws, and that ynder the name of Sideritis 6.Pannonica, ofthelaft chapter. Nowbefides all thefe,I will in this Chapter giue you the Deferiptions offome others like tothem in face and Vertues,and all of them may be referted to the firlt Sideritis ofDi- 3. ofcorides his defcription. This hath fome branches lying along, vpon the ground, flender, quadrangular & hairie,whichat certain {paces are fet with leaues @ The Defcription. growing by couples, almoft like thofe of the firft, but muchleffe, and {hipt onely from the middle to the end : the floures growafter the mannerof the former, and (as Cli/ims thinkes) are like them,as is alfo the feed. “Clufizs hat. His hath {quare ftalkes fome cubite high, rough,and iointed with two leaues ateach ioint whichare wrinkledand hairie, ofan indifferent bigneffe, fhipt about the edges, ofa ftrong {mell,and ofa bitterifh and fomewhat hottith tafte : almoft forth ofeuery ioint growbranches, fet with leffer leaues : the floures which in roundles incompaffe the topsof the ftalks end ina fpiké,being fomewhat hoodedwhitifh,well {melling, and marked on the infide ~ this by the name ofSiderités 4. F 4 The fame Authour hath alfo giuen vs another, whichfrom the top of the rootfends foorth many branches, partly lying fpred on the ground,and partly ftanding vpright,being hairy, tointed, and {quare like thofe ofthe formet,and fuch alfo are the leaues,but that they are leffe fhipt about the edges:andin their bofomesfrom the bottomeof the ftalkes to the top grow roundles of whitith floures fhaped like others of this kinde. Clufius calls this S7- with fanguine fpots.) The feed is rough and blacke, being containedin fiue cornered feed vellels. ‘The root is hard and wooddie,fending forth manyftalkes. This is the Sideritis prima of Fuchin, Cordus,Clufius andothers; it bath’a very. great affinitiewith the Panax Colonijor Clownes Al-heale ofour Authour,andthe difference betweene themcertainly is very {mall. Creeping branched Ironwoort; along{t the branches, and vpon the mainftalk in roundleslike thofe of the firft mentioned; but lefferand ofa darke colour,witha yellow+ ith {pot on their infides : the feed is alfo con tained 1n fiue cornered veffels like as the for- ritis OfDiofcorides) defcribed.in the fecond place ofthe laft chapter. Thirdly,the Sideritis Scordicides fet forth inthe fift place,and fourthlythe Sideritis Alpina Hy(Jopifoliafer forthin thefixt place $ 3 Sideritis procumbensramofi. not fnipt about the edges:the floures grow + 3 Sideritis procumbens non raw Not branched Creeping Ironwoott, devitis 5, He had onely the figures of thefe e- legantly drawne by the hand of Taques Plateap, and fo fent him. 5 This from a fmall wooddie rootfends forth a {quate hairic ftalke fome halfe foot high, and fometimes higher, andthis ftalke moft commonlyfends forth fome foure branches, whichfubdi- Wide themfelues into'fmaller ones, all of them fometimes lying vponthe ground,andtheftalke tanding vpright ; che leaues growbycouples ateachioint, froma broader bottome,ending inan obtuife point,the lower leaues being fome inch long,and not much leffe in breadth: the floures are whitithorlight purple,fmall and hooded,engirting the ftalkes in roundles , whichfalling, foure longith blacke feeds are containedin fiue cornered veffels, I firft foundit Auguft 1626 in floure and feed amongft the corne ina field ioining toa wood fide not far from Greene-hiue in Kent,and Tat that time,not finding it tobe written of byany, calledit Sideritis humilis lato obtu(o folio, but en finde that Bawhine hathfer it forth in his Prodromus by the name of Sideritis Alfine Triffagi nis FOLIO. ri oh ty es Feteis calls Aly([um Germanicum, and whofe figure wasformerlygiuen ee ey ourAuthourin the rr8 Chapterof the former Edition,witha Defeription Wales agreeingtherewith) grows vp with {quare ftalkes fomecubite high,fet with pretty large ete fmooth leaues fhipt about the edges: the floures growin roundles at the tops of the ca "oi eing hooded,and of apale yellow colour. This grows in the Corne fields in fome pla- »-» GermanyandItaly: andit is the Sideritis 2,0 Matthiolus in Bauhines opinion,whocals it Si- 40ritis aruenfis latifolia glabra, inE “aa another plant that growesfrequently in the Corne fields of Kent, and by Purfleet the Hifloria oe _ fitly beioined tothefe,for Camerariuscalls it Siderttis arvenfisflore rubroand in eae di : it is named T:etrahit anguftifolium, andthought tobe Ladanum fecetum of Pliny, Meee, ap.8,and lib.2 6. cap.t1. It hath a,ftalke fomefootor better high,fet with tharp pH leaues,hauing twoorthree nickes on their fides,and growing by couples; at the : heares, and alfo the maineftalke ir felfe, ftandin one or tworoundles fairered hooded in luly ma “a is {mall and fibrous,dying guery yearewhen it hath perfected the feed.It floures 7 ane 2 The foure {quaré ftalke of this plant is nor abouea foorhigh,andit is prefentlytom the root diuided into diuers branches; the leaves are long and narrowwith fomenerues OF veLnes " Auguft. This is alfo fomerimes found with awhitefloure. q The Time,Place,erc. Allthefe are fufficiently delivered in the defcriptions. ' @ The |