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Show 1198 THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE % The description. Croffed Heath growethto the height of ac ubit and a halfe, full of branches, ofa fivatt datke 5 HISTORIE OF PLANTS, 9 Evicabsccifera latifolia. Broad leafed Heath bearing berries, colour: whereon do growe final leaues, {et at certaine {paces by two vpon one fide,and twoonthe other,oppofite, one anfivering another, euen as do the leauies of Crofle woort. The flowersinlike NVME mannet ftand alongft the branches Crofle fathion, of a darke ouerworne colour, Therooteis likewife woodie,as is all the reft of the plant. 6 This Steeple Heath hath likewife many woodiebr nches, garnifhed with finall leaues among L199 19, Evita bactifera tennifolia. Small leafed Heath with berries, fy/ which come foorthdivers little moffie fowers of fmall moment, The whole buthfor the moft pate gtoweth roundtogither like alittle cocke of hay; broad at the lowerpart, andfharpe abouelikea Pyramide orfteeple,whereof ittooke his name, 8 Erica tenuifolia caliculata, 9 Ericatenutfolia. Challice Heath, Small leafed Heath, oy & The deferiptions i 9 This ftrange kinde ofHeath with broad leaues, grawethvplike a woodiefhrubsyet leaningto way: whereon arefer ward the ground, hath long flexible branches trailing this way and that oS "8 leaues,narrow toward the ftalke,and blunt at the end,not vulike to the lieele leau in the 6 utllaine in forme: among which come foorth flowers which the grauer hath omitted The jolte, and myfelfehaue no certaine knowledgethereof, bicaule [haue notfeene thefame, far creepeth mutsate round, foft,and ofa red colour whentheyberipe. Theroote is long, and mney peer cruft ofthe earth. % The defeription. 4 sk js ahs 3 flendes 4 Thisfmallor thin leafed Heath is alfo a lowe and bafe fhrub, hauing mary ballaot fhootes comming fromthe roote, of a reddifh browne colour ; whereupon do cane flowers fall leaues, not vnlike to them of common Thyme, but much finaller andtenderer. a groweintufts at certaine {paces ofa purple colour, The roote is long, fingle, and ofawooe ftance. amet 8 Challice Heath hath alfo many woodybranches growing from thet ootes,{leader,of 73 than thole Jefler leaues verylittle with high,garnifhed halfe anda foote colour,a browne The flowers growe onthe tops and vpper partes of the branches, and bein numbe opencu wae moe,hanging downwards,in fafhion long,hollow within like alitcle tunnel,o EOP wv Springs aoe purplifh colour, The roote creepeth and puttethfoorth in diuers places ne L00tes, c A, , : | i hath many weake and flender anc hes rests thin leafed Heath that bringeth foorth berries, hold thereofin fundrie places whereby take o groundd the vpon g ues ‘ith colour,which trailin and flefhie fubftance,in tafte fornathicke broad,of t 4 mightily increafeth:Theleaves are formwha fharp and biting the toong ain ng whic heon c bn’ tying at the firft,but afterwardes fomewhat vaded, there fucceeae {mall round berries, qauilit all dowers of an herbie colour, which being Iunipers wherinis contained as thofe of oaatv ae firlt are green,and afterwardblack, being as dalfo.{mall three cornered containe are berries ‘thofe ;within Mulbery ofthe that ey Citice like vs : The roote is hard, and ofawoodie {ubftance. oe & The} ave Heath gtoweth crowerh y w pondrie mountaines w hich are! synerie barren, ) as vpon Hampi ungrie aand At cone: A 4 } (NeyteLondon, wl 1ere all the fortes do grow, exceptt hat with the white flowers, andt “eth berries. id, death with ¢] ; vnto Gr groweth vpont he downes2 neere ed call lave i ata} , ely Phe ithe white flowers nam ndj, ; the north parts of Eng) "3 i pau Which bearéth berries groweth in St w ence I haue recesed the countrie:trom fame the alfoin Tanda) Crapclofe ‘fer : bed f ie Rauenfwaith,andin a 5 aif; . “4 O¢r, ties by the called Mafter Lames amar? ¢ 2 > > by the gift ofa learned gentleman | Fe |