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Show 398 Flare albe. T he Garden of pleafant Flowers. ———— Sa - < reer enseneeons-onneneenetaeneepmanpentenastneinenseetss vfual] long, weake, {lender, but yet tough branches lying vpon the ground,diuided into other {maller branches, whereon growe many,{mall, long, and fomewhat thicke leaues , fomewhat like vnto the leaues of the former Atezereon, fer without any order tothevery tops, from whencedoe come forth tuft of many {mall flowers together madeorconfifting of foure leaues a pecce, of a bright red or carnation colour,and very fweetewithall, which turne into {mall round whitifhberries, wherein is contained fmallround feede, coucred with agrayifhcoate or skinne : therooteis long and Vel. lowith, fpreading diuers wayes vader the ground, and abideth many yeares thootiig: forth newbranches. It hath beene obferued in fome of ‘thefe plants, to bring forth white flowers, not | differing in any thingelfe. The Place. The firft forts groweplentifully in many places of Germany. The fe condinthe mountaines by Sauoye. Thethird in ProuenceandSpaine, Thelaftin dinersparts of Germany , Bohemia, and Auftria, and about Franckford. . The Time; Thetwofirft forts are moft vfually in ower about Chriftmas, or inl nuary , if the weather benot violent, and fometimes notyntill February, Thefecond flowreth not vntill Aprill, Thethirdin May. The bertiesof them-ripen fome in Iune and Iuly; fomein Auguft and September, as their fowringisearlier or later, The laftfowreth as well in the Spring as in Autumne, fo aptandplentifull ic isin bearing, andthe fede at both times doth ripen foone after. The Names. ; Thefirkt is called offomeChameles,with this addition Germanica, that it maydiffer from the third, whichisthe true Chameles of Diofcorides, as all the beft Authors doeagree, and is’alfo called Piper montanum ofthe Italians. Itis generally called adexercos ; ands indeede the true Mezertos ofthe Arabians, and fo vfed in out Apothecaries fhops, wherefocuerthe Arabians Mezereon is appointed, although the Arabians are fo intri¢ateand vacertainein the defcriptions oftheir plants, confounding chamelea and Thymeleatogether.Matthiolus makethit'to be Dephwoides of Diofcori des; but inmy opinion heis therein miftaken + forall our bet moderie Wil tersdoe account our Lasreéla, which hath blacke bérrtes'; to bee thie true Daphnudes the errour of his ‘Countrey, might peradoenturé drawe him thereunto; butif hee had better confideréd the text of Diofcor ides, giveth black berries to Dephnoides,and red to Chamedaphne,he wouldno that t {0 haue written; andtruly,[fiidild thinke (as Lobel doth) with betterreafon, that this Chamelea were Diofcorides Chamedaphue then hee to fayit were Dapbroides;for the deferi ption ofChama fitly ll parts be very aphwe,mayin'a tved tothistowhi Chamelea'and euen thefe applyed words, Semen aznexam foljs wherein maybethe greateft doubtin the defcription}: may not vafitly, bee ; ’ conftrued; thatas is feene inthe plant, the berries growe at the Foote of the ‘ Yeaues; aboutthe branches : the faculties indeede that Diofcorides. giveth to-chamedaphne, are (if any tepugnanci&be)the eteatcht let or hinderance, that this chamelea fhould net be it: But I ledué the difcuffing of thefeand others of the like nature; to our learned Phyfitians . fort deale nat fo much with vertues as with defcriptions. The fecond is called of Lobel chamelés Alpina incanajof Clufius Chamelea Jecindasand faitti hee hadit out of Italy. Weemaycall it in Englifh,Mountaine Spurge Oluie,asit is inthe, defctip tron, orMountaine Laurell, which youwilla ’Thelift hath che name of LCucorum, Grlt given it by'Matthiolus,which fince is cotitinued byall othe: ‘Bauhinus (as faid) referretlvit tothe Mountaine @aindions) buc Clos i i va ! Chamelea Germanica eu Mexereon. Meacreonog Dwarfe Bay. 2 Chamelea Alpina. Mountain Spurge mia, cm eorum Matthiali. Small wrecerafi. The Bay Rocke Roies. 4 Laurus [inefirits The yald Bay sree, russ Tinus Tins fiefise [ilwe| Cherric tree, Oleander =fine Lanrns Koleae The Rofe Bay tree, 6 a |