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Show The: vatdenof pleasant Flowers, . ———— thers browne vnderthem: after which commethblackifh feede : the roote perifheth atthe firft approach ofwinter weather, andis to be new fowencueryyeare, 2. Ocimams minimumsfive GariopbyRatans. Buth Bafill. The buth Bafill groweth not altogether fohigh, butis thicker {preadeout into ranches,whereon growfinaller leaues, and thickerfet then the formerybut of amore excellent and pleafant finell by much :, the lowers are whitelike the former, andthe feede blacke alfo like it, and perifheth asfuddenly, or rather fooner.thenit, fo thatit requireth more paines to.gct itjand more care to nourle it, becaufe we feldomeorne. uct hauc any feede of it. Uy ee 7 3 \ Mt Ocimum Indicaw, Indian Bafill, YNZ The Indian Bafill hath a {quate reddithgreene ftalke, a foote high. or better, from N IN"fy) \ theioynts whereof {preade ont many branches, with broade fat leaues fet thereon, i> two alwayes togetheratthe ioynt, one againft another,as other Bafils haue, but fome- / what deepely cutin onthe edges,and oftentimesa little crumpled,ftanding vponlang reddith footeftalkes, of adarke purple colour, {potted with deeper purple {pots, in fome greater, in others leffer: the lowers ftand atthetopsof the flalkes {pike-fathion, which are ofa white colour, with reddifhftripesand veines running throughthem,et orplaced in:darke purple coloured huskes : the feedeis greater and rounder thenthe former,and fomewhat long withall : the roote perifhiethin like manner astheother former doe. The whole plant fmelleth ftrong,like vnto the other Bafils. ThePlace. “The two lakt forts of Bafils are greaterftrahgets in our Country thenthe firft which is frequent, and only.fowen andplantedin curious gardensThe lat camefirft out of the Weft Indies: TheTime. They all flowerin Augutt,or luly atthe fooneft, and thatbut hy degrees, and not allat once. The Names. The firft is vftially called Ociwsnm valeare, or umlgatined, atid Ocimum Citra: tam, In Englifh, Common or Garden Bafill. The other is called Gcimwm tminiraum, ox Gariophylatum, Clouc Bafill,or Buth Bafill. Thelafteyther of his place,or formeof his leaves, being {potted and curted;or-all;1s called Ocimumlndicum maculatum,latifoliom c rifpum..n En glifhaccording rothe Latinc, Indian Bafill, broade leafed Bafill, {potted or curled Bafill, which youpleafe. : The Vertues. : Theordinary Bafillisin a mannet wholly fpent to make fweetjor wafhils waters, among other{weet herbes, yet {fometimes it is putinro nofegey® The Phyficall propertie$-are,ro proctivéa cheerefulland merry heart,whtt vnto the feede is chiefly vfed in pouder, &c. and is moft vfed to that, 22 * tone ovher purpofe. toutes} ono find [eel asbisO 31 r OVS vissib101 Hosen 100" E Aah 2 Statelina, Lauender Cotton. 2 Lavetdsla. Lauender Spike. 3 Stecbas. Cafhidony. 4 Gama dry Germander. $ Ocimum minus 6 MMarkm.Herbe Maiticke. 7 AMalorand SweetMaricrcitae, RneBail, |