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Show 1296 __OftheHiftorieof Plans. 3 Ciftus mas dentatus. Toothed or fhipt male Ciftus. = Lng. 4 Ciflus mas tenuifolius. Thin leafed Ciftus. Lap Ofthe HiftoryofPlants. ihe 5 Thefirtt ofthe femalesis like vnto the male Ciftus in each refpe@; fauing that the floures pereofare ofawhite colour,with digers yellow thrummesin the middle ; and the others purple, wherein confifteth the ditference. 6 The fecond female ofMatthiolws defcription hath manyhatd and wooddie ftalks, branched vith diuers armes or wings : whereonarefet by couples rough hoary and hairy leaues, of a darke rufet colour: among whichcomeforth {mall whitefloures like vnto thofe ofthe lafmin:the roor istough anid wooddy. + This I iudge all one with the former, andtherefore haue omittedthe figureas impertinent, although our Authour followed it, making the floure fo little in his defcrips tion. ¢ {7 Thefeuenth fort of Ciftus growethvp to the height ofa fmall hedge buth, hauing di: uersbrittle branches full of pith : whereon are fet leaues by couples, like thofe of fea Purflane,that istofay,foft,hoary,and as it were couered ouer with a kinde ofmealineffe : the floures are yellow, andlefle than thofe of the fotmer. 8 Ciftus folio Lanandula, Lauander leaued Ciftus. 5 Ciftusfamina . The female Ciftus. 9 Ciftus folio Thymi. Ciftus with the leaues of Tyme. 7 Ciftusfolie Halimi. Ciftus with leaueslike Sea Purflane. : 3 Theeichth Ciftus hathlikewife thrubbie ftalks in maner ofa hedge tree,whereon do grow stecttaine diftances diuers leaues clofe ioyned togetherat the ftalke, like thofe of the former,but ‘omewhat lower and natrower : the floures we haue not expreffed in the figure, by reafon we haue ‘cettaineknowled ge of them. 9 This ninth’Ciftus islikewife a wooddy (hrub fome foot high: the ftalks arevery brittle, as *ealltheref of his kinde , whereon dogrowvery fmall leaues like thofe of Tyme: the floures “Mite, which makethit one of the females. : ii orbafe Ciftus with broadleaues, growethlike a {mall fhrub, of a = fee aules are many, ofa darke greene colour ; the floures are informelike the “Yellowcolour : the rootsare likewile wooddy. > pt thisnarrowleafed'low Ciftus hath diuers toughbranches leaning to the ground,whereon Ow without order many fmal! narrow leaues fomewhat long, ofa gummy tafteat the firft,af- oe is bitter ‘the floures growonthe tops ofthe branches,of a ydloveto ge ith certaine chines in the middle; after whichfollow three fquare cods OF seec-vellelssthe *toushand wooddy, Ppppp ; 24 The |