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Whe Of theHiftroy ofPlants. — 5 The Dwarfe Ciftus of Sauoy hath divers toughbranches, ofa reddith colour very tough and wooddy, diuided into diuers other'branches: whereonare fet {mall leads, foure together by certain {paces ; the floures grow.at the top ofthe branches like thofe ofour yellow Dwarte Ciftus q The Place, Theit feverall titles haue touchedtheir naturall countries: they grow in rough, drie, and funnie places, in plaine fields and vpon mountaines, of Candie, from the bofome whereofcome forth diuers other fimaller jeaies thechalkic bankes about Graucf-end,Southfleet,and for the moft part all the way from thencevn. oCanturburieand Douer. ; q The Time. ofa yellow colour :therootis very wooddie, : 6 This dwarfe Ciftus with narrow leaues,hath very manyfina ll flexible branches, ofa browne colour,very fmooth,and ramping vponthe ground ; whereon do grow {mall,long,nartowleaues like thofe of Time the floures growonthe tops ofthe branches,ofa bleak yellow colour:the # 7 rootis likewife woody. Tothefe I mayfitly adde two more:the firft of thefe hath creeping ftalks, fomefoot or two long,blackith,and diuided into fundry fmaller branches: the leaues grow thick and manytoSaige by couples(thoughthefigure do not wel expreffe fo much:) thefe leaues are {malofthe ignes of thofe of Time,thick,green aboue,and whitifh vinderneath,and ofa bitter taft : at theenids ofthe branches grow two orfourefloutes neere together, very {mall,compofed of fiuelittle leaues, ofa kinde of fleth colour: to thefe fucceed heads opening themfelues when they come to ripeneffe into fiue parts,and containing a very finall {eed : the rootis hard and wooddie,fending outcertaine fibres: alfothe brancheshere and there put forth fome fibres. This plant dryed hathaprettyplea fing {mell. This growes vpon the higheft Auftrian and Styrian alpes, and is fet forth by Clufius by thename of Chamaciftusfeptimus. 1 + 7 Chamaciftus ferpillifoline. £ 8 Chameciftws Frificus. Frifian Dwarfe Ciftus. Tymeleaued dwarfe Ciftus, Thofe ofour Englith growing, I haue found in very many places, efpecially in Kent, vpon They floure from Tuly tothe end of Augutt. G The Names, Trgus lope :r in Latine, o calleth dwarfe Ciftus inthe Gratia Dei: eehigh Dutch tongue,Hepdert ; fe buttlereisanotherherbe called alfo of thelater Herbarifts Gratia Dei, which is Gratiola: Falerins Cndisnameth it Heleanthemum, and Solis flos,or Sunne floure: of Clufins, Chamacifius, or Dwarfe Ciltis. pliny writer, that Heliauthe groweth in the champion countrey Temifcyra in Pontus, and inthe mountaines of Cilicia neere to the fea: and he faith fusther, that the wifemen of thofe countries, audthekings of Perfia do annoint their bodies herewith,boiled with Lions fat,a little Saffron,and wine of Dates,that they may feemefaire and beautiful,and therefore haue they called it Helzocalidn, othe beautie of the Sun: catatthiolus faith,that Helianthemumis taken of fome tobe Pawaces Chironium,or Chirons Ali-heale : but it is nothing likely,as we haue faid. q| The Temperature andVertucs. Thefaculties and temperatureare referredto the kindes of Ciftus,forit healeth wounds, ftantheth bloud,and ftoppeththe fpittings ofbloud, the bloudie flixe, and all other iffiies of bloud. Thefame boiled inwine healeth vicers in the mouthand priuie parts,ifthey be wathed there- th: tobe briefe,it ioineth together and ftrengthneth : which things doe plainely and evidently hey that itis not onely like to Ciftus and Ledon in forme, but in vertues and facultiesa lfo, and ey Gs ei ¢ tiselore it is manifeft,thatit is a certaine wilde kinde of Ciftus and Ledon, SK\ Sie) 4 “ERS Y aaL Cuar. 7 ——$—<$<——= re Of (iflus Ledon,and Ladanum, gq] The Kindes. Te bediuers forts of Ciftus,whereofthat gummy matter is gathered, called in {hops Lada: imsnd Labdanum, but vnproperly. @| The Defiription. I ) Ny ce No DA cA Bae WY) f KN yy ZI) {\\ HS ) JQ } 4 t stdted,is thatwhichin fhops is called Labdanum : the floures growatthe ends of the branches “1Uetofes,confifting offire white leaues,euery one decked or beautified toward the bottome S \ $ Thefame Authoralfo in his Cura poftericres giuesvs the hiftorie ofthis,which he received with fomeotherrare plants from John Dortman,a famous and learned A pothecarie of Groening? : This littleplantis in leafe and root almoft like and neere of the fame bignefle with the Celtic’ : Nard,yet the ftalks are vnlike,whichare {mall,fet with a few longith leaues, and at the arited carry fiue or fix pretty floures like thofe of Crow feet,confifting offix leaues apiece,ofa yellow cv lour,yet with fome few {pots ofanother colour,and thefe fet ina double ring about the ne ic ve ter thefe follow heads or {ced veffels with forked tops, filled witha chaftie feed : the se P ae {mells fomewhatftrong. Ir growes together with Gramen Pernaffi in rotten moorifh ees P avillageinthe county ofDrent.Dertman called this Hirculus Frificus : Clufius addes,qui C2” gem, £ Iftus Ledon is a thrub,growing to the height ofa man, and fometimes higher;hauing many hard wooddie branches,couered witha blackith bark: wherupon do grow leaues iy, fet together by couples,one right againft another like vnto wings,of.an inch broad,of a a Wart greene on the vpperfides,and whitith vnderneath: whereonis gathered acertain clam: “Nanfparent or through fhining liquour, of avery hotfweet {mell, which being gathered and = @ Tn dine darke purplith {pots tending to blacknefle, hauing in the middle very pany er reddig. pn Sate in the middle of the Rofe : after come the knapsorfeedveffels,full of mo *hlfeed the whole plant being dried, groweth fomewhat whitifh,and ofa pleafant {mell, the ~stlttetaineth manyyeares. i ; aif {econd growethlikewife to the height of an hedge buth, the branches are long,and ie, wh wncati¢ to breake,whereon do growleaues greenerthanany otherof his kinde, yetvnderhawt to be fomewhat reddith, of a fower and binding et thoarie HOures arcolour,growing e like the prec toward: winter th ethe 9 i “Slike the fo edent e formewhereof the Grauet hath omitte in othe re d, r rmer, .. Thethird fort of Ciftus Lédon growethvp to theheight ofa fmallhedgebu ae ma3 | : ©>ranches; whereon dogrowleaueslike thofe ofthe Poplar tree, fharpe entre Fae ss. vththat clammie dewthat the others are:the floures growat the tops‘ofthe branches, * colour like the precedent, 4. The |