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Show i 1382 Ofthe Hiftorie ofPlants, ——= La B.3. # 3. This,faith@/n/ius,whichis the Jargeft that I haue feene, fometimes exceceds the heigh ofa man,very fhrubby;hauing ahard and blackith red wood the leaues) are {malland {hort crop. ing about the branches byfoures, ofa very aftringent tafte ; it hath plentiful fore of flouresgrop. ing all alongft the branches, fo that fomtimes the larger branches haue floures fora footin Jen ath; this floure is hollowand longifh,well fmelling,whiteand beautifull. It growes betweene Lisbon and the Vniuerfity of Conimbrica in Portugal whereit floures in November, December,an d Tanu. arie. $ ; t+ 4 Ofthiskindthere is another fort with whitith purple floures,more frequently found than the other fort, which floures are fomwhat greater thanthe former, butin forme like, and flouting atthe fame time. + Theleauesalfoare hairy, and grow commonly by foures: the hollow floures grow cluftering together at thevery tops of the branches, and are tobe found in Tuly and Au. guift ; it growes on diuers heathyplaces ofthis kingdome. + 5 Croffed Heath groweth to the height ofa cubit and a halfe,full of branches, commonly tying along vpon the ground,ofa fwart darke colour:whereon do grow {mall leaues,fet atcertaine {paces by two vpononefide,and two onthe other, oppofiteone anfwering another, even asdoe the Jeaues ofCroffc-wort. The floures in like manner ftand alongft the branches Croffe fathion, of adarke ouerworne greenifh colour. The rooris likewife wooddy,asis all the reft ofthe plant, 6 This Steeple Heath hath likewife many wooddy braunches, garnifhed with {mall leaues whicheafilyfall off ftomthe dryedftalks ; among whichcomeforth diuers little moffie greenith floures of{mall moment. Thewhole buthfor the moft part groweth round together likea littl “ of haybroad at the lower part,and fharp abouelike a Pyramideorfteeple,whereofit tooke is name, 7 7. Ericatenuifolia. / Small leafed Heath; 8 “Lin 3. Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. floures moft part of Summer, and growes in many Heathie grounds. 1353 + 8 Challice Heath hathalfo many wooddy branches growing fromthe rdots, flendet. ofa red- difh browne colour, a foot anda halfe high, garnifhed withverylittle leaues, leffer than thofelof Time: the floures grow onthe tops and vpper parts of the branches, and be in number,fiue, fix or moe,hanging downewards, infafhion long,hollow within like alittle tunnell or open cuporchallice,ofa light purplifh colour: the root creepeth and puttechforth in divers places new {prings or {hoots. i ~9 The Heaththatbringeth forth berries hath many weakeand flender branches ofa reddith colour,whichtrailing vpon the ground do take hold thereofin fundryplaces, wherebyit mightily inereafeth : the leaues are fomewhat broad,ofa thicke and flefhie {ub {tance, in tafte fomthing dry ingatthe firft, but afterwards fomewhat fharpe and biting the tongue: among which come forth fall floures of an herbie colour:which being vaded there fucceed fmall roundberries, that atthe firhkare greene,and afterward blacke,beingas big as thofe of Iuniper ; whereinis contained purple iuicelike that of the Mulberry:within thofe berries are containedalfo {mall three cornered grains: theroot is hard,and ofa wooddy fubftance. +I foundthis growingingreat plenty in Yorkfhireon thetops ofthe hills by Gisbrough,betweenit and Rofemary-topin(aroundhill fo calied)and fore ofthepeople thereaboutstold methey calledthe fruit Crake berries. This is the famerhat csatthioluscalls Erica Baccifera:and it is the Erica Cortsfolio 11.0fClufius.t. t9 Erica bacciferaprocumbens, Heath bearing Berries, 10 Evicabacciferatenuifolia, i Small leafed Heath with Berries; Erica tenuifolia caliculata Challice Heath. This {mall or thinne leafed Heathis alfo a low and bafe fhrub,hauing many fomall aoe der fhoots comming fromtheroot, of a reddifh browne colour ; whereupon doe gee {mall leaues,not vnlike tothem ofcommon Time,but muchfmailer and tendeser:the flour 1 in tufts at certaine {paces,of a purple colour. The root is long and of awooddie ao cs branches ofthis are commonlywhitith,the leaues very green :thefloures are fmalleft at bo and biggeft in the middeft,hollow,andofa faire purple colour, which deth not eafily decaflour : the tenthplace(putting i the defcription C iptionr figuted as you {eee in + 10 Thiswhichour Authour oo L : Ca a ieee red with a barke blacker : the former thereto) hathbrittle branches growing eae cbthie aca about the Wan“thethe reft: reft: the leaues> are like ike >of of the former,? but blacker and fmaller,gr A 7 carries a fruit “tks by threes,ofa hottith tafte thofe with fomeaftriction.In September and OobeeriteS beaussfallaie pp : “thetops of the branches different from thereft,for it is veryt alfo, y qecome aly alfo,and ofanacide tatre, in colour,fucculent vneuenpearles and and u s k y forme 5 i n sarles vne and neo Susky three Li o “tainine h berryberry ::in Now rember this. fruit becomes dry,and falls away > 1n feeds in each ee little feeds . ai l e ar off tooke the white ber‘ a : -7 thin. to k ® fe, Clufius onely obferued this in Recengall aay! ae fox a far of 6 1 folio. 0 Corts . Erica it Manna-Hecal of ~*to haue been ls een gtaines gtai f . E ich crew low: vet fent fent forth yet low; A ({aith Dodoweus) that I ob ferued another Heath which grew "I remember many |