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Show 1662 Gr kFs-87. | Tribes Theatrum Botanicum. Trine 5. tharhave mentioned ic fitice tim doe referre it thereto; al- theftremote, -having round woolly heads )and I thinke none ofusever{awthe plant, but as Lobe? faith it hath wooddy brancheslike untoa Ciftus, with ruggédlongleaves thereon, like wito thofe of Sage or Mints,’ and round woolly heads at fide, and grayifh underneath, which are clammy in feeling as the young fhoots andflakes are alfo, and ofa {trong {weet fent to be felt a great way off,efpecially in the hot Summertime, & in the naturall places. mich more thenin thefe conutries_; at the toppes of every branch come forth fingle white fowers, made of five broad round pointed leaves, fometimes without any fpots in them, as is alfo to bee feene in that other with narrow leaves formerly d:feribedy and fometimes having a darke purple {pot at the borane of every leafe pointed 8. Ciflus annus ' a Ledumleafed annuall Ciftusy wards,whiclvin fome are gteater in others leffer, with divers yellow threds in the middle: after 0pani oc patt there comein their places fomewhat roundgreat hard heads, conteining within them {mall brownith fede: the root is wooddy,and fpteadeth many branches but not very deep, Lobe/ maketh mention of a fort hereofwhich MyrtifeliLa~ hee calléth Latifolium or Adyrtifolium, which hath fundry leaves comming forth togetherin other thingslittle ifolives : tan differing from the former. Lodelij. 2, Cistus Ledon Popylnea frondemajor. The greater {weete Ciftus with Poplar like leaves, This greater {weete Ciftus rifech not fo high asthe formér, bur about three foore, the brittle branches have .y \Z XQ \Qy Qe PNY A =\ \ leaves fet on them, in the {ame manner thattheyare in the former that istwo ata joynrone agdinit another, but are larger then in any fort of Ciftus, beinglike untothe leavesof Ivie, or theblacke Poplap free broadelt a he ftalke, and pointed long at the end, greene on the upperfide and grayifh undefneath, fomewhat cidie a1 d roughinhandling, not having while they are young any clamminefie or {weerenefle on them at all bi ; Ei when they are growne old: the foweérsare wholly white,and {maller then ineyther of the former, reeldi fi -oee {quare pointed heads, with{mall blacktfh feede in them. 3. Giftus Ledon Populuea fronde minor. The {maller {weet Ciftus with Poplar leaves This other Ciftus is in all thingslike the laft, but that it groweth much lower, and the Ieayes alehion, h of 6h of the famie forme, yer much{maller. 4. Ciffus Ladanifera (jpria, The {weete Gum beating Ciftns of Cypris, ; This Candykindeof fweete Gum, Ciltus groweth withhis blackifh {preading branches not mach at foote high, whofe blackifb greene leavesare notfo large as the firft herefet forth, nor fo narrow a shat land whichts exprefled in my former booke but betweene them-both, plentifally ftored (nodoube i th a the toppés likeunto Plane tree heads. 3 7.C iftus annnus folio falics, Willow leafed annuall Ciftus. The Willow leafed Ciftus ofa yeare (for I have given anotherofthis forein my former booke whofe figureT here give you) hath divers {mall hairy leaves lying upon the ground, fomewhat like in forme to Ollive or Willow leaves, but muchfmaller,among whichrife up hairy ftalkes about. foote anda halfehigh, fet withtwoleaves ata joynt, much{maller then thofe below, atthe toppes whereof grow many {mall pale yellow flowers, and fometime more white one above another withoutany {pots oni the leaves, asin that otheris fer forth already, which defearfe abide a day but fuddenlyfall.the feede veflells that ate skinnyand three {quare,containing {mall {eede appeare quickly after. 8. Ciftus annuus folio Ledi. armas dew or gum thatisin turall countrey with that {weere clammy { as the others of this kind,althong h nothing at ; . : thefe colder Tranfalpine in countries: the flowers are white like untothe fecund fort here expreffed 3 tote 0 are both headsand feede. 5. Ciftus Ledon hirfutumfive quartum Clap. The {weete Gum Ciftus with hairy leaves, Theleaves of this Ciftus are fofter then in others,and fomewhat hairy, being long and narrow, but round poinz ted ,feton the flender weake branches that are {carferwo foote high, but as full. of that clammy eWiinincie , asin any other, as well.whenthey are young as old : the flowers are fmall and white like unto thofe ebihe Ledumleafed annuall Ciftus. This other Ciftus rifeth higher with greater {temmeés but not leffe hairy then the other, having two or threeleavesfet at the feverall joynts, longer and narrower then the laft, and {maller pointed, fomewhat rough, and of a deeper greene colour : the fowersfade as quickly,and grow fingly towards the toppes, with the leaves as large as the laft, and of a faire pale yellow colour: with heads and feede fuccceding in the like manner and yearelyperifhing alfo,yet it hath fomes female Ciftus: the feede that followethtticmin gteat skinny, heads is black but larger then in any ofthe reft, ciftus Ledon anga/tifoliuns, 4 iga/tifol « illus Cifus LedonMyrtifol Ledon Myrtifoliam Lobelij, ij. Narrow leafed GumCiftus, times abidden a Winter in my Garden whenit hath not flow- red with mein the Summer before. The Place. : Some of thefegrow in Spaine,and fome uponthé cold Alpes and Mountaines in Germany. The Time. we They flower fome in April and CMay, or fooner in their naturall places, but not untill Ivse with us; or in I#/y. a The Nawes. e Their names are fufficiently expreffed in theirtitles, as they are ufed to be called of thofe that have writren of them; onely I would give youto knowthus much, that the Spaniardsas Clufius and Lugdunenfis from Miconue doe fay, doe calltheannuall Ciftus,as well that whichhath {pots,asthat-which hath none onthe flowers, bythe name of Turmera, from T#rmas whichfignifieth Tubera,thofe Spanifh or ontlandifh puffes that are edible or fit to be eaten; becaufe where that fhrnb groweth theyufually finde thofe puffes doe breede, and therefore Lugdunenfis callethit Tuberaria, and both Clsfius and he doe thinke it may be the. Hydnophyllon of Pamphylus in Athenaus becaufeit fhewed where thofe puffesdoe grow. r The Vertues, The female Ciftus are no leffe drying and aftringént then the male, and aré ufed with as good fuccefle; for all the purpofes before recited, whereunto the male kinds are applied, andthereforeit fhall not neede to repeate the fame things againe. : Guar. LXXXYVII, Ciftus Ledon, The {weete GumCiltus. g 3 A , Cuar.87, in my former booke, comming neare tothe forme of Bay leaves, of adarke fhinin g greene colour on theupper joynt,very like unto thofe of Time; upon them but tdward the toppes = there ftand many {mall greene leaves ata the flowersare {mallet thenin the other, and wholly white like unto therefk. 6. Cilfo fimilis frutex exoticw, The Ciftus likéftrange fhrobbe, it, and all others I mut needesJoyne this fhrubbeuntothe reft,feeing Lobel whofirft fet it outdid fo account thoughit have {mall likeneffe but in the leaves unto any of them(for as [havefayd before, and therule is moft certaine, the flowers and feede of any plant doe beft demonftrate under what géwus any /pecies isto be referred, which in this is far- \ : The Theater of Plants. Hereare more varieties of this fweete or GumCiftus thenof both the other forts before, chiefly diffe= ring in growth & leaves,yetall of themfelling fomewhat {weet of that vifcous or clammy dewines that isuponthem. Vnto them alfo are to be referred fomeotherplantsfor the likeneffe and nearenefle * fome whereofI have exprefied in my former booke,andtherefore neede not here againe defcribé them: 1. (iftus Ledon latifolium, Broad leafed {weete Ciftus. 5 ‘ Thebroadleafed fweete Eiftus rifech up with divers wooddy branches fiveor fix footé high, {preading many other fmaller branthss,whereon are fet two leaves at ajoynt one againft another, fomewhat broader fen that in Lobel his,bread leaked fates GenCilla |